Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was stronger in spots with a good quality offering. Feeder steers 400-600 lbs were 2.00 to 6.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and strong demand for long weaned and harder conditioned calves. Yearling steers appeared steady but with limited head to head comparisons. Feeder heifers 500 lbs and under were steady to 2.00 lower with a good supply, while the 500-650 lbs heifers were 4.00 to 6.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows were steady with a good supply and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $461.54/cwt on 51 head, up $9.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 31 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$461.54

▲ 9.67 vs prior sale

51 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$516

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

$71.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.58

vs KY average

−10.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	467.17	2,610	47
Medium and Large 2	530	395.43	2,095	4thin

One grade step is worth $71.74/cwt here — about $516 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale51 hd

461.54

—

KY average23 barns · 1,022 hd

465.12

−3.58

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

−10.66

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

+0.00

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	1,906	199.37	3,800	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,495	165.74	2,478	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,286	161.91	2,082	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	145.10	1,531	11

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)	1,455	$2,950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$4,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	140.26/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,396	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	165.74/cwt	159.00–171.00	2,478	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	131.19/cwt	129.00–133.00	1,321	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	153.66/cwt	153.00–154.00	1,939	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	163.97/cwt	156.00–171.00	2,118	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	160.37/cwt	151.00–167.00	1,846	4
Bulls	—	—	1,935	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	3,967	1
Bulls	—	—	1,915	192.81/cwt	187.00–198.00	3,692	4
Bulls	—	—	1,840	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	4,048	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	212.91/cwt	187.00–233.00	2,374	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,468	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	509	437.05/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,225	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	603	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,611	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,060	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	403.30/cwt	395.00–411.00	2,513	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	425.78/cwt	420.00–437.50	2,108	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,380	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	418.24/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,748	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	498.75/cwt	497.50–500.00	1,721	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	468.75/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,306	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	454.94/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,888	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	954	327.75/cwt	327.75–327.75	3,127	111
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	757	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	451.38/cwt	442.50–472.50	2,347	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,852	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	423.57/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,690	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	381.19/cwt	377.50–383.00	2,535	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	342.88/cwt	333.00–350.00	2,640	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	900–950	900	270.25/cwt	270.25–270.25	2,432	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	331.49/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,861	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	383	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,434	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	523.79/cwt	517.50–530.00	1,954	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	401.41/cwt	380.00–412.50	2,039	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	939	323.89/cwt	320.00–326.75	3,041	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	495.86/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,043	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,246	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	747	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	371.13/cwt	363.00–387.00	2,683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,334	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	517	495.46/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,562	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,757	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	470	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	434.59/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,012	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	843	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	439.06/cwt	430.00–451.00	1,835	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	310.98/cwt	310.00–313.00	2,404	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	260	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	394	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,206	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,875	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	446.75/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,086	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	322.43/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,312	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	475.17/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	428.61/cwt	420.00–432.50	2,237	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	489.75/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,405	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	462.38/cwt	457.00–467.50	1,743	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	333.61/cwt	332.00–334.00	2,222	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	373	486.12/cwt	485.00–495.00	1,813	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	493.71/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,842	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	281	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,377	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,257	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	383.08/cwt	365.00–398.00	2,253	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	453	469.50/cwt	469.00–470.00	2,127	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	436	476.26/cwt	465.00–477.50	2,076	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,797	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	850–900	896	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	2,692	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	600–650	617	396.50/cwt	387.00–405.00	2,446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	680	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	416.25/cwt	412.50–420.00	1,665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	348.48/cwt	341.00–364.00	2,199	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	246.97/cwt	241.00–253.00	2,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	150–200	195	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	397.00/cwt	382.50–407.50	2,076	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	352.49/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,023	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	416.75/cwt	405.00–426.00	2,367	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	406.18/cwt	392.50–410.00	1,958	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	293	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,362	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	441.79/cwt	422.50–447.50	1,507	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	311.20/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	792	377.76/cwt	370.00–378.00	2,992	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	354.27/cwt	342.50–365.00	2,349	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,903	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	496.29/cwt	492.50–500.00	2,109	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	560	437.46/cwt	432.50–442.50	2,450	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	489	504.24/cwt	492.50–511.00	2,466	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	210	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,180	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	494	538.00/cwt	538.00–538.00	2,658	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	585	460.36/cwt	452.50–471.00	2,693	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	437.52/cwt	425.00–447.50	2,533	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	683	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,834	15

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 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 851Last week 286Year ago 712

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 18Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 11Year ago 17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	995	137.00–145.00	140.26
3	—	1,007	129.00–133.00	131.19
4	—	1,151	151.00–167.00	160.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,495	159.00–171.00	165.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,262	153.00–154.00	153.66
12	—	1,292	156.00–171.00	163.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,935	205.00	205.00
4	—	1,915	187.00–198.00	192.81
1	—	1,840	220.00	220.00

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	6	—	1,115	187.00–233.00	212.91
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,455	2,950.00	2,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	4,000.00	4,000.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	367	400.00	400.00
6	400–450	418	410.00–420.00	418.24
3	450–500	495	420.00–437.50	425.78
1	750–800	765	295.00	295.00
3	800–850	815	292.00	292.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	615.00	615.00
2	400–450	425	492.50–500.00	496.29
8	450–500	489	492.50–511.00	504.24
5	500–550	509	435.00–440.00	437.05
2	550–600	560	432.50–442.50	437.46
4	600–650	603	433.00	433.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	500.00	500.00
4	250–300	281	490.00	490.00
2	300–350	345	497.50–500.00	498.75
4	350–400	373	490.00–500.00	493.71
2	400–450	415	450.00–460.00	454.94
4	450–500	492	455.00–480.00	468.75
2	500–550	535	407.50	407.50
2	550–600	597	407.50	407.50
4	600–650	623	395.00–411.00	403.30
1	750–800	750	315.00	315.00
1	800–850	835	335.00	335.00
1	950–1000	990	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	517	485.00–505.00	495.46
25	550–600	585	452.50–471.00	460.36
5	600–650	613	469.00	469.00
15	650–700	683	415.00	415.00
63	750–800	792	370.00–378.00	377.76
96	900–950	939	320.00–326.75	323.89
111	950–1000	954	327.75	327.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	530.00	530.00
2	350–400	373	517.50–530.00	523.79
5	400–450	412	480.00–505.00	495.86
5	450–500	491	485.00–505.00	489.75
5	500–550	520	442.50–472.50	451.38
4	550–600	579	425.00–447.50	437.52
7	600–650	635	410.00–435.00	423.57
3	650–700	665	377.50–383.00	381.19
3	700–750	723	363.00–387.00	371.13
9	750–800	770	333.00–350.00	342.88
3	800–850	833	331.00	331.00
23	850–900	863	320.00–332.00	331.49
5	900–950	935	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	370	445.00	445.00
2	450–500	463	420.00–450.00	434.59
3	500–550	508	380.00–412.50	401.41
1	550–600	595	377.50	377.50
1	600–650	635	367.50	367.50
1	650–700	685	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	747	351.00	351.00
1	750–800	785	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	600.00	600.00
19	350–400	394	560.00	560.00
2	450–500	470	517.00	517.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	843	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	494	538.00	538.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	757	282.50	282.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
45	900–950	900	270.25	270.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	490.00	490.00
4	300–350	321	470.00–480.00	475.17
9	350–400	377	457.00–467.50	462.38
12	400–450	418	430.00–451.00	439.06
12	450–500	467	440.00–450.00	446.75
7	500–550	523	382.50–407.50	397.00
7	550–600	588	365.00–398.00	383.08
8	600–650	631	341.00–364.00	348.48
3	650–700	663	342.50–365.00	354.27
9	700–750	717	315.00–330.00	322.43
3	750–800	773	310.00–313.00	310.98
1	800–850	800	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	522	420.00–432.50	428.61
16	550–600	568	405.00–426.00	416.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	195	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	330	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	360	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	480	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	665	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	465.00	465.00
8	300–350	341	422.50–447.50	441.79
2	400–450	400	412.50–420.00	416.25
6	450–500	482	392.50–410.00	406.18
1	500–550	525	362.50	362.50
4	550–600	574	345.00–355.00	352.49
2	600–650	618	300.00–322.50	311.20
5	650–700	666	332.00–334.00	333.61
1	750–800	780	272.50	272.50
2	900–950	910	241.00–253.00	246.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	373	485.00–495.00	486.12
15	400–450	436	465.00–477.50	476.26
2	450–500	453	469.00–470.00	469.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	617	387.00–405.00	396.50
15	850–900	896	300.50	300.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	323.00	323.00

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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

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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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