Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, January 12, 2024

271 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $208.57/cwt -8.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,070/hd at 513 lb · 19 head

light 6-weight M&L 2 heifers $164.86/cwt -20.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,044/hd at 633 lb · 11 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 2 steers $199.56/cwt -1.39 vs last sale · ≈ $1,351/hd at 677 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	271	924	436
Feeder cattle	243	878	381
Slaughter cattle	25	43	48
Replacement cattle	3	3	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: No comparison on feeder calves due to light test with unfavorable weather conditions in the forecast. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady with the exception of a few extremely high dressing individuals.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	237.50	$237.50	$902	+25.00
405–410	408	3	210.00–227.50	$215.79	$880	—
465	465	4	222.50	$222.50	$1,035	-17.50
515	515	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,184	+7.50
580–586	585	8	210.00–220.00	$211.24	$1,236	—
608	608	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,216	—
665–690	677	11	198.00–203.00	$199.56	$1,351	-1.39
855	855	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,650	—
961	961	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,442	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	7	297.50	$297.50	$1,104	—
465	465	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,256	-2.72
535–546	540	7	236.00–247.00	$242.23	$1,308	-16.14
560	560	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,350	+2.81
727	727	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,498	+4.43
750–762	755	8	200.00–207.00	$203.39	$1,536	-0.29
800	800	1	206.00	$206.00	$1,648	+6.12

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,339	—
875	875	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,662	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	160.00	$160.00	$832	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	184.00	$184.00	$938	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	260	2	210.00	$210.00	$546	+10.00
350–382	376	5	200.00–215.00	$207.97	$782	+7.97
400–445	416	7	190.00–195.00	$191.62	$797	-0.93
461–480	465	5	188.00–192.00	$191.17	$889	-4.95
522	522	2	191.00	$191.00	$997	—
555–580	568	2	173.00–188.00	$180.33	$1,024	-17.17
600–645	633	11	158.00–170.00	$164.86	$1,044	-20.81
690	690	3	164.00	$164.00	$1,132	-18.00
725	725	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,088	-3.55

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	5	230.00	$230.00	$768	—
510–518	513	19	199.00–211.00	$208.57	$1,070	-1.07
713	713	3	166.00	$166.00	$1,184	-9.00
860	860	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,376	-8.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	373	2	190.00–194.00	$192.12	$717	+17.12
462–490	479	5	175.00	$175.00	$838	-5.00
560–597	586	5	158.00–164.00	$160.42	$940	-19.08
705	705	1	132.50	$132.50	$934	-7.50

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	170.00	$170.00	$672	—
485	485	1	165.00	$165.00	$800	—
510	510	1	170.00	$170.00	$867	—
570–590	573	7	165.00–177.00	$175.23	$1,004	-5.77

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,022	—
683	683	3	169.00	$169.00	$1,154	-5.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	182.50	$182.50	$611	—
386	386	3	180.00	$180.00	$695	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	2	120.00	$120.00	$804	-25.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	137.00	$137.00	$829	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140	1140	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,368	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–415	410	2	260.00–280.00	$269.88	$1,107	+8.75
475–480	478	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,219	+16.87
510–520	514	4	212.00–231.00	$220.71	$1,134	-3.29
552–575	560	3	210.00–226.00	$220.52	$1,235	+0.13
635–645	638	3	197.00–205.00	$199.69	$1,274	+2.19
655–660	656	4	189.00–190.00	$189.75	$1,245	-10.48
800–826	820	6	151.00–166.00	$159.87	$1,311	-10.13
885	885	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,496	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	240.00	$240.00	$576	—
377–385	380	3	232.50–242.50	$239.12	$909	—
450	450	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,046	+15.50
540	540	1	206.00	$206.00	$1,112	+3.95
565–595	578	4	189.00–201.00	$195.46	$1,130	+1.06
610	610	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,037	-7.42

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456–480	462	4	222.00–234.00	$225.12	$1,040	—
727	727	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,236	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,092	-7.50
672	672	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,142	-12.00
715–730	723	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,084	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	210.00	$210.00	$808	—
645	645	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,032	—
725	725	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,015	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1245	1167	80-85%	3	94.00–101.00	$97.50	$1,138	+9.81
1180–1340	1252	80-85%	5	82.00–91.00	$87.02	$1,089	-9.34
1245–1325	1297	80-85%	3	75.00–79.00	$77.04	$999	-19.32

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455	1455	75-80%	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,295	-8.20
1395–1580	1506	75-80%	4	94.00–108.00	$99.85	$1,504	—
1570	1570	75-80%	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,240	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	85-90%	1	65.00	$65.00	$546	—
1020	1020	85-90%	1	78.00	$78.00	$796	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1710	1328	3	100.00–102.00	$100.86	$1,339	—
1485–1545	1515	2	118.00	$118.00	$1,788	—
1620–1670	1645	2	122.00–132.00	$126.92	$2,088	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850 thin fleshed	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1325	1325	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,204.00	$1,204.00

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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.