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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 3

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← Jan 20Feb 3Feb 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

212 head

▼ 633 vs last sale 845▼ 635 vs year ago 847 · −75.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 31▼ 75 vs year ago 89 · −84.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to market being closed last week, however the feeder market appeared spotty as snow and icy conditions continue to limit cattle movement and buyers interest in some classes of livestock.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $371.94/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 15 of 34 comparable sales and sits −16.32 against this barn's trailing median of $388.26.

Average price

$371.94

9 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$482

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

$103.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.65

vs KY average

−59.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	383.44	2,022	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	550	280.00	1,540	1thin

One grade step is worth $103.44/cwt here — about $482 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale9 hd

371.94

—

KY average9 barns · 84 hd

382.59

−10.65

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−59.60

This barn, trailing median34 sales

388.26

−16.32

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $449.23, low $315.42, median $388.26 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	1,493	192.51	2,874	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	167.59	2,141	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	959	140.01	1,342	3thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	445	476.26/cwt	472.50–477.50	2,119	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,000	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,746	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,263	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,266	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,041	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	582	421.60/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,454	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,023	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	618	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,627	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,552	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,161	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,482	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	345.86/cwt	342.50–347.50	2,507	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,594	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,730	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	965	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,895	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	975	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,657	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,514	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	379	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,867	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	410	457.66/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,876	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,944	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	475	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,149	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	513	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,052	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,911	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,985	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	334.98/cwt	332.50–337.50	2,027	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	609	371.80/cwt	370.00–376.00	2,264	10
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	615	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,799	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,964	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	783	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,725	69
Heifers	800–850	Medium 1-2	815	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,282	2
Heifers	850–900	Large 1-2	865	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,400	1
Heifers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1-2	1,160	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,813	1
Heifers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1-2	1,205	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,802	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	245	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	980	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,359	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,493	192.51/cwt	189.00–197.00	2,874	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	928	146.02/cwt	139.00–153.00	1,355	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,306	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,232	173.12/cwt	169.00–176.00	2,133	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,415	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,137	1

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 Feb 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 212Last week 845Year ago 847

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 31Year ago 89

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	447	447.50	447.50
2	500–550	530	427.50	427.50
2	550–600	567	360.00	360.00
3	600–650	638	400.00	400.00
1	650–700	680	365.00	365.00
3	700–750	725	342.50–347.50	345.86
3	750–800	780	332.50	332.50
1	800–850	840	325.00	325.00
1	950–1000	965	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	665	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	745	300.00	300.00
1	950–1000	975	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	472.50–477.50	476.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	500	452.50	452.50
13	550–600	582	410.00–430.00	421.60
11	600–650	618	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	492.50	492.50
4	400–450	410	455.00–465.00	457.66
1	450–500	475	452.50	452.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	292.50	292.50
1	850–900	865	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	609	370.00–376.00	371.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	432.50	432.50
2	400–450	447	435.00	435.00
1	500–550	520	367.50	367.50
2	550–600	567	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	605	332.50–337.50	334.98
1	1150–1200	1,160	242.50	242.50
1	1200–1250	1,205	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	660	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	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
5	500–550	513	400.00	400.00
69	750–800	783	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	815	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	400.00	400.00
1	650–700	665	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
1	850–900	890	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	151.00	151.00
3	—	1,232	169.00–176.00	173.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	128.00	128.00
2	—	928	139.00–153.00	146.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	189.00–197.00	192.51

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.