Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was mostly steady with an average quality offering of mostly yearling cattle. No trends on light weight feeder steers and heifers 350 lbs and under due to a light test. However, the 400-700 lbs steers and heifers were unevenly steady ranging from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher with a moderate supply and good demand. Yearling steer and heifer loads were 2.00 to 4.00 higher with a good supply and good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 3.00 to 6.00 lower with a moderate supply and moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $401.19/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −60.35 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$401.19

63 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,204

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.11

vs KY average

−3.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	401.19	2,204	63

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale63 hd

401.19

—

KY average23 barns · 1,191 hd

391.08

+10.11

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−3.45

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−60.35

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	1,554	181.75	2,824	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,288	153.49	1,977	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,484	149.24	2,215	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,084	140.01	1,518	14

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)	1,443	$2,500	2thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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	937	319.99/cwt	318.75–330.00	2,998	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	873	346.97/cwt	338.50–354.25	3,029	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	931	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	3,179	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	319.23/cwt	311.00–320.00	3,081	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	437.50/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	379.26/cwt	369.00–383.00	2,359	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	401.58/cwt	395.00–412.00	2,281	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	729	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,595	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	380.97/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,783	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,025	321.08/cwt	311.00–327.75	3,291	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	386.54/cwt	380.00–397.50	2,029	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	402.59/cwt	397.50–415.00	2,480	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	324.82/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,634	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,068	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,148	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	3,249	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	396.30/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	341.55/cwt	332.00–351.00	2,097	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	700–750	745	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	497.78/cwt	490.00–505.00	1,847	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	339.99/cwt	339.00–341.00	2,465	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	439.51/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,127	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	600–650	611	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,230	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	476.65/cwt	475.00–477.50	2,064	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	959	189.65/cwt	183.00–191.00	1,819	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	365.09/cwt	356.00–370.00	2,099	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	615	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,661	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	680	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	800–850	810	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	750–800	774	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,496	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	353.68/cwt	346.00–369.00	2,366	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	354.36/cwt	340.00–361.00	1,995	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	372.54/cwt	362.50–377.00	1,937	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	850–900	868	331.55/cwt	323.00–334.00	2,878	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	165.80/cwt	164.00–167.50	1,948	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	935	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,636	1
Bulls	—	—	1,850	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	3,719	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	186.37/cwt	180.00–191.00	3,075	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	138.45/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,552	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	145.01/cwt	143.00–146.00	2,165	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	122.64/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,304	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	149.35/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,595	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	154.88/cwt	151.00–159.00	2,280	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	146.32/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,867	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	156.00/cwt	150.00–161.00	2,048	13
Bulls	—	—	1,295	167.63/cwt	158.00–178.00	2,171	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	650–700	670	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,749	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	700–750	730	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,369	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	350–400	355	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,243	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	560	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	472	397.17/cwt	392.50–405.00	1,875	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	293.72/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,576	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	686	326.83/cwt	317.00–339.00	2,242	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	550–600	577	372.89/cwt	372.50–373.00	2,152	31
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,443	2,499.61/head	2,300.00–2,725.00	2,500	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	228.59/cwt	215.00–245.00	2,430	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	322.26/cwt	317.00–331.00	1,924	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	345.12/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,660	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	338.96/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,739	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	782	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,213	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	368.93/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,527	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	386.34/cwt	375.00–399.00	1,835	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	333.97/cwt	333.00–335.00	1,236	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	375.04/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,230	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	366.97/cwt	352.50–377.00	2,114	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	420.70/cwt	410.00–422.50	2,230	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,081	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	357.42/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,351	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,487	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	805	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,958	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	433.32/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,439	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	335.82/cwt	332.50–339.00	2,250	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	650–700	685	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,939	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,965	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	654	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,289	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	797	339.25/cwt	339.25–339.25	2,704	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	283.73/cwt	282.50–285.00	2,051	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,095	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,274	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 Sep 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,083Last week 1,508Year ago 1,664

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 93Year ago 57

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 12Year 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
4	350–400	371	490.00–505.00	497.78
3	400–450	433	475.00–477.50	476.65
10	450–500	484	435.00–440.00	439.51
5	500–550	525	380.00–397.50	386.54
14	550–600	576	352.50–377.00	366.97
34	600–650	622	369.00–383.00	379.26
10	650–700	669	346.00–369.00	353.68
3	700–750	725	339.00–341.00	339.99
2	750–800	797	337.50	337.50
5	800–850	811	315.00–330.00	324.82
1	850–900	890	323.00	323.00
53	900–950	937	318.75–330.00	319.99
12	950–1000	965	311.00–320.00	319.23
1	1050–1100	1,095	299.00	299.00
12	1100–1150	1,148	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	530	410.00–422.50	420.70
16	550–600	568	395.00–412.00	401.58
7	600–650	616	397.50–415.00	402.59
62	800–850	805	367.50	367.50
159	850–900	873	338.50–354.25	346.97
60	900–950	931	341.50	341.50
89	1000–1050	1,025	311.00–327.75	321.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	400.00	400.00
5	300–350	332	425.00–445.00	433.32
2	350–400	360	413.00	413.00
3	400–450	445	380.00	380.00
13	450–500	475	375.00–399.00	386.34
1	600–650	605	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	670	332.50–339.00	335.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	295.00	295.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	435.00	435.00
2	300–350	318	390.00–402.50	396.30
5	450–500	468	380.00–385.00	380.97
9	500–550	520	362.50–377.00	372.54
9	550–600	575	356.00–370.00	365.09
4	600–650	614	332.00–351.00	341.55
1	650–700	695	297.50	297.50
2	750–800	787	317.00	317.00
11	850–900	877	290.00–300.00	293.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	393.00	393.00
5	650–700	654	350.00	350.00
61	700–750	729	356.00	356.00
112	750–800	797	339.25	339.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	577	372.50–373.00	372.89
6	600–650	611	365.00	365.00
7	650–700	686	317.00–339.00	326.83
1	700–750	745	325.00	325.00
6	750–800	774	322.50	322.50
2	800–850	810	321.00	321.00
9	850–900	868	323.00–334.00	331.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	472	392.50–405.00	397.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	370.00–380.00	375.04
2	350–400	378	355.00–360.00	357.42
4	400–450	414	360.00–377.50	368.93
3	450–500	481	335.00–350.00	345.12
1	550–600	560	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	723	282.50–285.00	283.73
2	750–800	782	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	332.50	332.50
2	350–400	370	333.00–335.00	333.97
1	450–500	450	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	430.00–445.00	437.50
5	550–600	563	340.00–361.00	354.36
1	600–650	615	312.50	312.50
1	700–750	730	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	765	315.00	315.00
6	950–1000	959	183.00–191.00	189.65
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	670	261.00	261.00
1	700–750	730	187.50	187.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	311.00	311.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	399.00	399.00
3	500–550	513	337.00–340.00	338.96
8	550–600	597	317.00–331.00	322.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	685	283.00	283.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	164.00–167.50	165.80
8	—	1,276	142.00–149.00	146.32
13	—	1,313	150.00–161.00	156.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	175.00	175.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,121	131.00–145.00	138.45
3	—	1,063	116.00–125.00	122.64
3	—	1,068	149.00–150.00	149.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,493	143.00–146.00	145.01
3	—	1,472	151.00–159.00	154.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	201.00	201.00
5	—	1,650	180.00–191.00	186.37
3	—	1,295	158.00–178.00	167.63

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,443	2,300.00–2,725.00	2,499.61
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,063	215.00–245.00	228.59

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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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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle