Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was mostly stronger with a good quality offering of mostly yearling cattle. Feeder steers 400-600 lbs were 4.00 to 6.00 higher with a lite test, while the yearling steers appeared stronger with a good supply but limited head to head comparisons. Feeder heifers 300-500 lbs were 2.00 to 5.00 higher, while the 500-600 lbs heifers were mostly steady with good demand for weaned packages and groups. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady with a moderate supply and good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $415.67/cwt on 35 head, down $2.39 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 30 comparable sales and sits +9.81 against this barn's trailing median of $405.87.

Average price

$415.67

▼ 2.39 vs prior sale

35 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,319

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$356

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

$51.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.08

vs KY average

−0.16 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	418.61	2,340	33
Medium and Large 2	540	367.25	1,983	2thin

One grade step is worth $51.36/cwt here — about $356 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 $449.23, low $332.88, median $405.87 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 sale35 hd

415.67

—

KY average25 barns · 987 hd

415.75

−0.08

National average161 barns · 8,493 hd

415.83

−0.16

This barn, trailing median30 sales

405.87

+9.81

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	—	Low	1,383	207.38	2,869	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,553	186.36	2,893	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,271	181.36	2,304	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,170	165.36	1,935	6thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,475	249.00	3,673	1thin

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)	1,278	$3,575	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,175	$2,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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	750–800	791	374.98/cwt	374.00–381.00	2,966	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,084	320.82/cwt	320.00–329.00	3,478	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	424.75/cwt	410.00–437.50	2,047	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,080	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	482.51/cwt	477.50–485.00	2,273	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	423.94/cwt	412.50–443.00	2,459	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	360.25/cwt	350.00–367.50	2,424	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,883	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,547	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	739	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,697	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,718	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	389.04/cwt	382.00–408.00	2,840	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	376.69/cwt	367.00–385.00	2,505	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,305	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,016	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	384.09/cwt	380.00–393.00	2,362	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	474.16/cwt	472.50–477.50	2,560	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	495.83/cwt	495.00–497.50	2,162	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,633	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,696	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	447.47/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	362	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,136	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	951	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,782	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,803	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	425.13/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,118	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	494.88/cwt	492.50–497.00	2,281	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	528	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,445	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	478	461.12/cwt	460.00–462.50	2,204	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	371.93/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,317	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,969	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,418	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	179.48/cwt	174.00–184.00	2,267	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,475	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	3,673	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,302	178.63/cwt	176.00–183.00	2,326	3
Bulls	—	—	1,190	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,332	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	190.76/cwt	186.00–199.00	2,905	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	433	470.45/cwt	467.50–472.50	2,037	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	1000–1050	1,017	287.25/cwt	287.25–287.25	2,921	45
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	1150–1200	1,160	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	3,016	1
Bulls	—	—	1,480	213.07/cwt	208.00–219.00	3,153	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	152.10/cwt	146.00–156.00	1,579	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,599	179.45/cwt	173.00–183.00	2,869	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	651	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,588	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,421	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,186	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	3,575.00/head	3,575.00–3,575.00	3,575	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,175	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	411	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,510	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,501	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	383.73/cwt	382.50–385.00	2,621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,115	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,002	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,011	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,387	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	451.67/cwt	432.50–470.00	1,527	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	829	256.75/cwt	250.00–290.00	2,128	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	641	449.08/cwt	447.50–450.00	2,879	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	424.51/cwt	420.00–427.50	2,810	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	786	359.90/cwt	359.90–359.90	2,829	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	844	350.10/cwt	350.10–350.10	2,955	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	892	366.47/cwt	365.75–367.20	3,269	115
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1050–1100	1,065	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	3,546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	436.30/cwt	420.00–442.50	2,269	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	925	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	3,201	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	315.39/cwt	315.00–323.00	3,185	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	388.36/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,051	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 (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Tue Jun 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 858Last week 410Year ago 624

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 40Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 3Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	460.00	460.00
3	450–500	471	477.50–485.00	482.51
6	500–550	540	472.50–477.50	474.16
1	550–600	590	435.00	435.00
5	650–700	662	420.00–427.50	424.51
27	700–750	730	382.00–408.00	389.04
42	750–800	791	374.00–381.00	374.98
3	800–850	815	370.00	370.00
4	850–900	885	348.00	348.00
1	900–950	930	310.00	310.00
21	1000–1050	1,010	315.00–323.00	315.39
12	1050–1100	1,084	320.00–329.00	320.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	635.00	635.00
2	350–400	362	590.00	590.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	402.50	402.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	380.00	380.00
2	650–700	683	382.50–385.00	383.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	641	447.50–450.00	449.08
115	850–900	892	365.75–367.20	366.47
9	900–950	925	346.00	346.00
55	1000–1050	1,011	335.00	335.00
1	1050–1100	1,065	333.00	333.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	507.50	507.50
2	350–400	392	460.00	460.00
4	400–450	429	445.00–450.00	447.47
3	450–500	482	410.00–437.50	424.75
3	500–550	528	385.00–390.00	388.36
4	550–600	550	385.00	385.00
8	600–650	615	380.00–393.00	384.09
9	650–700	673	350.00–367.50	360.25
9	700–750	736	346.00	346.00
13	750–800	797	341.00	341.00
1	900–950	930	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	520	420.00–442.50	436.30
19	550–600	580	412.50–443.00	423.94
71	600–650	616	406.00	406.00
70	700–750	739	365.00	365.00
68	750–800	786	359.90	359.90
62	800–850	844	350.10	350.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	433	467.50–472.50	470.45
9	450–500	478	460.00–462.50	461.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	432.50–470.00	451.67
1	400–450	430	422.00	422.00
1	500–550	520	377.00	377.00
1	550–600	560	357.50	357.50
1	700–750	730	300.00	300.00
6	800–850	829	250.00–290.00	256.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	651	397.50	397.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	380.00	380.00
3	400–450	411	367.50	367.50
1	650–700	675	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	436	495.00–497.50	495.83
5	450–500	461	492.50–497.00	494.88
6	500–550	536	430.00	430.00
2	550–600	563	415.00–435.00	425.13
3	600–650	623	365.00–380.00	371.93
8	650–700	665	367.00–385.00	376.69
2	700–750	710	365.00	365.00
3	750–800	780	337.50	337.50
7	800–850	840	321.00	321.00
4	950–1000	951	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	600.00	600.00
3	500–550	528	463.00	463.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	430.00	430.00
2	600–650	622	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	795	290.00	290.00
1	800–850	840	280.00	280.00
1	850–900	855	280.00	280.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
45	1000–1050	1,017	287.25	287.25
1	1150–1200	1,160	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	187.00	187.00
6	—	1,263	174.00–184.00	179.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,302	176.00–183.00	178.63
3	—	1,038	146.00–156.00	152.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,523	186.00–199.00	190.76
7	—	1,599	173.00–183.00	179.45
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	249.00	249.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	196.00	196.00
2	—	1,480	208.00–219.00	213.07

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,345	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,080	295.00	295.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,278	3,575.00	3,575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	2,300.00	2,300.00

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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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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