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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 12

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← Aug 5Aug 12Aug 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

699 head

▼ 443 vs last sale 1,142▼ 317 vs year ago 1,016 · −31.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

55 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 50▲ 9 vs year ago 46 · +19.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 12▲ 4 vs year ago 6 · +66.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was mostly steady with an average quality offering. Good quality feeder steers 650 lbs and under appeared stronger, and even sharply stronger in spots, with a good supply but limited comparisons with the previous week . Yearling steers were mostly steady with a good supply and good demand . Feeder heifers 650 lbs and under were unevenly steady ranging from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher across the weight classes with a good supply and good demand for weaned and guaranteed open females. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 lower with a good supply and slaughter bulls were steady with 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 $383.49/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 6 of 34 comparable sales and sits −63.53 against this barn's trailing median of $447.02.

Average price

$383.49

47 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,142

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$586

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

$97.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.37

vs KY average

−4.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	387.87	2,166	44
Medium and Large 2	568	333.85	1,896	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	545	290.00	1,581	1thin

One grade step is worth $97.87/cwt here — about $586 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 sale47 hd

383.49

—

KY average23 barns · 722 hd

387.85

−4.37

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

−4.00

This barn, trailing median34 sales

447.02

−63.53

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	1,603	204.37	3,277	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,530	176.97	2,708	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,199	174.34	2,091	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,124	162.53	1,827	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	950	217.50	2,066	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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,300	$2,575	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,032	$1,967	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	875	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	925	$1,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,220	$2,950	2thin

Every lot

87 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	240	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,224	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	340	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,573	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,729	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	450	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,463	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	383.71/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,784	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	397.96/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,898	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	526	408.67/cwt	394.00–418.00	2,150	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,071	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,581	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	333.85/cwt	329.00–339.00	1,896	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	570	393.48/cwt	384.00–407.50	2,243	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	368.82/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,143	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,894	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	612	390.50/cwt	377.50–397.50	2,390	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	350.71/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,262	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	327.06/cwt	322.50–336.00	2,211	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	708	295.01/cwt	292.50–297.50	2,089	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	324.05/cwt	308.00–334.00	2,369	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	774	345.77/cwt	345.00–346.00	2,676	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,120	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	327.81/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,731	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	849	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,878	51
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	859	340.75/cwt	340.75–340.75	2,927	52
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	325.95/cwt	323.00–329.00	2,819	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	910	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,466	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	925	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,034	56
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	945	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,844	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	993	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	3,113	49
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	335	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,374	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	375	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,584	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	402	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,658	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	460	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,771	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	369.92/cwt	357.50–373.00	1,827	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	337.03/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,749	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	533	362.89/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,934	16
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	565	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,766	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,724	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	329.51/cwt	329.00–330.00	1,905	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	580	361.69/cwt	361.00–362.50	2,098	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	600	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,085	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	610	366.00/cwt	365.75–366.25	2,233	166
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	331.32/cwt	325.00–337.50	2,097	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	301.27/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,913	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	289.36/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,939	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	671	324.96/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,180	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	679	347.13/cwt	347.00–349.00	2,357	29
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	705	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,235	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	766	304.22/cwt	297.00–309.00	2,330	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	813	307.17/cwt	307.00–307.50	2,497	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	855	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,988	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	880	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,614	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,412	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	990	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,673	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1,015	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,720	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	255	403.67/cwt	395.00–412.00	1,029	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	363.05/cwt	355.00–371.00	1,590	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1-2	545	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,267	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,856	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,780	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium 1-2	660	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,535	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	290.66/cwt	281.00–300.00	2,116	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	759	253.12/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,921	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,054	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	835	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,795	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	895	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,229	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	950	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,066	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,430	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	3,175	1
Bulls	—	—	1,455	191.74/cwt	189.00–194.00	2,790	3
Bulls	—	—	1,758	209.44/cwt	200.00–213.00	3,682	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,097	157.23/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,725	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,126	170.16/cwt	164.00–175.00	1,916	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,147	166.95/cwt	165.00–173.00	1,915	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,317	181.04/cwt	178.00–184.00	2,384	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,434	172.59/cwt	167.00–176.00	2,475	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,617	180.92/cwt	177.00–188.00	2,925	10
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,421	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	835	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	875	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	880	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	925	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,380	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,220	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	2

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 Aug 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 699Last week 1,142Year ago 1,016

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 50Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 12Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	510.00	510.00
1	400–450	435	397.50	397.50
10	450–500	477	395.00–405.00	397.96
3	500–550	545	380.00	380.00
17	550–600	581	350.00–375.00	368.82
7	600–650	645	340.00–360.00	350.71
3	650–700	676	322.50–336.00	327.06
10	700–750	731	308.00–334.00	324.05
6	800–850	833	322.50–330.00	327.81
2	850–900	865	323.00–329.00	325.95
1	900–950	945	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	462.50	462.50
14	500–550	526	394.00–418.00	408.67
10	550–600	570	384.00–407.50	393.48
31	600–650	612	377.50–397.50	390.50
30	750–800	774	345.00–346.00	345.77
51	800–850	849	339.00	339.00
52	850–900	859	340.75	340.75
56	900–950	925	328.00	328.00
49	950–1000	993	313.50	313.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	545	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	655	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	380.00–387.50	383.71
2	550–600	568	329.00–339.00	333.85
1	600–650	605	313.00	313.00
2	700–750	708	292.50–297.50	295.01
1	750–800	785	270.00	270.00
1	900–950	910	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	533	350.00–365.00	362.89
13	550–600	580	361.00–362.50	361.69
166	600–650	610	365.75–366.25	366.00
29	650–700	679	347.00–349.00	347.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	494	357.50–373.00	369.92
5	500–550	519	332.50–340.00	337.03
2	550–600	578	329.00–330.00	329.51
2	600–650	633	325.00–337.50	331.32
1	900–950	910	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	600	347.50	347.50
3	650–700	671	322.50–330.00	324.96
6	700–750	705	317.00	317.00
5	750–800	766	297.00–309.00	304.22
3	800–850	813	307.00–307.50	307.17
1	850–900	880	297.00	297.00
1	950–1000	990	270.00	270.00
2	1000–1050	1,015	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	855	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	410.00	410.00
2	350–400	375	422.50	422.50
2	400–450	402	412.50	412.50
3	450–500	460	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	570	302.50	302.50
2	600–650	635	300.00–302.50	301.27
4	650–700	670	287.50–290.00	289.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	395.00–412.00	403.67
1	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
3	500–550	546	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	650	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	728	281.00–300.00	290.66
4	750–800	759	250.00–260.00	253.12
1	800–850	835	246.00	246.00
1	850–900	895	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	232.50	232.50
1	650–700	660	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	355.00–371.00	363.05
1	600–650	630	282.50	282.50
1	800–850	835	215.00	215.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,380	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	2,575.00	2,575.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	1,800.00	1,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	875	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	1,500.00	1,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,030	235.00	235.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,220	2,950.00	2,950.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,617	177.00–188.00	180.92
9	—	1,434	167.00–176.00	172.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,317	178.00–184.00	181.04
8	—	1,126	164.00–175.00	170.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,097	154.00–161.00	157.23
6	—	1,147	165.00–173.00	166.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,758	200.00–213.00	209.44
3	—	1,455	189.00–194.00	191.74
1	—	1,430	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	217.50	217.50

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.