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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 7

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127

← Mar 31Apr 7Apr 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

291 head

▼ 791 vs last sale 1,082▼ 850 vs year ago 1,141 · −74.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

78 head

▼ 72 vs last sale 150▼ 142 vs year ago 220 · −64.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 8▲ 0 vs year ago 4 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday market not fully established due to lite receipts. Good quality weaned calf packages suitable for grass well received; however softer undertone for single lots and average quality calves on offer today compared to last week. Very good demand for yearling heifer packages. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand. Heavy rain over the weekend caused extensive flooding and very muddy field conditions restricting cattle movement today.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $283.99/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −114.35 against this barn's trailing median of $398.34.

Average price

$283.99

15 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

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

$29.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.00

vs KY average

−32.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	289.97	1,586	12thin
Medium and Large 2-3	537	260.03	1,396	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.94/cwt here — about $191 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 sale15 hd

283.99

—

KY average23 barns · 963 hd

308.98

−25.00

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−32.56

This barn, trailing median33 sales

398.34

−114.35

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

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $445.63, low $321.52, median $398.34 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,661	172.91	2,872	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,252	142.27	1,781	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,455	141.08	2,053	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,015	120.80	1,226	8thin

Every lot

79 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) - 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	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,343	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	427	387.01/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,653	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,617	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	467	377.56/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,763	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	321.48/cwt	320.50–322.50	1,527	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	362.58/cwt	361.00–367.50	1,755	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	543	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,982	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,765	3
Steers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	555	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,499	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,883	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	295.06/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,821	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	628	336.26/cwt	327.50–338.00	2,112	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	668	264.10/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,764	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,124	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	730	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,073	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	742	270.65/cwt	269.00–274.00	2,008	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	758	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,039	3
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,077	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	295	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	811	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	888	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	360	255.00/cwt	252.50–260.00	918	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	364	366.45/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,334	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	300.43/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,166	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	425	332.13/cwt	317.50–340.00	1,412	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	432	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,210	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	481	324.36/cwt	312.50–332.50	1,560	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	483	270.41/cwt	242.50–282.50	1,306	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,458	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	522	289.97/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,514	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	255.05/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,416	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	558	291.40/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,626	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	275.89/cwt	272.50–278.00	1,694	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,911	63
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	255.74/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,690	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	732	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,028	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	240.73/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,777	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	751	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,844	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	752	276.75/cwt	276.75–276.75	2,081	34
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	775	213.55/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,655	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	960	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,824	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	230	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	690	1
Bulls	250–300	Small and Medium 1-2	270	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	797	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	280	334.91/cwt	330.00–340.00	938	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	998	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	333	379.88/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,265	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	337	304.63/cwt	297.50–320.00	1,027	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	380	393.80/cwt	390.00–397.50	1,496	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	413	382.48/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,580	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	417	321.02/cwt	317.50–327.50	1,339	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	455	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,388	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,637	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	518	339.86/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,760	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	301.12/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,611	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	564	324.39/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,830	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	292.41/cwt	286.00–299.00	1,676	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,792	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,809	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	715	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,109	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	740	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,843	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,932	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,848	1
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,897	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	425	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	818	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,471	165.82/cwt	162.00–169.00	2,439	4
Bulls	—	—	1,813	178.59/cwt	170.00–184.00	3,238	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	768	89.06/cwt	87.00–91.00	684	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	795	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	875	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,158	135.66/cwt	131.00–143.00	1,571	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	127.80/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,557	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	136.56/cwt	134.00–138.00	1,688	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	146.72/cwt	141.00–155.00	1,853	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,379	137.25/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,893	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,454	143.22/cwt	140.00–148.00	2,082	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,855	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,337	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,007	144.05/cwt	137.00–151.00	1,451	5

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 (Monday) - Lexington, KY

Mon Apr 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 291Last week 1,082Year ago 1,141

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 150Year ago 220

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 8Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	300.00	300.00
1	250–300	285	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	485	337.50	337.50
4	500–550	535	295.00–315.00	301.12
4	550–600	573	286.00–299.00	292.41
1	600–650	640	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	675	268.00	268.00
1	750–800	765	252.50	252.50
1	800–850	800	231.00	231.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	375.00–395.00	379.88
2	350–400	380	390.00–397.50	393.80
2	400–450	413	380.00–385.00	382.48
2	450–500	465	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	518	325.00–345.00	339.86
4	550–600	564	322.50–325.00	324.39
1	700–750	715	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	330.00–340.00	334.91
3	300–350	337	297.50–320.00	304.63
3	400–450	417	317.50–327.50	321.02
1	450–500	455	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	740	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	385.00–387.50	387.01
4	450–500	467	370.00–380.00	377.56
3	500–550	543	365.00	365.00
6	600–650	628	327.50–338.00	336.26
3	700–750	730	284.00	284.00
3	750–800	758	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	367.50	367.50
4	450–500	484	361.00–367.50	362.58
3	500–550	543	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	575	327.50	327.50
3	600–650	617	280.00–303.00	295.06
1	650–700	685	310.00	310.00
3	700–750	742	269.00–274.00	270.65
1	1050–1100	1,065	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	475	320.50–322.50	321.48
2	650–700	668	260.00–268.00	264.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	364	350.00–377.50	366.45
6	400–450	425	317.50–340.00	332.13
8	450–500	481	312.50–332.50	324.36
4	500–550	522	287.50–295.00	289.97
7	550–600	558	285.00–310.00	291.40
63	650–700	650	294.00	294.00
2	700–750	732	277.00	277.00
34	750–800	752	276.75	276.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	277.50	277.50
5	350–400	388	290.00–317.50	300.43
1	450–500	490	297.50	297.50
1	550–600	570	280.00	280.00
7	600–650	614	272.50–278.00	275.89
4	650–700	661	255.00–258.00	255.74
4	700–750	738	240.00–243.00	240.73
8	750–800	751	245.50	245.50
1	950–1000	960	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	275.00	275.00
3	350–400	360	252.50–260.00	255.00
2	400–450	432	280.00	280.00
4	450–500	483	242.50–282.50	270.41
1	500–550	500	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	555	250.00–260.00	255.05
3	750–800	775	200.00–220.00	213.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,236	134.00–138.00	136.56
3	—	1,218	123.00–133.00	127.80
20	—	1,263	141.00–155.00	146.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	768	87.00–91.00	89.06
5	—	1,158	131.00–143.00	135.66
1	—	795	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,379	135.00–139.00	137.25
16	—	1,454	140.00–148.00	143.22
1	—	1,855	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,813	170.00–184.00	178.59
4	—	1,471	162.00–169.00	165.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,007	137.00–151.00	144.05

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.