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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-02

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 2

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2130

← May 19Jun 2Dec 3 →

Receipts

740 head

▲ 403 vs last sale 337▲ 136 vs year ago 604 · +22.5%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $389.42/cwt on 175 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −91.08 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$389.42

175 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,195

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

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

$46.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.47

vs KY average

+10.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	564	392.59	2,213	163
Medium and Large 2-3	563	346.33	1,949	12thin

One grade step is worth $46.26/cwt here — about $264 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale175 hd

389.42

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KY average26 barns · 1,271 hd

376.95

+12.47

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

+10.84

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

−91.08

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $483.33, low $466.86, median $480.50 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

24 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards Lexington - Special Graded Feeder Cattle 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	412.92/cwt	365.00–427.00	1,565	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	438.70/cwt	433.00–439.00	1,952	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,931	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	402.81/cwt	371.00–404.50	2,095	60
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	526	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,867	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	386.64/cwt	373.00–387.00	2,277	103
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	589	340.14/cwt	339.00–343.00	2,003	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	637	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,051	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	357.22/cwt	340.00–358.00	2,368	93
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	675	311.30/cwt	301.00–333.00	2,101	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	746	312.58/cwt	293.00–313.50	2,332	67
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,358	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,438	15
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	964	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,675	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,511	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,752	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	456	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,585	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	362.68/cwt	348.00–364.50	1,861	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	357.22/cwt	328.00–359.00	2,061	106
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	582	311.40/cwt	303.00–317.00	1,812	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	277.69/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,780	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	331.33/cwt	267.50–333.00	2,187	78
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	299.07/cwt	286.00–300.00	2,198	30
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	279.59/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,343	12

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards Lexington - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Lexington, KY

Mon Jun 2, 2025

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

Receipts 740Last week 337Year ago 604

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	373	405.00	405.00
30	400–450	448	391.00	391.00
63	500–550	513	348.00–364.50	362.68
106	550–600	577	328.00–359.00	357.22
6	600–650	641	275.00–283.00	277.69
78	650–700	660	267.50–333.00	331.33
30	700–750	735	286.00–300.00	299.07
12	800–850	838	275.00–280.00	279.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	456	347.50	347.50
5	550–600	582	303.00–317.00	311.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	365.00–427.00	412.92
19	400–450	445	433.00–439.00	438.70
4	450–500	450	429.00	429.00
60	500–550	520	371.00–404.50	402.81
103	550–600	589	373.00–387.00	386.64
93	650–700	663	340.00–358.00	357.22
67	700–750	746	293.00–313.50	312.58
3	750–800	773	305.00	305.00
15	800–850	832	293.00	293.00
14	950–1000	964	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	526	355.00	355.00
7	550–600	589	339.00–343.00	340.14
2	600–650	637	322.00	322.00
3	650–700	675	301.00–333.00	311.30

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.