Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 26, 2024

1,423 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $245.34/cwt ≈ $2,269/hd at 925 lb · 341 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $244.28/cwt +35.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,896/hd at 776 lb · 137 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $253.76/cwt +1.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,716/hd at 676 lb · 132 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,423	1,258	351
Feeder cattle	1,392	1,217	309
Slaughter cattle	30	38	27
Replacement cattle	1	3	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold mostly steady. Yearling steers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower with slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,063	—
390	390	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,209	-40.00
420	420	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,228	—
550	550	1	281.00	$281.00	$1,546	—
617–635	627	10	272.00–278.00	$274.49	$1,721	+12.49
715	715	4	261.00	$261.00	$1,866	-7.00
760–787	777	7	258.00–264.00	$260.55	$2,024	—
831 value added	831	65	259.25	$259.25	$2,154	-0.75
892 value added	892	53	245.00	$245.00	$2,185	-2.43
902–945 value added	925	341	236.50–255.90	$245.34	$2,269	—
968 value added	968	52	248.95	$248.95	$2,410	+9.87
1010	1010	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,020	-20.00
1004–1027 value added	1019	152	229.25–234.90	$233.07	$2,375	+2.50
1089 value added	1089	49	219.75	$219.75	$2,393	-2.15
1200	1200	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,400	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452	452	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,311	—
530	530	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,431	-20.00
620	620	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,519	-8.06
707	707	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,732	—
792	792	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,901	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,330	—
530	530	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,431	-10.00
555–587	575	4	267.50–277.50	$274.25	$1,577	-10.75
635	635	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,603	-5.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,254	—
550	550	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,416	+15.55
750	750	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,575	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	2	254.00	$254.00	$1,389	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	300.00	$300.00	$600	—
360–365	364	4	267.50–275.00	$271.88	$990	-14.10
400–411	408	4	260.00–270.00	$267.55	$1,092	-12.92
495	495	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,361	—
500–525	510	3	260.00–267.50	$265.05	$1,352	+3.91
550–560	554	5	260.00–262.50	$261.50	$1,449	+3.06
600–643	628	11	229.00–240.00	$236.52	$1,485	+3.31
655–665	659	5	230.00–240.00	$236.49	$1,558	+3.51
676–678 value added	677	127	253.00–255.25	$254.44	$1,723	-0.81
715–730	722	3	224.00–229.00	$226.98	$1,639	+9.48
763–790 value added	776	137	240.30–248.00	$244.28	$1,896	—
819 value added	819	104	241.25	$241.25	$1,976	—
856 value added	856	73	238.10	$238.10	$2,038	—
886	886	7	200.00	$200.00	$1,772	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–322	321	3	252.50–262.50	$259.18	$832	-10.78
430–445	438	2	250.00–252.50	$251.23	$1,100	-16.77
465–485	477	3	240.00–255.00	$245.85	$1,173	-13.75
678	678	3	224.00	$224.00	$1,519	—
870	870	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,610	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,237	-10.00
537–545	540	3	247.50–255.00	$250.02	$1,350	—
607–625	613	3	222.50–236.00	$231.41	$1,419	+2.41
755	755	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,604	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	220.00	$220.00	$979	-27.00
517	517	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,060	-20.00
825	825	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,320	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,080	—
535	535	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,190	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,205	—
513	513	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,257	—
552–585	574	9	235.00–247.50	$241.01	$1,383	—
645	645	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,242	—
760	760	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,368	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–435	423	2	280.00–287.50	$283.86	$1,201	—
460–478	472	6	270.00–275.00	$271.62	$1,282	+8.07
545	545	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,472	—
555	555	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,498	—
642	642	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,348	-10.00
772	772	2	202.00	$202.00	$1,559	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	307.50	$307.50	$876	-17.50
360	360	1	307.50	$307.50	$1,107	—
401	401	3	322.50	$322.50	$1,293	+30.00
630–640	635	2	235.00–240.00	$237.52	$1,508	—
737	737	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,607	-5.50
960	960	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,824	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,558	+10.46
735	735	1	206.00	$206.00	$1,514	—
775	775	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,534	-2.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,485	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–995	933	85-90%	2	88.00–103.00	$95.00	$886	—
955–1055	1005	85-90%	2	129.00–131.00	$129.95	$1,306	—
965–1120	1022	85-90%	3	120.50–125.00	$122.08	$1,248	—
1085–1310	1195	85-90%	4	108.50–115.00	$111.38	$1,331	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1485	1428	75-80%	2	139.00–144.00	$141.60	$2,022	—
1505–1520	1513	75-80%	2	126.00–128.00	$127.00	$1,922	-11.96
1580	1580	75-80%	1	133.50	$133.50	$2,109	-9.45

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1145	1118	80-85%	2	121.00–126.00	$123.56	$1,381	—
1170	1170	80-85%	1	144.50	$144.50	$1,691	+17.09
1305	1305	80-85%	1	136.50	$136.50	$1,781	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315	1315	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,933	—
1090–2205	1649	6	162.00–168.00	$165.83	$2,735	—
1660–1825	1743	2	171.00–189.00	$180.43	$3,145	—

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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
1565	1565	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,860.00	$1,860.00	—

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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.