Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, September 8, 2023

1,443 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $246.75/cwt ≈ $2,149/hd at 871 lb · 308 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $238.26/cwt +58.26 vs last sale · ≈ $2,318/hd at 973 lb · 220 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $268.50/cwt ≈ $1,968/hd at 733 lb · 135 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,443	1,038	1,493
Feeder cattle	1,393	956	1,404
Slaughter cattle	48	64	73
Replacement cattle	2	18	16

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold unevenly steady on a light test. Yearling steers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. 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
275–285	280	2	225.00–232.50	$228.82	$641	—
345	345	3	227.50	$227.50	$785	—
385	385	1	217.50	$217.50	$837	—
540–545	542	3	230.00–231.00	$230.66	$1,250	+3.38
557–595	575	4	218.00–239.00	$231.28	$1,330	-15.72
607–640	612	7	240.00–250.00	$248.51	$1,521	+18.51
678 value added	678	44	262.50	$262.50	$1,780	—
672–696	686	5	223.00–232.00	$228.48	$1,567	+6.34
705–745	725	2	216.00–221.00	$218.57	$1,585	—
733 value added	733	133	269.25	$269.25	$1,974	—
764 value added	764	72	261.70	$261.70	$1,999	—
832 value added	832	60	244.75	$244.75	$2,036	+11.25
871 value added	871	308	246.75	$246.75	$2,149	—
905–918	917	9	205.00–210.50	$209.90	$1,925	—
957–982 value added	973	220	237.00–240.10	$238.26	$2,318	—
1003 value added	1003	99	227.50	$227.50	$2,282	+4.87
1017	1017	2	186.00	$186.00	$1,892	+14.00
1078 value added	1078	52	225.25	$225.25	$2,428	+6.30
1103 value added	1103	47	215.00	$215.00	$2,371	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	2	221.00	$221.00	$855	—
517	517	5	229.00	$229.00	$1,184	-1.00
612–635	620	6	229.00–238.00	$234.93	$1,457	—
697	697	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,464	+30.00
720	720	2	227.00–229.00	$228.00	$1,642	—
780	780	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,716	—
815	815	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,712	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	192.50	$192.50	$616	-35.00
365	365	1	200.00	$200.00	$730	-22.50
540	540	1	180.00	$180.00	$972	—
560–590	575	2	199.00–200.00	$199.51	$1,147	-20.49
610	610	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,226	—
775–795	785	2	186.00–194.00	$189.95	$1,491	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	3	188.00	$188.00	$899	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–385	370	3	192.50–202.50	$199.03	$736	-25.97
440	440	2	205.00	$205.00	$902	-28.00
450	450	2	211.00	$211.00	$950	-19.50
520–532	528	3	190.00–192.00	$191.34	$1,010	-34.49
550–595	582	9	191.00–205.00	$197.95	$1,152	-32.05
600–633	620	5	200.00–202.00	$201.23	$1,248	+4.24
748 value added	748	68	236.75	$236.75	$1,771	—
806 value added	806	23	221.50	$221.50	$1,785	—
1070	1070	2	164.00	$164.00	$1,755	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
497	497	12	217.00	$217.00	$1,078	+17.00
513	513	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,026	-10.00
596	596	7	213.00	$213.00	$1,269	-9.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	155.00	$155.00	$480	—
350–386	371	6	150.00–162.00	$155.45	$577	—
435–440	437	3	161.00–167.50	$163.18	$713	—
660	660	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,023	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1430	1344	11	125.00–156.00	$139.66	$1,877	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473–485	476	4	192.00–195.00	$194.24	$925	-5.76
545	545	2	186.00	$186.00	$1,014	-6.50
630	630	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,134	—
777	777	2	157.50	$157.50	$1,224	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	3	170.00	$170.00	$503	—
435	435	1	180.00	$180.00	$783	—
475	475	1	180.00	$180.00	$855	+4.00
510	510	2	180.00	$180.00	$918	—
817	817	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,021	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	175.00	$175.00	$665	—
450–495	473	2	170.00–179.00	$174.71	$826	—
682	682	2	152.00	$152.00	$1,037	—
775	775	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,240	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	192.00	$192.00	$950	—
555–560	558	2	187.50–192.00	$189.76	$1,059	—
645	645	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,161	—

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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	360	3	222.50	$222.50	$801	-2.50
440–442	441	4	205.00–217.00	$213.76	$943	—
480–496	492	4	209.00–218.00	$215.80	$1,062	-9.66
650–678	668	8	199.00	$199.00	$1,329	—
745	745	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,527	—
805–835	820	2	180.00–186.00	$183.05	$1,501	—
955–995	975	2	150.00–165.00	$157.35	$1,534	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	315	3	197.50–202.50	$200.78	$632	—
350	350	1	212.50	$212.50	$744	—
430–445	438	2	185.00–190.00	$187.46	$821	—
461–470	463	4	184.00–192.00	$186.03	$861	—
535	535	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,059	+5.00
610–630	622	6	180.00–189.00	$184.63	$1,148	-4.37

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	2	180.00	$180.00	$868	—
505–513	510	5	170.00–186.00	$176.34	$899	-8.66
575	575	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,046	+12.00
695	695	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,188	—
990	990	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,238	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	222.50	$222.50	$834	—
430	430	1	185.00	$185.00	$796	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	150.00	$150.00	$862	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1070	966	85-90%	4	84.50–88.00	$86.06	$831	—
860–1080	985	85-90%	5	90.00–99.00	$94.68	$933	—
875–1240	1086	85-90%	9	100.00–109.00	$103.87	$1,128	-1.11

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1440	1274	80-85%	13	112.00–125.00	$116.77	$1,488	+8.53
1355–1510	1423	80-85%	3	108.00–109.50	$108.64	$1,546	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1735	1535	75-80%	4	111.00–125.50	$115.71	$1,776	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360	1360	1	112.50	$112.50	$1,530	—
1400–1435	1418	2	124.00–128.50	$126.28	$1,791	—
1415–2075	1807	3	132.50–139.00	$135.90	$2,456	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	130.00	$130.00	$975

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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.