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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 28

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

702 head

▼ 272 vs last sale 974▼ 432 vs year ago 1,134 · −38.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

59 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 76▼ 13 vs year ago 72 · −18.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 3▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was lower with a good quality offering. Feeder steers and heifers were 3.00 to 8.00 lower in spots and sharply lower in several comparisons with a good supply and moderate demand. Continued negative pressure from the futures market is limiting buyers interest and the premiums that they are willing to pay quality cattle. 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 $375.78/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −71.24 against this barn's trailing median of $447.02.

Average price

$375.78

25 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,038

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

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

$63.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.03

vs KY average

−53.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	378.31	2,051	24
Medium 1-2	545	315.00	1,717	1thin

One grade step is worth $63.31/cwt here — about $334 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 sale25 hd

375.78

—

KY average23 barns · 1,160 hd

391.81

−16.03

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−53.94

This barn, trailing median34 sales

447.02

−71.24

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	—	Average	1,822	196.76	3,585	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	159.46	2,042	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,523	157.90	2,405	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,037	136.11	1,411	15

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,313	$2,177	2thin

Every lot

83 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	416.11/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,406	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,870	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	397.61/cwt	391.00–413.00	1,932	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	523	390.49/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,042	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	354.74/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,891	3
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	545	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,717	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	373.67/cwt	363.00–379.00	2,100	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	610	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,800	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	346.41/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,130	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,042	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	620	379.10/cwt	371.00–385.00	2,350	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,904	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	682	317.67/cwt	315.00–323.00	2,167	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	336.74/cwt	329.00–352.50	2,307	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	708	316.23/cwt	310.00–319.00	2,239	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	334.17/cwt	327.00–349.00	2,426	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,559	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	823	299.92/cwt	297.00–303.00	2,468	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,802	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	859	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,835	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	861	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,923	67
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	894	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,673	13
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	938	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,086	61
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	988	315.25/cwt	315.25–315.25	3,115	58
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2	1,106	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,455	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	334.82/cwt	331.00–342.50	1,299	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,416	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,615	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,517	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	465	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,335	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	357.86/cwt	350.00–369.00	1,703	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,651	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	522	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,900	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	341.78/cwt	333.00–351.00	1,825	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	316.19/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,698	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	555	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,931	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	328.65/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,837	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	600	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,200	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	602	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,818	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	287.50/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,854	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	652	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,210	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	667	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,851	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	316.20/cwt	300.00–317.50	2,112	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,863	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	704	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,316	71
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	298.09/cwt	292.50–302.00	2,128	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	766	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,566	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	288.41/cwt	283.00–290.00	2,235	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,968	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	812	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,965	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	917	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,192	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	970	225.10/cwt	221.00–226.00	2,183	12
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1-2	1,105	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,254	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	240	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	960	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	255	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,077	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	265	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	802	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,088	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,508	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	410	430.50/cwt	430.00–431.00	1,765	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	397.46/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,689	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,659	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	376.03/cwt	375.00–377.00	1,749	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,620	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,577	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	351.56/cwt	341.00–361.00	1,842	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	295.22/cwt	282.00–302.00	1,668	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	335.61/cwt	320.00–347.00	1,900	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	600	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,200	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	310.04/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,031	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,725	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,198	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,751	191.61/cwt	186.00–196.00	3,355	5
Bulls	—	—	1,940	205.34/cwt	199.00–210.00	3,984	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	882	115.80/cwt	105.00–123.00	1,021	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,068	155.02/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,656	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	136.57/cwt	130.00–147.00	1,472	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,207	172.66/cwt	172.00–173.00	2,084	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	155.06/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,024	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,523	157.90/cwt	151.00–165.00	2,405	12
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	191.24/cwt	190.00–192.50	1,874	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,313	2,176.76/head	2,150.00–2,200.00	2,177	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 Oct 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 702Last week 974Year ago 1,134

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 76Year ago 72

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	255	422.50	422.50
2	350–400	370	407.50	407.50
7	400–450	425	395.00–400.00	397.46
2	450–500	465	375.00–377.00	376.03
5	500–550	524	341.00–361.00	351.56
4	550–600	566	320.00–347.00	335.61
4	650–700	655	300.00–320.00	310.04
1	700–750	745	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	430.00–431.00	430.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	440	377.00	377.00
1	450–500	475	341.00	341.00
1	500–550	505	350.00	350.00
3	550–600	565	282.00–302.00	295.22
3	600–650	620	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	690	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	302.50	302.50
1	450–500	475	332.00	332.00
1	600–650	600	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	410.00–422.50	416.11
3	400–450	438	427.00	427.00
7	450–500	486	391.00–413.00	397.61
3	500–550	533	350.00–365.00	354.74
11	550–600	562	363.00–379.00	373.67
19	600–650	615	340.00–365.00	346.41
22	650–700	685	329.00–352.50	336.74
13	700–750	726	327.00–349.00	334.17
14	750–800	773	331.00	331.00
6	800–850	829	338.00	338.00
5	850–900	859	330.00	330.00
8	1100–1150	1,106	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	523	380.00–395.00	390.49
31	600–650	620	371.00–385.00	379.10
67	850–900	861	339.50	339.50
61	900–950	938	329.00	329.00
58	950–1000	988	315.25	315.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	617	331.00	331.00
12	650–700	682	315.00–323.00	317.67
10	700–750	708	310.00–319.00	316.23
2	800–850	823	297.00–303.00	299.92
13	850–900	894	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	295.00	295.00
2	650–700	680	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
71	700–750	704	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	363.00	363.00
1	400–450	445	363.00	363.00
8	450–500	476	350.00–369.00	357.86
10	500–550	534	333.00–351.00	341.78
11	550–600	559	320.00–335.00	328.65
2	600–650	602	302.00	302.00
14	650–700	668	300.00–317.50	316.20
5	700–750	714	292.50–302.00	298.09
9	750–800	775	283.00–290.00	288.41
1	800–850	810	243.00	243.00
4	900–950	917	239.00	239.00
12	950–1000	970	221.00–226.00	225.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	522	364.00	364.00
6	550–600	555	348.00	348.00
10	650–700	652	339.00	339.00
4	750–800	766	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	287.00	287.00
2	650–700	667	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1100–1150	1,105	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	388	331.00–342.50	334.82
1	400–450	445	341.00	341.00
5	450–500	487	339.00	339.00
7	500–550	537	305.00–325.00	316.19
2	600–650	645	285.00–290.00	287.50
2	650–700	690	270.00	270.00
2	800–850	812	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,305	150.00–160.00	155.06
3	—	1,207	172.00–173.00	172.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	882	105.00–123.00	115.80
3	—	1,068	150.00–161.00	155.02
9	—	1,078	130.00–147.00	136.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,523	151.00–165.00	157.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,751	186.00–196.00	191.61
3	—	1,940	199.00–210.00	205.34

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	190.00–192.50	191.24

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,313	2,150.00–2,200.00	2,176.76

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.