Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers and heifers 650 lbs and under were 3.00 to 8.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and good demand. Yearling steers and heifers appeared sharply higher as well, but with limited head to head comparisons. Double digit gains in the futures market over the past five days, and cooler weather conditions has increased buyers interest and the premiums they are willing to pay for quality cattle. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with a good supply, while slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $396.96/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −64.58 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$396.96

56 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,273

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$736

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

$100.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.18

vs KY average

−72.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	573	400.94	2,296	53
Medium and Large 2	597	340.00	2,030	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	520	300.00	1,560	1thin

One grade step is worth $100.94/cwt here — about $736 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale56 hd

396.96

—

KY average23 barns · 697 hd

388.78

+8.18

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−72.08

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−64.58

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	—	Average	1,673	185.91	3,111	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	173.29	2,048	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,540	161.96	2,495	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,021	154.04	1,573	20

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,155	$3,350	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$2,675	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,140	$2,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	796	$1,919	8
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	887	$1,825	3thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	993	251.23/cwt	242.50–260.00	2,495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,140	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	321.28/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,297	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	383.90/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,219	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	359.26/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,857	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	377.29/cwt	367.50–387.00	2,143	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	833	369.51/cwt	365.50–371.90	3,078	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,050	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	742	349.25/cwt	349.25–349.25	2,591	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	421.55/cwt	415.00–427.50	1,994	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	349.10/cwt	329.00–354.00	2,580	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	379.55/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,528	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	421.31/cwt	413.00–430.00	2,237	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	420.85/cwt	410.00–432.50	1,768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,066	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	370.62/cwt	370.00–372.50	2,376	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	386.06/cwt	383.00–397.50	2,424	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	349.17/cwt	323.00–353.00	3,013	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	395.75/cwt	377.50–400.00	2,074	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	583	397.58/cwt	392.00–405.00	2,318	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	332.09/cwt	320.00–351.00	2,713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	329.98/cwt	317.50–337.50	2,052	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,617	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	329.29/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,071	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	309.52/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,123	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	348.97/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,832	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,445	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,124	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	392.37/cwt	380.00–402.50	1,695	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	522	384.04/cwt	377.50–385.00	2,005	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	600–650	627	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,242	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	353.64/cwt	345.00–362.50	2,044	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,767	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	559	364.99/cwt	362.50–367.50	2,040	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	270	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,141	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	431	405.75/cwt	397.50–410.00	1,749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	474	462.83/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,194	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	161.60/cwt	153.00–167.00	2,411	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	890	199.96/cwt	192.50–207.50	1,780	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	170.69/cwt	170.00–172.00	2,151	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,172	161.00/cwt	156.00–172.00	1,887	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	119.26/cwt	111.00–125.00	1,032	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,323	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,928	1
Bulls	—	—	1,625	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	3,494	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	162.50/cwt	154.00–167.00	1,870	7
Bulls	—	—	1,578	171.06/cwt	167.00–179.00	2,699	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,098	203.69/cwt	197.00–213.00	2,237	3
Bulls	—	—	1,602	185.79/cwt	182.00–195.00	2,976	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	900–950	917	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,448	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	250–300	260	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,066	1
Bred Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	1
Bulls	—	—	2,030	201.30/cwt	196.00–206.00	4,086	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	145.69/cwt	137.00–153.00	1,336	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	355	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,136	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	600–650	620	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,302	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	565	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,582	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	670	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Steers	Large 1-2	350–400	360	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,152	1
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	945	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	483	397.44/cwt	387.50–407.50	1,920	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	1,825.14/head	1,800.00–1,850.00	1,825	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	1,975.75/head	1,850.00–2,125.00	1,976	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	470	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,398	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	950–1000	950	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,090	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	940	355.63/cwt	353.75–357.50	3,343	104
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	763	389.50/cwt	389.50–389.50	2,972	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,217	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,727	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	890	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,602	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	333.72/cwt	332.50–335.00	2,263	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	995	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	348.71/cwt	347.50–350.00	1,639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,219	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	943	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,178	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	973	227.02/cwt	219.00–235.00	2,209	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	954	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	361.73/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,356	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1000–1050	1,030	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	400	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,827	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 Oct 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 755Last week 277Year ago 874

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 38Year ago 125

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 5Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	407.50	407.50
3	400–450	420	385.00	385.00
2	450–500	482	375.00	375.00
16	500–550	517	345.00–370.00	359.26
2	550–600	578	345.00–362.50	353.64
6	600–650	622	317.50–337.50	329.98
4	650–700	686	300.00–312.50	309.52
7	700–750	715	300.00–325.00	321.28
2	850–900	852	287.00	287.00
2	950–1000	993	242.50–260.00	251.23
1	1100–1150	1,140	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	524	377.50–400.00	395.75
22	550–600	578	370.00–390.00	383.90
67	700–750	742	349.25	349.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	627	357.50	357.50
1	1000–1050	1,030	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	422.50	422.50
3	400–450	431	397.50–410.00	405.75
6	450–500	483	387.50–407.50	397.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	917	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	545	275.00	275.00
2	600–650	605	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	360.00	360.00
3	350–400	375	360.00–365.00	361.73
1	400–450	415	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	630	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	720	292.50	292.50
4	900–950	943	231.00	231.00
2	950–1000	973	219.00–235.00	227.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	355	445.00	445.00
2	400–450	420	410.00–432.50	420.85
2	450–500	473	415.00–427.50	421.55
1	500–550	535	402.50	402.50
2	550–600	568	367.50–387.00	377.29
4	600–650	641	370.00–372.50	370.62
10	650–700	666	375.00–385.00	379.55
5	700–750	739	329.00–354.00	349.10
5	800–850	817	320.00–351.00	332.09
8	850–900	863	323.00–353.00	349.17
14	950–1000	955	321.00	321.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	328.00	328.00
2	1050–1100	1,050	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	531	413.00–430.00	421.31
41	550–600	583	392.00–405.00	397.58
22	600–650	628	383.00–397.50	386.06
40	750–800	763	389.50	389.50
104	800–850	833	365.50–371.90	369.51
104	900–950	940	353.75–357.50	355.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	352.50	352.50
2	550–600	597	340.00	340.00
2	650–700	678	332.50–335.00	333.72
1	700–750	715	310.00	310.00
1	750–800	775	313.00	313.00
1	800–850	800	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	474	450.00–475.00	462.83
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	320.00	320.00
1	900–950	945	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	630	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	432	380.00–402.50	392.37
4	450–500	468	377.50	377.50
5	500–550	525	340.00–355.00	348.97
1	550–600	580	335.00	335.00
11	600–650	629	315.00–335.00	329.29
1	650–700	685	310.00	310.00
3	700–750	745	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	432.50	432.50
8	500–550	522	377.50–385.00	384.04
4	550–600	559	362.50–367.50	364.99
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	410.00	410.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	280.00	280.00
1	950–1000	950	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	890	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	347.50–350.00	348.71
2	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	585	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
2	750–800	765	290.00	290.00
1	800–850	830	267.50	267.50
1	950–1000	995	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,492	153.00–167.00	161.60
1	—	1,580	147.00	147.00
1	—	1,645	178.00	178.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	890	192.50–207.50	199.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,260	170.00–172.00	170.69
7	—	1,151	154.00–167.00	162.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,172	156.00–172.00	161.00
3	—	865	111.00–125.00	119.26
6	—	917	137.00–153.00	145.69
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,098	197.00–213.00	203.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	215.00	215.00
4	—	1,578	167.00–179.00	171.06
4	—	1,602	182.00–195.00	185.79
2	—	2,030	196.00–206.00	201.30

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	2,675.00	2,675.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	670	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	887	1,800.00–1,850.00	1,825.14
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	814	1,850.00–2,125.00	1,975.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	3,350.00	3,350.00

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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

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