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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-26

Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 26

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2129

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Receipts

217 head

▲ 159 vs last sale 58▼ 181 vs year ago 398 · −45.5%

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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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,429	$3,789	26
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,389	$3,421	50
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,065	$3,100	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	905	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	905	$2,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,319	$2,713	6
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	915	$3,559	12
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,491	$3,282	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,737	$4,870	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,788	$4,834	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,472	$4,160	38
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,131	$4,121	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,115	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$2,450	1thin

Every lot

23 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	1,491	3,282.26/head	2,350.00–3,950.00	3,282	7
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs12 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	4,102.43/head	3,550.00–4,450.00	4,102	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,115	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,185	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,275	4,300.00/head	4,300.00–4,300.00	4,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,300	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,376	4,295.15/head	3,800.00–4,800.00	4,295	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,444	4,013.03/head	3,200.00–4,900.00	4,013	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,455	3,564.20/head	3,550.00–3,600.00	3,564	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,645	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,737	4,870.15/head	4,550.00–5,300.00	4,870	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,739	4,648.23/head	4,200.00–5,150.00	4,648	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,820	5,064.17/head	4,100.00–5,525.00	5,064	9
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,060	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,014	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,306	2,594.10/head	2,450.00–2,650.00	2,594	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,345	2,949.63/head	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,950	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,389	3,420.87/head	2,750.00–3,850.00	3,421	50
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,429	3,788.54/head	3,250.00–4,300.00	3,789	26
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	840	2,675.45/head	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,675	2
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	3,735.79/head	3,550.00–3,900.00	3,736	10

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 Aug 26, 2026

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

Receipts 217Last week 58Year ago 398

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,444	3,200.00–4,900.00	4,013.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,065	3,550.00–4,450.00	4,102.43
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,376	3,800.00–4,800.00	4,295.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,275	4,300.00	4,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	4,000.00	4,000.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,820	4,100.00–5,525.00	5,064.17
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,737	4,550.00–5,300.00	4,870.15
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,739	4,200.00–5,150.00	4,648.23

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	2,450.00	2,450.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,455	3,550.00–3,600.00	3,564.20
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,645	3,800.00	3,800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	3,000.00	3,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	190.00	190.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	50	—	1,389	2,750.00–3,850.00	3,420.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	905	3,000.00	3,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	3,100.00	3,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,345	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,949.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	2,850.00	2,850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,429	3,250.00–4,300.00	3,788.54

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,306	2,450.00–2,650.00	2,594.10

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	840	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,675.45

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	930	3,550.00–3,900.00	3,735.79

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	7	—	1,491	2,350.00–3,950.00	3,282.26

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.