Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was mixed with an average quality offering. Good quality feeder steers and heifers 300-600 lbs were unevenly steady bouncing from 3.00 higher to 3.00 lower across the weight classes with a good supply and good demand. Yearling steers and heifers were 3.00 to 6.00 higher with a good supply and good demand for the loads and guaranteed open females. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 lower with a good supply and moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $376.95/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −84.59 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$376.95

46 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,131

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$48.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.38

vs KY average

−42.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	385.28	2,162	38
Medium and Large 2	595	345.00	2,053	1thin
Large 1-2	583	336.29	1,960	7thin

One grade step is worth $48.99/cwt here — about $202 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 sale46 hd

376.95

—

KY average23 barns · 865 hd

378.33

−1.38

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−42.15

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−84.59

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	1,616	186.11	3,008	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,441	153.41	2,211	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,319	147.37	1,944	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,074	134.03	1,440	15

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)	1,200	$3,450	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,455	$2,275	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,275	$3,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,463	$2,983	3thin

Every lot, as filed

101 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	1200–1250	1,215	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	2,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	700–750	743	329.73/cwt	327.00–330.00	2,450	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	500–550	505	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,818	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	328	456.95/cwt	447.50–460.00	1,499	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	600–650	606	362.36/cwt	355.00–369.00	2,196	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,433	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	576	360.66/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,077	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	307.79/cwt	302.50–313.00	2,062	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,093	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	341.83/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,822	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,150	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,329	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	374.25/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,006	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	375.05/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,164	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	332.25/cwt	327.00–347.50	2,083	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	353.80/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,681	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	366.08/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,549	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	327.23/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,042	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	337.40/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,416	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	332.58/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,882	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	750–800	762	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,499	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	457	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	695	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,363	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	280.85/cwt	280.00–286.00	2,090	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1000–1050	1,020	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,915	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	318	435.93/cwt	422.50–450.00	1,386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	406.69/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,761	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	775	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,054	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	640	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	565	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,582	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1050–1100	1,095	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	536	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,064	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	657	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,234	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,545	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	151.93/cwt	145.00–157.00	2,200	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	139.48/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,601	2
Bulls	—	—	1,710	184.97/cwt	184.00–187.00	3,163	3
Bulls	—	—	1,403	175.97/cwt	175.00–178.00	2,469	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,582	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	138.63/cwt	132.00–146.00	1,515	8
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	510	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	610	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,617	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	123.73/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,315	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	163.04/cwt	162.00–164.00	2,279	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	148.81/cwt	144.00–158.00	2,009	11
Bulls	—	—	1,795	203.01/cwt	202.00–204.00	3,644	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	445	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,246	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	850–900	881	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,555	59
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	625	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,188	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	800–850	819	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,310	47
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	560	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,260	3
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	595	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,017	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,978	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,820	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,025	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	408	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,142	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	338.05/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,609	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,979	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	469	424.12/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,989	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,036	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	922	338.01/cwt	335.00–340.40	3,116	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	742	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,627	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	387.22/cwt	382.50–397.00	1,804	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	397.30/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,257	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	400.53/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,907	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,756	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	865	342.54/cwt	339.00–342.80	2,963	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	349.18/cwt	347.50–350.00	2,245	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,005	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,116	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	310.15/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,047	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	335.19/cwt	312.50–343.00	1,418	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	315.00/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,625	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,539	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	646	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,406	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	285.02/cwt	281.00–287.00	1,932	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,053	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	825	349.58/cwt	348.25–350.75	2,884	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,843	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 Nov 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 886Last week 702Year ago 599

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 59Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 4Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	380.00	380.00
8	400–450	423	350.00–372.50	366.08
8	450–500	475	350.00–370.00	353.80
8	500–550	533	340.00–347.50	341.83
2	550–600	575	340.00	340.00
9	600–650	627	327.00–347.50	332.25
2	650–700	670	302.50–313.00	307.79
2	700–750	727	310.00	310.00
3	800–850	811	300.00	300.00
1	1150–1200	1,150	202.50	202.50
1	1200–1250	1,215	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	505	360.00	360.00
13	600–650	606	355.00–369.00	362.36
7	650–700	695	340.00	340.00
21	700–750	743	327.00–330.00	329.73
2	750–800	762	328.00	328.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	240.00	240.00
1	1050–1100	1,095	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	422.50–450.00	435.93
4	450–500	485	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	640	295.00	295.00
2	750–800	775	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	423	312.50–343.00	335.19
9	450–500	476	330.00–342.50	338.05
9	500–550	516	300.00–320.00	315.00
1	550–600	560	303.00	303.00
2	700–750	710	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	447.50–460.00	456.95
2	450–500	457	425.00	425.00
5	500–550	536	385.00	385.00
3	550–600	576	360.00–361.00	360.66
4	650–700	657	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
6	400–450	433	400.00–410.00	406.69
8	450–500	466	382.50–397.00	387.22
6	500–550	532	360.00	360.00
5	550–600	566	327.50–340.00	332.58
12	600–650	624	322.50–330.00	327.23
2	650–700	660	301.00	301.00
7	700–750	744	280.00–286.00	280.85
2	750–800	775	270.00	270.00
1	900–950	900	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	480	330.00	330.00
5	550–600	582	340.00	340.00
3	650–700	678	281.00–287.00	285.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	425.00	425.00
4	400–450	418	420.00	420.00
5	450–500	476	395.00–410.00	400.53
6	500–550	536	370.00–382.50	374.25
13	550–600	577	370.00–382.50	375.05
3	600–650	643	347.50–350.00	349.18
3	700–750	716	332.50–340.00	337.40
3	750–800	758	335.00	335.00
3	800–850	810	312.50	312.50
2	850–900	872	297.50	297.50
1	1000–1050	1,005	310.00	310.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	320.00	320.00
6	550–600	595	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	430	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	490	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	595	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	610	322.00	322.00
4	650–700	660	300.00–320.00	310.15
1	800–850	815	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	450–500	469	420.00–430.00	424.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	522	390.00	390.00
15	550–600	568	390.00–400.00	397.30
5	600–650	646	372.50	372.50
11	700–750	742	354.00	354.00
121	800–850	825	348.25–350.75	349.58
68	850–900	865	339.00–342.80	342.54
146	900–950	922	335.00–340.40	338.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	730	252.50	252.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
47	800–850	819	282.00	282.00
59	850–900	881	290.00	290.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	560	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	625	190.00	190.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,275	3,650.00	3,650.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,545	3,050.00	3,050.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,820	3,850.00	3,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	2,050.00	2,050.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	193.00	193.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,455	2,275.00	2,275.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	3,450.00	3,450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,448	145.00–157.00	151.93
2	—	1,398	162.00–164.00	163.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,148	139.00–140.00	139.48
11	—	1,350	144.00–158.00	148.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	159.00	159.00
8	—	1,093	132.00–146.00	138.63
6	—	1,063	118.00–128.00	123.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,710	184.00–187.00	184.97
3	—	1,403	175.00–178.00	175.97
2	—	1,795	202.00–204.00	203.01

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

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

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