Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower with moderate to good demand. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher; over 600 lbs 5.00 lower with moderate to good demand. Yearling steers and heifers sold 5.00 lower in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $379.42/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −82.13 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$379.42

75 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$32.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.57

vs KY average

+1.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	532	384.81	2,048	62
Large 1-2	516	360.00	1,858	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	539	351.83	1,898	10thin

One grade step is worth $32.98/cwt here — about $151 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

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 sale75 hd

379.42

—

KY average27 barns · 1,298 hd

367.85

+11.57

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+1.37

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−82.13

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	1,842	209.92	3,867	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,472	170.69	2,513	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,246	162.06	2,019	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,150	149.25	1,716	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,375	188.99	2,599	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,310	$2,498	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,565	$2,002	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	845	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

100 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	900–950	920	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	212.97/cwt	207.00–219.00	2,034	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	294.67/cwt	280.00–305.00	2,101	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	300.37/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	327.50/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,014	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,080	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,214	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,991	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	928	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,140	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	417.60/cwt	407.50–437.50	1,428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	257.26/cwt	257.00–257.50	1,976	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	229.34/cwt	222.00–240.00	2,087	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,151	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	413.90/cwt	410.00–417.50	1,531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	375.54/cwt	372.50–377.00	1,945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	397.19/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,855	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	380.57/cwt	380.00–381.00	2,131	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	263.80/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,926	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	360.58/cwt	335.00–365.25	2,221	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	350.72/cwt	349.95–351.50	2,385	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,034	257.43/cwt	247.50–258.00	2,662	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	538	341.34/cwt	330.00–353.00	1,836	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	370.02/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,950	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,410	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	212.35/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,864	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,973	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,033	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	399.78/cwt	392.50–407.50	1,691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	319.37/cwt	316.00–320.00	2,041	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	355.44/cwt	352.00–365.00	1,539	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	388.60/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,850	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	845	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,085	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	647	360.25/cwt	360.25–360.25	2,331	85
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,988	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,089	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	403.91/cwt	395.00–412.50	1,688	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	700–750	710	241.31/cwt	232.50–250.00	1,713	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	325	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	878	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	250–300	290	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	870	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	575	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,725	2
Bulls	—	—	1,690	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,228	1
Bulls	—	—	1,893	216.22/cwt	205.00–224.00	4,093	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	170.55/cwt	165.00–185.00	2,248	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	162.03/cwt	156.00–168.00	1,839	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	147.01/cwt	143.00–151.00	1,627	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,235	133.43/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,648	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	595	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,053	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	145.08/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,567	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,375	188.99/cwt	187.00–191.00	2,599	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	173.61/cwt	166.00–188.00	2,622	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	159.00/cwt	157.00–162.00	2,099	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	157.22/cwt	150.00–162.00	1,902	7
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	516	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,858	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	560	291.29/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,631	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	640	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,952	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	530	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,908	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	390	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,521	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,604	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,565	2,001.72/head	1,825.00–2,200.00	2,002	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	730	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,380	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	672	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,310	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	845	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,428	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	780	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,349	1
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	910	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,002	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	850–900	878	264.75/cwt	264.75–264.75	2,325	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	700	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,233	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,438	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	178.40/cwt	163.00–199.00	1,725	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	2,497.58/head	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	885	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,859	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	432	382.43/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,652	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	290.22/cwt	287.00–300.00	2,206	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	327.67/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	662	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,052	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	642	318.63/cwt	318.00–327.50	2,046	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	668	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	486	365.56/cwt	352.50–372.50	1,777	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	387.71/cwt	377.50–391.00	2,032	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	410	433.21/cwt	425.00–437.50	1,776	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	223.77/cwt	222.50–225.00	1,734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	567	336.66/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,909	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,331	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	531	365.98/cwt	365.00–367.00	1,943	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	447	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	618	313.69/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,939	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	458	325.41/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	295.22/cwt	245.00–345.00	1,692	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 May 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 692Last week 1,021Year ago 632

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 107Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 13Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	407.50–437.50	417.60
2	350–400	370	410.00–417.50	413.90
2	400–450	423	392.50–407.50	399.78
3	450–500	467	385.00–415.00	397.19
3	500–550	518	372.50–377.00	375.54
5	550–600	580	369.00	369.00
4	600–650	615	320.00–330.00	327.50
1	650–700	670	321.00	321.00
3	700–750	713	280.00–305.00	294.67
25	750–800	760	287.00–300.00	290.22
3	900–950	920	278.00	278.00
36	1000–1050	1,034	247.50–258.00	257.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	410	425.00–437.50	433.21
47	500–550	524	377.50–391.00	387.71
7	550–600	560	380.00–381.00	380.57
50	600–650	616	335.00–365.25	360.58
152	650–700	680	349.95–351.50	350.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	600–650	647	360.25	360.25
3	700–750	700	319.00	319.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	710	232.50–250.00	241.31
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	516	360.00	360.00
1	900–950	910	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	447	383.00	383.00
5	450–500	486	352.50–372.50	365.56
8	500–550	531	365.00–367.00	365.98
2	550–600	573	245.00–345.00	295.22
3	600–650	618	310.00–320.00	313.69
3	650–700	668	279.00	279.00
1	700–750	700	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	790	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	337.50	337.50
3	350–400	371	380.00	380.00
7	400–450	433	352.00–365.00	355.44
1	450–500	485	355.00	355.00
3	600–650	630	291.00–305.00	300.37
4	650–700	658	317.50	317.50
2	700–750	730	260.00–267.50	263.80
2	750–800	768	257.00–257.50	257.26
1	800–850	840	237.00	237.00
4	900–950	910	222.00–240.00	229.34
2	950–1000	955	207.00–219.00	212.97
1	1000–1050	1,025	170.00	170.00
1	1050–1100	1,080	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	432	380.00–390.00	382.43
35	500–550	538	330.00–353.00	341.34
5	550–600	567	330.00–340.00	336.66
15	600–650	642	318.00–327.50	318.63
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	560	280.00–303.00	291.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	850–900	878	264.75	264.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	331.00	331.00
2	350–400	375	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	415	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	458	300.00–350.00	325.41
2	500–550	525	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	555	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	620	245.00	245.00
2	750–800	775	222.50–225.00	223.77
2	850–900	885	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	418	395.00–412.50	403.91
6	450–500	476	380.00–395.00	388.60
3	500–550	527	367.50–375.00	370.02
2	550–600	560	355.00	355.00
6	600–650	639	316.00–320.00	319.37
1	750–800	750	275.00	275.00
2	850–900	878	205.00–220.00	212.35
1	1000–1050	1,025	192.50	192.50
1	1050–1100	1,085	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	325	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	575	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	530	360.00	360.00
2	550–600	595	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	640	305.00	305.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	351.00	351.00
2	550–600	568	320.00–335.00	327.67
2	650–700	662	310.00	310.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	672	195.00	195.00
2	700–750	730	189.00	189.00
1	750–800	780	173.00	173.00
1	800–850	845	169.00	169.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,565	1,825.00–2,200.00	2,001.72
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,310	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,497.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,060	230.00	230.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	967	163.00–199.00	178.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	191.00	191.00
3	—	1,893	205.00–224.00	216.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,318	165.00–185.00	170.55
2	—	1,080	143.00–147.00	145.08
7	—	1,210	150.00–162.00	157.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,135	156.00–168.00	162.03
3	—	1,107	143.00–151.00	147.01
2	—	1,235	132.00–135.00	133.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,510	166.00–188.00	173.61
3	—	1,320	157.00–162.00	159.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	187.00–191.00	188.99

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

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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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