Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 27, 2023

1,074 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $220.43/cwt +9.06 vs last sale · ≈ $2,136/hd at 969 lb · 213 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $232.75/cwt -0.74 vs last sale · ≈ $2,011/hd at 864 lb · 118 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $232.63/cwt ≈ $1,811/hd at 779 lb · 89 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,074	881	1,198
Feeder cattle	955	815	1,017
Slaughter cattle	80	56	175
Replacement cattle	39	10	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady with 300lb to 450lb steers sharply higher. Feeder bulls under 450lbs sold sharply higher with feeder bulls over 450lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Yearling steers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady with the exception of the extremely high dressing cows which sold in high demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	275.00	$275.00	$784	—
330	330	1	267.50	$267.50	$883	—
355–398	384	14	290.00–315.00	$308.26	$1,184	+58.26
445	445	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,179	+20.00
455 fancy	455	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,172	—
455–488	484	11	236.00–245.00	$239.40	$1,159	-3.10
508	508	3	232.00	$232.00	$1,179	-20.00
539 value added	539	13	266.50	$266.50	$1,436	-7.50
624	624	5	241.00	$241.00	$1,504	+21.00
631 value added	631	18	249.00	$249.00	$1,571	—
688–695	690	4	219.00–232.00	$228.73	$1,578	-9.27
710–740	725	2	211.00–227.00	$219.17	$1,589	-4.83
750–770	760	2	224.00–235.00	$229.43	$1,744	—
769–798 value added	779	87	229.75–238.10	$232.70	$1,813	—
805–842	825	6	200.00–212.00	$206.40	$1,703	-3.60
825 value added	825	60	239.50	$239.50	$1,976	+6.12
862	862	2	199.00	$199.00	$1,715	—
858–871 value added	864	116	230.75–235.70	$233.33	$2,016	-0.16
930	930	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,860	-6.68
950–980	960	3	192.00–207.00	$201.90	$1,938	—
961–996 value added	969	210	202.75–226.50	$220.69	$2,138	+9.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	225.00	$225.00	$742	-2.50
460	460	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,058	+32.50
556	556	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,223	+1.78
625	625	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,281	—
725	725	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,348	—
770	770	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,463	—
875	875	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,732	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	222.50	$222.50	$957	—
520	520	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,066	-5.00
565	565	2	224.00	$224.00	$1,266	+14.00
720	720	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,440	-10.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,038	-12.50

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	145.00	$145.00	$877	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	220.00	$220.00	$539	—
305	305	6	225.00	$225.00	$686	—
357–386	370	9	225.00–235.00	$229.63	$850	-6.47
406–436	420	18	222.50–237.50	$232.68	$977	+10.90
455–470	466	4	230.00–235.00	$231.22	$1,077	+8.11
519 value added	519	20	233.00	$233.00	$1,209	—
532	532	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,181	+20.00
560–575	565	3	210.00–212.00	$210.68	$1,190	+3.68
625	625	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,172	—
831 value added	831	17	210.00	$210.00	$1,745	—
895	895	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,557	—
920 value added	920	52	215.75	$215.75	$1,985	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	177.50	$177.50	$470	—
305–335	323	3	197.50–205.00	$200.84	$649	—
370–390	378	5	200.00–217.50	$208.93	$790	-6.07
412	412	2	192.50	$192.50	$793	—
475	475	1	202.50	$202.50	$962	+0.50
505	505	2	186.00	$186.00	$939	-0.31
550–560	555	2	180.00–181.00	$180.50	$1,002	-7.47
600	600	2	174.00	$174.00	$1,044	-10.00
655	655	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,094	-8.98
730	730	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,307	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	182.50	$182.50	$776	-5.00
470–490	483	6	177.00–181.00	$178.80	$864	—
505–520	513	2	188.00–190.00	$188.99	$970	+19.57
552–590	561	5	180.00–196.00	$191.84	$1,076	+23.84
700	700	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,127	—
985	985	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,428	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	180.00	$180.00	$549	+5.31
350	350	1	172.50	$172.50	$604	+2.50
450–465	458	2	170.00	$170.00	$779	—
535	535	1	155.00	$155.00	$829	-14.00
605–645	631	7	150.00–166.00	$161.65	$1,020	-0.85
708	708	3	149.00	$149.00	$1,055	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	150.00	$150.00	$720	—
545	545	2	145.00	$145.00	$790	+5.00
555	555	1	157.50	$157.50	$874	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	170.00	$170.00	$867	—
670	670	1	142.50	$142.50	$955	—
755	755	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,095	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–645	632	3	145.00–147.00	$145.64	$920	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	132.50	$132.50	$431	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	1	149.00	$149.00	$2,198	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	257.50	$257.50	$631	—
255–265	262	3	265.00–267.50	$266.69	$699	+13.75
325 fancy	325	1	292.50	$292.50	$951	—
325–341	338	10	260.00	$260.00	$879	+12.50
350–390	370	5	245.00–257.50	$254.16	$940	-7.97
360–390 fancy	379	16	287.50–312.50	$289.47	$1,097	—
410–412 fancy	411	5	287.50	$287.50	$1,182	+5.00
405–433	424	13	265.00–282.50	$278.45	$1,181	+26.81
475–495	480	11	240.00–246.00	$242.17	$1,162	+7.92
500 fancy	500	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,325	—
505–525	515	2	232.00–247.50	$239.60	$1,234	+9.18
591	591	6	224.00	$224.00	$1,324	+3.04
601–622	608	6	219.00	$219.00	$1,332	+15.56
677	677	2	209.00	$209.00	$1,415	—
776	776	3	171.00	$171.00	$1,327	—
808	808	3	176.00	$176.00	$1,422	+6.00
930	930	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,497	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	240.00	$240.00	$972	—
495	495	1	213.00	$213.00	$1,054	+16.82
500–540	528	9	205.00–217.00	$212.61	$1,123	+12.66
555–585	572	3	192.50–207.00	$201.30	$1,151	+15.18
625	625	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,250	+15.64
702	702	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,053	—
760	760	1	173.00	$173.00	$1,315	—
1010	1010	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,237	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	5	241.00	$241.00	$901	—
435	435	1	222.50	$222.50	$968	-3.69
450	450	1	217.50	$217.50	$979	-5.00
500–522	515	3	215.00–225.00	$218.24	$1,124	+20.74
560	560	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,126	-4.46
670	670	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,353	+32.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	370	2	217.50	$217.50	$805	—
442	442	2	180.00	$180.00	$796	-17.35
560–565	563	2	170.00–177.50	$173.77	$978	-4.68
650	650	2	188.00	$188.00	$1,222	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–445	440	2	207.50–218.00	$212.81	$936	—
485	485	1	190.00	$190.00	$922	—
500	500	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,000	+20.00
555	555	1	180.00	$180.00	$999	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	137.50	$137.50	$729	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	142.50	$142.50	$499	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1070	1040	85-90%	2	67.00–67.50	$67.26	$700	—
780–1335	1079	85-90%	15	74.00–84.50	$80.16	$865	+1.05
935–1320	1124	85-90%	14	85.00–93.00	$88.21	$991	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1440	1241	80-85%	20	87.00–98.50	$92.87	$1,153	-12.79
1295	1295	80-85%	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,023	—
1360–1745	1548	80-85%	4	102.50–119.00	$114.46	$1,772	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415–1665	1531	75-80%	7	85.00–92.50	$90.63	$1,388	+8.63
1465–1905	1642	75-80%	12	96.00–110.50	$102.75	$1,687	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1715	1477	3	106.00–108.00	$107.06	$1,581	—
1620–2200	1863	7	118.00–124.00	$120.78	$2,250	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
960–1345	1166	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	950.00–1,510.00	$1,179.57
1195	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1015–1390	1203	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–1,150.00	$960.08
1070–1395	1208	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,060.00–1,335.00	$1,207.15
1295–1395	1345	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,560.00	$1,451.10
1420	1420	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,135.00	$1,135.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
887	887	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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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
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
1420	1420	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1505	1505	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

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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.