Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to market being closed last week, however the feeder market appeared spotty as snow and icy conditions continue to limit cattle movement and buyers interest in some classes of livestock.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $371.94/cwt on 9 head, down $31.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 30 comparable sales and sits −33.92 against this barn's trailing median of $405.87.

Average price

$371.94

▼ 31.64 vs prior sale

9 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$482

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

$103.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.65

vs KY average

−59.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	383.44	2,022	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	550	280.00	1,540	1thin

One grade step is worth $103.44/cwt here — about $482 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale9 hd

371.94

—

KY average9 barns · 84 hd

382.59

−10.65

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−59.60

This barn, trailing median30 sales

405.87

−33.92

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	1,493	192.51	2,874	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	167.59	2,141	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	959	140.01	1,342	3thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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	400–450	447	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,000	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	345.86/cwt	342.50–347.50	2,507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,023	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	445	476.26/cwt	472.50–477.50	2,119	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,552	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,746	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,041	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	421.60/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,454	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,263	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,266	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	379	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,867	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,359	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	615	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	600–650	609	371.80/cwt	370.00–376.00	2,264	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	475	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,149	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	457.66/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,876	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	850–900	865	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1200–1250	1,205	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	334.98/cwt	332.50–337.50	2,027	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,627	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	783	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,725	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,052	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,985	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,160	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,895	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,137	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,306	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	146.02/cwt	139.00–153.00	1,355	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	173.12/cwt	169.00–176.00	2,133	3
Bulls	—	—	1,493	192.51/cwt	189.00–197.00	2,874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,944	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	800–850	815	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,282	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 Feb 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 212Last week 845Year ago 847

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 31Year ago 89

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	447	447.50	447.50
2	500–550	530	427.50	427.50
2	550–600	567	360.00	360.00
3	600–650	638	400.00	400.00
1	650–700	680	365.00	365.00
3	700–750	725	342.50–347.50	345.86
3	750–800	780	332.50	332.50
1	800–850	840	325.00	325.00
1	950–1000	965	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	665	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	745	300.00	300.00
1	950–1000	975	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	472.50–477.50	476.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	500	452.50	452.50
13	550–600	582	410.00–430.00	421.60
11	600–650	618	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	492.50	492.50
4	400–450	410	455.00–465.00	457.66
1	450–500	475	452.50	452.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	292.50	292.50
1	850–900	865	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	609	370.00–376.00	371.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	432.50	432.50
2	400–450	447	435.00	435.00
1	500–550	520	367.50	367.50
2	550–600	567	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	605	332.50–337.50	334.98
1	1150–1200	1,160	242.50	242.50
1	1200–1250	1,205	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	660	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	513	400.00	400.00
69	750–800	783	348.00	348.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	815	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	400.00	400.00
1	650–700	665	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
1	850–900	890	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	151.00	151.00
3	—	1,232	169.00–176.00	173.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	128.00	128.00
2	—	928	139.00–153.00	146.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	189.00–197.00	192.51

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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