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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 29

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← Jul 22Jul 29Aug 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

266 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 303▼ 866 vs year ago 1,132 · −76.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 48▼ 14 vs year ago 43 · −32.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends in the feeder market due to limited head to head comparisons, however the feeder market appeared steady and with good demand for weaned cattle. Slaughter cows appeared sharply higher with a limited supply and strong demand. Several days of triple digit heat index has limited cattle movement causing increased selection pressure in the feeder market and higher premiums being paid for quality in both the feeder and slaughter markets.

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 $331.45/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −115.57 against this barn's trailing median of $447.02.

Average price

$331.45

5 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,883

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$23.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−40.35

vs KY average

−50.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	580	336.19	1,950	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	520	312.50	1,625	1thin

One grade step is worth $23.69/cwt here — about $325 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale5 hd

331.45

—

KY average24 barns · 416 hd

371.81

−40.35

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−50.23

This barn, trailing median34 sales

447.02

−115.57

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	1,708	215.19	3,676	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	182.86	2,291	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,578	174.66	2,755	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	929	146.73	1,363	8thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,210	212.00	2,565	1thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	190	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	760	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	275	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,128	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	349.81/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,511	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	520	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,625	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	336.19/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,950	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,845	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	632	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,294	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,096	1
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	710	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,953	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,205	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	755	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,424	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	814	337.47/cwt	335.75–340.00	2,747	189
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,599	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	910	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,929	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,028	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,920	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,323	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	359.97/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,487	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	440	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,342	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,667	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,705	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	578	335.99/cwt	335.00–338.00	1,942	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,815	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	695	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,196	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,071	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	825	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,351	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,504	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,564	1
Bulls	550–600	Large 1-2	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	324.43/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,875	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	313.31/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,911	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	284.94/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,775	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,047	1
Bulls	650–700	Large 1-2	675	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,823	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,036	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,928	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,156	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	915	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,127	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	985	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,216	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,210	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,565	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,548	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	3,142	2
Bulls	—	—	1,710	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	3,677	1
Bulls	—	—	1,868	227.48/cwt	227.00–228.00	4,249	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	585	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	644	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	874	143.57/cwt	130.00–150.00	1,255	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,238	172.98/cwt	164.00–182.00	2,141	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	182.86/cwt	174.00–194.00	2,291	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,540	184.32/cwt	177.00–195.00	2,839	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,615	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,665	3

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 Jul 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 266Last week 303Year ago 1,132

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 48Year ago 43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	345.00–360.00	349.81
4	550–600	580	335.00–340.00	336.19
1	600–650	605	305.00	305.00
2	700–750	735	300.00	300.00
1	900–950	910	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	275	410.00	410.00
1	600–650	615	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	650	322.50	322.50
1	800–850	825	315.00	315.00
3	1000–1050	1,028	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	632	363.00	363.00
2	750–800	755	321.00	321.00
189	800–850	814	335.75–340.00	337.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	412	365.00	365.00
4	550–600	578	320.00–337.50	324.43
4	600–650	610	300.00–318.00	313.31
1	650–700	655	312.50	312.50
2	700–750	727	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	790	244.00	244.00
1	850–900	880	245.00	245.00
1	900–950	915	232.50	232.50
1	950–1000	985	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	675	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	347.50	347.50
1	550–600	570	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	623	280.00–290.00	284.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	362.50	362.50
2	400–450	413	355.00–365.00	359.97
1	500–550	505	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	550	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	610	297.50	297.50
1	750–800	770	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	316.00	316.00
1	800–850	825	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	578	335.00–338.00	335.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	305.00	305.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,253	174.00–194.00	182.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	164.00–182.00	172.98
5	—	874	130.00–150.00	143.57
1	—	585	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,540	177.00–195.00	184.32
3	—	1,615	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	203.00	203.00
1	—	1,710	215.00	215.00
2	—	1,868	227.00–228.00	227.48

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.