Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand for weaned calves and yearlings. Yearling steers sold 5.00 higher with very good demand. Yearling heifers very good demand in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.76/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −75.11 against this barn's trailing median of $405.87.

Average price

$330.76

13 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$331

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

$45.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.85

vs KY average

−10.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	341.24	1,870	10thin
Medium and Large 2-3	520	295.83	1,538	3thin

One grade step is worth $45.40/cwt here — about $331 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale13 hd

330.76

—

KY average24 barns · 1,121 hd

340.61

−9.85

National average161 barns · 10,769 hd

340.92

−10.16

This barn, trailing median30 sales

405.87

−75.11

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	1,645	209.95	3,454	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,283	167.99	2,156	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,418	161.53	2,291	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,091	155.60	1,698	11

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,400	$3,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,233	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	738	316.25/cwt	316.25–316.25	2,334	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,042	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	331.73/cwt	327.00–340.00	1,748	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,521	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	352.38/cwt	347.50–357.50	2,167	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,442	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,919	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,252	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	458	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,947	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	381.94/cwt	377.00–392.50	1,597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	367.63/cwt	365.00–369.00	1,919	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	442.29/cwt	437.50–447.50	1,614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,380	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	368.64/cwt	365.00–371.00	1,781	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	250	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	378	404.90/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,531	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	535	297.52/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	369.44/cwt	363.00–379.00	1,759	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	370.43/cwt	363.00–377.00	1,919	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	950–1000	976	296.94/cwt	295.00–298.90	2,898	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	286.33/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	379.40/cwt	367.50–392.50	1,593	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	157.54/cwt	153.00–161.00	1,980	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	157.62/cwt	154.00–167.00	1,705	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	146.51/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,660	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	164.53/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,466	8
Bulls	—	—	1,805	219.26/cwt	211.00–228.00	3,958	4
Bulls	—	—	1,432	197.54/cwt	187.00–208.00	2,829	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	212	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,018	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	275	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,100	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,311	157.54/cwt	154.00–160.00	2,065	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	173.80/cwt	163.00–183.00	2,256	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	230	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	820	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,139	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	173.31/cwt	161.00–184.00	1,790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	358.74/cwt	342.50–370.00	2,199	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	926	254.99/cwt	242.50–258.00	2,361	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	326.22/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,821	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	562	323.77/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,807	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	588	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,046	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	390.00/cwt	385.00–392.50	1,989	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	540	354.86/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	289.34/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,956	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	765	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	257.33/cwt	252.50–262.00	1,848	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,021	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	686	344.19/cwt	342.50–345.00	2,361	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,152	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	963	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 Jun 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 384Last week 861Year ago 507

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 57Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 24Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	437.50–447.50	442.29
3	400–450	418	377.00–392.50	381.94
3	450–500	483	365.00–371.00	368.64
6	500–550	518	363.00–377.00	370.43
2	600–650	615	347.50–357.50	352.38
2	650–700	687	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	745	252.50	252.50
1	750–800	775	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	815	240.00	240.00
1	850–900	895	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	455.00	455.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	295.00–300.00	297.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	377.50	377.50
1	400–450	435	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	480	347.50	347.50
3	550–600	562	320.00–330.00	323.77
1	700–750	730	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	820	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	340.00–370.00	354.86
3	550–600	588	348.00	348.00
138	700–750	738	316.25	316.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	250	385.00	385.00
2	300–350	320	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	420	367.50–392.50	379.40
6	450–500	476	363.00–379.00	369.44
5	500–550	527	327.00–340.00	331.73
2	600–650	623	280.00–292.50	286.33
4	650–700	676	285.00–302.50	289.34
2	700–750	718	252.50–262.00	257.33
1	900–950	920	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	212	480.00	480.00
1	250–300	275	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	335	425.00	425.00
2	350–400	378	400.00–410.00	404.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	460	325.00–327.50	326.22
2	500–550	505	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	550	287.50	287.50
1	650–700	650	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	715	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	400	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	467	390.00	390.00
3	500–550	522	365.00–369.00	367.63
4	550–600	555	368.00	368.00
1	600–650	645	314.00	314.00
1	750–800	770	292.50	292.50
3	800–850	800	297.50	297.50
3	900–950	920	274.00	274.00
1	1000–1050	1,010	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	425.00	425.00
3	500–550	510	385.00–392.50	390.00
5	600–650	613	342.50–370.00	358.74
3	650–700	686	342.50–345.00	344.19
1	750–800	765	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
109	950–1000	976	295.00–298.90	296.94
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	347.50	347.50
1	600–650	625	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	770	262.50	262.50
5	900–950	926	242.50–258.00	254.99
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	222.50	222.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,257	153.00–161.00	157.54
9	—	1,298	163.00–183.00	173.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,082	154.00–167.00	157.62
2	—	1,133	145.00–148.00	146.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,499	160.00–172.00	164.53
6	—	1,311	154.00–160.00	157.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,805	211.00–228.00	219.26
3	—	1,432	187.00–208.00	197.54

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	—	1,400	3,050.00	3,050.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	147.00	147.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,033	161.00–184.00	173.31

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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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