Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with good demand for weaned packages. Yearling steers lite test. Yearling heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with most advance on 600-700 lb packages. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.40/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −88.47 against this barn's trailing median of $405.87.

Average price

$317.40

37 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$581

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

$115.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.29

vs KY average

−11.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	325.70	1,799	33
Medium and Large 2-3	582	261.85	1,524	3thin
Small and Medium 1-2	580	210.00	1,218	1thin

One grade step is worth $115.70/cwt here — about $581 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

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $449.23, low $332.88, median $405.87 across 30 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 sale37 hd

317.40

—

KY average25 barns · 1,270 hd

323.69

−6.29

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−11.94

This barn, trailing median30 sales

405.87

−88.47

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	1,643	173.72	2,853	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,350	149.63	2,020	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,518	148.47	2,253	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,057	133.85	1,415	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,360	197.50	2,686	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,563	191.00	2,985	2thin

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)	1,170	$2,275	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,342	$2,039	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,625	$2,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	137.45/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,904	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,360	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	2,686	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,625	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,105	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,376	2,102.21/head	1,775.00–2,450.00	2,102	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	600	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	408.00/cwt	390.00–417.50	1,518	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,868	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	409.55/cwt	401.00–427.50	1,483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	313.65/cwt	310.00–319.00	1,763	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,017	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	307.36/cwt	292.50–317.00	1,607	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,995	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	294.60/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	274.17/cwt	267.50–280.00	2,243	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	324.17/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,049	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	950–1000	960	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,322	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,317	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	325.16/cwt	319.00–327.00	2,179	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,873	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,995	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,978	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	728	308.20/cwt	293.00–318.00	2,244	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	489	351.82/cwt	350.00–356.00	1,720	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	417.70/cwt	410.00–419.00	1,834	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,185	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	189.95/cwt	181.00–199.00	1,653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	850–900	875	236.87/cwt	232.50–239.00	2,073	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	386.96/cwt	385.00–391.00	1,420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	343.07/cwt	339.00–349.00	1,612	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	312.74/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,923	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	372.97/cwt	362.50–393.00	1,522	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	392.47/cwt	382.50–397.50	1,970	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	216.27/cwt	212.50–220.00	1,849	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,343	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1000–1050	1,040	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,298	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	367.30/cwt	362.50–372.00	1,568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	381	399.26/cwt	397.00–400.00	1,521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	423	390.48/cwt	390.00–391.00	1,652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	340	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	241.64/cwt	237.50–245.00	1,948	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	675	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,431	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	580	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	289.64/cwt	282.50–292.00	2,039	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,404	156.34/cwt	150.00–166.00	2,195	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,563	191.00/cwt	185.00–197.50	2,985	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	152.28/cwt	149.00–159.00	2,313	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	145.91/cwt	141.00–148.00	2,240	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	144.31/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,804	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	745	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	775	1
Bulls	—	—	1,668	184.48/cwt	183.00–186.00	3,077	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	143.43/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,571	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	122.87/cwt	119.00–128.00	1,284	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,889	2
Bulls	—	—	1,634	170.13/cwt	157.00–177.00	2,780	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	254.33/cwt	243.00–265.00	1,704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,245	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	813	250.49/cwt	250.00–251.00	2,036	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	426.01/cwt	425.00–427.00	1,832	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	470	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,062	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,345	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	378	372.75/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,409	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	311.87/cwt	287.50–332.00	1,506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	280.50/cwt	279.00–281.00	2,050	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	340.65/cwt	331.00–350.00	1,611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	772	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,084	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	287.08/cwt	281.00–290.00	2,228	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	236.84/cwt	231.00–242.50	1,468	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	507	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	582	261.85/cwt	235.00–281.00	1,524	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	417	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	334.98/cwt	329.00–339.75	2,043	167
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	659	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,181	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,152	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,290	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	579	330.32/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,913	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	349.04/cwt	337.00–362.50	2,157	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	430	378.14/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	534	396.02/cwt	391.00–403.00	2,115	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,116	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	772	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,308	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	528	343.75/cwt	321.00–352.50	1,815	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	330.15/cwt	328.00–335.00	1,902	14

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 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 563Last week 974Year ago 913

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 137Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 23Year ago 7

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,385	135.00–139.00	137.45
11	—	1,404	150.00–166.00	156.34
7	—	1,250	140.00–149.00	144.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,519	149.00–159.00	152.28
11	—	1,535	141.00–148.00	145.91
2	—	1,410	134.00	134.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	104.00	104.00
10	—	1,095	140.00–147.00	143.43
6	—	1,045	119.00–128.00	122.87
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	197.50	197.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	185.00–197.50	191.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,668	183.00–186.00	184.48
6	—	1,634	157.00–177.00	170.13

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,625	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,105	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,170	2,275.00	2,275.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,376	1,775.00–2,450.00	2,102.21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	380.00	380.00
3	350–400	367	385.00–391.00	386.96
5	400–450	427	362.50–372.00	367.30
6	450–500	470	339.00–349.00	343.07
7	500–550	523	292.50–317.00	307.36
5	550–600	562	310.00–319.00	313.65
1	600–650	610	307.00	307.00
2	650–700	670	290.00–299.00	294.60
1	700–750	700	273.00	273.00
3	750–800	760	262.50	262.50
4	800–850	806	237.50–245.00	241.64
2	850–900	855	212.50–220.00	216.27
1	950–1000	990	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	875	232.50–239.00	236.87
2	950–1000	960	220.00	220.00
2	1000–1050	1,040	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	375.00–385.00	378.14
6	450–500	489	350.00–356.00	351.82
7	500–550	528	321.00–352.50	343.75
14	550–600	576	328.00–335.00	330.15
167	600–650	610	329.00–339.75	334.98
4	700–750	731	279.00–281.00	280.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	407.00	407.00
4	350–400	381	397.00–400.00	399.26
2	400–450	423	390.00–391.00	390.48
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	675	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	361.00	361.00
2	350–400	385	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	435	321.00	321.00
4	450–500	483	287.50–332.00	311.87
3	550–600	582	235.00–281.00	261.85
2	600–650	620	231.00–242.50	236.84
2	650–700	670	243.00–265.00	254.33
1	750–800	770	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	415.00	415.00
1	300–350	340	395.00	395.00
3	350–400	372	390.00–417.50	408.00
3	400–450	408	362.50–393.00	372.97
1	450–500	450	415.00	415.00
6	500–550	502	382.50–397.50	392.47
1	550–600	575	393.00	393.00
12	600–650	615	310.00–320.00	312.74
4	700–750	704	282.50–292.00	289.64
2	850–900	870	181.00–199.00	189.95
3	950–1000	950	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	393.00	393.00
1	300–350	330	407.50	407.50
2	350–400	378	360.00–385.00	372.75
1	400–450	435	389.00	389.00
2	450–500	473	331.00–350.00	340.65
1	500–550	540	329.00	329.00
8	550–600	579	325.00–335.00	330.32
1	700–750	700	261.00	261.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	659	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	400.00	400.00
3	350–400	362	401.00–427.50	409.55
10	400–450	439	410.00–419.00	417.70
2	450–500	472	419.00	419.00
1	500–550	510	377.00	377.00
2	550–600	592	357.50	357.50
6	600–650	632	320.00–327.00	324.17
9	650–700	670	319.00–327.00	325.16
6	750–800	776	281.00–290.00	287.08
9	800–850	818	267.50–280.00	274.17
3	850–900	898	258.00	258.00
1	950–1000	950	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	534	391.00–403.00	396.02
27	550–600	559	385.00	385.00
15	600–650	618	337.00–362.50	349.04
53	650–700	660	347.00	347.00
13	700–750	728	293.00–318.00	308.20
2	750–800	772	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	367.50	367.50
2	400–450	417	373.00	373.00
2	500–550	507	344.00	344.00
1	650–700	665	310.00	310.00
2	750–800	772	270.00	270.00
2	800–850	813	250.00–251.00	250.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	425.00–427.00	426.01
1	450–500	470	420.00	420.00

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

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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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How it compared 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

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