Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was mostly steady with an average quality offering. Good quality feeder steers 650 lbs and under appeared stronger, and even sharply stronger in spots, with a good supply but limited comparisons with the previous week . Yearling steers were mostly steady with a good supply and good demand . Feeder heifers 650 lbs and under were unevenly steady ranging from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher across the weight classes with a good supply and good demand for weaned and guaranteed open females. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 lower with a good supply and slaughter bulls were steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $383.49/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −78.06 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$383.49

47 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,142

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$586

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

$97.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.37

vs KY average

−4.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	387.87	2,166	44
Medium and Large 2	568	333.85	1,896	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	545	290.00	1,581	1thin

One grade step is worth $97.87/cwt here — about $586 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 sale47 hd

383.49

—

KY average23 barns · 722 hd

387.85

−4.37

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

−4.00

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−78.06

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	1,603	204.37	3,277	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,530	176.97	2,708	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,199	174.34	2,091	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,124	162.53	1,827	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	950	217.50	2,066	1thin

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,300	$2,575	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,032	$1,967	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	875	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	925	$1,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,220	$2,950	2thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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	500–550	545	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,071	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	361.69/cwt	361.00–362.50	2,098	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	849	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,878	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,412	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	325.95/cwt	323.00–329.00	2,819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	859	340.75/cwt	340.75–340.75	2,927	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	331.32/cwt	325.00–337.50	2,097	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	327.06/cwt	322.50–336.00	2,211	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	390.50/cwt	377.50–397.50	2,390	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	369.92/cwt	357.50–373.00	1,827	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	337.03/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,749	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,224	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	253.12/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,921	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,856	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	290.66/cwt	281.00–300.00	2,116	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	950–1000	990	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	403.67/cwt	395.00–412.00	1,029	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	750–800	766	304.22/cwt	297.00–309.00	2,330	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,229	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	600–650	600	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,085	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	855	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	800–850	813	307.17/cwt	307.00–307.50	2,497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	671	324.96/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	700–750	705	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,235	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	850–900	880	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	329.51/cwt	329.00–330.00	1,905	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,054	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1000–1050	1,015	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	375	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,584	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,617	180.92/cwt	177.00–188.00	2,925	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	181.04/cwt	178.00–184.00	2,384	5
Bulls	—	—	1,758	209.44/cwt	200.00–213.00	3,682	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	170.16/cwt	164.00–175.00	1,916	8
Heifers	Choice	—	950	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,066	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	157.23/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,725	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	880	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	565	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,766	1
Bulls	—	—	1,455	191.74/cwt	189.00–194.00	2,790	3
Bulls	—	—	1,430	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	3,175	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,147	166.95/cwt	165.00–173.00	1,915	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,434	172.59/cwt	167.00–176.00	2,475	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	402	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,658	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	650–700	660	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,535	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	545	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,267	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	289.36/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,939	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	383.71/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,421	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,724	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	993	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	3,113	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	301.27/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,913	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	393.48/cwt	384.00–407.50	2,243	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	363.05/cwt	355.00–371.00	1,590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	295.01/cwt	292.50–297.50	2,089	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	324.05/cwt	308.00–334.00	2,369	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	333.85/cwt	329.00–339.00	1,896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	925	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,034	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	774	345.77/cwt	345.00–346.00	2,676	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	368.82/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,143	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	397.96/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,898	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	533	362.89/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,934	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	327.81/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,731	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	340	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	408.67/cwt	394.00–418.00	2,150	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	366.00/cwt	365.75–366.25	2,233	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	350.71/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,262	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	679	347.13/cwt	347.00–349.00	2,357	29

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 Aug 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 699Last week 1,142Year ago 1,016

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 50Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 12Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	510.00	510.00
1	400–450	435	397.50	397.50
10	450–500	477	395.00–405.00	397.96
3	500–550	545	380.00	380.00
17	550–600	581	350.00–375.00	368.82
7	600–650	645	340.00–360.00	350.71
3	650–700	676	322.50–336.00	327.06
10	700–750	731	308.00–334.00	324.05
6	800–850	833	322.50–330.00	327.81
2	850–900	865	323.00–329.00	325.95
1	900–950	945	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	462.50	462.50
14	500–550	526	394.00–418.00	408.67
10	550–600	570	384.00–407.50	393.48
31	600–650	612	377.50–397.50	390.50
30	750–800	774	345.00–346.00	345.77
51	800–850	849	339.00	339.00
52	850–900	859	340.75	340.75
56	900–950	925	328.00	328.00
49	950–1000	993	313.50	313.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	545	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	655	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	380.00–387.50	383.71
2	550–600	568	329.00–339.00	333.85
1	600–650	605	313.00	313.00
2	700–750	708	292.50–297.50	295.01
1	750–800	785	270.00	270.00
1	900–950	910	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	533	350.00–365.00	362.89
13	550–600	580	361.00–362.50	361.69
166	600–650	610	365.75–366.25	366.00
29	650–700	679	347.00–349.00	347.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	494	357.50–373.00	369.92
5	500–550	519	332.50–340.00	337.03
2	550–600	578	329.00–330.00	329.51
2	600–650	633	325.00–337.50	331.32
1	900–950	910	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	600	347.50	347.50
3	650–700	671	322.50–330.00	324.96
6	700–750	705	317.00	317.00
5	750–800	766	297.00–309.00	304.22
3	800–850	813	307.00–307.50	307.17
1	850–900	880	297.00	297.00
1	950–1000	990	270.00	270.00
2	1000–1050	1,015	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	855	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	410.00	410.00
2	350–400	375	422.50	422.50
2	400–450	402	412.50	412.50
3	450–500	460	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	570	302.50	302.50
2	600–650	635	300.00–302.50	301.27
4	650–700	670	287.50–290.00	289.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	395.00–412.00	403.67
1	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
3	500–550	546	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	650	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	728	281.00–300.00	290.66
4	750–800	759	250.00–260.00	253.12
1	800–850	835	246.00	246.00
1	850–900	895	249.00	249.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	232.50	232.50
1	650–700	660	232.50	232.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	355.00–371.00	363.05
1	600–650	630	282.50	282.50
1	800–850	835	215.00	215.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,380	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	2,575.00	2,575.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	875	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,030	235.00	235.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,220	2,950.00	2,950.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,617	177.00–188.00	180.92
9	—	1,434	167.00–176.00	172.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,317	178.00–184.00	181.04
8	—	1,126	164.00–175.00	170.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,097	154.00–161.00	157.23
6	—	1,147	165.00–173.00	166.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,758	200.00–213.00	209.44
3	—	1,455	189.00–194.00	191.74
1	—	1,430	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	217.50	217.50

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

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle