Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, March 15, 2024

755 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $249.66/cwt +6.66 vs last sale · ≈ $2,025/hd at 811 lb · 71 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $329.26/cwt +15.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,741/hd at 529 lb · 58 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $370.16/cwt +49.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,553/hd at 419 lb · 53 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	755	486	484
Feeder cattle	689	431	444
Slaughter cattle	60	49	29
Replacement cattle	6	6	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500lbs sold sharply higher with feeder steers over 500lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Yearling steers sold 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher.

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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	335.00	$335.00	$955	—
350–365	360	5	340.00–350.00	$348.06	$1,253	+26.52
380 fancy	380	7	372.50	$372.50	$1,416	—
404–410	407	9	330.00–362.50	$355.22	$1,446	+34.86
422–425 value added	422	44	373.00–382.50	$373.22	$1,575	—
450–498	471	20	337.50–355.00	$347.80	$1,638	+34.52
500–540	526	16	295.00–317.50	$306.32	$1,611	+2.34
530 value added	530	42	338.00	$338.00	$1,791	+6.00
550–570	558	6	287.50–305.00	$295.51	$1,649	+1.12
562 value added	562	5	321.00	$321.00	$1,804	—
609–616 value added	613	12	284.00–297.00	$290.54	$1,781	+1.54
625–645	636	9	252.50–271.00	$260.57	$1,657	—
655 value added	655	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,883	+21.25
665–685	680	4	255.00–266.00	$257.69	$1,752	+10.88
715 value added	715	19	267.00	$267.00	$1,909	+16.50
700–736	731	21	246.00–253.00	$247.76	$1,811	+6.40
750–785	768	2	247.00–260.00	$253.35	$1,946	+15.32
809 value added	809	62	250.90	$250.90	$2,030	+7.90
824–845	826	9	230.00–242.50	$241.08	$1,991	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–305	304	4	285.00–300.00	$292.53	$889	—
355–370	363	2	290.00–302.50	$296.38	$1,076	—
430–445	435	10	280.00–292.50	$283.84	$1,235	—
465–493	481	6	287.50–315.00	$304.86	$1,466	+19.10
535	535	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,618	—
715–735	725	2	215.00–230.00	$222.40	$1,612	—
810	810	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,640	-6.54

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,228	—
518	518	4	292.50	$292.50	$1,515	+32.50
555	555	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,623	—
715	715	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,723	—
905	905	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,810	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,142	—
510–528	524	4	270.00–280.00	$277.56	$1,454	—
560	560	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,554	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	252.50	$252.50	$783	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,377	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
236	236	4	260.00	$260.00	$614	—
315–340	332	3	275.00–300.00	$288.04	$956	-11.96
360–395	380	5	277.50–300.00	$282.28	$1,073	+3.03
410–432 value added	420	6	294.00–297.50	$295.47	$1,241	—
402–445	423	15	272.50–285.00	$277.88	$1,175	+5.77
465 value added	465	7	301.00	$301.00	$1,400	—
465–477	475	10	272.50–292.50	$281.27	$1,336	+9.27
500–545	523	5	250.00–268.00	$257.51	$1,347	+2.35
565 value added	565	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,526	+3.76
572	572	4	251.00	$251.00	$1,436	+0.36
610–635	623	13	234.00–245.00	$238.00	$1,483	—
664	664	5	247.00	$247.00	$1,640	—
710–719	718	6	226.00–240.00	$237.69	$1,707	+28.24
785	785	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,806	+15.00
819–833	824	8	206.00	$206.00	$1,697	—
931	931	5	195.00	$195.00	$1,815	—
975	975	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,892	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	247.50	$247.50	$730	—
300–315	309	4	250.00–255.00	$252.55	$780	—
357–385	368	6	260.00–270.00	$263.49	$970	—
400–426	420	8	250.00–265.00	$258.37	$1,085	+2.99
450–489	481	16	250.00–265.00	$258.84	$1,245	+13.84
505–540	518	5	220.00–234.00	$227.69	$1,179	—
570–595	584	11	220.00–232.00	$227.61	$1,329	-12.39
600–620	612	8	220.00–225.00	$223.75	$1,369	—
686	686	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,544	+5.00
740	740	2	213.00	$213.00	$1,576	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	240.00	$240.00	$660	—
300	300	1	227.50	$227.50	$682	—
447	447	2	247.50	$247.50	$1,106	+10.00
455–495	472	6	220.00–234.00	$228.83	$1,080	-4.53
550–592	578	3	207.00–208.00	$207.68	$1,200	—
605–620	612	5	196.00–208.00	$202.41	$1,239	—
692	692	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,439	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165	1165	10	163.00	$163.00	$1,899	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–595	572	3	230.00–247.50	$237.02	$1,356	+2.02
630	630	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,380	-10.00
760	760	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,672	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,134	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,149	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	322.50–350.00	$331.67	$962	—
320	320	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,024	+20.00
375–390	383	3	322.50–350.00	$337.40	$1,292	+24.91
400	400	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,280	+13.54
487	487	2	327.50	$327.50	$1,595	+52.08
525 fancy	525	1	311.00	$311.00	$1,633	—
520–545	536	11	270.00–295.00	$286.05	$1,533	+28.44
550–555	553	6	277.50–292.50	$282.52	$1,562	+23.88
600	600	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,530	+4.98
650	650	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,592	-8.00
740	740	2	207.50–222.50	$215.00	$1,591	—
800–805	803	2	197.50–203.00	$200.24	$1,608	—
897	897	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,794	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282–295	290	12	277.50–295.00	$287.90	$835	—
311	311	8	290.00	$290.00	$902	—
350–385	368	2	300.00–315.00	$307.86	$1,133	—
405–432	423	3	280.00–305.00	$287.98	$1,218	+11.23
455–457	456	3	271.00–280.00	$273.99	$1,249	—
615	615	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,414	—
670	670	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,524	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535–545	543	4	265.00–285.00	$280.07	$1,521	—
565	565	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,483	—
695	695	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,651	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–390	374	5	245.00–265.00	$253.58	$948	+1.08

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–860	825	85-90%	2	82.50–88.00	$85.13	$702	—
815–1095	904	85-90%	4	57.00–65.00	$62.29	$563	—
750–1085	918	85-90%	8	93.50–101.50	$96.21	$883	—
1000–1245	1115	85-90%	11	105.00–116.00	$110.09	$1,228	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1400	1254	80-85%	10	120.00–135.00	$125.07	$1,568	+11.99
1180–1410	1274	80-85%	5	109.00–118.00	$113.33	$1,444	+0.25

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1375	1315	75-80%	2	114.00–115.00	$114.52	$1,506	—
1500–1505	1503	75-80%	2	126.00–133.00	$129.51	$1,947	+7.31

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520–1855	1668	9	129.00–139.00	$134.32	$2,240	—
1575–1955	1843	6	140.00–154.00	$147.39	$2,716	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1075	1075	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,210.00	$1,210.00
1055–1115	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,225.00–1,300.00	$1,263.54
1195–1260	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,275.00–1,385.00	$1,331.46

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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.