Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, December 1, 2023

1,301 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $204.46/cwt -14.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,987/hd at 972 lb · 216 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $215.96/cwt -6.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,967/hd at 911 lb · 179 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $216.42/cwt +46.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,432/hd at 662 lb · 95 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,301	1,000	1,685
Feeder cattle	1,219	937	1,555
Slaughter cattle	71	53	115
Replacement cattle	11	10	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparison to last week due to be closed for the thanksgiving holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–437	424	6	242.50–247.50	$244.22	$1,035	-0.10
460–471	469	5	231.00–242.50	$233.26	$1,094	-11.74
498 value added	498	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,295	—
565–585	574	16	235.00–249.00	$238.16	$1,367	+3.16
600–632	614	11	208.00–221.00	$215.76	$1,325	—
617 value added	617	4	236.00	$236.00	$1,456	+2.00
650–683	679	8	204.00–211.00	$210.16	$1,427	-18.84
690 value added	690	7	222.00	$222.00	$1,532	—
705–742	724	8	201.00–211.00	$206.13	$1,492	+5.29
768	768	9	217.00	$217.00	$1,667	—
804 value added	804	91	224.75	$224.75	$1,807	—
832	832	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,714	—
865	865	6	205.00	$205.00	$1,773	—
878 value added	878	64	219.75	$219.75	$1,929	-1.51
906–920 value added	911	179	214.25–217.00	$215.96	$1,967	-6.03
971–972 value added	972	216	203.95–205.00	$204.46	$1,987	-14.04
1005	1005	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,920	—
1090	1090	1	193.00	$193.00	$2,104	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–370	360	2	220.00	$220.00	$792	-2.90
420	420	1	215.00	$215.00	$903	—
452–471	464	12	223.00–228.00	$224.24	$1,040	+9.80
505	505	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,030	-6.00
550–590	579	4	217.00–229.00	$221.25	$1,281	+11.25
620	620	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,116	-10.68
673–693	690	29	180.00–196.00	$193.26	$1,333	+3.26
711–745	734	9	180.00–194.00	$184.52	$1,354	-2.98
750	750	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,365	—
810	810	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,507	—
860	860	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,505	—
940	940	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,730	—
986	986	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,627	-19.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,247	—
750–765	759	5	185.00–190.00	$186.98	$1,419	—
825	825	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,526	—
1145	1145	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,729	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
617	617	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,111	+3.51
675	675	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,215	-8.74
700	700	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,120	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	206.00	$206.00	$1,215	+11.00
702	702	2	171.00	$171.00	$1,200	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,206	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,136	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210 fancy	210	2	255.00	$255.00	$536	—
275	275	2	222.50	$222.50	$612	+3.18
342	342	2	225.00	$225.00	$770	+22.50
360–395	366	8	223.00–237.50	$226.65	$830	—
412–425	418	12	212.00–230.00	$219.61	$918	+10.29
465–487	477	11	190.00–200.00	$197.48	$942	-10.52
505–525	511	10	192.00–205.00	$197.26	$1,008	+7.30
568 value added	568	6	212.00	$212.00	$1,204	—
564–597	578	24	190.00–205.00	$198.47	$1,147	—
606	606	8	194.00	$194.00	$1,176	+22.71
660	660	16	200.00	$200.00	$1,320	+30.00
662 value added	662	79	219.75	$219.75	$1,455	—
750	750	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,275	+23.42
810	810	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,272	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	187.50–192.50	$190.00	$532	—
305–313	311	5	180.00–197.50	$194.07	$604	+4.75
355	355	1	190.00	$190.00	$674	+6.68
405–435	421	16	190.00–200.00	$195.85	$825	+2.62
480–493	489	5	179.00–185.00	$180.80	$884	-0.64
520–530	526	17	180.00–185.00	$183.54	$965	+13.54
550–588	578	10	176.00–190.00	$183.89	$1,063	+14.48
615	615	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,119	+22.63
652–693	685	10	170.00–175.00	$170.95	$1,171	+13.37
725–730	728	2	144.00–152.50	$148.26	$1,079	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	182.50	$182.50	$785	-6.50
450–455	453	3	180.00–185.00	$183.35	$831	+3.35
565–580	570	3	170.00–180.00	$176.61	$1,007	—
605–637	612	11	185.00–195.00	$190.40	$1,165	+27.87
650–695	680	3	160.00–167.00	$162.23	$1,103	-7.77
785	785	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,178	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490–491	491	6	160.00–170.00	$168.34	$827	+9.34
520–540	530	2	168.00–175.00	$171.43	$909	+21.43
565–570	568	2	170.00	$170.00	$966	—
645	645	1	145.00	$145.00	$935	—
945	945	1	104.00	$104.00	$983	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
497	497	2	170.00	$170.00	$845	—
632	632	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,106	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	137.00	$137.00	$801	—
653	653	3	132.50	$132.50	$865	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–610	605	2	152.50–155.00	$153.74	$930	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	117.50	$117.50	$658	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	240.00	$240.00	$756	±0.00
355–367	362	8	235.00–250.00	$243.23	$880	-8.72
375 fancy	375	1	265.00	$265.00	$994	—
405 fancy	405	6	261.00	$261.00	$1,057	—
442–446	445	8	234.00–244.00	$241.52	$1,075	-2.44
456–475	461	4	230.00–235.00	$231.29	$1,066	—
503–535	512	5	215.00–225.00	$219.45	$1,124	+13.80
552–557	555	8	205.00–216.00	$210.48	$1,168	+10.48
580 fancy	580	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,363	—
610–649	640	9	201.00–215.00	$203.27	$1,301	+15.27
650–658	656	5	190.00–202.00	$192.38	$1,262	+19.41
797	797	4	163.00	$163.00	$1,299	—
810	810	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,256	—
886	886	14	159.00	$159.00	$1,409	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	3	227.00	$227.00	$545	—
435	435	1	215.00	$215.00	$935	-3.24
460–475	468	2	212.50	$212.50	$994	+3.97
565	565	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,113	—
650–660	658	4	180.00–184.00	$180.99	$1,191	+20.99
720–730	728	4	139.00	$139.00	$1,012	—
755	755	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,004	—
800	800	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,056	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	5	229.00	$229.00	$1,127	—
565	565	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,074	+15.00
711–723	717	6	155.00–159.00	$157.02	$1,126	—
855	855	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,223	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	210.00	$210.00	$966	—
640	640	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,088	—
672	672	5	171.00	$171.00	$1,149	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	160.00	$160.00	$736	—
645	645	1	150.00	$150.00	$968	—
730	730	1	133.00	$133.00	$971	—
985	985	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,207	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	155.00	$155.00	$450	—
540	540	1	125.00	$125.00	$675	—
697	697	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,046	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–620	618	2	170.00–174.00	$172.01	$1,063	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–810	775	85-90%	2	49.00–50.00	$49.52	$384	—
725–1085	910	85-90%	4	64.00–70.00	$66.81	$608	+0.30
855–1120	963	85-90%	6	85.00–92.50	$87.89	$846	+9.29
815–1250	1019	85-90%	14	72.00–83.00	$78.56	$801	-11.14

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1410	1215	80-85%	16	89.00–98.00	$92.76	$1,127	—
1200–1340	1287	80-85%	5	77.00–86.50	$83.72	$1,077	+2.30
1515	1515	80-85%	1	102.50	$102.50	$1,553	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1505	1476	75-80%	4	84.00–91.00	$87.34	$1,289	—
1310–1740	1514	75-80%	8	95.00–101.50	$98.45	$1,491	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1590–1670	1630	2	93.00–109.00	$100.80	$1,643	—
1695–1870	1775	5	113.00–119.00	$116.27	$2,064	—
1655–2120	1908	5	121.50–128.50	$125.16	$2,388	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	785.00	$785.00
1165	1165	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1375	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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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
1505	1505	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1515	1515	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,485.00	$1,485.00	—

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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.