Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, June 23, 2023

862 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $212.56/cwt ≈ $1,970/hd at 927 lb · 151 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $228.75/cwt +26.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,974/hd at 863 lb · 120 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $219.00/cwt +34.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,509/hd at 689 lb · 76 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	862	778	488
Feeder cattle	753	748	443
Slaughter cattle	70	30	45
Replacement cattle	39	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400lbs to 600lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with feeder heifers over 600lbs mostly steady. Slaughter cows and 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
395	395	3	240.00	$240.00	$948	—
452–495	462	8	234.00–242.00	$239.10	$1,105	+7.75
505	505	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,237	+10.30
550–595	575	7	232.00–239.00	$234.74	$1,350	+4.78
615–622	620	3	231.00–233.00	$231.66	$1,436	+2.04
653 value added	653	4	243.00	$243.00	$1,587	-2.25
695–696	696	4	220.00–233.00	$229.75	$1,599	—
702–735	707	16	220.00–232.00	$227.25	$1,607	+17.23
776	776	3	227.00	$227.00	$1,762	—
838	838	4	212.00	$212.00	$1,777	+5.09
863 value added	863	120	228.75	$228.75	$1,974	+26.00
919–939 value added	927	151	209.00–214.95	$212.56	$1,970	—
955–975	965	2	179.00–180.00	$179.51	$1,732	—
1066 value added	1066	53	200.00	$200.00	$2,132	+3.10

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,122	—
565	565	6	218.00	$218.00	$1,232	+9.00
743	743	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,523	+17.50
772–790	778	3	198.00–206.00	$200.71	$1,562	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	1	196.00	$196.00	$1,441	—
790	790	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,343	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407	407	2	174.00	$174.00	$708	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	2	199.00	$199.00	$1,089	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	192.50	$192.50	$385	—
390	390	1	210.00	$210.00	$819	+4.61
400–440	418	15	224.00–236.00	$230.30	$963	+14.30
465–475	471	6	226.00–229.00	$227.01	$1,069	-2.35
515–525	521	8	228.00–237.00	$232.76	$1,213	+15.24
550–565	561	4	221.00–230.00	$223.20	$1,252	+8.00
602–617	612	10	192.00–198.00	$193.31	$1,183	-17.75
689 value added	689	76	219.00	$219.00	$1,509	—
700–701	700	7	195.00–197.00	$195.86	$1,371	+15.86

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	177.50	$177.50	$515	—
310–340	321	4	170.00–175.00	$171.84	$552	—
370	370	1	182.50	$182.50	$675	-2.53
425	425	1	207.00	$207.00	$880	+11.15
455	455	1	200.00	$200.00	$910	-5.16
510–532	526	4	207.00–217.00	$211.70	$1,114	+17.21
575–580	577	3	190.00–200.00	$193.66	$1,117	-0.59
622–645	632	4	176.00–184.00	$178.55	$1,128	-18.55
670–690	680	3	169.00–178.00	$174.29	$1,185	-11.94
755–788	780	4	167.00–171.00	$170.03	$1,326	+6.09

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	164.00	$164.00	$730	—
485	485	1	170.00	$170.00	$824	-2.00
520	520	1	180.00	$180.00	$936	—
585	585	2	168.00	$168.00	$983	—
647	647	2	150.00	$150.00	$970	—
785–786	786	7	156.00–163.50	$162.43	$1,277	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	160.00	$160.00	$400	—
335	335	1	160.00	$160.00	$536	—
425	425	1	182.50	$182.50	$776	+10.00
590	590	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,092	—
610–635	627	4	170.00–171.00	$170.50	$1,069	-17.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	3	177.00	$177.00	$929	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–490	480	3	150.00–157.00	$152.38	$731	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	142.50	$142.50	$470	—
395	395	1	167.50	$167.50	$662	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	225.00	$225.00	$461	—
310–320	315	2	220.00–225.00	$222.46	$701	—
350–395	368	6	210.00–220.00	$218.21	$803	-11.79
445	445	1	237.00	$237.00	$1,055	—
460–495	470	25	226.00–238.00	$231.88	$1,090	+8.88
520–531	528	4	230.00–242.00	$232.95	$1,230	+10.30
550–557	555	3	228.00	$228.00	$1,265	—
606–635	623	18	214.00–235.00	$219.72	$1,369	+16.46
670–680	675	2	200.00–209.00	$204.47	$1,380	-7.53
785	785	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,601	+29.00
885	885	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,549	—
917	917	2	178.00	$178.00	$1,632	±0.00
1055	1055	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,298	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	200.00	$200.00	$670	-15.00
353–375	358	6	210.00–216.00	$212.52	$761	-14.98
430	430	1	219.00	$219.00	$942	+4.85
507–525	510	6	222.00–224.00	$223.66	$1,141	+15.66
580–590	583	4	210.00–214.00	$211.01	$1,230	-2.99
635–642	640	3	205.00–206.00	$205.67	$1,316	—
672	672	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,270	-2.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	198.00	$198.00	$921	—
565–567	566	3	196.00–198.00	$196.67	$1,113	—
660–675	670	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,206	—
840	840	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	205.00	$205.00	$800	—
410	410	2	202.00	$202.00	$828	—
540	540	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,134	+19.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1405	1205	80-85%	16	88.00–99.00	$94.71	$1,141	—
905–1460	1217	80-85%	15	101.50–112.50	$105.32	$1,282	—
1345	1345	80-85%	1	86.50	$86.50	$1,163	-8.33

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–835	810	85-90%	2	40.00–50.50	$45.41	$368	—
850	850	85-90%	1	70.00	$70.00	$595	—
840–1275	1031	85-90%	14	81.00–89.00	$86.22	$889	+2.72
870–1150	1079	85-90%	8	89.50–99.00	$93.04	$1,004	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1535	1442	75-80%	5	102.00–107.00	$103.64	$1,494	—
1310–1745	1523	75-80%	6	93.00–101.00	$97.99	$1,492	-6.85

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1470	1287	3	105.00–109.00	$106.36	$1,369	—
1115–1630	1403	5	112.00–120.00	$115.99	$1,627	—
1845–2225	2035	2	124.00–132.00	$128.37	$2,612	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1135	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	960.00	$960.00
1120–1255	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,300.00	$1,276.42
1265	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
1235–1450	1298	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,200.00–1,500.00	$1,308.00

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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
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—
1095–1310	1203	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–1,075.00	$927.03	—
1125–1400	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,225.00–1,700.00	$1,529.15	—
1350	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,410.00	$1,410.00	—
1155–1530	1377	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,225.00–1,750.00	$1,594.43	—
1205–1790	1438	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,235.00–1,875.00	$1,648.09	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	2	129.00	$129.00	$596	—

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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.