Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand for 550-650 lbs and very good demand for yearling packages. Feeder heifers over 500 lbs sold fully 10.00 higher with several good quality and replacement quality packages sharply higher with very good demand. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $358.19/cwt on 131 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −103.35 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$358.19

131 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,026

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$51.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.44

vs KY average

+1.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	566	358.98	2,030	129
Medium and Large 2-3	575	307.50	1,768	2thin

One grade step is worth $51.48/cwt here — about $262 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.70, low $384.59, median $461.54 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 sale131 hd

358.19

—

KY average24 barns · 1,306 hd

345.75

+12.44

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+1.03

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−103.35

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	—	High	1,866	171.59	3,201	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,421	144.92	2,059	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,250	141.74	1,771	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	116.46	1,209	17
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,385	117.00	1,620	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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,400	$1,975	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,303	$2,463	4thin

Every lot, as filed

98 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - 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	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	480	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,224	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	950–1000	988	252.25/cwt	252.25–252.25	2,492	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	900–950	914	270.17/cwt	269.00–271.25	2,469	117
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	325	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	886	1
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	740	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,065	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	329.50/cwt	322.50–342.00	1,578	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,130	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,091	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,430	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	390	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	850–900	859	279.25/cwt	279.25–279.25	2,399	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	319.99/cwt	317.50–322.50	1,786	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	358	355.93/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	325	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,162	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	765	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,372	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	590	321.09/cwt	319.00–327.00	1,894	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	600–650	606	323.80/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,962	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	711	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,339	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	437	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	477	314.98/cwt	295.00–329.00	1,502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	371	339.63/cwt	310.00–365.00	1,260	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,391	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,856	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	700–750	730	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	260.86/cwt	260.00–261.00	2,288	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	478	383.33/cwt	359.00–390.00	1,832	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	416	394.86/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,643	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	396.38/cwt	390.00–399.00	1,498	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	259.75/cwt	255.00–262.00	2,031	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	354.01/cwt	332.50–372.50	1,859	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	787	272.12/cwt	266.00–291.00	2,142	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	272.78/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,855	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	928	224.02/cwt	221.00–227.00	2,079	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,045	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	260	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	988	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	614	322.56/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,981	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	361.55/cwt	348.00–369.00	2,097	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	739	294.36/cwt	282.00–305.00	2,175	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	675	316.35/cwt	307.50–322.00	2,135	25
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	555	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	463	368.24/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,705	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	306.51/cwt	297.50–317.50	1,854	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,042	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	145.71/cwt	143.00–153.00	1,842	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	103.97/cwt	101.00–110.00	996	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	131.48/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,363	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	148.18/cwt	143.00–158.00	2,169	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,555	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	121.72/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,430	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,385	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,620	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,318	131.93/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,739	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	138.60/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,713	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,292	140.56/cwt	137.00–143.00	1,816	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	752	1
Bulls	—	—	2,014	174.53/cwt	172.00–181.00	3,515	5
Bulls	—	—	1,618	166.70/cwt	160.00–171.00	2,697	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	158.11/cwt	153.00–163.00	1,818	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,303	2,463.08/head	2,200.00–2,650.00	2,463	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	330.02/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	395	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,521	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,314	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,494	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	305.88/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	277.61/cwt	265.00–284.00	1,638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	308.38/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,465	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	233.49/cwt	225.00–242.50	1,576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,013	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	312.59/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,329	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	303.46/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,557	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	800–850	810	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,179	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	750–800	775	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,356	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	230	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	650–700	680	313.63/cwt	312.00–315.00	2,133	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	667	306.65/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,045	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	532	274.62/cwt	260.00–283.00	1,461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	297.50/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,699	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	723	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,815	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	624	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,122	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	478	325.32/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,555	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	700–750	728	290.61/cwt	284.00–298.00	2,116	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	414	366.43/cwt	330.00–390.00	1,517	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	304.91/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,903	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	842	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,054	4

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 (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Tue Mar 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,075Last week 712Year ago 1,090

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 42Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 17Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	272.50	272.50
1	350–400	390	272.50	272.50
2	450–500	480	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	730	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	390.00–399.00	396.38
5	400–450	409	340.00	340.00
12	450–500	479	322.50–342.00	329.50
2	550–600	558	317.50–322.50	319.99
1	600–650	640	290.00	290.00
3	750–800	782	255.00–262.00	259.75
1	800–850	810	267.00	267.00
7	850–900	877	260.00–261.00	260.86
1	1100–1150	1,130	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	437	392.50	392.50
20	600–650	624	340.00	340.00
71	700–750	711	329.00	329.00
65	750–800	765	310.00	310.00
58	850–900	859	279.25	279.25
117	900–950	914	269.00–271.25	270.17
49	950–1000	988	252.25	252.25
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	740	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	380.00	380.00
1	300–350	315	292.50	292.50
6	350–400	371	310.00–365.00	339.63
2	400–450	440	325.00	325.00
3	450–500	477	295.00–329.00	314.98
2	550–600	575	307.50	307.50
1	600–650	625	262.50	262.50
6	650–700	680	270.00–285.00	272.78
1	700–750	745	242.00	242.00
2	900–950	928	221.00–227.00	224.02
1	1000–1050	1,045	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	416	380.00–425.00	394.86
22	450–500	478	359.00–390.00	383.33
33	500–550	525	332.50–372.50	354.01
94	550–600	580	348.00–369.00	361.55
55	600–650	614	315.00–335.00	322.56
25	650–700	675	307.50–322.00	316.35
44	700–750	739	282.00–305.00	294.36
30	750–800	787	266.00–291.00	272.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	842	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	357.50	357.50
3	350–400	358	347.50–360.00	355.93
13	400–450	414	330.00–390.00	366.43
6	450–500	478	320.00–335.00	325.32
50	550–600	590	319.00–327.00	321.09
7	600–650	624	300.00–310.00	304.91
3	650–700	667	300.00–310.00	306.65
11	700–750	723	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	606	320.00–327.00	323.80
11	650–700	680	312.00–315.00	313.63
32	700–750	728	284.00–298.00	290.61
5	750–800	775	304.00	304.00
8	800–850	810	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	395	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	325.00	325.00
2	300–350	320	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	460	260.00	260.00
3	500–550	532	260.00–283.00	274.62
3	550–600	590	265.00–284.00	277.61
1	600–650	605	240.00	240.00
2	650–700	675	225.00–242.50	233.49
1	700–750	745	237.50	237.50
1	750–800	785	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	425	310.00–317.50	312.59
9	450–500	475	295.00–317.50	308.38
6	500–550	513	295.00–312.50	303.46
6	550–600	571	292.50–300.00	297.50
4	800–850	805	250.00	250.00
1	900–950	910	232.50	232.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	370.00	370.00
4	500–550	522	320.00–340.00	330.02
5	550–600	566	300.00–330.00	305.88
1	600–650	630	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	528	283.00	283.00
1	600–650	625	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	765	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	463	340.00–380.00	368.24
5	600–650	605	297.50–317.50	306.51
1	650–700	665	307.00	307.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,264	143.00–153.00	145.71
1	—	1,215	128.00	128.00
7	—	1,236	136.00–142.00	138.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	958	101.00–110.00	103.97
5	—	1,037	127.00–138.00	131.48
5	—	1,175	117.00–126.00	121.72
1	—	835	90.00	90.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,464	143.00–158.00	148.18
3	—	1,318	128.00–135.00	131.93
3	—	1,292	137.00–143.00	140.56
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	117.00	117.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,014	172.00–181.00	174.53
3	—	1,618	160.00–171.00	166.70

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	2	—	1,150	153.00–163.00	158.11
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,975.00	1,975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,303	2,200.00–2,650.00	2,463.08

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

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Steers · 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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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

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