Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold steady in a limited comparison with very good demand. Feeder heifers sold steady with good demand; softer undertone on calves under 600 lbs in a limited comparison. Yearlings sold steady in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $373.66/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −87.88 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$373.66

29 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,088

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$313

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

$43.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.27

vs KY average

+1.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	376.69	2,110	27
Medium and Large 2-3	540	332.75	1,797	2thin

One grade step is worth $43.94/cwt here — about $313 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 sale29 hd

373.66

—

KY average24 barns · 899 hd

374.93

−1.27

National average146 barns · 8,317 hd

371.92

+1.74

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−87.88

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	—	Low	1,686	210.72	3,553	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,302	165.09	2,149	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,435	164.31	2,357	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,125	200.00	2,250	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,295	196.36	2,543	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,065	$1,975	1thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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	850–900	858	302.08/cwt	300.00–302.50	2,592	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	356.05/cwt	352.50–357.50	2,350	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	345.22/cwt	341.00–347.50	1,926	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	830	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,366	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	263.80/cwt	260.00–267.50	2,303	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	309.75/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,883	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,372	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	433	413.43/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,790	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	347.85/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,781	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,143	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,741	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	584	377.11/cwt	377.00–377.50	2,202	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	480	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,978	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	326.93/cwt	322.50–332.00	1,749	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	328.42/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,905	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	377.36/cwt	370.00–387.50	1,555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,993	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,065	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	368.35/cwt	362.50–377.50	1,974	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,158	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,964	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,018	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,083	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	246.54/cwt	243.00–250.00	2,399	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	353.41/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,831	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	387.47/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,434	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	535	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,006	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	300	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	900–950	918	305.65/cwt	298.40–309.80	2,806	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	800–850	830	324.95/cwt	324.95–324.95	2,697	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	306.97/cwt	301.00–310.00	2,158	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,423	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2-3	650–700	685	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,524	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	515	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,352	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	465	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	988	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	555	290.10/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,610	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	471	312.16/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,470	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,295	196.36/cwt	193.00–200.00	2,543	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	147.41/cwt	144.00–151.00	2,101	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	170.81/cwt	165.00–176.00	2,513	9
Bulls	—	—	1,065	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,608	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	151.67/cwt	150.00–153.00	2,067	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	170.46/cwt	167.00–177.00	2,255	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	850–900	892	309.85/cwt	309.85–309.85	2,764	56
Bulls	—	—	1,534	198.79/cwt	191.00–211.00	3,049	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	159.38/cwt	154.00–165.00	2,188	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	163.31/cwt	161.00–165.00	1,989	3
Bulls	—	—	1,859	225.65/cwt	218.00–236.00	4,195	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,125	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,901	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	409.49/cwt	409.00–410.00	1,466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,668	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,015	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	170.39/cwt	160.00–183.00	1,539	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,065	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	297.50/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	292.85/cwt	272.50–312.50	1,655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	800	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	306.65/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,625	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	571	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,956	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	910	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	482	331.32/cwt	317.50–338.00	1,597	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	392.91/cwt	392.50–395.00	1,737	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	298.01/cwt	297.50–299.00	2,259	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	461	388.91/cwt	379.00–399.00	1,793	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	723	322.38/cwt	319.00–325.00	2,331	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	638	377.20/cwt	360.00–378.50	2,407	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	336.02/cwt	323.00–340.00	2,117	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,026	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	656	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,198	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,862	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	351	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	388.59/cwt	382.50–391.00	2,063	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	756	324.15/cwt	317.50–332.50	2,451	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	658	280.49/cwt	279.00–282.00	1,846	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,099	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	767	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,167	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	305.49/cwt	305.00–307.50	2,200	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	386	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,554	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	810	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	409	353.65/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,560	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	356.79/cwt	335.00–373.00	1,695	4

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 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 695Last week 384Year ago 801

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 50Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year 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
6	400–450	442	392.50–395.00	392.91
2	450–500	457	400.00	400.00
5	500–550	536	362.50–377.50	368.35
3	550–600	555	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	615	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	700	295.00	295.00
3	750–800	758	297.50–299.00	298.01
2	800–850	818	290.00	290.00
6	850–900	858	300.00–302.50	302.08
2	950–1000	973	243.00–250.00	246.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	460.00	460.00
3	450–500	480	412.00	412.00
6	500–550	531	382.50–391.00	388.59
13	550–600	584	377.00–377.50	377.11
85	600–650	638	360.00–378.50	377.20
13	650–700	660	352.50–357.50	356.05
10	700–750	723	319.00–325.00	322.38
4	750–800	756	317.50–332.50	324.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	800–850	830	324.95	324.95
56	850–900	892	309.85	309.85
171	900–950	918	298.40–309.80	305.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	520	333.00	333.00
1	550–600	560	332.50	332.50
1	650–700	650	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	720	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	402.50	402.50
8	400–450	433	390.00–430.00	413.43
4	450–500	461	379.00–399.00	388.91
6	500–550	512	345.00–352.00	347.85
22	550–600	558	341.00–347.50	345.22
24	600–650	630	323.00–340.00	336.02
3	650–700	656	335.00	335.00
10	700–750	720	305.00–307.50	305.49
2	750–800	767	282.50	282.50
1	800–850	830	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	370	385.00–390.00	387.47
3	400–450	412	370.00–387.50	377.36
2	450–500	477	365.00	365.00
10	500–550	535	322.50–332.00	326.93
3	550–600	580	325.00–330.00	328.42
10	600–650	608	300.00–320.00	309.75
4	650–700	675	317.50	317.50
1	700–750	700	297.50	297.50
2	750–800	752	265.00	265.00
2	850–900	873	260.00–267.50	263.80
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	212.50	212.50
1	500–550	515	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	400	339.00	339.00
5	450–500	482	317.50–338.00	331.32
3	500–550	530	305.00–310.00	306.65
2	550–600	565	272.50–312.50	292.85
2	600–650	600	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	685	277.50	277.50
1	800–850	800	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	412.50	412.50
2	350–400	358	409.00–410.00	409.49
2	400–450	417	392.50	392.50
3	500–550	518	350.00–360.00	353.41
1	550–600	575	351.00	351.00
2	650–700	652	331.00	331.00
3	700–750	703	301.00–310.00	306.97
1	850–900	880	255.00	255.00
1	900–950	935	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	465.00	465.00
2	350–400	380	439.00	439.00
1	500–550	535	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	471	305.00–327.50	312.16
3	550–600	555	280.00–310.00	290.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	372.50	372.50
1	300–350	330	380.00	380.00
4	400–450	409	340.00–385.00	353.65
4	450–500	475	335.00–373.00	356.79
3	550–600	571	342.50	342.50
2	600–650	600	275.00–320.00	297.50
2	650–700	658	279.00–282.00	280.49
1	800–850	810	195.00	195.00
1	900–950	910	190.00	190.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	193.00–200.00	196.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,425	144.00–151.00	147.41
9	—	1,471	165.00–176.00	170.81
5	—	1,373	154.00–165.00	159.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	150.00–153.00	151.67
6	—	1,323	167.00–177.00	170.46
3	—	1,218	161.00–165.00	163.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	151.00	151.00
5	—	1,534	191.00–211.00	198.79
8	—	1,859	218.00–236.00	225.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	200.00	200.00

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	1	—	720	141.00	141.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	903	160.00–183.00	170.39
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	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

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

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