Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was uneven and spotty with an average quality offering. Feeder steers 400-600 lbs were steady to 5.00 higher or greater in spots with a moderate supply and good demand for weaned packages and groups. Feeder heifers 500 lbs and under appeared spotty with a lite test, while the 550-650 lbs heifers were steady to 2.00 higher with a good supply and good demand. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher with a moderate 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 $448.74/cwt on 36 head, up $3.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 31 comparable sales and sits −12.80 against this barn's trailing median of $461.54.

Average price

$448.74

▲ 3.45 vs prior sale

36 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,501

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$443

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

$102.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.79

vs KY average

−4.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	457.18	2,538	32
Medium and Large 2	562	407.50	2,290	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	590	355.00	2,095	2thin

One grade step is worth $102.18/cwt here — about $443 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

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 sale36 hd

448.74

—

KY average23 barns · 562 hd

450.53

−1.79

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

−4.98

This barn, trailing median31 sales

461.54

−12.80

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	1,743	211.25	3,682	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,298	181.68	2,358	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,437	180.46	2,594	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,249	161.49	2,016	4thin

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)	1,027	$2,454	3thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,003	319.85/cwt	319.00–320.00	3,208	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	996	324.38/cwt	312.00–325.50	3,231	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	360.64/cwt	360.00–362.50	2,593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	462.02/cwt	460.00–466.00	2,042	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	716	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,979	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	410.51/cwt	390.00–422.50	2,533	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	449.31/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,103	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,045	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	511.83/cwt	495.00–525.00	1,612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,975	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,913	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	498.73/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,581	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,237	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,587	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	348.79/cwt	347.50–350.00	2,162	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	1,972	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	665	386.32/cwt	383.00–388.00	2,569	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,471	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	430.19/cwt	420.00–441.00	2,215	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,942	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	600–650	620	389.70/cwt	386.00–392.50	2,416	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	187.64/cwt	186.00–189.00	2,867	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	199.21/cwt	192.50–205.00	2,626	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	177.30/cwt	172.00–184.00	2,292	8
Bulls	—	—	1,827	216.24/cwt	213.00–219.00	3,951	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,288	166.99/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,151	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,639	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,015	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,523	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	660	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,063	1
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	642	362.53/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,327	3
Bulls	—	—	1,605	227.00/cwt	226.00–228.00	3,643	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,401	177.59/cwt	173.00–182.00	2,488	5
Bulls	—	—	1,667	190.78/cwt	187.00–195.00	3,180	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,027	2,453.73/head	2,100.00–2,800.00	2,454	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	690	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	265	582.74/cwt	570.00–595.00	1,544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	403	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	2,051	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	930	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	404.22/cwt	397.50–407.50	1,766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	344.89/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,126	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	790	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,290	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,095	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	409.96/cwt	402.50–417.50	1,878	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,163	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	797	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,252	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	734	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,606	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	448.05/cwt	440.00–449.00	2,764	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,141	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,096	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	425.73/cwt	420.00–426.00	2,410	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	545	418.11/cwt	417.00–430.00	2,279	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	437.53/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,385	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	781	365.80/cwt	360.00–382.00	2,857	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	533	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,548	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	387.27/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,196	17

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 Jun 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 648Last week 883Year ago 384

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 41Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 6Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	533	478.00	478.00
3	550–600	550	469.00	469.00
37	600–650	617	440.00–449.00	448.05
3	650–700	653	415.00	415.00
6	700–750	716	416.00	416.00
11	750–800	781	360.00–382.00	365.80
59	950–1000	996	312.00–325.50	324.38
138	1000–1050	1,003	319.00–320.00	319.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	495.00–525.00	511.83
3	350–400	375	480.00	480.00
3	400–450	442	460.00–466.00	462.02
7	450–500	468	445.00–450.00	449.31
6	500–550	545	425.00–450.00	437.53
13	550–600	578	447.50	447.50
12	600–650	617	390.00–422.50	410.51
4	700–750	719	360.00–362.50	360.64
1	750–800	760	330.00	330.00
2	850–900	855	348.00	348.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	642	357.50–365.00	362.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	570.00–595.00	582.74
1	350–400	360	520.00	520.00
7	400–450	403	509.00	509.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	465.00	465.00
1	300–350	330	480.00	480.00
2	550–600	562	407.50	407.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	790	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	590	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	317	495.00–500.00	498.73
1	400–450	420	450.00	450.00
2	450–500	457	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	505	370.00	370.00
17	550–600	567	370.00–400.00	387.27
3	650–700	658	340.00	340.00
1	1000–1050	1,045	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	410	481.00	481.00
1	450–500	455	465.00	465.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	620	386.00–392.50	389.70
18	650–700	665	383.00–388.00	386.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	437	397.50–407.50	404.22
1	600–650	635	330.00	330.00
1	850–900	865	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	425.00	425.00
2	450–500	460	340.00–350.00	344.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	545	417.00–430.00	418.11
89	550–600	566	420.00–426.00	425.73
55	700–750	734	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	585.00	585.00
1	350–400	395	451.00	451.00
1	400–450	425	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	495	442.50	442.50
2	500–550	515	420.00–441.00	430.19
4	600–650	620	347.50–350.00	348.79
3	700–750	701	352.50	352.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	392	430.00	430.00
2	450–500	458	402.50–417.50	409.96
2	600–650	637	375.00	375.00
3	700–750	715	302.50	302.50
2	750–800	797	282.50	282.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	930	175.00	175.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,528	186.00–189.00	187.64
5	—	1,401	173.00–182.00	177.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	192.50–205.00	199.21
8	—	1,293	172.00–184.00	177.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,288	165.00–170.00	166.99
1	—	1,130	145.00	145.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,827	213.00–219.00	216.24
2	—	1,605	226.00–228.00	227.00
3	—	1,667	187.00–195.00	190.78

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,027	2,100.00–2,800.00	2,453.73
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	225.00	225.00

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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