Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers 600 lbs and under were sharply higher with a moderate supply and strong demand for weaned and harder conditioned calves. Feeder heifers 550 lbs and under were sharply higher as well while the 600-650 lbs heifers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower with a good supply and good demand. Yearling steers and heifers appeared stronger with a good supply, but limited head to comparisons. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 lower 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 $429.36/cwt on 27 head, up $18.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 30 comparable sales and sits −28.45 against this barn's trailing median of $457.81.

Average price

$429.36

▲ 18.85 vs prior sale

27 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,322

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$684

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

$113.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.03

vs KY average

+27.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	440.86	2,387	22
Medium and Large 2	535	398.11	2,130	3thin
Large 1	565	372.00	2,102	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	520	327.50	1,703	1thin

One grade step is worth $113.36/cwt here — about $684 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

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.01, low $344.18, median $457.81 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 sale27 hd

429.36

—

KY average22 barns · 519 hd

427.33

+2.03

National average153 barns · 6,255 hd

401.83

+27.53

This barn, trailing median30 sales

457.81

−28.45

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	1,428	212.21	3,031	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,547	183.93	2,846	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,306	180.13	2,352	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,142	160.07	1,828	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,220	214.10	2,612	2thin

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	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	805	$2,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,125	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,359	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	398.02/cwt	389.00–402.50	2,460	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	412.90/cwt	407.00–420.00	2,164	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	415.76/cwt	400.00–432.50	1,796	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	330.87/cwt	307.50–333.00	2,366	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	364.23/cwt	351.00–370.00	2,575	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	398.48/cwt	385.00–412.50	2,522	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	407.32/cwt	397.50–417.00	2,367	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	406.27/cwt	400.00–423.00	1,918	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	483.72/cwt	480.00–487.50	1,611	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	364.13/cwt	351.00–370.00	2,800	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	436.32/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,321	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	426.20/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,590	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,035	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,146	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	555	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,459	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	386.30/cwt	369.00–391.00	2,627	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	373.58/cwt	370.00–379.00	2,309	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	392.96/cwt	385.00–397.00	2,299	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	469.63/cwt	457.50–482.50	2,235	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,446	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,051	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,005	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,117	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,081	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	356.20/cwt	339.00–369.00	2,419	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	456.62/cwt	447.50–472.50	2,201	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	290	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	400	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	350	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	535	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,327	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	800–850	810	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,443	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	805	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,195	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,521	1
Bulls	—	—	1,493	218.67/cwt	207.00–224.00	3,265	7
Bulls	—	—	1,890	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	4,423	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,501	177.34/cwt	170.00–183.00	2,662	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,584	189.20/cwt	187.00–192.00	2,997	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	177.32/cwt	174.00–181.00	2,341	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,403	1
Steers	Large 1	550–600	565	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,102	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,220	214.10/cwt	211.00–217.00	2,612	2
Bulls	—	—	1,123	189.86/cwt	181.00–195.00	2,132	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,295	174.81/cwt	166.00–179.00	2,264	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	155.90/cwt	145.00–168.00	1,687	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	539.21/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,211	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	387	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,283	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	340	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,091	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,879	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,082	252.83/cwt	243.00–270.00	2,736	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	305	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,226	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,986	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	448.70/cwt	447.50–450.00	1,902	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	297	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	354.32/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,867	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,859	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,046	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,087	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	614	434.63/cwt	431.00–437.00	2,669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,170	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	398.11/cwt	392.50–401.00	2,130	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	656	405.79/cwt	397.00–418.00	2,662	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,301	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,422	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	399.17/cwt	397.50–401.00	2,523	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	975	319.99/cwt	319.25–321.00	3,120	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	416.80/cwt	400.00–422.50	2,384	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,929	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,023	209.00/cwt	207.00–211.00	2,138	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,043	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,233	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	745	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,850	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	527	416.10/cwt	400.00–422.50	2,193	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	465.36/cwt	455.00–467.00	2,448	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	309.02/cwt	305.00–311.00	2,435	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	511.58/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,220	6

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 Aug 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 877Last week 282Year ago 427

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 80Year ago 93

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 4Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	545.00	545.00
1	400–450	415	510.00	510.00
3	450–500	482	447.50–472.50	456.62
6	500–550	524	407.00–420.00	412.90
4	550–600	581	397.50–417.00	407.32
3	600–650	618	389.00–402.50	398.02
23	650–700	679	339.00–369.00	356.20
6	700–750	728	336.00	336.00
5	800–850	809	302.00	302.00
1	950–1000	960	241.00	241.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	231.00	231.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	230.00	230.00
1	1100–1150	1,125	223.00	223.00
1	1150–1200	1,195	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	590.00	590.00
1	350–400	350	600.00	600.00
1	400–450	400	547.50	547.50
1	500–550	535	435.00	435.00
1	800–850	810	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	450.00	450.00
4	400–450	424	447.50–450.00	448.70
2	450–500	497	420.00	420.00
1	600–650	645	317.50	317.50
2	700–750	715	260.00	260.00
1	800–850	840	265.00	265.00
1	850–900	885	260.00	260.00
2	1000–1050	1,023	207.00–211.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	462.50	462.50
5	350–400	373	400.00–450.00	426.20
7	400–450	432	400.00–432.50	415.76
10	450–500	472	400.00–423.00	406.27
4	500–550	526	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	555	375.00	375.00
7	600–650	618	370.00–379.00	373.58
1	650–700	660	345.00	345.00
13	700–750	715	307.50–333.00	330.87
3	750–800	788	305.00–311.00	309.02
2	850–900	882	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	297	502.50	502.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	432.50	432.50
1	450–500	455	380.00	380.00
4	500–550	527	350.00–360.00	354.32
2	600–650	627	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	730	280.00	280.00
1	850–900	880	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	527	400.00–422.50	416.10
19	550–600	572	400.00–422.50	416.80
113	600–650	632	397.50–401.00	399.17
6	650–700	651	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	530.00	530.00
2	300–350	333	480.00–487.50	483.72
1	350–400	380	507.50	507.50
6	400–450	434	500.00–525.00	511.58
4	450–500	476	457.50–482.50	469.63
8	500–550	532	430.00–440.00	436.32
3	550–600	585	385.00–397.00	392.96
2	600–650	633	385.00–412.50	398.48
14	650–700	680	369.00–391.00	386.30
9	700–750	707	351.00–370.00	364.23
11	750–800	769	351.00–370.00	364.13
1	1000–1050	1,035	304.00	304.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	526	455.00–467.00	465.36
4	550–600	555	443.00	443.00
5	600–650	614	431.00–437.00	434.63
21	650–700	656	397.00–418.00	405.79
23	700–750	745	382.50	382.50
173	950–1000	975	319.25–321.00	319.99
51	1000–1050	1,043	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	645.00	645.00
1	300–350	340	615.00	615.00
2	350–400	387	590.00	590.00
3	400–450	410	535.00–545.00	539.21
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	327.50	327.50
1	800–850	835	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	440	431.00	431.00
1	450–500	470	422.50	422.50
3	500–550	535	392.50–401.00	398.11
1	700–750	715	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	760	319.00	319.00
1	1150–1200	1,170	221.00	221.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	255.00	255.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	2,150.00	2,150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,175	245.00	245.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,082	243.00–270.00	252.83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,493	207.00–224.00	218.67
1	—	1,890	234.00	234.00
3	—	1,123	181.00–195.00	189.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,501	170.00–183.00	177.34
5	—	1,584	187.00–192.00	189.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,320	174.00–181.00	177.32
1	—	1,220	197.00	197.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,295	166.00–179.00	174.81
5	—	1,082	145.00–168.00	155.90
1	—	830	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	211.00–217.00	214.10

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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How it compared 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - Lexington, KY

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