Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday market not fully established due to lite test however good demand for weaned calves suitable for grass and good demand for yearling steers. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady in a lite test. Heavy rain over the weekend created widespread flooding and muddy field conditions restricting cattle movement.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $331.92/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −129.62 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$331.92

13 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$48.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.59

vs KY average

−22.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	346.67	1,934	9thin
Large 1-2	540	300.00	1,620	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	561	298.33	1,675	3thin

One grade step is worth $48.33/cwt here — about $259 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 sale13 hd

331.92

—

KY average20 barns · 486 hd

343.51

−11.59

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−22.38

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−129.62

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	1,490	171.24	2,551	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,506	146.76	2,209	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,304	138.52	1,806	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,099	120.82	1,328	4thin

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)	1,010	$2,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,110	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,209	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,613	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	318.47/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,659	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,958	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,040	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	781	289.73/cwt	275.00–289.95	2,263	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	455	388.33/cwt	387.50–392.50	1,767	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	585	333.75/cwt	332.50–337.50	1,952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	438	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,686	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	800	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	318.72/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,928	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,873	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	457	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,679	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	266.68/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,888	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	314.33/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,823	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	525	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,785	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,258	135.51/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,705	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	149.57/cwt	145.00–159.00	2,308	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	106.12/cwt	102.00–111.00	998	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,716	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	138.33/cwt	136.00–141.00	1,927	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	144.53/cwt	144.00–145.00	1,908	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,695	1
Bulls	—	—	1,490	171.24/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,551	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,090	140.20/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,528	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,615	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	662	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	247.57/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,663	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	670	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	295.53/cwt	292.50–302.50	1,711	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	387	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,248	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	588	305.33/cwt	305.00–306.00	1,795	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	322.55/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,332	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,919	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	365	356.25/cwt	342.50–370.00	1,300	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	535	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,900	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1

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 Apr 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 175Last week 499Year ago 621

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 64Year ago 136

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 26Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	436	370.00	370.00
3	550–600	560	345.00	345.00
6	600–650	642	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	700	267.50	267.50
1	1100–1150	1,110	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	385.00	385.00
6	450–500	455	387.50–392.50	388.33
2	500–550	500	375.00	375.00
4	550–600	585	332.50–337.50	333.75
2	600–650	605	315.00–322.50	318.72
64	750–800	781	275.00–289.95	289.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	324.00	324.00
1	450–500	465	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	530	285.00	285.00
2	550–600	577	305.00	305.00
1	800–850	800	240.00	240.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	662	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	700	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	521	310.00–327.50	318.47
9	550–600	588	305.00–306.00	305.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	413	315.00–327.50	322.55
4	550–600	579	292.50–302.50	295.53
1	600–650	640	297.50	297.50
2	750–800	760	252.50	252.50
1	900–950	915	204.00	204.00
1	950–1000	995	191.00	191.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	342.50–370.00	356.25
5	450–500	457	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	387	322.50	322.50
2	500–550	535	302.50	302.50
1	650–700	670	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	297.50	297.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	580	300.00–325.00	314.33
3	600–650	600	300.00	300.00
3	700–750	708	265.00–270.00	266.68
2	750–800	778	240.00–255.00	247.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	135.00–136.00	135.51
2	—	940	102.00–111.00	106.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,543	145.00–159.00	149.57
3	—	1,393	136.00–141.00	138.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	131.00	131.00
2	—	1,320	144.00–145.00	144.53
1	—	1,265	134.00	134.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,490	170.00–173.00	171.24

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,090	138.00–142.00	140.20
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	177.50	177.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	2,500.00	2,500.00

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.

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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Reporter comment USDA

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

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle