Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 16, 2024

776 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $227.74/cwt -5.16 vs last sale · ≈ $2,202/hd at 967 lb · 218 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $228.68/cwt -13.32 vs last sale · ≈ $2,117/hd at 926 lb · 111 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $253.87/cwt -16.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,219/hd at 480 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	776	500	1,186
Feeder cattle	734	456	1,084
Slaughter cattle	41	43	82
Replacement cattle	1	1	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Yearling steers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Cattle futures took another downward trend today. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Good demand for all slaughter classes.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	2	292.50	$292.50	$913	—
392	392	2	297.50	$297.50	$1,166	-35.00
415	415	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,307	—
481	481	8	287.50–290.00	$289.06	$1,390	—
496 value added	496	3	322.50	$322.50	$1,600	—
500–540	522	6	277.50–285.00	$279.90	$1,461	—
552–580	557	6	270.00–274.00	$273.31	$1,522	—
635	635	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,619	—
670	670	12	268.00	$268.00	$1,796	+28.00
716–735	721	4	230.00–241.00	$232.80	$1,678	-7.20
790–795	792	6	230.00–241.00	$237.18	$1,878	—
830–832	831	3	225.00–227.50	$226.67	$1,884	-3.33
915	915	2	214.00	$214.00	$1,958	—
910–943 value added	926	109	219.00–238.70	$228.95	$2,120	-13.05
950–976 value added	967	218	223.00–231.40	$227.74	$2,202	-5.16
1028 value added	1028	55	227.40	$227.40	$2,338	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,235	—
493	493	3	276.00	$276.00	$1,361	-16.50
639	639	10	230.00	$230.00	$1,470	—
682	682	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,637	—
705	705	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,480	—
802	802	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,604	—
860	860	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,720	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	4	267.50	$267.50	$1,057	—
575	575	2	247.50	$247.50	$1,423	±0.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,672	+7.50
840	840	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,596	—
860	860	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,754	—
930	930	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,860	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,133	—
555	555	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,374	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1260	1213	2	170.00–182.00	$175.76	$2,132	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,239	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–335	324	6	250.00–265.00	$259.91	$842	—
370–380	376	6	250.00–257.50	$251.23	$945	—
410–442	433	6	255.00–262.50	$257.96	$1,117	-5.81
455–497	480	12	250.00–260.00	$253.87	$1,219	-16.13
510–537	529	9	255.00–260.00	$256.65	$1,358	-14.24
562	562	2	257.50	$257.50	$1,447	+11.50
620	620	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,426	-8.81
735	735	7	229.00	$229.00	$1,683	—
771	771	3	191.00	$191.00	$1,473	—
825	825	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,568	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–398	393	5	242.50–245.00	$242.98	$955	—
420	420	4	247.50	$247.50	$1,040	—
450–498	479	9	237.50–247.00	$242.06	$1,159	-7.94
505–530	519	4	230.00–242.50	$238.15	$1,236	—
560–582	576	5	230.00–235.00	$232.02	$1,336	-10.48
600–647	631	3	210.00–220.00	$213.17	$1,345	-16.83
655	655	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,441	-1.99
720	720	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,426	—
780	780	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,521	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–397	389	6	240.00–250.00	$245.10	$953	—
455–485	470	2	240.00–257.50	$248.47	$1,168	—
585	585	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,287	-20.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–430	421	4	230.00	$230.00	$968	—
635	635	2	192.50	$192.50	$1,222	-18.50
666	666	3	196.00	$196.00	$1,305	-13.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	210.00	$210.00	$903	—
455	455	1	200.00	$200.00	$910	—
665	665	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,330	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	3	200.00	$200.00	$896	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	323	2	292.50	$292.50	$945	—
385	385	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,097	-35.00
402–430	419	8	290.00–295.00	$293.18	$1,228	-1.82
477–490	484	4	270.00–277.50	$273.13	$1,322	-24.37
501–530	511	6	260.00–280.00	$274.98	$1,405	-4.03
552–567	560	5	260.00–272.50	$266.93	$1,495	—
605–640	623	2	242.50–257.50	$250.21	$1,559	-0.40
770	770	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,502	—
880	880	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,637	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,174	±0.00
483	483	3	264.00	$264.00	$1,275	-8.45
500–530	521	6	240.00–252.50	$246.27	$1,283	-4.93
575–590	581	5	242.50–257.50	$248.03	$1,441	—
605	605	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,422	—
675	675	4	211.00	$211.00	$1,424	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411	411	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,130	—
450	450	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,260	—
535	535	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,418	+12.50

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–546	542	5	227.50–247.50	$233.91	$1,268	-3.59

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	275.00	$275.00	$852	—
560	560	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,232	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1275	1153	80-85%	4	136.00–144.50	$140.19	$1,616	—
1020–1395	1239	80-85%	10	147.50–156.00	$151.60	$1,878	+2.89

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1650	1470	75-80%	2	139.00–143.50	$141.53	$2,080	+3.82
1520	1520	75-80%	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,915	—
1345–1850	1536	75-80%	7	146.50–155.00	$151.27	$2,324	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1150	1095	85-90%	3	120.00–124.00	$121.30	$1,328	—
1050–1180	1122	85-90%	3	132.00–137.00	$133.56	$1,499	—
1160	1160	85-90%	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,357	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1615	1428	3	163.50–170.00	$166.41	$2,376	—
1395–1605	1525	5	171.50–177.00	$173.97	$2,653	—

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00

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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.