Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with some weaned thin-fleshed 400-600 lb packages suitable for grass sharply higher with very good demand. Yearling steers 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with some weaned thin-fleshed calves sharply higher with very good demand. Over 550 lb heifers sold steady in a limited comparison. Yearling heifers lightly tested. Slaughter cows and 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 $368.73/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −92.81 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$368.73

116 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$778

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

$133.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.64

vs KY average

+4.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	373.04	2,033	112
Medium and Large 2-3	560	275.00	1,540	1thin
Small and Medium 1-2	525	239.07	1,255	3thin

One grade step is worth $133.97/cwt here — about $778 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale116 hd

368.73

—

KY average25 barns · 1,394 hd

344.09

+24.64

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

+4.75

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−92.81

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	1,741	169.21	2,946	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,200	140.47	1,685	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,452	140.32	2,038	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	944	120.98	1,142	9thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,270	130.00	1,651	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,325	$1,975	1thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	410	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	336.86/cwt	331.00–340.00	1,253	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	580	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	325.76/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,498	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	398.68/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,264	3
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	525	239.07/cwt	232.50–242.50	1,255	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	273.31/cwt	258.00–275.00	2,274	10
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	428	418.18/cwt	407.00–420.00	1,790	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	232	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	642	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,942	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,908	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	350.42/cwt	347.00–357.50	1,700	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	661	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,970	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	801	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,994	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	300.28/cwt	280.00–312.50	1,871	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	378.70/cwt	375.00–382.50	1,439	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,075	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	338	422.56/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,428	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	513	219.11/cwt	210.00–237.50	1,124	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	425	380.01/cwt	350.00–411.00	1,615	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	700	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,803	1
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	455	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,008	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,278	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	534	326.11/cwt	311.00–340.00	1,741	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	382	388.84/cwt	345.00–412.50	1,485	17
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	714	296.02/cwt	280.00–310.00	2,114	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	469	383.61/cwt	360.00–397.50	1,799	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	517	383.24/cwt	345.00–393.00	1,981	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	643	330.75/cwt	327.50–341.00	2,127	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	946	249.75/cwt	249.00–250.00	2,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	382.03/cwt	377.00–385.00	1,631	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	859	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,319	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	384	422.64/cwt	402.50–437.50	1,623	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	369.24/cwt	357.50–373.00	2,131	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	792	279.41/cwt	277.00–280.00	2,213	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	331.95/cwt	331.00–332.50	1,876	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,085	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,072	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	415	400.50/cwt	391.00–437.00	1,662	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	678	322.16/cwt	320.00–323.00	2,184	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	341.65/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,828	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	306.17/cwt	302.50–310.00	1,626	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	655	320.00/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,096	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	330.05/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,855	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	389.33/cwt	370.00–407.50	1,810	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	435	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,688	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,270	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,651	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	121.09/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,099	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	140.62/cwt	135.00–145.00	2,067	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	129.69/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,515	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	139.12/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,713	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	128.96/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,261	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	100.92/cwt	95.00–110.00	901	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	147.92/cwt	146.00–150.00	2,120	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,679	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	147.55/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,735	4
Bulls	—	—	1,676	163.65/cwt	155.00–171.00	2,743	9
Bulls	—	—	1,839	177.56/cwt	173.00–187.00	3,265	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	384.46/cwt	357.50–410.00	1,423	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	276.33/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,710	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	370.95/cwt	337.50–395.00	1,502	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,438	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	490	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,090	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	248.02/cwt	239.00–255.00	1,947	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	368.73/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,026	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	200	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	943	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	624	238.71/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,490	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	950–1000	952	259.25/cwt	259.25–259.25	2,468	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	900–950	940	266.75/cwt	266.75–266.75	2,507	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	766	251.78/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,929	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	299.87/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	280.86/cwt	265.00–297.00	1,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	313.56/cwt	307.50–317.00	1,797	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	470	364.55/cwt	337.50–392.50	1,713	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	247.02/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,774	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	233	281.27/cwt	270.00–305.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	875	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	275	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,052	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	384.92/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,251	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	655	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	267.94/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,895	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,722	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	355	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	292.50/cwt	285.00–300.00	863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,848	2

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 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 706Last week 1,075Year ago 618

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 67Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 18Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	200.00	200.00
1	400–450	410	247.50	247.50
3	500–550	513	210.00–237.50	219.11
1	550–600	580	237.50	237.50
1	650–700	655	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	320.00	320.00
4	350–400	372	331.00–340.00	336.86
3	450–500	460	322.50–332.50	325.76
3	500–550	523	295.00–305.00	299.87
2	550–600	575	265.00–297.00	280.86
2	650–700	678	265.00–271.00	267.94
7	700–750	718	245.00–248.00	247.02
2	750–800	770	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	800	240.00	240.00
1	850–900	880	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	382	345.00–412.50	388.84
22	400–450	425	350.00–411.00	380.01
20	450–500	470	337.50–392.50	364.55
26	500–550	534	311.00–340.00	326.11
23	550–600	573	307.50–317.00	313.56
15	600–650	623	280.00–312.50	300.28
18	650–700	661	298.00	298.00
1	700–750	700	257.50	257.50
5	750–800	766	250.00–253.00	251.78
12	800–850	801	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	233	270.00–305.00	281.27
2	250–300	295	285.00–300.00	292.50
1	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
4	600–650	624	230.00–245.00	238.71
1	700–750	730	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	875	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	382.50	382.50
2	300–350	325	380.00–390.00	384.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	300.00	300.00
3	300–350	317	385.00–405.00	398.68
2	350–400	380	375.00–382.50	378.70
4	400–450	427	377.00–385.00	382.03
3	450–500	470	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	510	332.50	332.50
9	550–600	565	331.00–332.50	331.95
1	700–750	715	271.00	271.00
10	800–850	832	258.00–275.00	273.31
12	850–900	859	270.00	270.00
4	900–950	946	249.00–250.00	249.75
1	950–1000	985	236.00	236.00
9	1000–1050	1,008	226.00	226.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	191.00	191.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	280.00	280.00
3	500–550	525	232.50–242.50	239.07
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	352.00	352.00
1	600–650	625	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	352.50	352.50
8	450–500	485	347.00–357.50	350.42
1	550–600	560	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	600	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	720	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	232	420.00	420.00
2	300–350	338	420.00–425.00	422.56
7	400–450	428	407.00–420.00	418.18
56	900–950	940	266.75	266.75
53	950–1000	952	259.25	259.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	642	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	384	402.50–437.50	422.64
19	400–450	415	391.00–437.00	400.50
8	450–500	469	360.00–397.50	383.61
57	500–550	517	345.00–393.00	383.24
45	550–600	577	357.50–373.00	369.24
39	600–650	643	327.50–341.00	330.75
16	650–700	678	320.00–323.00	322.16
16	700–750	714	280.00–310.00	296.02
5	750–800	792	277.00–280.00	279.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	388.00	388.00
6	450–500	465	370.00–407.50	389.33
5	500–550	535	325.00–347.50	341.65
5	550–600	562	320.00–332.50	330.05
2	650–700	655	315.00–325.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	357.50–410.00	384.46
3	400–450	405	337.50–395.00	370.95
2	450–500	468	367.50–370.00	368.73
4	500–550	531	302.50–310.00	306.17
4	600–650	619	265.00–280.00	276.33
1	700–750	715	265.00	265.00
3	750–800	785	239.00–255.00	248.02
1	800–850	820	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	280.00	280.00
1	250–300	290	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	380	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	465	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	500	287.50	287.50
1	550–600	580	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	222.50	222.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	130.00	130.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	908	118.00–124.00	121.09
5	—	978	127.00–130.00	128.96
2	—	893	95.00–110.00	100.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,470	135.00–145.00	140.62
2	—	1,433	146.00–150.00	147.92
1	—	1,365	123.00	123.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	127.00–133.00	129.69
5	—	1,231	135.00–141.00	139.12
4	—	1,176	143.00–150.00	147.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,676	155.00–171.00	163.65
6	—	1,839	173.00–187.00	177.56

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,325	1,975.00	1,975.00

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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

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How it compared 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

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