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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 23

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2129

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Receipts

293 head

▲ 47 vs last sale 246▲ 35 vs year ago 258 · +13.6%

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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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,327	$2,650	24
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,170	$2,275	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,259	$2,235	55
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,189	$2,022	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$2,450	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,512	$2,870	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,399	$3,257	83

Every lot

16 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards Lexington - Replacement Livestock Sale - Lexington, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,512	2,870.09/head	2,225.00–3,100.00	2,870	8
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,125	2,132.00/head	2,100.00–2,150.00	2,132	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,293	2,535.54/head	2,250.00–2,750.00	2,536	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	1,412	3,603.43/head	3,500.00–3,750.00	3,603	29
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,412	3,154.16/head	2,725.00–3,450.00	3,154	48
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	830	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,110	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,170	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,219	1,841.12/head	1,600.00–1,975.00	1,841	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,228	2,194.76/head	2,000.00–2,375.00	2,195	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	2,306.75/head	2,000.00–2,675.00	2,307	41
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	1,287	2,809.68/head	2,700.00–2,975.00	2,810	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	1,318	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,444	2,488.42/head	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,488	9
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	181.34/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,668	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	940	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1

This sale against other markets

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.

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Blue Grass Stockyards Lexington - Replacement Livestock Sale - Lexington, KY

Wed Apr 23, 2025

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

Receipts 293Last week 246Year ago 258

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,125	2,100.00–2,150.00	2,132.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,293	2,250.00–2,750.00	2,535.54

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,412	3,500.00–3,750.00	3,603.43

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	48	—	1,412	2,725.00–3,450.00	3,154.16

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	8	—	1,512	2,225.00–3,100.00	2,870.09

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,228	2,000.00–2,375.00	2,194.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,444	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,488.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,170	2,275.00	2,275.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	—	1,265	2,000.00–2,675.00	2,306.75

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	1,875.00	1,875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,219	1,600.00–1,975.00	1,841.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,675.00	1,675.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,287	2,700.00–2,975.00	2,809.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,318	2,700.00	2,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	920	175.00–185.00	181.34

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	2,450.00	2,450.00

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.