Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 21, 2023

1,143 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $236.97/cwt +21.51 vs last sale · ≈ $2,206/hd at 931 lb · 165 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $233.80/cwt +11.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,242/hd at 959 lb · 165 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $230.10/cwt +23.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,751/hd at 761 lb · 131 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,143	879	1,121
Feeder cattle	1,065	824	1,082
Slaughter cattle	48	51	26
Replacement cattle	30	4	13

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. 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
360	360	1	230.00	$230.00	$828	-5.00
467–495	473	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,206	+13.73
535 value added	535	3	266.00	$266.00	$1,423	—
555	555	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,332	-13.07
645	645	3	238.00	$238.00	$1,535	-12.00
711 value added	711	11	246.50	$246.50	$1,753	—
720	720	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,649	-2.45
750	750	2	229.00	$229.00	$1,718	-3.00
846 value added	846	63	244.00	$244.00	$2,064	—
856 value added	856	61	249.75	$249.75	$2,138	—
924–935 value added	931	165	231.25–239.95	$236.97	$2,206	+20.47
959 value added	959	165	233.80	$233.80	$2,242	+11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	210.00	$210.00	$830	—
475	475	2	217.50	$217.50	$1,033	-6.11
555–560	557	3	221.00–226.00	$222.68	$1,240	-0.85
627	627	2	182.50	$182.50	$1,144	—
657	657	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,255	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,232	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835	835	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,261	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	222.50	$222.50	$634	—
300	300	1	215.00	$215.00	$645	—
366–372	367	11	215.00–220.00	$219.08	$804	—
433	433	5	225.00	$225.00	$974	+31.00
452–495 value added	462	9	240.00	$240.00	$1,109	-2.00
462–495	469	5	221.00	$221.00	$1,036	+1.00
510	510	3	219.00–228.00	$225.00	$1,148	-2.82
527 value added	527	9	245.00	$245.00	$1,291	+4.36
552–570	561	4	222.50–230.00	$226.19	$1,269	+7.99
607–640	622	16	220.00–232.00	$226.56	$1,409	+14.05
653 value added	653	76	250.25	$250.25	$1,634	—
705	705	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,396	—
761 value added	761	131	230.10	$230.10	$1,751	—
850 value added	850	66	230.75	$230.75	$1,961	—
954 value added	954	33	208.25	$208.25	$1,987	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	202.50	$202.50	$466	—
265–298	290	4	202.50–205.00	$203.07	$589	—
301	301	3	207.50	$207.50	$625	+16.43
355–397	374	8	195.00–207.50	$202.29	$757	+15.59
400–432	419	4	202.50–212.50	$208.86	$875	-3.22
460–495	478	2	200.00–210.00	$205.18	$981	+0.18
505–548	532	12	197.50–212.50	$203.03	$1,080	—
575–592	586	3	199.00–201.00	$200.35	$1,174	+0.96
600–620	610	4	193.00–205.00	$199.10	$1,215	+0.10
655–680	667	5	193.00–207.00	$200.11	$1,335	+20.11

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	4	190.00	$190.00	$840	—
522–545	536	5	180.00–182.50	$181.53	$973	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	2	187.50	$187.50	$788	—
540	540	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,026	—
600	600	1	165.00	$165.00	$990	—
690	690	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,159	—
815	815	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,060	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	3	185.00	$185.00	$792	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	2	150.00	$150.00	$700	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	240.00	$240.00	$660	—
315	315	1	230.00	$230.00	$724	+7.50
351	351	3	235.00	$235.00	$825	-5.00
400–435	417	6	230.00–246.00	$238.54	$995	-1.46
450–489	471	13	222.00–237.00	$234.24	$1,103	—
538	538	3	222.00	$222.00	$1,194	-5.49
585	585	1	183.00	$183.00	$1,071	-28.17
605–610	608	2	201.00–216.00	$208.53	$1,268	—
720–733	730	9	190.50–200.00	$192.58	$1,406	-7.42

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
232	232	2	207.50	$207.50	$481	+7.50
340	340	1	210.00	$210.00	$714	—
375	375	1	210.00	$210.00	$788	-2.50
455	455	1	215.00	$215.00	$978	+15.00
510–540	524	5	200.00–216.00	$207.94	$1,090	-0.06
570–590	582	3	192.00–203.00	$199.12	$1,159	—
610–627	621	3	180.00–189.00	$186.05	$1,155	+12.05
675	675	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,222	—
716	716	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,253	—
793	793	4	164.00	$164.00	$1,301	—
821	821	3	171.00	$171.00	$1,404	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	195.00	$195.00	$848	—
555	555	1	175.00	$175.00	$971	—
703	703	4	160.00	$160.00	$1,125	—
912	912	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,605	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	2	180.00	$180.00	$985	—
760–795	778	2	142.00–150.00	$145.91	$1,135	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,214	—
760	760	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,216	-10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–810	798	85-90%	2	80.00–80.50	$80.25	$640	—
870–1130	987	85-90%	9	85.00–93.50	$90.36	$892	-6.00
800–1290	1019	85-90%	16	95.00–112.00	$99.97	$1,019	+9.97

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1385	1229	80-85%	14	103.00–125.50	$111.02	$1,364	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	75-80%	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,622	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,404	—
1310	1310	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,598	—
1745–2155	1950	2	127.00–137.00	$132.53	$2,584	—

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	985.00	$985.00

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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
845–955	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	950.00–1,275.00	$1,108.48	—
895–1360	1128	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00–1,260.00	$1,238.89	—
1150–1180	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	985.00–1,250.00	$1,115.79	—
850–1410	1186	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	975.00–1,450.00	$1,289.69	—
1110–1410	1311	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,200.00–1,535.00	$1,402.65	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
735–850	793	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	875.00–1,000.00	$932.97	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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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.