Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was mostly steady with a good quality offering. Light weight feeder steers and heifers 400 lbs and under appeared sharply higher with a good supply, while steers and heifer over 450 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher with a good supply and good demand for weaned and value added packages. Slaughter cows were mostly steady 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 $438.48/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 9 of 31 comparable sales and sits −23.07 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$438.48

99 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,463

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+35.74

vs KY average

−19.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	562	438.48	2,463	99

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 sale99 hd

438.48

—

KY average26 barns · 965 hd

402.74

+35.74

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−19.66

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−23.07

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	1,644	187.19	3,077	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,444	165.96	2,396	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,251	163.20	2,042	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,040	143.18	1,489	17

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)	1,170	$2,363	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,155	$1,875	1thin

Every lot, as filed

110 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,233	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	653	439.85/cwt	439.85–439.85	2,872	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	535	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,204	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	381.68/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,611	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	600–650	630	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,221	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	391.99/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,454	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	360.94/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,736	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,461	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	376.79/cwt	370.00–383.00	2,558	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	362.66/cwt	342.50–367.50	2,085	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,168	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	396.00/cwt	392.50–405.00	2,281	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	355.95/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,830	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	280	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,262	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,033	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	418.47/cwt	402.00–429.00	2,155	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,182	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,115	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	527	386.38/cwt	380.00–393.00	2,036	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1150–1200	1,183	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	3,206	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,066	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	589	367.72/cwt	365.00–387.50	2,166	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	790	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,054	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	435	399.00/cwt	397.00–407.50	1,736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	316.87/cwt	305.00–330.00	2,133	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	396.51/cwt	392.50–398.00	1,951	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	339.82/cwt	330.00–348.00	2,175	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	321	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,581	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	385	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,887	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	205	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	902	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,223	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	530	388.98/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,062	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	840	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,079	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	316.43/cwt	300.00–321.00	2,187	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	496	453.43/cwt	453.00–457.50	2,249	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	482	396.50/cwt	393.00–402.50	1,911	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	348.47/cwt	330.00–357.00	2,007	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	365	480.16/cwt	472.50–495.00	1,753	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	570	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,611	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,323	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	139.80/cwt	132.00–148.00	1,408	12
Bulls	—	—	1,782	189.97/cwt	187.00–192.00	3,385	3
Bulls	—	—	1,310	168.45/cwt	164.00–173.00	2,207	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	171.05/cwt	169.00–175.00	2,492	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	172.41/cwt	169.00–176.00	2,198	5
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	450	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,170	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	885	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	160.49/cwt	153.00–165.00	1,996	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	157.63/cwt	153.00–169.00	1,789	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	163.13/cwt	155.00–166.00	2,343	9
Bulls	—	—	1,770	201.76/cwt	197.00–207.00	3,571	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	422.84/cwt	420.00–427.00	1,924	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	413	475.83/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,965	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,155	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,975	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	345	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,087	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	327.35/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	285.83/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,886	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	440	468.69/cwt	467.50–472.50	2,062	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	332.44/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,739	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,805	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	150–200	185	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	829	366.25/cwt	364.00–369.50	3,036	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	676	404.50/cwt	404.50–404.50	2,734	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	423.67/cwt	410.00–437.50	1,877	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	330.60/cwt	313.00–340.00	2,079	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	375.31/cwt	355.00–387.50	2,169	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	388.69/cwt	387.50–393.00	2,394	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	971	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,263	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,102	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	890	328.80/cwt	325.50–335.00	2,926	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	438.14/cwt	432.50–440.00	2,081	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	416.64/cwt	405.00–418.00	2,937	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	456	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,920	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	385.43/cwt	375.00–394.00	2,216	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	833	286.25/cwt	285.00–287.50	2,384	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	348.60/cwt	330.00–357.50	2,566	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,290	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	910	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	3,249	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,915	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,119	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	563	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,689	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	320.53/cwt	300.00–326.00	2,346	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,047	2

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 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 974Last week 755Year ago 1,056

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 58Year ago 91

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 5Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	290	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	410	411.00	411.00
5	450–500	492	392.50–398.00	396.51
1	500–550	530	359.00	359.00
8	550–600	576	330.00–357.00	348.47
8	600–650	640	330.00–348.00	339.82
16	650–700	691	300.00–321.00	316.43
2	700–750	700	317.50	317.50
1	900–950	935	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	440.00	440.00
7	350–400	365	472.50–495.00	480.16
5	400–450	413	460.00–480.00	475.83
5	450–500	455	420.00–427.00	422.84
10	500–550	530	385.00–390.00	388.98
8	550–600	589	365.00–387.50	367.72
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	185	352.50	352.50
1	250–300	290	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	435	371.00	371.00
1	550–600	585	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	612	302.50	302.50
2	650–700	672	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	815	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	492.50	492.50
1	350–400	385	490.00	490.00
4	400–450	440	467.50–472.50	468.69
10	450–500	496	453.00–457.50	453.43
65	550–600	570	458.00	458.00
77	650–700	653	439.85	439.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	435.00	435.00
2	350–400	372	457.50	457.50
2	400–450	443	410.00–437.50	423.67
4	450–500	475	432.50–440.00	438.14
10	550–600	578	355.00–387.50	375.31
1	600–650	615	352.50	352.50
18	650–700	679	370.00–383.00	376.79
6	700–750	736	330.00–357.50	348.60
1	900–950	900	337.00	337.00
2	1000–1050	1,010	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	515	402.00–429.00	418.47
7	550–600	576	392.50–405.00	396.00
6	600–650	616	387.50–393.00	388.69
52	650–700	676	404.50	404.50
69	700–750	705	405.00–418.00	416.64
99	800–850	829	364.00–369.50	366.25
58	900–950	910	357.00	357.00
8	950–1000	971	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	840	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	385.00	385.00
1	350–400	365	377.50	377.50
2	600–650	625	327.50	327.50
12	700–750	732	300.00–326.00	320.53
2	800–850	833	285.00–287.50	286.25
1	950–1000	975	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	440.00	440.00
5	400–450	435	397.00–407.50	399.00
6	450–500	482	393.00–402.50	396.50
42	500–550	535	412.00	412.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	300	385.00	385.00
6	350–400	371	380.00–400.00	391.99
13	400–450	422	360.00–385.00	381.68
13	450–500	481	355.00–372.50	360.94
4	500–550	514	350.00–370.00	355.95
9	550–600	575	342.50–367.50	362.66
12	600–650	629	313.00–340.00	330.60
6	650–700	673	305.00–330.00	316.87
1	700–750	700	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	780	290.00	290.00
2	850–900	890	280.00	280.00
3	950–1000	965	255.00	255.00
1	1100–1150	1,115	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	630	352.50	352.50
4	1150–1200	1,183	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	456	421.00	421.00
14	500–550	527	380.00–393.00	386.38
10	550–600	575	375.00–394.00	385.43
80	850–900	890	325.50–335.00	328.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	790	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	305.00	305.00
1	350–400	375	310.00	310.00
3	550–600	563	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	340.00	340.00
1	250–300	260	350.00	350.00
6	500–550	523	320.00–345.00	332.44
2	550–600	573	322.50–332.50	327.35
2	600–650	640	282.00	282.00
6	650–700	660	285.00–290.00	285.83
2	700–750	725	265.00	265.00
1	750–800	795	272.50	272.50
1	850–900	880	260.00	260.00
1	900–950	935	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	126.00	126.00
12	—	1,007	132.00–148.00	139.80
4	—	1,135	153.00–169.00	157.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,457	169.00–175.00	171.05
9	—	1,436	155.00–166.00	163.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,275	169.00–176.00	172.41
17	—	1,244	153.00–165.00	160.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,782	187.00–192.00	189.97
2	—	1,310	164.00–173.00	168.45
2	—	1,770	197.00–207.00	201.76

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	2,025.00	2,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,455	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,875.00	1,875.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	197.50	197.50

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

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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

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Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

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