Sale reports / Kentucky / Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky / 2025-05-05

Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Mon, May 5
● Final122 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2127
Feeder Cattle receipts
920 head
▼ 233 vs last sale 1,153▼ 134 vs year ago 1,054 · −12.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 133 vs last sale 210▼ 4 vs year ago 81 · −4.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 12▼ 30 vs year ago 39 · −76.9%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers 300-400 lbs and 500-600 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages; others steady. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with very good demand for featherweights; over 500 lbs sold steady with good demand. Very good demand for yearlings in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.61/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 5 of 33 comparable sales and sits −65.73 against this barn's trailing median of $398.34.
Average price
$332.61
72 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$244
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$44.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.71
vs KY average
−0.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548334.471,83269
Large 1-2548289.671,5883thin
One grade step is worth $44.81/cwt here — about $244 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 sale72 hd
332.61
—
KY average24 barns · 1,295 hd
330.89
+1.71
National average172 barns · 12,542 hd
332.82
−0.21
This barn, trailing median33 sales
398.34
−65.73
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
460409358308median 398.3403/0204/2707/0608/3111/02
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,570176.692,7747thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,273158.652,02024
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,387153.492,12924
CowsLean 85-90%Average994134.641,33811
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,360127.251,7312thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,058201.422,1312thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,330$2,3501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)995$1,9692thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,198$2,8382thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,375$2,5251thin

Every lot

122 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2205435.00/cwt435.00–435.008921
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2276443.84/cwt437.00–455.001,2255
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,3952
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3332350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1622
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333431.84/cwt427.50–435.001,4384
Steers350–400Small and Medium 1-2375230.00/cwt230.00–230.008631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381431.64/cwt427.50–440.001,64511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427400.01/cwt399.00–401.001,70810
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added438424.50/cwt420.00–433.001,8598
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3443365.86/cwt357.50–370.001,6213
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added474411.06/cwt403.00–417.501,9487
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486395.02/cwt387.50–403.001,92010
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513373.20/cwt352.50–381.001,9158
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524394.26/cwt381.00–412.502,06614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9101
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571378.58/cwt372.00–387.502,16217
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590361.13/cwt351.00–370.002,13113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607356.60/cwt350.00–359.002,16515
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3635313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,9881
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added695320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2244
Steers700–750Large 1-2705281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,9812
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725283.67/cwt277.00–287.002,0573
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added728303.31/cwt293.00–314.002,2087
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2774281.21/cwt279.00–287.002,1774
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3790271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,1411
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,3491
Steers850–900Large 1-2865237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,0502
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2946267.75/cwt267.75–267.752,53355
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3220325.00/cwt325.00–325.007151
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy240426.22/cwt425.00–427.501,0232
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1611
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,2021
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310310.00/cwt310.00–310.009611
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added334424.70/cwt410.00–427.001,41823
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3091
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added370402.45/cwt394.00–412.501,48910
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3374349.50/cwt333.00–362.001,3077
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 1-2380247.50/cwt247.50–247.509411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382386.87/cwt384.00–393.001,4783
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421371.93/cwt369.00–379.001,5667
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added424393.16/cwt380.00–402.501,66730
Heifers400–450Large 1-2435340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4791
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2460241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,1093
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468355.35/cwt347.50–360.001,6637
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475371.69/cwt362.00–387.501,76631
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3478315.26/cwt297.50–331.001,5075
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6381
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527343.45/cwt322.50–362.501,81032
Heifers500–550Large 1-2535307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,6421
Heifers550–600Large 1-2555281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,5602
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564333.19/cwt317.50–347.001,87929
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580301.55/cwt291.00–315.001,7497
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622329.33/cwt315.00–329.702,04888
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641295.19/cwt279.00–307.501,8927
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3648254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,6463
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy650328.85/cwt328.85–328.852,13885
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7761
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added677298.69/cwt291.00–307.002,02210
Heifers650–700Small and Medium 1-2686207.40/cwt202.50–209.001,4234
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687280.70/cwt275.00–281.001,92820
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added716280.12/cwt277.50–281.002,0064
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718257.01/cwt254.00–263.001,8453
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy719298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,14375
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3755218.75/cwt210.00–227.501,6522
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,1333
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2872250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1802
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3895185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3285332.50/cwt332.50–332.509481
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2290417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,2111
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4241
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2340406.25/cwt405.00–410.001,3814
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2358396.42/cwt390.00–400.001,4193
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy378427.83/cwt422.50–432.501,6177
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428416.28/cwt397.50–425.001,78216
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470384.95/cwt367.00–417.501,80912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3478357.46/cwt355.00–362.501,7093
Bulls500–550Small and Medium 1-2508212.56/cwt200.00–225.001,0802
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517386.41/cwt380.00–397.501,9988
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3523288.83/cwt272.50–305.001,5112
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2538361.14/cwt329.00–377.501,94316
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3550302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,6611
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569359.01/cwt351.00–367.502,0439
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2572341.31/cwt332.00–347.501,9528
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2609296.30/cwt285.00–304.001,8047
Bulls600–650Small and Medium 1-2625210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3131
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633328.98/cwt321.00–331.002,0825
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added651320.67/cwt320.00–322.002,0883
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2672308.67/cwt302.00–312.002,0744
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3683285.11/cwt275.00–295.001,9472
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added719289.81/cwt286.00–300.002,0846
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2720263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,8941
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3730253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,8471
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2769277.40/cwt275.00–281.002,1335
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2815223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,8171
Bulls850–900Large 1-2850207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,7601
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2855217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,8551
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3890182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,6201
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,7381
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,018161.00/cwt160.00–162.001,6392
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3627192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,2072
Dairy Steers1000–1050Large 31,035145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5011
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,058201.42/cwt189.00–215.002,1312
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,355148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,0051
Bulls——1,585189.40/cwt182.00–196.003,0024
Bulls——1,648165.62/cwt165.00–166.002,7292
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%860106.00/cwt106.00–106.009121
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,006150.28/cwt140.00–166.001,5125
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,009124.72/cwt118.00–130.001,2585
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,152150.30/cwt147.00–152.501,7317
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,309149.58/cwt148.00–153.001,9586
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,323162.09/cwt153.00–170.002,14417
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,350141.08/cwt137.00–144.001,9055
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,437160.06/cwt153.00–170.002,30013
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,35592.50/cwt92.50–92.501,2531
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,365162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,2111
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29053,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,3752,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,4902,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2868182.07/cwt172.50–192.501,5802
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-3888141.21/cwt138.00–145.001,2542
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29951,968.72/head1,850.00–2,100.001,9692
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3302,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501

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.