Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering of mostly yearling aged cattle. Light weight feeder steers appeared steady with a light test, while the 400- 600 lbs steers were steady to 6.00 higher or greater in spots with good demand. Yearling steers were 6.00 to 10.00 higher with a good supply and strong demand. Feeder heifers 600 lbs and under were unevenly steady ranging from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher with a good supply and good demand. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 higher with a good supply and slaughter bulls were steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $492.02/cwt on 60 head, down $3.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 31 comparable sales and sits +30.48 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$492.02

▼ 3.72 vs prior sale

60 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,764

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$668

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

$106.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.38

vs KY average

+1.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	498.58	2,807	55
Medium and Large 2	550	426.78	2,347	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	545	392.50	2,139	1thin

One grade step is worth $106.08/cwt here — about $668 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 sale60 hd

492.02

—

KY average23 barns · 942 hd

488.64

+3.38

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+1.19

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

+30.48

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	1,459	209.97	3,063	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,538	181.19	2,786	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,251	179.59	2,247	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,264	166.44	2,104	16

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	930	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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	1050–1100	1,090	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,954	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	469.89/cwt	467.00–475.00	2,697	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	469	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,568	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	367.46/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	526.48/cwt	523.00–530.00	2,501	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	335.05/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	825	329.75/cwt	329.75–330.00	2,720	123
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,202	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	419.00/cwt	418.00–420.00	2,430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	434.57/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	932	306.24/cwt	306.00–315.00	2,854	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	614	432.57/cwt	419.00–436.00	2,656	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	408.66/cwt	397.00–412.50	2,309	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	337	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,022	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	850–900	850	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	2,347	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	150–200	160	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	475.37/cwt	470.00–482.50	2,025	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	340	591.67/cwt	585.00–605.00	2,012	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	557	429.81/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,394	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	439.52/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,290	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	408.76/cwt	407.50–410.00	2,771	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,961	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	412.19/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,543	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	332.49/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,969	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	562	520.19/cwt	510.00–527.50	2,923	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	435	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	2,621	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,018	317.75/cwt	317.75–317.75	3,235	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,415	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	287.48/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	370.23/cwt	350.00–377.00	2,847	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	490.58/cwt	487.00–497.50	2,772	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	717	398.06/cwt	387.00–407.50	2,854	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	636	460.87/cwt	447.50–472.50	2,931	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	872	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	3,130	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	527.50/cwt	517.50–535.00	2,295	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	924	343.48/cwt	342.75–344.75	3,174	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	433.15/cwt	422.00–440.50	2,945	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	823	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	3,062	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	308.72/cwt	307.50–310.00	2,547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,565	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,105	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,040	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,359	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	470.96/cwt	460.00–477.00	2,411	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	173.73/cwt	167.00–178.00	2,093	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,312	168.85/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,215	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	185.98/cwt	181.00–193.00	2,421	11
Bulls	—	—	1,685	221.32/cwt	210.00–229.00	3,729	4
Bulls	—	—	1,157	194.83/cwt	190.00–200.00	2,254	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	149.54/cwt	144.00–155.00	1,388	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,586	184.59/cwt	181.00–196.00	2,928	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	174.39/cwt	172.00–177.00	2,513	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	885	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,566	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,054	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,481	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	930	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,386	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,207	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,192	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	600.00/cwt	570.00–630.00	1,680	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	398.06/cwt	397.00–401.00	2,432	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,580	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	515.83/cwt	502.50–529.00	2,486	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,906	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	349.04/cwt	342.50–362.50	2,688	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	533.71/cwt	527.50–540.00	2,097	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	812	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,071	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,027	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	355	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	509.62/cwt	495.00–520.00	2,191	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,675	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,757	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	600	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	250	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	422.34/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,803	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	361.08/cwt	352.50–370.00	2,286	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	700–750	707	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,757	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	461	484.36/cwt	477.50–495.00	2,233	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	720	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	288	547.48/cwt	545.00–550.00	1,577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	348.51/cwt	347.50–349.00	2,352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	392.91/cwt	375.00–397.50	2,640	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	364.00/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,592	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	315	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	399.79/cwt	385.00–407.00	2,535	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	435.04/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,066	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	485	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,037	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	416.25/cwt	408.00–422.50	2,156	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	362.50/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,939	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	472.57/cwt	462.50–482.50	1,739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,015	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,182	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 Apr 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,134Last week 727Year ago 175

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 112Year ago 24

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 4Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	517.50–535.00	527.50
4	450–500	475	523.00–530.00	526.48
1	500–550	500	483.00	483.00
12	550–600	574	467.00–475.00	469.89
7	600–650	617	400.00–417.50	412.19
2	650–700	678	407.50–410.00	408.76
2	700–750	708	355.00–380.00	367.46
14	750–800	769	350.00–377.00	370.23
4	800–850	829	330.00–340.00	335.05
2	850–900	893	330.00–335.00	332.49
8	900–950	911	325.00	325.00
2	1000–1050	1,010	285.00–290.00	287.48
1	1050–1100	1,090	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	600.00	600.00
5	450–500	469	547.50	547.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	470.00	470.00
3	450–500	480	489.00	489.00
2	500–550	520	420.00–450.00	434.57
2	550–600	580	418.00–420.00	419.00
1	700–750	740	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	850	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	435	602.50	602.50
21	550–600	562	510.00–527.50	520.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	527.50	527.50
19	550–600	565	487.00–497.50	490.58
11	600–650	636	447.50–472.50	460.87
100	650–700	680	422.00–440.50	433.15
12	700–750	717	387.00–407.50	398.06
54	800–850	823	372.00	372.00
62	850–900	872	359.00	359.00
170	900–950	924	342.75–344.75	343.48
52	1000–1050	1,018	317.75	317.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	521	430.00–450.00	439.52
14	550–600	557	420.00–435.00	429.81
59	600–650	614	419.00–436.00	432.57
123	800–850	825	329.75–330.00	329.75
115	900–950	932	306.00–315.00	306.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	462.50–482.50	472.57
9	400–450	426	470.00–482.50	475.37
7	450–500	475	425.00–460.00	435.04
5	500–550	518	408.00–422.50	416.25
4	550–600	565	397.00–412.50	408.66
8	600–650	634	385.00–407.00	399.79
7	650–700	672	375.00–397.50	392.91
19	700–750	712	355.00–370.00	364.00
1	950–1000	990	297.00	297.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	160	690.00	690.00
3	300–350	340	585.00–605.00	591.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	545.00–550.00	547.48
1	300–350	315	547.50	547.50
1	350–400	355	512.50	512.50
15	400–450	430	495.00–520.00	509.62
29	450–500	461	477.50–495.00	484.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	437.50	437.50
3	400–450	427	415.00–435.00	422.34
2	500–550	535	360.00–365.00	362.50
2	600–650	633	352.50–370.00	361.08
3	650–700	675	347.50–349.00	348.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	707	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	570.00–630.00	600.00
1	300–350	300	570.00	570.00
4	350–400	393	527.50–540.00	533.71
2	400–450	425	555.00	555.00
5	450–500	482	502.50–529.00	515.83
10	500–550	512	460.00–477.00	470.96
4	550–600	576	448.00	448.00
4	600–650	611	397.00–401.00	398.06
2	650–700	675	380.00	380.00
3	700–750	733	365.00	365.00
3	750–800	770	342.50–362.50	349.04
2	800–850	825	307.50–310.00	308.72
1	850–900	855	322.50	322.50
1	1000–1050	1,040	282.50	282.50
1	1100–1150	1,105	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	482.50	482.50
2	400–450	432	507.50	507.50
1	450–500	485	455.00	455.00
1	550–600	595	401.00	401.00
1	700–750	700	331.00	331.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	812	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	690.00	690.00
2	300–350	335	605.00	605.00
1	600–650	600	425.00	425.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,205	167.00–178.00	173.73
11	—	1,302	181.00–193.00	185.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,312	165.00–174.00	168.85
2	—	928	144.00–155.00	149.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,586	181.00–196.00	184.59
5	—	1,441	172.00–177.00	174.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,685	210.00–229.00	221.32
3	—	1,157	190.00–200.00	194.83

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	177.00	177.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	237.50	237.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	213.00	213.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	3,000.00	3,000.00

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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

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How it compared 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

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