Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, February 9, 2024

689 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $229.97/cwt -5.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,776/hd at 772 lb · 124 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $241.01/cwt +8.74 vs last sale · ≈ $1,957/hd at 812 lb · 76 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $229.95/cwt +7.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,955/hd at 850 lb · 56 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	689	704	678
Feeder cattle	568	563	624
Slaughter cattle	94	74	44
Replacement cattle	27	67	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Yearling steers sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher with a few extremely high dressing individuals.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	2	275.00	$275.00	$913	-20.00
355–372	366	3	290.00–295.00	$291.62	$1,067	-4.05
415–428	426	8	272.50–299.00	$295.78	$1,260	-11.92
437 fancy	437	2	317.50	$317.50	$1,387	—
470–494	489	18	285.00–300.00	$289.89	$1,418	+9.25
528	528	5	285.00	$285.00	$1,505	-5.01
557	557	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,504	+19.16
626–635	628	5	234.00–240.00	$235.21	$1,477	-7.96
632 value added	632	5	256.00	$256.00	$1,618	-0.06
664	664	13	234.00	$234.00	$1,554	-3.70
705	705	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,551	-8.71
772–778 value added	772	71	231.75–236.00	$232.05	$1,791	—
772–783	773	53	217.00–228.25	$227.18	$1,756	-8.73
809 value added	809	66	244.90	$244.90	$1,981	+12.63
815–835	831	10	214.00–225.00	$215.30	$1,789	—
850 value added	850	56	229.95	$229.95	$1,955	+7.35
1030	1030	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,957	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,297	+17.50
555	555	3	242.00–250.00	$247.33	$1,373	—
605–630	618	2	210.00–225.00	$217.35	$1,343	-5.14
655–691	677	5	201.00–218.00	$207.58	$1,405	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	224.00	$224.00	$1,277	-16.00
605	605	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,361	—
665	665	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,396	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	210.00	$210.00	$966	—
575–585	580	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,276	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,271	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,102	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235	1235	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,223	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–343	341	4	250.00–252.50	$250.61	$855	+0.61
350–395	376	4	242.50–252.50	$248.91	$936	-1.09
400–435	412	5	245.00–260.00	$249.92	$1,030	-9.00
502–548	519	17	230.00–245.00	$235.93	$1,224	-7.84
558–572	563	15	229.00–230.00	$229.47	$1,292	-7.51
718	718	4	191.00	$191.00	$1,371	+21.00
810–820	815	2	152.50–167.50	$159.95	$1,304	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	2	235.00	$235.00	$968	-6.16
480–486	485	7	216.00–225.00	$217.27	$1,054	-3.98
500	500	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,100	+0.42
562–572	567	4	191.00–201.00	$195.96	$1,111	-11.51
610–635	623	7	190.00–200.00	$195.74	$1,219	+4.45
655–670	663	5	190.00–195.00	$192.22	$1,274	+9.12
715	715	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,198	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	192.50	$192.50	$645	—
385	385	1	180.00	$180.00	$693	—
405	405	1	190.00	$190.00	$770	—
555	555	1	183.00	$183.00	$1,016	—
655–670	663	2	177.00–182.50	$179.72	$1,192	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	232.50	$232.50	$930	-2.50
505	505	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,060	—
570	570	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,097	-14.50
745	745	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,266	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	2	125.00	$125.00	$625	—
615	615	1	160.00	$160.00	$984	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1072	1072	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,608	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	202.50	$202.50	$992	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	156.00	$156.00	$702	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	275.00	$275.00	$770	—
325–328	328	7	302.50–305.00	$302.85	$993	+26.20
405–435	415	3	270.00–280.00	$273.49	$1,135	-24.01
450–495	466	7	250.00–272.50	$256.68	$1,196	-43.32
500–515 fancy	509	5	270.00–287.50	$276.88	$1,409	—
520–540	532	3	242.50–260.00	$253.32	$1,348	+0.82
550–565	556	6	224.00–227.50	$225.07	$1,251	-17.32
605–615	609	4	212.00–229.00	$219.26	$1,335	-1.21
675–687	681	4	200.00–216.00	$207.93	$1,416	-12.07
715	715	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,423	—
870	870	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,566	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	265.00	$265.00	$662	—
305	305	3	247.50	$247.50	$755	—
440	440	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,100	-17.50
495	495	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,114	-36.45
517–520	518	3	225.00–227.50	$225.84	$1,170	—
560–595	571	4	214.00–225.00	$219.06	$1,251	-1.53
600	600	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,125	-2.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	4	215.00	$215.00	$914	—
465–475	468	5	192.50–200.00	$195.53	$915	—
555	555	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,116	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,012	—
550	550	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,100	—
670	670	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,206	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,110	—
622	622	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,294	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	172.50	$172.50	$776	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820	820	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–955	888	85-90%	6	71.50–78.00	$75.14	$667	—
900	900	85-90%	1	59.50	$59.50	$536	—
835–1185	1012	85-90%	16	82.00–93.50	$87.95	$890	-13.12
880–1170	1044	85-90%	13	94.00–105.50	$98.60	$1,029	+22.20

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1415	1217	80-85%	12	93.00–99.00	$96.52	$1,175	—
1105–1390	1251	80-85%	15	99.50–110.50	$104.99	$1,313	-17.59
1310–1375	1343	80-85%	2	115.00–132.50	$123.96	$1,665	+28.50

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	75-80%	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,174	—
1235–1645	1424	75-80%	7	97.00–107.50	$103.41	$1,473	+1.02
1475–1875	1600	75-80%	12	108.50–123.00	$113.91	$1,823	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1510	1415	2	95.50–98.00	$96.83	$1,370	—
1460–1825	1633	3	115.00–120.00	$118.51	$1,935	—
1485–2145	1815	2	127.00–132.50	$130.25	$2,364	+12.36

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,550.00–1,675.00	$1,612.50
1065	1065	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1020–1355	1188	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,775.00	$1,549.53
1000–1410	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,425.00–1,775.00	$1,629.77
1435	1435	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1565–1600	1583	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,725.00–1,835.00	$1,779.39

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00

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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
1035–1130	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,675.00–1,800.00	$1,735.28	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
930–1330	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,675.00–2,225.00	$1,998.67	—
1025–1295	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00–1,625.00	$1,569.77	—
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—
1415	1415	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1385–1470	1428	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,775.00–2,350.00	$2,071.06	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

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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.