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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-11

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Thu, Dec 11

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2130

← Dec 3Dec 11May 18 →

Receipts

556 head

▼ 910 vs last sale 1,466▲ 29 vs year ago 527 · +5.5%

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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 $389.33/cwt on 151 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −91.17 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$389.33

151 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,210

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$457

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

$44.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.57

vs KY average

−41.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	389.92	2,217	149
Medium and Large 2-3	510	345.00	1,760	2thin

One grade step is worth $44.92/cwt here — about $457 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale151 hd

389.33

—

KY average27 barns · 1,478 hd

396.90

−7.57

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−41.30

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

−91.17

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

33 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,259	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,531	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	388.52/cwt	387.50–389.00	1,709	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	447	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,784	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,760	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	389.63/cwt	388.00–390.00	2,034	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	527	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,134	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	388.39/cwt	384.00–391.00	2,292	101
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	364.07/cwt	362.25–368.00	2,432	75
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	672	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,231	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,819	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	743	325.50/cwt	319.00–327.50	2,418	67
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	743	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,248	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,118	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	287.13/cwt	272.50–288.00	2,392	18
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	855	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,860	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	958	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,663	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	361	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,227	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,710	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	384.60/cwt	374.00–388.00	1,742	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	720	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	380.23/cwt	377.50–384.00	1,951	50
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	367.14/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,166	55
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	335.34/cwt	332.00–340.00	2,237	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	719	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,459	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	742	300.62/cwt	298.00–310.00	2,231	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	755	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,661	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,462	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,249	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	930	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,604	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	960	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,515	4

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

Thu Dec 11, 2025

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

Receipts 556Last week 1,466Year ago 527

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	719	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	340.00	340.00
5	400–450	434	394.00	394.00
21	450–500	453	374.00–388.00	384.60
50	500–550	513	377.50–384.00	380.23
55	550–600	590	355.00–380.00	367.14
26	650–700	667	332.00–340.00	335.34
2	800–850	830	271.00	271.00
4	950–1000	960	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	150.00	150.00
1	750–800	790	185.00	185.00
1	900–950	930	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	325.00	325.00
9	700–750	742	298.00–310.00	300.62
1	750–800	755	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	372.50	372.50
2	350–400	395	387.50	387.50
6	400–450	440	387.50–389.00	388.52
37	500–550	522	388.00–390.00	389.63
101	550–600	590	384.00–391.00	388.39
75	650–700	668	362.25–368.00	364.07
67	700–750	743	319.00–327.50	325.50
18	800–850	833	272.50–288.00	287.13
7	950–1000	958	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	345.00	345.00
4	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
9	650–700	672	332.00	332.00
4	700–750	743	302.50	302.50
1	850–900	855	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	267.50	267.50
1	700–750	745	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	447	399.00	399.00
11	500–550	527	405.00	405.00

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.