Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder feeder market was spotty, but mostly stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers 300-600 lbs were 6.00 to 10.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and good demand, while the yearling steers appeared 2.00 to 4.00 higher with a lite test. Feeder heifers 200-450 lbs were sharply higher with strong demand, while 500-700 lbs heifers were unevenly steady with a good supply and good demand. Buyers were active today and willing to pay premiums for quality cattle and long weaned packages and groups. Slaughter cows and bulls were 5.00 to 10.00 lower with a good supply and limited demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.80/cwt on 182 head, up $12.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 31 comparable sales and sits −40.93 against this barn's trailing median of $404.73.

Average price

$363.80

▲ 12.55 vs prior sale

182 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,952

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$46.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.58

vs KY average

+9.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	536	365.34	1,958	176
Medium and Large 2	558	318.64	1,776	6thin

One grade step is worth $46.70/cwt here — about $182 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $445.63, low $321.52, median $404.73 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale182 hd

363.80

—

KY average24 barns · 793 hd

346.22

+17.58

National average155 barns · 10,190 hd

354.38

+9.42

This barn, trailing median31 sales

404.73

−40.93

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,607	180.35	2,899	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,521	142.59	2,168	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,218	135.27	1,648	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,092	124.12	1,355	13
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,210	99.63	1,206	3thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	880	$2,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

107 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	438.79/cwt	427.50–445.00	1,887	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	384.68/cwt	380.00–392.50	2,173	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	695	345.67/cwt	344.75–352.00	2,402	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	334.38/cwt	322.50–350.00	1,963	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	361.61/cwt	355.00–381.00	1,750	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	218	481.90/cwt	475.00–490.00	1,051	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,192	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	170	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	867	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	415.21/cwt	390.00–417.00	1,835	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	326.60/cwt	323.00–331.00	2,708	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	431.35/cwt	420.00–447.50	1,618	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	339.53/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,434	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	345.37/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,806	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	315.70/cwt	302.50–329.00	1,951	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	344.43/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,094	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	488.75/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,246	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,806	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	316.15/cwt	314.00–317.00	2,077	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,042	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	412	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,060	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	315	537.39/cwt	522.50–547.00	1,693	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	373	505.53/cwt	457.50–513.00	1,886	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,959	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	402.34/cwt	402.00–403.00	1,971	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	404	433.87/cwt	433.00–445.00	1,753	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	568	384.85/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,186	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	275	536.55/cwt	520.00–555.00	1,476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	313	510.00/cwt	505.00–515.00	1,596	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	488.91/cwt	470.00–495.00	1,604	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	208	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,238	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	355	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	346.32/cwt	338.00–367.50	1,984	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	453	438.15/cwt	432.50–441.00	1,985	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	294.98/cwt	290.00–301.00	2,133	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	880	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	487	465.10/cwt	447.00–492.50	2,265	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	382	513.13/cwt	495.00–515.00	1,960	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	440	467.31/cwt	467.00–475.00	2,056	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	680	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,972	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	824	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,300	109.45/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,423	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	113.49/cwt	107.00–119.00	1,153	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,314	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	137.45/cwt	129.00–143.00	1,699	7
Bulls	—	—	1,318	167.13/cwt	166.00–168.00	2,203	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	306	553.43/cwt	550.00–555.00	1,693	23
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	370	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,526	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	130.76/cwt	123.00–140.00	1,489	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,321	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	140.78/cwt	133.00–145.00	2,119	6
Bulls	—	—	1,716	185.31/cwt	180.00–198.00	3,180	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	520	400.99/cwt	382.50–407.50	2,085	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	472	406.16/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,917	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	289	534.89/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,546	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	275	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	291.75/cwt	287.50–296.00	1,984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,830	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	311.28/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,945	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	342.76/cwt	332.00–346.00	1,690	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,937	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	190	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	372.64/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	314.27/cwt	313.00–317.00	1,813	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,652	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,195	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	398.30/cwt	390.00–417.50	1,681	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	360.28/cwt	351.00–365.00	1,747	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	323.01/cwt	319.00–325.00	1,738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	393.92/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	378.74/cwt	371.00–387.00	1,780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,066	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	397.51/cwt	382.50–407.50	1,701	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	431.54/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,446	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,831	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	508	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,966	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	399.68/cwt	399.00–401.00	2,286	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,382	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	423.85/cwt	417.50–442.50	2,170	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,831	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,694	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	406.27/cwt	392.50–412.50	2,153	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	321.51/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,199	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	356.45/cwt	339.00–364.00	2,253	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,243	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	471.76/cwt	457.00–480.00	1,731	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	419.49/cwt	410.00–423.00	1,917	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	710	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,361	75

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

Mon Sep 21, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,061Last week 874Year ago 1,327

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 64Year ago 196

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 4Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	500.00	500.00
1	250–300	280	495.00	495.00
7	350–400	367	457.00–480.00	471.76
7	400–450	430	427.50–445.00	438.79
8	450–500	457	410.00–423.00	419.49
14	500–550	530	392.50–412.50	406.27
4	550–600	565	380.00–392.50	384.68
15	600–650	632	339.00–364.00	356.45
4	650–700	684	310.00–330.00	321.51
8	700–750	717	330.00–345.00	339.53
2	750–800	797	338.00	338.00
7	800–850	829	323.00–331.00	326.60
3	850–900	871	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	512	417.50–442.50	423.85
47	550–600	572	399.00–401.00	399.68
25	600–650	603	395.00	395.00
46	650–700	695	344.75–352.00	345.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	570.00	570.00
23	300–350	306	550.00–555.00	553.43
31	350–400	382	495.00–515.00	513.13
26	400–450	440	467.00–475.00	467.31
106	450–500	487	447.00–492.50	465.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	410.00	410.00
1	300–350	300	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	385	420.00	420.00
4	400–450	428	382.50–407.50	397.51
2	450–500	470	371.00–387.00	378.74
2	600–650	625	310.00–312.50	311.28
2	700–750	712	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	170	510.00	510.00
2	200–250	218	475.00–490.00	481.90
4	250–300	255	485.00–490.00	488.75
4	300–350	328	470.00–495.00	488.91
8	350–400	375	420.00–447.50	431.35
15	400–450	442	390.00–417.00	415.21
30	450–500	484	355.00–381.00	361.61
17	500–550	523	330.00–350.00	345.37
59	550–600	587	322.50–350.00	334.38
2	600–650	618	302.50–329.00	315.70
7	650–700	657	314.00–317.00	316.15
10	700–750	723	290.00–301.00	294.98
4	750–800	761	288.00	288.00
2	850–900	885	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	289	520.00–540.00	534.89
40	300–350	315	522.50–547.00	537.39
35	350–400	373	457.50–513.00	505.53
14	400–450	404	433.00–445.00	433.87
16	450–500	472	390.00–415.00	406.16
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	412.50	412.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	415	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	490.00	490.00
1	200–250	225	455.00	455.00
3	300–350	335	390.00–402.50	393.92
1	350–400	390	380.00	380.00
5	400–450	431	365.00–375.00	372.64
15	450–500	493	332.00–346.00	342.76
3	500–550	538	319.00–325.00	323.01
3	550–600	577	313.00–317.00	314.27
2	600–650	600	305.00	305.00
2	650–700	680	287.50–296.00	291.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
100	500–550	508	387.00	387.00
75	700–750	710	332.50	332.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	525.00	525.00
1	250–300	255	480.00	480.00
2	300–350	342	487.50	487.50
2	400–450	420	430.00	430.00
6	450–500	490	402.00–403.00	402.34
1	500–550	510	345.00	345.00
4	550–600	573	338.00–367.50	346.32
5	600–650	608	335.00–360.00	344.43
1	650–700	650	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	710	272.50	272.50
2	750–800	790	248.00	248.00
1	800–850	820	249.00	249.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	208	595.00	595.00
2	250–300	275	520.00–555.00	536.55
4	300–350	313	505.00–515.00	510.00
2	350–400	355	500.00	500.00
5	400–450	412	500.00	500.00
3	450–500	453	432.50–441.00	438.15
7	500–550	520	382.50–407.50	400.99
2	550–600	568	380.00–390.00	384.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	535	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	442.50	442.50
3	300–350	335	430.00–435.00	431.54
9	400–450	422	390.00–417.50	398.30
3	450–500	485	351.00–365.00	360.28
4	500–550	521	312.50	312.50
1	600–650	635	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	725	252.50	252.50
1	800–850	830	199.00	199.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	2,150.00	2,150.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	141.00	141.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	80.00	80.00
2	—	1,300	106.00–113.00	109.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,016	107.00–119.00	113.49
8	—	1,139	123.00–140.00	130.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	120.00	120.00
7	—	1,236	129.00–143.00	137.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,568	148.00	148.00
6	—	1,505	133.00–145.00	140.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,318	166.00–168.00	167.13
8	—	1,716	180.00–198.00	185.31

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

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Replacement Cattle

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