Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, May 19, 2023

528 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $202.70/cwt +9.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,806/hd at 891 lb · 120 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $192.50/cwt -0.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,856/hd at 964 lb · 118 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $233.00/cwt ≈ $1,538/hd at 660 lb · 50 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	528	416	433
Feeder cattle	458	373	331
Slaughter cattle	47	31	52
Replacement cattle	23	12	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers were steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower, good demand for all classes of feeder cattle. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	221.00	$221.00	$707	—
475–490	485	3	220.00–234.00	$229.43	$1,113	-4.89
487–498 value added	494	5	244.00–255.00	$248.34	$1,227	—
505–522	516	3	225.00–233.00	$227.61	$1,174	-12.39
556–565	559	13	234.00–245.00	$243.06	$1,359	+4.78
625	625	4	234.00	$234.00	$1,462	+5.00
660 value added	660	50	233.00	$233.00	$1,538	—
725	725	1	211.00	$211.00	$1,530	—
763	763	5	207.00	$207.00	$1,579	—
891 value added	891	120	202.70	$202.70	$1,806	—
964 value added	964	118	192.50	$192.50	$1,856	-0.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	208.00	$208.00	$718	-2.00
465–490	478	2	200.00–211.00	$205.64	$983	—
550	550	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,221	—
642	642	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,284	—
690	690	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,373	—
905	905	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,457	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	210.00	$210.00	$620	—
507	507	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,044	—
620	620	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,203	—
730	730	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,394	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	170.00	$170.00	$824	—
515–540	528	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,003	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,260	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,082	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	135.00	$135.00	$918	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	222.50	$222.50	$768	+22.50
370	370	3	204.00–216.00	$208.00	$770	-7.02
415–445	423	4	193.00–199.00	$197.42	$835	—
431 fancy	431	4	216.00	$216.00	$931	—
465–495	483	6	192.00–203.00	$194.78	$941	-6.92
510–518	516	4	188.00–192.00	$188.99	$975	-10.72
576–593	585	12	185.00–189.00	$186.97	$1,094	-10.79
605–630	622	3	177.00–180.00	$178.99	$1,113	-6.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	190.00	$190.00	$646	—
387–395	390	3	185.00–198.00	$189.39	$739	-5.61
415–440	428	2	177.50–182.50	$179.93	$770	—
480	480	1	182.50	$182.50	$876	-8.50
508–540	523	6	175.00–188.00	$181.91	$951	-1.09
550–575	563	5	157.50–165.00	$161.16	$907	-8.84
665	665	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,111	—
840	840	2	167.50	$167.50	$1,407	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	3	178.00	$178.00	$748	—
540	540	1	181.00	$181.00	$977	—
602	602	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,114	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	167.50	$167.50	$553	—
410	410	1	167.50	$167.50	$687	—
455	455	1	165.00	$165.00	$751	—
605–640	623	2	154.00–165.00	$159.35	$993	—
650	650	1	146.00	$146.00	$949	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	158.00	$158.00	$561	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	145.00	$145.00	$594	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	222.50	$222.50	$957	-4.50
460	460	3	232.00	$232.00	$1,067	—
550–590	570	2	210.00–221.00	$215.31	$1,227	+1.17
605–635	620	2	195.00–211.00	$202.81	$1,257	+4.81
665–680	673	2	203.00–206.00	$204.48	$1,376	—
750	750	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,342	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	3	207.00	$207.00	$834	—
485	485	2	192.00–210.00	$201.00	$975	-9.00
567	567	2	192.00	$192.00	$1,089	—
675	675	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,350	+26.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	2	215.00	$215.00	$703	+2.50
370–390	382	3	200.00–207.50	$204.14	$780	-2.07
445	445	1	204.00	$204.00	$908	—
452–465	456	3	218.00–220.00	$219.32	$1,000	+21.32

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	1	120.00	$120.00	$924	—
985	985	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,231	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1095	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1870	1870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	188.00	$188.00	$837	—
720	720	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,030	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1480	1131	80-85%	12	91.00–100.00	$96.25	$1,089	—
1100–1425	1257	80-85%	17	103.00–120.00	$109.14	$1,372	+3.30

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1030	941	85-90%	5	87.00–92.00	$89.07	$838	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–1650	1583	75-80%	3	104.00–118.00	$108.86	$1,723	—
1630–1645	1638	75-80%	2	97.00–99.00	$98.00	$1,605	-3.20

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1590	1590	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,860	—
1490–2055	1833	4	124.00–133.00	$127.73	$2,341	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–1168	1047	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,000.00–1,750.00	$1,481.21
940–1230	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1105–1615	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,800.00	$1,535.94

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1300	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,975.00	$1,975.00	—

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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.