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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, May 13

● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← May 6May 13May 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,021 head

▼ 104 vs last sale 1,125▲ 126 vs year ago 895 · +14.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

107 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 66▲ 21 vs year ago 86 · +24.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 31▲ 4 vs year ago 9 · +44.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold 5.00-10.00 higher with very good demand. Yearling steers were 5.00-10.00 higher with very good demand. Heifers sold steady in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 2.00-4.00 higher except for lean cows which were sharply higher with very good demand and slaughter bulls had no comparison available but were in very good demand.

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 $399.26/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 10 of 34 comparable sales and sits −47.76 against this barn's trailing median of $447.02.

Average price

$399.26

56 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,141

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

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

$30.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.75

vs KY average

+14.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	399.81	2,146	55
Medium and Large 2-3	510	369.00	1,882	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.81/cwt here — about $264 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 sale56 hd

399.26

—

KY average26 barns · 1,179 hd

374.51

+24.75

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+14.66

This barn, trailing median34 sales

447.02

−47.76

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

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.70, low $353.17, median $447.02 across 34 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	1,684	197.43	3,324	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,293	158.67	2,051	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,497	157.48	2,358	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,082	150.64	1,630	14
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,562	157.99	2,468	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,200	201.00	2,412	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,745	179.00	3,124	1thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,385	$3,450	1thin

Every lot

96 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) - 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	240	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,056	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	331	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,506	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	424.00/cwt	423.00–425.00	1,420	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,290	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,594	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,660	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	440	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,940	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	450	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,699	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	400.23/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,885	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,925	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,882	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	521	407.72/cwt	403.00–416.00	2,124	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	573	384.60/cwt	382.50–387.50	2,204	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	376.14/cwt	375.00–381.00	2,200	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	614	375.73/cwt	351.00–382.00	2,307	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,312	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	690	355.81/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,455	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	709	327.51/cwt	322.50–332.50	2,322	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,373	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	820	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,153	1
Steers	850–900	Large 1-2	860	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,279	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	877	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	2,539	113
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	917	292.76/cwt	291.10–293.60	2,685	181
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	951	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,606	15
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	971	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,792	59
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,045	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,309	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	1,058	264.65/cwt	262.00–264.90	2,800	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	230	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	679	1
Heifers	250–300	Small and Medium 1-2	285	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	713	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	383.88/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,278	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	343	417.15/cwt	407.50–421.00	1,431	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	373.25/cwt	365.00–381.00	1,377	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	380	411.68/cwt	411.00–417.50	1,564	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	418	373.78/cwt	363.00–380.00	1,562	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	346.35/cwt	342.50–357.50	1,507	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	466	365.30/cwt	352.50–371.00	1,702	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	343.88/cwt	339.00–352.00	1,661	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	483	314.43/cwt	313.00–317.50	1,519	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	526	348.18/cwt	327.50–367.00	1,831	71
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	532	297.37/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,582	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,648	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	563	338.32/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,905	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,874	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	312.99/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,928	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	620	325.89/cwt	317.50–333.00	2,021	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	633	264.62/cwt	242.50–280.00	1,675	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	662	329.14/cwt	322.50–329.50	2,179	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,910	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	733	289.51/cwt	281.00–296.00	2,122	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	774	276.43/cwt	274.75–297.50	2,140	53
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	265.68/cwt	262.50–269.00	2,067	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	782	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,307	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	843	240.52/cwt	235.00–246.00	2,028	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	882	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,359	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	905	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,344	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,820	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	978	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,416	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	335	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,482	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	355	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,518	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,599	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	430	416.83/cwt	412.50–422.50	1,792	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	388.25/cwt	381.00–402.50	1,708	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	463	398.02/cwt	395.00–399.00	1,843	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	361.56/cwt	347.50–375.00	1,717	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	388.72/cwt	377.00–392.00	1,870	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	376.72/cwt	367.50–382.00	1,985	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,749	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	315.27/cwt	290.00–341.00	1,781	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	372.38/cwt	360.00–382.50	2,119	13
Bulls	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	610	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,281	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	621	333.86/cwt	327.50–340.00	2,073	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	306.00/cwt	305.00–307.00	2,020	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	666	326.69/cwt	322.50–335.00	2,176	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	294.95/cwt	285.00–315.00	2,177	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	303.13/cwt	295.00–313.00	2,346	13
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,680	1
Bulls	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,055	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,794	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,200	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,412	1
Steers	—	Select	1,745	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	3,124	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,683	207.21/cwt	197.00–216.00	3,487	8
Bulls	—	—	1,685	177.87/cwt	175.00–187.00	2,997	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,133	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	155.29/cwt	149.00–162.00	1,674	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,127	147.02/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,657	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,242	143.66/cwt	143.00–144.00	1,784	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,297	151.60/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,966	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,299	164.39/cwt	158.00–175.00	2,135	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,479	159.94/cwt	156.00–164.00	2,366	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,520	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,174	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,539	153.59/cwt	152.00–155.00	2,364	7
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,558	163.99/cwt	163.00–165.00	2,555	2
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,570	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,292	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,385	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	965	160.72/cwt	155.00–167.00	1,551	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	982	178.18/cwt	170.00–200.00	1,750	8

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 (Tuesday) - Lexington, KY

Tue May 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,021Last week 1,125Year ago 895

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 66Year ago 86

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 31Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	343	407.50–421.00	417.15
9	350–400	380	411.00–417.50	411.68
6	400–450	418	363.00–380.00	373.78
36	450–500	466	352.50–371.00	365.30
71	500–550	526	327.50–367.00	348.18
13	550–600	563	320.00–345.00	338.32
27	600–650	620	317.50–333.00	325.89
19	650–700	662	322.50–329.50	329.14
13	700–750	733	281.00–296.00	289.51
53	750–800	774	274.75–297.50	276.43
2	850–900	882	267.50	267.50
4	900–950	905	259.00	259.00
8	950–1000	978	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	380.00–392.50	383.88
4	350–400	369	365.00–381.00	373.25
8	400–450	435	342.50–357.50	346.35
11	450–500	483	339.00–352.00	343.88
1	550–600	595	315.00	315.00
8	600–650	616	305.00–317.50	312.99
1	700–750	710	269.00	269.00
2	750–800	778	262.50–269.00	265.68
2	800–850	843	235.00–246.00	240.52
1	900–950	910	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	720	320.00	320.00
4	750–800	782	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	295.00	295.00
3	450–500	483	313.00–317.50	314.43
3	500–550	532	285.00–305.00	297.37
1	550–600	555	297.00	297.00
5	600–650	633	242.50–280.00	264.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	423.00–425.00	424.00
1	350–400	375	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	415	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	471	390.00–405.00	400.23
1	500–550	500	385.00	385.00
5	550–600	585	375.00–381.00	376.14
1	650–700	685	337.50	337.50
4	700–750	709	322.50–332.50	327.51
1	800–850	810	293.00	293.00
113	850–900	877	289.50	289.50
15	950–1000	951	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	440	441.00	441.00
38	500–550	521	403.00–416.00	407.72
11	550–600	573	382.50–387.50	384.60
34	600–650	614	351.00–382.00	375.73
21	650–700	690	345.00–360.00	355.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	440.00	440.00
3	300–350	331	455.00	455.00
181	900–950	917	291.10–293.60	292.76
59	950–1000	971	287.50	287.50
58	1050–1100	1,058	262.00–264.90	264.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	860	265.00	265.00
1	1000–1050	1,045	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	450	377.50	377.50
1	500–550	510	369.00	369.00
1	800–850	820	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	410.00	410.00
3	400–450	440	381.00–402.50	388.25
5	450–500	481	377.00–392.00	388.72
11	500–550	527	367.50–382.00	376.72
13	550–600	569	360.00–382.50	372.38
4	650–700	660	305.00–307.00	306.00
3	700–750	738	285.00–315.00	294.95
13	750–800	774	295.00–313.00	303.13
1	800–850	840	200.00	200.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	442.50	442.50
1	350–400	355	427.50	427.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	347.50–375.00	361.56
1	500–550	545	321.00	321.00
2	550–600	565	290.00–341.00	315.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	430	412.50–422.50	416.83
4	450–500	463	395.00–399.00	398.02
6	600–650	621	327.50–340.00	333.86
6	650–700	666	322.50–335.00	326.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,683	197.00–216.00	207.21
4	—	1,685	175.00–187.00	177.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	163.00–165.00	163.99
1	—	1,570	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,242	143.00–144.00	143.66
9	—	1,297	147.00–155.00	151.60
19	—	1,299	158.00–175.00	164.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	115.00	115.00
3	—	1,127	144.00–149.00	147.02
10	—	1,078	149.00–162.00	155.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	143.00	143.00
17	—	1,479	156.00–164.00	159.94
7	—	1,539	152.00–155.00	153.59

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,385	3,450.00	3,450.00

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	4	—	965	155.00–167.00	160.72

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	982	170.00–200.00	178.18

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.