Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was mostly stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers 400 lbs and under were sharply higher with strong demand, while the 500-650 lbs steers were steady and yearling steers were 3.00-5.00 higher with a limited supply and good demand. Feeder heifers 400 lbs and under were sharply higher with strong demand, while the 450-650 lbs heifers were steady to 6.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady with a good supply and good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $445.63/cwt on 57 head, up $21.39 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 30 comparable sales and sits +39.49 against this barn's trailing median of $406.14.

Average price

$445.63

▲ 21.39 vs prior sale

57 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,430

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$277

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

$70.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.48

vs KY average

+17.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	449.35	2,443	54
Medium and Large 2	572	378.70	2,166	3thin

One grade step is worth $70.65/cwt here — about $277 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

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $445.63, low $349.69, median $406.14 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 sale57 hd

445.63

—

KY average25 barns · 1,324 hd

422.15

+23.48

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

+17.27

This barn, trailing median30 sales

406.14

+39.49

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	1,685	207.56	3,498	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,272	185.68	2,362	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,559	178.25	2,779	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,088	140.94	1,533	12

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,595	$2,850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	720	$1,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

99 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - 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 1-2Fancy	300–350	315	712.50/cwt	712.50–712.50	2,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,593	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	377.06/cwt	365.00–387.50	2,383	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	450.47/cwt	440.00–461.00	2,653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	290	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	2,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	353	672.50/cwt	672.50–672.50	2,374	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	475	539.25/cwt	529.00–552.50	2,561	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,186	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	387.57/cwt	372.50–392.50	2,624	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,076	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	529	452.62/cwt	436.00–457.00	2,394	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,750	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	532.13/cwt	525.00–535.00	2,043	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	449.73/cwt	432.50–450.25	2,478	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	429	590.72/cwt	580.00–597.50	2,534	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	323	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,196	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	447.67/cwt	430.00–457.50	2,131	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1200–1250	1,205	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	744	379.54/cwt	361.00–384.00	2,824	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	545.31/cwt	537.50–557.00	2,361	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	630	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	175	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	380.13/cwt	365.00–387.00	2,927	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	506.94/cwt	503.00–520.00	2,499	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	271	760.66/cwt	740.00–780.00	2,061	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	353.32/cwt	340.00–356.00	2,883	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	3,072	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	650	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,789	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,060	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	529.00/cwt	529.00–529.00	2,645	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	565	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,218	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	445	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,613	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	728	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,191	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	200–250	220	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,827	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	498.62/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,378	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,218	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,074	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,044	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	162.28/cwt	157.00–170.00	1,847	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,043	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	146.36/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,705	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	194.83/cwt	187.00–201.00	2,455	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,589	170.44/cwt	160.00–176.00	2,708	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	185.09/cwt	182.00–195.00	2,837	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	883	91.73/cwt	80.00–100.00	810	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	179.58/cwt	176.00–184.00	2,299	3
Bulls	—	—	1,768	218.40/cwt	210.00–226.00	3,861	2
Bulls	—	—	1,630	200.33/cwt	192.00–204.00	3,265	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	720	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	855	200.52/cwt	200.00–201.00	1,714	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	187.64/cwt	183.00–192.00	1,966	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,595	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	481	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,876	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	562	466.48/cwt	455.00–477.50	2,622	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	431	602.35/cwt	600.00–610.00	2,596	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	368	623.33/cwt	615.00–635.00	2,294	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	605	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,753	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,075	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,517	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,420	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	454	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,474	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,040	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,968	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	378.70/cwt	376.00–381.00	2,166	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	556.50/cwt	542.50–570.00	1,809	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	491.66/cwt	487.50–510.00	2,149	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1100–1150	1,140	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	750–800	791	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,848	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	440	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	205	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,198	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	354	583.53/cwt	555.00–595.00	2,066	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	565.00/cwt	535.00–570.00	2,288	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	352.52/cwt	347.50–357.50	2,654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,444	1
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	532	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,128	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	476	474.71/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,260	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,111	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	245	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	1,936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	533	511.48/cwt	511.00–512.50	2,726	3

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 (Monday) - Lexington, KY

Mon Apr 6, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 489Last week 902Year ago 291

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 182Year ago 78

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 41Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	690.00	690.00
1	300–350	315	712.50	712.50
4	350–400	353	672.50	672.50
11	400–450	429	580.00–597.50	590.72
3	450–500	475	529.00–552.50	539.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	465.00	465.00
1	700–750	710	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	640.00	640.00
3	300–350	346	600.00	600.00
3	400–450	433	537.50–557.00	545.31
13	450–500	493	503.00–520.00	506.94
4	550–600	589	440.00–461.00	450.47
1	600–650	625	413.00	413.00
2	650–700	672	404.00	404.00
1	700–750	705	392.50	392.50
16	750–800	770	365.00–387.00	380.13
6	800–850	816	340.00–356.00	353.32
4	850–900	893	344.00	344.00
2	900–950	930	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	529.00	529.00
12	550–600	577	490.00	490.00
3	600–650	605	461.00	461.00
2	650–700	650	429.00	429.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	750.00	750.00
4	250–300	271	740.00–780.00	760.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	680.00	680.00
18	500–550	529	436.00–457.00	452.62
34	550–600	551	432.50–450.25	449.73
75	600–650	603	430.00	430.00
40	650–700	669	411.00	411.00
27	700–750	744	361.00–384.00	379.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	620.00	620.00
1	250–300	285	610.00	610.00
4	300–350	325	542.50–570.00	556.50
5	350–400	384	525.00–535.00	532.13
10	400–450	437	487.50–510.00	491.66
6	450–500	476	430.00–457.50	447.67
1	500–550	540	407.00	407.00
1	550–600	565	420.00	420.00
6	600–650	632	365.00–387.50	377.06
11	650–700	677	372.50–392.50	387.57
2	750–800	785	323.00	323.00
1	800–850	800	329.00	329.00
1	900–950	930	280.00	280.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	230.00	230.00
1	1200–1250	1,205	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	550.00	550.00
1	300–350	315	442.50	442.50
3	450–500	495	397.50	397.50
3	550–600	572	376.00–381.00	378.70
1	800–850	820	287.50	287.50
1	850–900	855	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	791	360.00	360.00
1	1100–1150	1,140	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	790.00	790.00
3	300–350	335	630.00	630.00
7	350–400	354	555.00–595.00	583.53
7	400–450	405	535.00–570.00	565.00
25	450–500	476	470.00–490.00	474.71
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	362.50	362.50
3	550–600	565	392.50	392.50
3	700–750	728	301.00	301.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	480.00	480.00
1	500–550	540	452.50	452.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	630.00	630.00
1	300–350	335	610.00	610.00
3	350–400	396	560.00	560.00
3	400–450	440	550.00	550.00
7	450–500	477	495.00–500.00	498.62
3	500–550	506	497.50	497.50
2	750–800	753	347.50–357.50	352.52
1	850–900	890	300.00	300.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	481	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	525	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	650.00	650.00
5	350–400	368	615.00–635.00	623.33
4	400–450	431	600.00–610.00	602.35
5	450–500	454	545.00	545.00
3	500–550	533	511.00–512.50	511.48
9	550–600	562	455.00–477.50	466.48
1	600–650	605	455.00	455.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	532	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,138	157.00–170.00	162.28
1	—	940	111.00	111.00
4	—	1,165	143.00–150.00	146.36
2	—	883	80.00–100.00	91.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	187.00–201.00	194.83
3	—	1,280	176.00–184.00	179.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,589	160.00–176.00	170.44
8	—	1,533	182.00–195.00	185.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,768	210.00–226.00	218.40
3	—	1,630	192.00–204.00	200.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	1,550.00	1,550.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	855	200.00–201.00	200.52
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,048	183.00–192.00	187.64
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,595	2,850.00	2,850.00

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

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