Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends in the feeder market due to limited head to head comparisons, however the feeder market appeared steady and with good demand for weaned cattle. Slaughter cows appeared sharply higher with a limited supply and strong demand. Several days of triple digit heat index has limited cattle movement causing increased selection pressure in the feeder market and higher premiums being paid for quality in both the feeder and slaughter markets.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $331.45/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −130.09 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$331.45

5 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,883

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$23.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−40.35

vs KY average

−50.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	580	336.19	1,950	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	520	312.50	1,625	1thin

One grade step is worth $23.69/cwt here — about $325 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 sale5 hd

331.45

—

KY average24 barns · 416 hd

371.81

−40.35

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−50.23

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−130.09

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	1,708	215.19	3,676	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	182.86	2,291	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,578	174.66	2,755	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	929	146.73	1,363	8thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,210	212.00	2,565	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 2	900–950	910	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,929	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,127	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,294	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	800–850	825	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,028	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	335.99/cwt	335.00–338.00	1,942	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	814	337.47/cwt	335.75–340.00	2,747	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	190	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,096	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	313.31/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,911	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,216	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	182.86/cwt	174.00–194.00	2,291	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	172.98/cwt	164.00–182.00	2,141	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	874	143.57/cwt	130.00–150.00	1,255	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,210	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,565	1
Bulls	—	—	1,548	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	3,142	2
Bulls	—	—	1,710	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	3,677	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	675	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,823	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	585	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	644	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	184.32/cwt	177.00–195.00	2,839	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,665	3
Bulls	—	—	1,868	227.48/cwt	227.00–228.00	4,249	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	324.43/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,875	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	695	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	440	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,342	1
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	710	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,953	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	349.81/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,511	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	755	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,424	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	284.94/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	359.97/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,487	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,205	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	336.19/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,950	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,036	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,323	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 Jul 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 266Last week 303Year ago 1,132

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 48Year ago 43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	345.00–360.00	349.81
4	550–600	580	335.00–340.00	336.19
1	600–650	605	305.00	305.00
2	700–750	735	300.00	300.00
1	900–950	910	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	275	410.00	410.00
1	600–650	615	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	650	322.50	322.50
1	800–850	825	315.00	315.00
3	1000–1050	1,028	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	632	363.00	363.00
2	750–800	755	321.00	321.00
189	800–850	814	335.75–340.00	337.47
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	412	365.00	365.00
4	550–600	578	320.00–337.50	324.43
4	600–650	610	300.00–318.00	313.31
1	650–700	655	312.50	312.50
2	700–750	727	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	790	244.00	244.00
1	850–900	880	245.00	245.00
1	900–950	915	232.50	232.50
1	950–1000	985	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	675	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	347.50	347.50
1	550–600	570	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	623	280.00–290.00	284.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	362.50	362.50
2	400–450	413	355.00–365.00	359.97
1	500–550	505	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	550	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	610	297.50	297.50
1	750–800	770	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	316.00	316.00
1	800–850	825	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	578	335.00–338.00	335.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	305.00	305.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,253	174.00–194.00	182.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	164.00–182.00	172.98
5	—	874	130.00–150.00	143.57
1	—	585	110.00	110.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,540	177.00–195.00	184.32
3	—	1,615	165.00	165.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	212.00	212.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	203.00	203.00
1	—	1,710	215.00	215.00
2	—	1,868	227.00–228.00	227.48

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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