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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 3

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2130

← Jun 2Dec 3Dec 11 →

Receipts

1,466 head

▲ 726 vs last sale 740▼ 227 vs year ago 1,693 · −13.4%

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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 $418.63/cwt on 260 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −61.87 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$418.63

260 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,360

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$411

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

$69.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+32.16

vs KY average

−10.52 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	420.23	2,369	254
Medium and Large 2	558	351.00	1,959	6thin

One grade step is worth $69.23/cwt here — about $411 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 sale260 hd

418.63

—

KY average19 barns · 722 hd

386.47

+32.16

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−10.52

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

−61.87

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

37 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	415.00/cwt	413.00–417.00	1,565	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,726	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	447	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,980	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,860	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	393.39/cwt	393.00–395.00	1,994	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	510	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,239	73
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	521	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,173	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,924	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,989	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	589	416.50/cwt	416.50–416.50	2,453	155
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	382.29/cwt	372.00–390.00	2,263	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,274	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	666	389.56/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,594	211
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	667	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,168	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	737	357.89/cwt	348.00–358.75	2,638	241
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	328.31/cwt	326.00–332.00	2,423	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,501	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	824	313.88/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,586	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	829	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,723	57
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	912	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,599	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	942	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,920	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	386.23/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,472	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	439	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,831	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	458	400.12/cwt	393.00–405.00	1,833	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,703	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	504	365.02/cwt	363.00–369.00	1,840	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	514	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,989	91
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,635	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	347.57/cwt	343.00–349.00	2,037	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	590	355.68/cwt	355.00–364.00	2,099	173
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	653	346.05/cwt	346.00–347.00	2,260	144
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	324.45/cwt	321.00–330.00	2,151	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	290.33/cwt	289.00–293.00	2,119	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	737	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,465	63
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	752	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,482	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	297.49/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,460	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,581	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.

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

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

Wed Dec 3, 2025

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

Receipts 1,466Last week 740Year ago 1,693

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	413.00–417.00	415.00
1	450–500	471	395.00	395.00
5	500–550	507	393.00–395.00	393.39
17	550–600	592	372.00–390.00	382.29
6	650–700	661	344.00	344.00
13	700–750	738	326.00–332.00	328.31
3	750–800	789	317.00	317.00
9	800–850	824	310.00–315.00	313.88
1	900–950	912	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	521	417.00	417.00
155	550–600	589	416.50	416.50
211	650–700	666	370.00–390.00	389.56
241	700–750	737	348.00–358.75	357.89
57	800–850	829	328.50	328.50
13	900–950	942	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	446	387.00	387.00
3	500–550	536	359.00	359.00
3	550–600	580	343.00	343.00
3	650–700	667	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	447	443.00	443.00
73	500–550	510	439.00	439.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
91	500–550	514	387.00	387.00
173	550–600	590	355.00–364.00	355.68
144	650–700	653	346.00–347.00	346.05
63	700–750	737	334.50	334.50
7	750–800	752	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	317.50	317.50
6	700–750	730	289.00–293.00	290.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	385.00–390.00	386.23
1	450–500	490	347.50	347.50
12	500–550	504	363.00–369.00	365.02
17	550–600	586	343.00–349.00	347.57
13	650–700	663	321.00–330.00	324.45
10	800–850	827	290.00–300.00	297.49
1	900–950	935	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	400–450	439	417.00	417.00
5	450–500	458	393.00–405.00	400.12

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.