Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was stronger in spots with a good quality offering. Feeder steers 300-400 lbs were mostly steady with a limited supply, while the 500-800 lbs steers were 8.00 to 10.00 higher or greater in spots with strong demand for long weaned and value added groups and loads. Feeder heifers 400-600 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher, while the yearling heifers appeared stronger but with limited head to head comparisons. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 higher with a limited supply and good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $403.58/cwt on 205 head, up $29.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 30 comparable sales and sits −2.28 against this barn's trailing median of $405.87.

Average price

$403.58

▲ 29.32 vs prior sale

205 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,327

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$329

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

$61.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.08

vs KY average

−7.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	576	406.27	2,341	196
Medium and Large 2	583	345.05	2,012	9thin

One grade step is worth $61.22/cwt here — about $329 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $449.23, low $332.88, median $405.87 across 30 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 sale205 hd

403.58

—

KY average25 barns · 1,581 hd

383.50

+20.08

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−7.29

This barn, trailing median30 sales

405.87

−2.28

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	—	Low	1,605	193.64	3,108	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	158.80	2,390	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,332	158.03	2,104	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,071	143.75	1,540	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,182	225.01	2,660	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,335	215.00	2,870	1thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	770	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,695	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	255	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	293.72/cwt	292.50–295.00	2,129	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	338.25/cwt	329.00–345.00	2,101	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	485	494.95/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,401	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,755	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	382.69/cwt	381.00–385.00	2,415	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	364.67/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,911	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,841	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,465	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	434.59/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,277	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	474.65/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,274	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	381	528.40/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,013	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	371.90/cwt	367.50–375.00	2,484	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,170	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,672	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	784	374.14/cwt	360.00–375.25	2,933	79
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	494.47/cwt	492.50–495.00	2,532	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	675	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,839	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	750	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,913	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,585	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,029	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,723	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	926	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	3,125	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	338.57/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,092	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	384.93/cwt	377.50–392.50	2,194	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	503.20/cwt	495.00–507.50	2,340	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	660	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	525	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,468	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,335	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,870	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,182	225.01/cwt	217.00–237.00	2,660	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	129.18/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,243	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	151.75/cwt	147.00–161.00	1,701	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,095	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	158.80/cwt	157.00–161.00	2,390	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	142.58/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,861	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	141.30/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,508	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,465	160.50/cwt	160.00–161.00	2,351	2
Bulls	—	—	1,340	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,358	1
Bulls	—	—	2,175	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	4,698	1
Bulls	—	—	1,453	191.28/cwt	184.00–198.00	2,779	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	2,098	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	755	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	461.30/cwt	457.50–465.00	1,730	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,953	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	500.07/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	713	326.32/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,327	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	1,784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,086	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	845	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,822	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	461.13/cwt	455.00–485.00	1,881	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	750–800	756	336.64/cwt	336.50–337.50	2,545	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	885	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	396.02/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,067	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	410.10/cwt	408.00–412.00	2,383	172
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,452	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	308.23/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,059	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	369.89/cwt	352.50–380.00	2,090	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	642	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,369	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	413	441.37/cwt	439.00–442.50	1,823	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	470	408.10/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,918	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,687	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,119	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	850–900	858	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,789	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	700–750	720	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,430	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1100–1150	1,145	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	345.05/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,012	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	683	373.03/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,548	81

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 Jan 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 845Last week 859Year ago 720

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 54Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 6Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	522	385.00–405.00	396.02
172	550–600	581	408.00–412.00	410.10
4	600–650	642	369.00	369.00
81	650–700	683	360.00–375.00	373.03
70	750–800	770	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	382.50	382.50
9	550–600	583	340.00–347.50	345.05
3	650–700	668	300.00–312.50	308.23
1	700–750	720	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	750	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	410.00	410.00
1	300–350	325	445.00	445.00
1	350–400	390	432.50	432.50
1	400–450	420	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	475	387.50	387.50
4	500–550	524	360.00–372.50	364.67
11	550–600	565	352.50–380.00	369.89
9	600–650	621	329.00–345.00	338.25
1	650–700	685	322.50	322.50
2	700–750	725	292.50–295.00	293.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	720	337.50	337.50
37	750–800	756	336.50–337.50	336.64
9	850–900	858	325.00	325.00
1	1100–1150	1,145	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	885	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	413	439.00–442.50	441.37
20	450–500	470	400.00–425.00	408.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	490.00	490.00
3	400–450	441	460.00	460.00
4	450–500	479	460.00–480.00	474.65
11	500–550	524	425.00–440.00	434.59
1	550–600	555	440.00	440.00
7	600–650	631	381.00–385.00	382.69
5	650–700	668	367.50–375.00	371.90
3	700–750	718	360.00	360.00
10	800–850	840	328.00	328.00
2	850–900	867	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	381	520.00–535.00	528.40
6	450–500	485	490.00–500.00	494.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	460.00	460.00
1	450–500	455	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	555	360.00	360.00
2	700–750	700	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	512	492.50–495.00	494.47
70	550–600	577	472.00	472.00
13	600–650	605	407.50	407.50
12	650–700	668	400.00	400.00
79	750–800	784	360.00–375.25	374.14
56	900–950	926	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	250.00	250.00
2	650–700	675	272.50	272.50
4	750–800	750	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	510.00	510.00
2	300–350	340	495.00–505.00	500.07
2	350–400	375	457.50–465.00	461.30
8	400–450	408	455.00–485.00	461.13
2	550–600	570	377.50–392.50	384.93
2	600–650	618	330.00–347.50	338.57
1	650–700	680	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	710	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	557.50	557.50
3	450–500	465	495.00–507.50	503.20
6	500–550	525	470.00	470.00
1	650–700	660	367.50	367.50
2	700–750	713	322.50–330.00	326.32
1	750–800	755	332.50	332.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	421.00	421.00
1	350–400	395	422.50	422.50
1	550–600	565	322.50	322.50
1	800–850	840	232.50	232.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	395.00	395.00
1	800–850	845	175.00	175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	217.00–237.00	225.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	962	128.00–131.00	129.18
7	—	1,121	147.00–161.00	151.75
5	—	1,067	137.00–145.00	141.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	171.00	171.00
2	—	1,305	138.00–148.00	142.58
2	—	1,465	160.00–161.00	160.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,505	157.00–161.00	158.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	176.00	176.00
1	—	2,175	216.00	216.00
2	—	1,453	184.00–198.00	191.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,090	192.50	192.50

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

Heifers · 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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle