Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, December 10, 2021

1,941 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $151.98/cwt -4.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,397/hd at 919 lb · 309 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $150.29/cwt -3.59 vs last sale · ≈ $1,456/hd at 969 lb · 223 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $158.72/cwt +1.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,327/hd at 836 lb · 220 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,941	2,042	1,350
Feeder cattle	1,848	1,896	1,266
Slaughter cattle	72	127	79
Replacement cattle	21	19	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder and yearling steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold steady. Yearling heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. There was good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	2	187.50	$187.50	$585	+35.99
405–440	416	8	162.00–172.00	$167.25	$696	+0.06
413–420 fancy	418	16	196.00–198.00	$197.38	$825	+19.03
490	490	7	171.00	$171.00	$838	+20.19
500–508	507	20	160.00–170.00	$168.45	$854	+22.24
555 value added	555	21	159.50	$159.50	$885	—
555–581	576	15	135.00–141.00	$135.98	$783	-15.33
607–636	619	15	138.00–147.00	$141.68	$877	-2.65
657–658	657	15	139.00–145.00	$143.40	$942	+2.25
723–747	728	30	133.00–143.00	$136.99	$997	-5.11
735 value added	735	7	150.00	$150.00	$1,102	-6.75
770–779	774	14	135.50–136.00	$135.72	$1,050	-5.92
776 value added	776	4	153.00	$153.00	$1,187	-8.94
815–838 value added	834	71	154.50–158.00	$157.47	$1,313	-1.01
836 fancy	836	121	162.10	$162.10	$1,355	—
800–847	839	28	136.00–149.50	$147.32	$1,236	+15.77
850	850	2	120.00–131.00	$125.50	$1,067	-0.51
888 value added	888	176	159.50	$159.50	$1,416	+2.40
903–931 value added	919	308	148.25–155.00	$152.05	$1,397	-5.75
930	930	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,200	+5.49
956–995 value added	969	223	144.90–153.00	$150.29	$1,456	-4.73
1275–1280	1277	3	119.00–124.00	$122.33	$1,562	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	157.00	$157.00	$581	—
456–480	462	4	144.00–153.00	$146.34	$676	+16.34
505–542	530	3	148.00–150.00	$148.64	$788	—
570–595	583	2	119.00	$119.00	$694	-14.98
630–640	633	4	128.00–136.00	$130.02	$823	+2.33
650–680	665	2	121.00–129.00	$124.91	$831	-4.09
710–745	732	3	124.00–130.00	$126.68	$927	—
770	770	1	110.00	$110.00	$847	—
810–830	820	2	119.00–120.00	$119.49	$980	-0.51
1055	1055	1	94.00	$94.00	$992	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	140.00	$140.00	$343	+16.60
288–295	290	4	129.00–130.00	$129.25	$375	-1.15
300–340	326	4	122.00–133.00	$128.60	$419	-4.58
357–396	384	26	133.00–147.00	$141.29	$543	+8.11
405–442	427	16	124.00–139.00	$134.13	$573	-0.39
450–485	473	38	125.00–136.00	$131.25	$621	-2.38
505–546	523	16	121.00–130.00	$126.02	$659	-1.67
550–597	576	15	122.00–131.00	$127.16	$732	+2.44
607–633	617	25	116.00–126.00	$120.05	$741	+1.30
650–691	675	18	116.00–127.00	$119.22	$805	-4.42
705–720	711	5	116.00–121.00	$118.97	$846	+9.71
760–790	770	12	114.00–125.00	$119.15	$917	+4.57
776 value added	776	70	146.40	$146.40	$1,136	—
811 value added	811	31	140.25	$140.25	$1,137	—
835	835	2	110.00	$110.00	$918	+8.00
869 value added	869	61	145.00	$145.00	$1,260	—
875	875	1	114.00	$114.00	$998	-2.00
955–970	965	3	104.00–108.00	$105.32	$1,016	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	120.00	$120.00	$294	—
250	250	1	122.50	$122.50	$306	—
300	300	1	122.50	$122.50	$368	+12.50
355–395	371	6	122.00–130.00	$127.60	$473	+6.78
420–449	443	13	120.00–122.00	$120.52	$534	+2.22
465–495	470	16	116.00–120.00	$119.47	$562	+5.77
552–590	565	3	111.00–115.00	$113.61	$642	+1.86
645	645	3	117.00	$117.00	$755	+10.36
650–670	662	6	108.00–114.00	$111.70	$739	+7.31
715–725	718	4	103.00–110.00	$106.74	$766	+15.95
755	755	1	102.00	$102.00	$770	—
805–810	808	3	92.00–96.00	$94.67	$765	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	162.50	$162.50	$544	+6.34
355–380	368	5	150.00–163.00	$155.07	$571	+1.17
408–416 fancy	413	11	190.00–196.00	$193.11	$798	+20.17
415–435	423	3	154.00–165.00	$157.93	$668	-0.14
491 fancy	491	4	169.00	$169.00	$830	+4.00
505–543	521	10	140.00–153.00	$146.79	$765	+0.08
550–580	566	29	134.00–146.00	$139.27	$788	+0.50
607–635	620	8	120.00–126.00	$124.74	$773	+0.04
656–692	676	18	120.00–124.50	$122.01	$825	+5.21
715	715	1	115.00	$115.00	$822	-0.81
780–795	792	10	113.00–120.00	$118.82	$941	+5.16
805–827	819	8	110.00–122.00	$115.21	$944	—
900	900	3	102.00–107.00	$103.67	$933	-3.33

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	155.00	$155.00	$326	—
257–280	265	3	152.50–155.00	$153.38	$406	—
345	345	1	142.50	$142.50	$492	—
370–385	378	2	135.00–142.50	$138.82	$525	+6.32
425	425	1	122.00	$122.00	$518	-5.50
470–485	478	2	141.00–144.00	$142.48	$681	+16.45
505–543	535	10	133.00–138.00	$134.07	$717	+13.00
560–572	567	4	117.00–128.00	$120.46	$683	-0.32
605	605	2	114.00	$114.00	$690	—
675–695	682	3	110.00–116.00	$111.98	$764	—
720–735	728	2	104.00–111.00	$107.54	$783	+1.85
790	790	1	111.00	$111.00	$877	+7.96
841	841	3	108.00	$108.00	$908	—
870	870	1	100.00	$100.00	$870	—
1035	1035	1	90.00	$90.00	$932	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1430	1211	80-85%	9	44.00–47.50	$46.05	$558	-2.22
1075–1445	1262	80-85%	25	48.00–54.50	$50.29	$635	—
1305–1410	1367	80-85%	3	55.50–56.50	$55.84	$763	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460–1615	1535	75-80%	4	46.50–49.50	$48.40	$743	-4.38
1455–1910	1568	75-80%	9	49.00–53.50	$51.95	$815	—
1635–1665	1650	75-80%	2	54.50–55.50	$55.00	$908	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	85-90%	1	54.00	$54.00	$518	—
905–1040	988	85-90%	5	46.00–50.00	$47.63	$471	—
1030–1055	1043	85-90%	2	43.00–45.00	$44.01	$459	-8.30

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385	1385	1	74.00	$74.00	$1,025	—
1520–1875	1804	5	82.50–86.50	$83.17	$1,500	—
2330	2330	1	93.00	$93.00	$2,167	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–1055	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	510.00–1,100.00	$846.46
812–1470	1078	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	650.00–1,025.00	$867.86

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
672 value added	672	61	116.50	$116.50	$783	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.