Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was spotty with an average quality offering. Feeder steers 250-400 lbs were sharply higher, while the 450-650 lbs steers were mostly steady with a good supply and good demand. Yearling steers appeared steady with a lite test and limited comparisons. Feeder heifers 600 lbs and under were mostly 3.00 to 6.00 lower with a good supply and spotty demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 higher with a good supply and good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $327.84/cwt on 65 head, down $35.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −76.17 against this barn's trailing median of $404.01.

Average price

$327.84

▼ 35.96 vs prior sale

65 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,830

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$36.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.47

vs KY average

−23.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	330.66	1,841	60
Medium and Large 2	576	294.02	1,693	5thin

One grade step is worth $36.64/cwt here — about $148 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $445.63, low $321.52, median $404.01 across 32 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 sale65 hd

327.84

—

KY average26 barns · 1,175 hd

344.31

−16.47

National average172 barns · 11,766 hd

351.40

−23.56

This barn, trailing median32 sales

404.01

−76.17

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	—	Average	1,614	186.73	3,014	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,562	140.07	2,188	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,318	139.79	1,842	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,089	119.37	1,300	13
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,095	115.00	1,259	1thin

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
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,270	$2,350	1thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	332.64/cwt	321.00–345.00	1,726	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,789	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	322.02/cwt	307.00–334.00	2,660	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	281	460.32/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,293	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,018	288.68/cwt	287.00–292.00	2,939	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	281.20/cwt	277.50–285.00	2,151	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	354.07/cwt	349.00–368.00	2,209	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	325.00/cwt	323.00–331.00	2,366	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	316.70/cwt	312.00–317.50	2,283	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	273.14/cwt	259.00–278.00	2,417	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	330.88/cwt	325.00–338.00	2,505	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	968	239.71/cwt	222.50–257.00	2,320	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	360.52/cwt	347.00–370.00	1,684	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,509	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	391.28/cwt	384.00–415.00	1,655	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	310.69/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,964	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	329.63/cwt	317.00–336.00	2,248	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	325.86/cwt	319.00–335.00	2,020	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	296.41/cwt	292.00–300.00	2,241	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	371.54/cwt	350.00–387.00	1,925	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	329.81/cwt	315.00–343.00	1,890	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	446.97/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,074	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	481.85/cwt	470.00–495.00	1,817	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,441	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	452.47/cwt	440.00–462.50	1,946	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	195	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,063	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	350.10/cwt	337.50–365.00	2,006	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	451	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,759	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	302.74/cwt	290.00–311.00	2,180	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,203	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	271	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,423	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1000–1050	1,030	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	215	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	423	485.30/cwt	477.50–490.00	2,053	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	563	381.81/cwt	377.00–392.50	2,150	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	262.43/cwt	250.00–275.00	2,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	338	551.31/cwt	542.50–570.00	1,863	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	265	617.40/cwt	595.00–640.00	1,636	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	611	366.04/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,237	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	450	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	520	409.56/cwt	403.00–430.00	2,130	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	562.14/cwt	545.00–585.00	1,799	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	240	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,308	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	366	512.11/cwt	505.00–517.50	1,874	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	478	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,318	3
Bulls	—	—	1,730	186.39/cwt	176.00–198.00	3,225	12
Bulls	—	—	1,110	170.02/cwt	166.00–173.00	1,887	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	116.80/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,072	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,294	129.76/cwt	124.00–139.00	1,679	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	138.58/cwt	132.00–144.00	2,141	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,584	1
Bulls	Large 1	750–800	765	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,066	1
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	670	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,027	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	645	1
Bulls	—	—	1,423	205.50/cwt	205.00–206.00	2,924	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	139.79/cwt	132.00–148.00	1,842	9
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,259	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	265	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	1,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	474.05/cwt	470.00–476.00	2,038	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	353	522.55/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	482	467.25/cwt	461.00–480.00	2,252	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	189.23/cwt	161.00–235.00	2,012	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	255	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	376.05/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,429	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,815	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	397.80/cwt	385.00–407.50	1,655	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	301.00/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,899	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	292	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,241	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	423	372.44/cwt	361.00–380.00	1,575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,058	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	355.78/cwt	340.00–363.00	2,387	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	413.23/cwt	411.00–417.50	1,909	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,919	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	370.89/cwt	370.00–371.00	2,478	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	527	425.85/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,244	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	732	356.10/cwt	354.00–358.00	2,607	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	446.81/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,684	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	452.67/cwt	440.00–457.00	1,847	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	750	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,685	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	374.59/cwt	373.00–378.00	2,334	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	372.25/cwt	372.25–372.25	2,256	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	381.99/cwt	377.50–387.00	1,792	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	384.87/cwt	375.00–392.00	2,236	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	330.02/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,908	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	591	288.77/cwt	275.00–297.50	1,707	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	384.35/cwt	380.00–389.00	2,029	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	315.89/cwt	306.00–331.00	1,791	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,009	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	320.17/cwt	309.00–330.00	1,668	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	297.31/cwt	282.50–305.00	2,001	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	432	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	332.39/cwt	323.00–342.00	1,602	6

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 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 807Last week 1,061Year ago 1,244

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 54Year ago 109

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	281	450.00–490.00	460.32
7	300–350	336	449.00	449.00
1	350–400	385	415.00	415.00
29	400–450	423	384.00–415.00	391.28
10	450–500	467	347.00–370.00	360.52
18	500–550	519	321.00–345.00	332.64
42	550–600	573	315.00–343.00	329.81
11	600–650	632	310.00–315.00	310.69
28	650–700	682	317.00–336.00	329.63
7	700–750	721	312.00–317.50	316.70
2	750–800	765	277.50–285.00	281.20
6	850–900	885	259.00–278.00	273.14
2	950–1000	968	222.50–257.00	239.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	545.00	545.00
3	250–300	271	525.00	525.00
3	450–500	451	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,030	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	390.00	390.00
4	400–450	432	317.50	317.50
1	650–700	665	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	365.00–400.00	376.05
6	450–500	482	323.00–342.00	332.39
1	500–550	515	315.00	315.00
4	550–600	591	275.00–297.50	288.77
4	600–650	631	300.00–302.00	301.00
3	650–700	673	282.50–305.00	297.31
2	700–750	735	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	780	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
86	600–650	606	372.25	372.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	367	487.50	487.50
4	400–450	408	440.00–457.00	452.67
3	450–500	462	411.00–417.50	413.23
2	500–550	528	380.00–389.00	384.35
9	550–600	581	375.00–392.00	384.87
13	600–650	624	349.00–368.00	354.07
11	650–700	671	340.00–363.00	355.78
5	700–750	728	323.00–331.00	325.00
6	750–800	757	325.00–338.00	330.88
15	800–850	826	307.00–334.00	322.02
1	900–950	915	319.00	319.00
3	1000–1050	1,018	287.00–292.00	288.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	655.00	655.00
3	300–350	338	542.50–570.00	551.31
4	350–400	353	520.00–530.00	522.55
3	400–450	430	470.00–476.00	474.05
3	450–500	482	461.00–480.00	467.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	442.50	442.50
6	400–450	416	385.00–407.50	397.80
7	450–500	469	377.50–387.00	381.99
3	550–600	578	325.00–340.00	330.02
1	600–650	605	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	527	425.00–430.00	425.85
14	600–650	623	373.00–378.00	374.59
9	650–700	668	370.00–371.00	370.89
27	700–750	732	354.00–358.00	356.10
27	750–800	750	358.00	358.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	195	545.00	545.00
2	250–300	255	565.00	565.00
1	300–350	345	470.00	470.00
10	350–400	377	470.00–495.00	481.85
7	400–450	430	440.00–462.50	452.47
8	450–500	464	430.00–450.00	446.97
5	500–550	518	350.00–387.00	371.54
4	550–600	573	337.50–365.00	350.10
7	600–650	620	319.00–335.00	325.86
1	650–700	695	317.00	317.00
5	700–750	720	290.00–311.00	302.74
5	750–800	756	292.00–300.00	296.41
1	800–850	800	280.00	280.00
2	850–900	855	250.00–275.00	262.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	625.00	625.00
15	250–300	265	595.00–640.00	617.40
4	300–350	320	545.00–585.00	562.14
7	350–400	366	505.00–517.50	512.11
9	400–450	423	477.50–490.00	485.30
3	450–500	478	485.00	485.00
4	500–550	520	403.00–430.00	409.56
6	550–600	563	377.00–392.50	381.81
4	600–650	611	350.00–375.00	366.04
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	765	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	360	380.00	380.00
4	400–450	423	361.00–380.00	372.44
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	485.00	485.00
2	250–300	292	425.00	425.00
1	300–350	345	430.00	430.00
3	350–400	377	440.00–450.00	446.81
3	400–450	421	431.00	431.00
2	450–500	490	410.00	410.00
9	500–550	521	309.00–330.00	320.17
6	550–600	567	306.00–331.00	315.89
2	600–650	625	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	690	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	795	217.00	217.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,730	176.00–198.00	186.39
2	—	1,110	166.00–173.00	170.02
2	—	1,423	205.00–206.00	205.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	918	114.00–119.00	116.80
6	—	1,294	124.00–139.00	129.76
1	—	890	72.50	72.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,545	132.00–144.00	138.58
1	—	1,700	152.00	152.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,318	132.00–148.00	139.79
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	115.00	115.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,063	161.00–235.00	189.23
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	2,350.00	2,350.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

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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

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Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle