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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-18

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, May 18

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2130

← Dec 11May 18Jun 1 →

Receipts

300 head

▼ 256 vs last sale 556▼ 37 vs year ago 337 · −11.0%

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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 $480.50/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $480.50.

Average price

$480.50

97 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$526

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

$98.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.20

vs KY average

+6.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	485.56	2,684	92
Medium and Large 2	557	387.50	2,158	5thin

One grade step is worth $98.06/cwt here — about $526 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale97 hd

480.50

—

KY average27 barns · 1,584 hd

481.70

−1.20

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

+6.02

This barn, trailing median3 sales

480.50

+0.00

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

35 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	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	246	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,599	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	308	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,848	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,755	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	584.08/cwt	582.50–602.50	2,132	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	544.27/cwt	537.50–547.50	2,395	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	455	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,152	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	492.96/cwt	485.00–517.50	2,573	51
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,219	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,048	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	476.35/cwt	471.00–499.00	2,815	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,971	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,555	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	412.97/cwt	400.00–438.00	2,726	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	359.67/cwt	356.00–384.00	2,636	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	767	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,953	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	768	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,381	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	843	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,866	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	854	341.25/cwt	341.25–341.25	2,914	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	1,809	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	381	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,743	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	452.56/cwt	451.00–453.00	1,946	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,707	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,785	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	400.17/cwt	382.00–401.00	2,053	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,932	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	586	354.89/cwt	354.00–355.00	2,080	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	619	384.63/cwt	383.00–387.00	2,381	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,508	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,339	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	3,240	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	669	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,509	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	750	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,468	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,956	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,019	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	850	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,814	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

Mon May 18, 2026

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

Receipts 300Last week 556Year ago 337

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	493.00	493.00
21	400–450	430	451.00–453.00	452.56
24	500–550	513	382.00–401.00	400.17
1	600–650	635	395.00	395.00
1	650–700	668	485.00	485.00
1	750–800	760	389.00	389.00
1	800–850	805	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	397.00	397.00
3	500–550	500	357.00	357.00
1	550–600	560	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	648	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	381	457.50	457.50
9	550–600	586	354.00–355.00	354.89
5	600–650	619	383.00–387.00	384.63
4	650–700	669	375.00	375.00
2	750–800	750	329.00	329.00
1	850–900	850	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	246	650.00	650.00
6	300–350	308	600.00	600.00
13	350–400	365	582.50–602.50	584.08
25	400–450	440	537.50–547.50	544.27
51	500–550	522	485.00–517.50	492.96
41	550–600	591	471.00–499.00	476.35
5	600–650	605	491.00	491.00
21	650–700	660	400.00–438.00	412.97
15	700–750	733	356.00–384.00	359.67
3	750–800	767	385.00	385.00
10	850–900	854	341.25	341.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	487.50	487.50
3	500–550	538	412.50	412.50
2	550–600	585	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	655	390.00	390.00
2	750–800	768	310.00	310.00
6	800–850	843	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	473.00	473.00

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.