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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was mixed with an average quality offering. Light weight steers 350 lbs and under appeared firm with a light test, while the 400-600 lbs steers were steady to 6.00 lower with a moderate supply and moderate demand. Yearling steers were steady to 2.00 lower with a good supply and good demand. Feeder heifers 400 lbs and under were sharply lower, while the 450-600 lbs heifers were steady to 6.00 lower with a good supply and good demand. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls appeared steady with a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $451.88/cwt on 27 head, down $34.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 31 comparable sales and sits −9.67 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$451.88

▼ 34.95 vs prior sale

27 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,466

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

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

$54.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.47

vs KY average

−23.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	455.93	2,492	25
Medium and Large 2	535	401.23	2,147	2thin

One grade step is worth $54.70/cwt here — about $346 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

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 sale27 hd

451.88

—

KY average25 barns · 1,228 hd

462.35

−10.47

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−23.68

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−9.67

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	—	High	1,667	192.95	3,217	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,193	169.69	2,025	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,453	166.17	2,414	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,157	137.05	1,586	5thin

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)	1,205	$4,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,259	$2,647	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,563	$3,700	3thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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 1-2Fancy	250–300	295	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	341.22/cwt	335.00–342.50	2,586	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,464	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	401.93/cwt	385.00–407.50	1,990	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	689	400.65/cwt	399.00–405.00	2,760	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	482.90/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,323	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	374.49/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,460	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	800–850	820	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	401.23/cwt	400.00–402.50	2,147	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	412.16/cwt	402.50–422.50	2,638	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,106	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,931	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	327.66/cwt	323.00–337.50	2,887	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	555	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,539	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	357.52/cwt	355.00–362.50	2,760	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	493.98/cwt	482.50–500.00	2,149	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	371.24/cwt	370.00–372.50	2,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,093	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	435.81/cwt	417.50–447.50	2,467	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	465.72/cwt	457.50–470.00	1,993	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	465.00/cwt	452.50–472.50	2,492	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	328	597.37/cwt	595.00–600.00	1,959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	512.38/cwt	507.50–517.50	2,152	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	779	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,839	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	371.18/cwt	370.00–377.50	2,750	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,045	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	3,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	325.11/cwt	315.00–327.50	2,386	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	386.57/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,033	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	167.04/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,896	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,293	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,124	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,184	144.56/cwt	143.00–146.00	1,712	4
Bulls	—	—	1,935	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	4,025	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	166.17/cwt	164.00–169.00	2,414	4
Bulls	—	—	1,533	185.43/cwt	183.00–188.00	2,843	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,393	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	2,779.52/head	2,650.00–2,900.00	2,780	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	970	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,205	4,950.00/head	4,950.00–4,950.00	4,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,530	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,515	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,661	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,645	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	362.05/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	449.98/cwt	435.00–462.50	2,178	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	384	504.93/cwt	502.50–510.00	1,939	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,951	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	451.68/cwt	450.00–452.50	1,685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	600–650	605	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,375	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	500–550	505	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,108	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	465.57/cwt	460.00–477.50	2,035	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	461.56/cwt	457.50–467.50	1,763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	383.90/cwt	367.50–400.00	2,150	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	235	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	567	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,311	8

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 Mar 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 286Last week 756Year ago 1,000

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 63Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 2Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	635.00	635.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	525.00	525.00
1	550–600	560	440.00	440.00
2	650–700	652	387.50	387.50
6	750–800	758	335.00–342.50	341.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	450.00–452.50	451.68
1	400–450	425	440.00	440.00
4	450–500	495	385.00–407.50	401.93
8	500–550	542	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	630	327.50	327.50
1	850–900	865	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	485.00	485.00
3	350–400	382	457.50–467.50	461.56
13	400–450	437	460.00–477.50	465.57
15	450–500	484	435.00–462.50	449.98
5	500–550	526	380.00–405.00	386.57
2	550–600	560	367.50–400.00	383.90
5	650–700	672	357.50–365.00	362.05
5	700–750	734	315.00–327.50	325.11
1	750–800	755	317.50	317.50
1	800–850	830	325.00	325.00
2	950–1000	973	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	470	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	384	502.50–510.00	504.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	417.50	417.50
4	600–650	605	392.50	392.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	567	407.50	407.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	555	457.50	457.50
33	650–700	689	399.00–405.00	400.65
37	750–800	779	364.50	364.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	555.00	555.00
10	400–450	435	482.50–500.00	493.98
5	450–500	481	470.00–490.00	482.90
15	500–550	536	452.50–472.50	465.00
7	550–600	566	417.50–447.50	435.81
7	600–650	640	402.50–422.50	412.16
4	650–700	657	370.00–387.50	374.49
6	700–750	741	370.00–377.50	371.18
6	750–800	772	355.00–362.50	357.52
1	800–850	825	337.50	337.50
3	850–900	881	323.00–337.50	327.66
1	1000–1050	1,045	297.00	297.00
5	1100–1150	1,106	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	457.50–470.00	465.72
1	450–500	455	460.00	460.00
2	500–550	535	400.00–402.50	401.23
2	600–650	618	370.00–372.50	371.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	635.00	635.00
2	300–350	328	595.00–600.00	597.37
2	400–450	420	507.50–517.50	512.38
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	820	160.00	160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,135	163.00–171.00	167.04
1	—	1,310	175.00	175.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	107.00	107.00
4	—	1,184	143.00–146.00	144.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,453	164.00–169.00	166.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,935	208.00	208.00
2	—	1,533	183.00–188.00	185.43

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 (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	275.00	275.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	219.00	219.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,355	2,650.00–2,900.00	2,779.52
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,205	4,950.00	4,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,530	3,750.00	3,750.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,645	4,000.00	4,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,515	3,350.00	3,350.00

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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

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle