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Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Lexington Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2026-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 1

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2128

← Aug 25Sep 1Sep 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

441 head

▼ 365 vs last sale 806▼ 1,418 vs year ago 1,859 · −76.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 32▼ 94 vs year ago 117 · −80.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 1▼ 4 vs year ago 5 · −80.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was spotty and uneven with an average but highly variable quality offering. Feeder steers 300 lbs and under appeared firm with a lite test, while the 450-650 lbs steers were 5.00 to 10.00 lower or greater with spotty demand. Feeder heifers 350-600 lbs were steady to 5.00 higher with a moderate supply and good demand for quality calves. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady with a lite test.

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 $364.51/cwt on 24 head, down $31.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −82.50 against this barn's trailing median of $447.02.

Average price

$364.51

▼ 31.45 vs prior sale

24 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,026

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$421

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

$72.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.65

vs KY average

−6.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	367.54	2,044	23
Medium and Large 2-3	550	295.00	1,623	1thin

One grade step is worth $72.54/cwt here — about $421 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 sale24 hd

364.51

—

KY average26 barns · 382 hd

370.17

−5.65

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

−6.88

This barn, trailing median34 sales

447.02

−82.50

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	2,065	208.00	4,295	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	157.13	2,310	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,337	155.91	2,085	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,077	128.85	1,388	9thin

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
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$2,025	1thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	275	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,348	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	358	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,357	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,703	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	413.32/cwt	412.50–415.00	1,889	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	359.96/cwt	352.50–367.50	1,775	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	365.64/cwt	347.00–370.00	1,938	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	550	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,623	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,183	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	336.92/cwt	315.00–342.50	2,106	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	660	355.27/cwt	347.00–358.00	2,345	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,241	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	701	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,376	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	762	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,743	72
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	320.62/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,469	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	844	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,730	61
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	934	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,709	5
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,860	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	170	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	833	2
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	225	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,080	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,330	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	357	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,560	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	370.55/cwt	367.50–387.50	1,419	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,469	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	366.58/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,763	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	345.55/cwt	342.00–355.00	1,838	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,715	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	319.66/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,975	85
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,966	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,624	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	266.66/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,968	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	841	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,372	12
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1,070	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,862	1
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1,140	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,508	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	264	578.01/cwt	520.00–600.00	1,526	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	432.45/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,591	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,440	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,507	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,941	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	354.96/cwt	347.50–373.00	1,700	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	346.66/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,952	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,935	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,914	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	274.90/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,966	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,119	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,065	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	4,295	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	967	120.09/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,161	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	974	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,145	141.67/cwt	134.00–147.00	1,622	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,337	155.91/cwt	147.00–165.00	2,085	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,470	157.13/cwt	151.00–165.00	2,310	3
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,060	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,305	163.61/cwt	148.00–181.00	2,135	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 Sep 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 441Last week 806Year ago 1,859

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 32Year ago 117

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 1Year ago 5

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,145	134.00–147.00	141.67
3	—	967	117.00–123.00	120.09
1	—	1,070	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,337	147.00–165.00	155.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,470	151.00–165.00	157.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,065	208.00	208.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	170	490.00	490.00
1	200–250	225	480.00	480.00
1	250–300	280	475.00	475.00
6	350–400	383	367.50–387.50	370.55
6	450–500	481	355.00–375.00	366.58
12	500–550	532	342.00–355.00	345.55
85	600–650	618	305.00–330.00	319.66
3	650–700	650	302.50	302.50
6	700–750	738	260.00–280.00	266.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	357	437.00	437.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
12	800–850	841	282.00	282.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	267.50	267.50
1	1100–1150	1,140	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	432	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	540	317.50	317.50
1	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	730	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	264	520.00–600.00	578.01
2	350–400	368	430.00–435.00	432.45
3	450–500	465	417.50	417.50
6	550–600	563	345.00–355.00	346.66
1	600–650	645	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	660	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	715	270.00–280.00	274.90
1	750–800	750	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	367.50	367.50
5	450–500	479	347.50–373.00	354.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	490.00	490.00
3	450–500	457	412.50–415.00	413.32
13	500–550	530	347.00–370.00	365.64
10	550–600	590	370.00	370.00
9	600–650	625	315.00–342.50	336.92
1	650–700	695	322.50	322.50
18	700–750	701	339.00	339.00
7	750–800	770	310.00–325.00	320.62
5	900–950	934	290.00	290.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	650–700	660	347.00–358.00	355.27
72	750–800	762	360.00	360.00
61	800–850	844	323.50	323.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	387.00	387.00
2	450–500	493	352.50–367.50	359.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	358	379.00	379.00
1	550–600	550	295.00	295.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,060	2,025.00	2,025.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,305	148.00–181.00	163.61

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.