Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, September 1, 2023

1,038 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $232.35/cwt +0.50 vs last sale · ≈ $2,184/hd at 940 lb · 248 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $237.06/cwt ≈ $1,618/hd at 682 lb · 81 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $233.25/cwt -2.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,971/hd at 845 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,038	450	933
Feeder cattle	956	422	817
Slaughter cattle	64	27	77
Replacement cattle	18	1	39

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparison this week on feeder calves due to last weeks light offering. Yearling steers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with some extremely high dressing individuals. 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
425–438	435	5	237.00–243.00	$238.17	$1,036	+2.17
490	490	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,132	-14.76
517–545	521	15	227.00–229.00	$227.28	$1,184	—
582	582	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,438	+14.50
600	600	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,380	—
655–690	665	5	217.00–227.00	$222.14	$1,477	—
765–777	773	3	231.00–233.00	$232.34	$1,796	—
845 value added	845	58	233.50	$233.50	$1,973	-3.00
847	847	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,914	+25.00
933–948 value added	940	248	209.00–236.40	$232.35	$2,184	+0.50
990	990	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,782	—
1021–1033 value added	1027	210	222.50–222.75	$222.63	$2,286	-1.77
1035	1035	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,780	—
1050	1050	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,974	—
1056 value added	1056	154	218.95	$218.95	$2,312	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	227.50	$227.50	$785	—
355	355	2	222.50	$222.50	$790	—
430	430	1	220.00	$220.00	$946	—
485	485	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,091	—
595	595	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,309	—
690	690	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,380	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,258	—
680	680	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,224	—
1185	1185	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,955	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580–588	586	4	176.00–180.00	$176.99	$1,037	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,113	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	225.00	$225.00	$821	-5.00
405	405	9	233.00	$233.00	$944	+4.14
467–495	478	13	219.00–236.00	$230.50	$1,102	+1.58
505–519	516	10	220.00–239.00	$225.83	$1,165	-14.17
522 value added	522	9	244.00	$244.00	$1,274	—
574	574	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,320	—
605–620	612	7	193.00–201.00	$196.99	$1,206	—
659–660	659	8	205.00–212.00	$210.25	$1,386	—
685 value added	685	73	240.00	$240.00	$1,644	—
715	715	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,330	+10.50
877	877	2	201.00	$201.00	$1,763	—
920	920	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,674	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	192.50–200.00	$196.25	$706	-21.25
415–437	435	11	192.50–210.00	$208.48	$907	—
475	475	2	200.00	$200.00	$950	-19.00
512	512	2	192.50	$192.50	$986	-21.09
550–570	560	2	206.00–214.00	$210.07	$1,176	-4.93
660–675	665	3	170.00–185.00	$175.08	$1,164	-38.92
745	745	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,266	—
850–855	853	2	179.00–183.00	$181.01	$1,544	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	200.00	$200.00	$940	—
545	545	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,144	—
565	565	3	222.00	$222.00	$1,254	+15.00

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517	517	2	150.00	$150.00	$776	—
555	555	2	152.00	$152.00	$844	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501–515	505	4	130.00–147.50	$134.47	$679	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	2	176.00	$176.00	$866	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	169.00	$169.00	$862	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–381	370	7	225.00	$225.00	$832	—
450–497	488	5	225.00–227.50	$225.46	$1,100	+0.49
515	515	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,030	-20.00
550–582	571	3	200.00–206.00	$204.07	$1,165	—
635	635	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,276	—
880	880	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,602	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,033	-13.00
572	572	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,087	—
610	610	3	189.00	$189.00	$1,153	—
735	735	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,279	—
790	790	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,288	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	185.00	$185.00	$980	—
567	567	2	170.00	$170.00	$964	—
745	745	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,192	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	222.50	$222.50	$756	—
585	585	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,170	-9.00
650	650	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,105	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	180.00	$180.00	$846	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1295	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1355	1290	80-85%	2	108.00–108.50	$108.24	$1,396	—
1095–1525	1335	80-85%	23	110.00–127.00	$118.40	$1,581	+15.81

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1045	907	85-90%	5	58.00–70.00	$66.53	$603	—
1005	1005	85-90%	1	83.00	$83.00	$834	—
860–1255	1058	85-90%	8	90.50–96.50	$93.93	$994	-12.05
1015–1185	1095	85-90%	7	100.00–113.00	$104.98	$1,150	+5.98

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485	1485	75-80%	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,500	—
1375–1650	1492	75-80%	9	109.50–120.50	$117.18	$1,748	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485–1710	1580	4	125.00–131.50	$128.57	$2,031	—
1655–1805	1720	4	138.00–143.50	$139.82	$2,405	+17.82

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1205–1225	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,325.00–1,350.00	$1,337.60
1200–1595	1386	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,360.00–1,900.00	$1,581.64
1440	1440	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00
1480	1480	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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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
1520	1520	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1605	1605	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,835.00	$1,835.00	—

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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.