Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 25, 2024

769 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $245.06/cwt +9.96 vs last sale · ≈ $2,232/hd at 911 lb · 272 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $238.25/cwt +17.25 vs last sale · ≈ $2,266/hd at 951 lb · 61 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $237.54/cwt +11.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,559/hd at 656 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	769	1,177	1,074
Feeder cattle	693	990	955
Slaughter cattle	66	150	80
Replacement cattle	10	37	39

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady. Yearling steers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher on a good quality offering. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 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
405–425 value added	415	2	312.50–315.00	$313.72	$1,302	—
455	455	2	285.00–290.00	$287.50	$1,308	—
502–537	529	9	250.00–257.50	$251.58	$1,331	-8.19
571–585	578	11	256.00–270.00	$263.02	$1,520	+4.05
632	632	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,643	-1.84
691	691	3	246.00	$246.00	$1,700	-2.79
715	715	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,698	+5.00
770–795	783	2	240.00–242.50	$241.27	$1,889	+16.27
805–822	812	5	225.00–237.50	$230.06	$1,868	—
903–935 value added	911	272	237.75–247.60	$245.06	$2,232	+9.31
951 value added	951	61	238.25	$238.25	$2,266	+17.25
1058 value added	1058	50	224.25	$224.25	$2,373	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,323	—
577	577	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,442	—
762	762	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,600	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,322	—
645	645	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,484	-12.50
760	760	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,672	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
572	572	2	238.00	$238.00	$1,361	—

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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	335	1	235.00	$235.00	$787	-5.00
390	390	1	232.50	$232.50	$907	-2.17
400–407	406	6	237.50–240.00	$239.59	$973	+7.09
450	450	2	242.50	$242.50	$1,091	—
490 value added	490	11	264.00	$264.00	$1,294	—
500	500	2	227.50	$227.50	$1,138	-14.12
620	620	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,364	-0.80
623 value added	623	7	235.00	$235.00	$1,464	—
654 value added	654	39	239.50	$239.50	$1,566	—
685	685	3	212.00	$212.00	$1,452	-14.00
708	708	3	207.00	$207.00	$1,466	—
760	760	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,482	-12.50
874 value added	874	40	226.10	$226.10	$1,976	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	225.00	$225.00	$731	+7.48
390	390	1	220.00	$220.00	$858	—
405–445	415	4	227.50–232.00	$230.79	$958	—
495–496	496	8	215.00–225.00	$221.88	$1,101	—
507	507	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,065	-15.00
565	565	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,158	-18.29
620	620	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,290	-7.00
650	650	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,349	—
810	810	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,426	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	210.00	$210.00	$504	—
305	305	1	220.00	$220.00	$671	—
550–560	555	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,054	-6.91
665	665	2	187.50	$187.50	$1,247	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	2	225.00	$225.00	$945	+15.00
475–480	478	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,052	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	207.50	$207.50	$923	—
595	595	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,205	—
685	685	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,353	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,223	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125	1125	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,688	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257	257	2	292.50	$292.50	$752	—
330	330	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,006	-10.00
350	350	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,032	-16.18
427–440	432	5	280.00–305.00	$290.05	$1,253	+25.96
455–480	471	7	260.00–280.00	$271.85	$1,280	+6.85
507–547	534	6	245.00–262.50	$252.56	$1,349	-3.35
552–586	575	9	250.00–262.50	$257.04	$1,478	+3.29
652	652	2	247.50	$247.50	$1,614	+5.64
720–746	735	9	215.00–227.50	$223.95	$1,646	+0.97

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	2	250.00	$250.00	$768	—
482–495	486	4	245.00–250.00	$248.12	$1,206	+18.12
655	655	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,490	—
770	770	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,463	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,301	—
660	660	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,485	-0.01
720–730	725	2	193.00–200.00	$196.52	$1,425	-20.98

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	2	242.50	$242.50	$764	—
481	481	3	232.50	$232.50	$1,118	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	2	187.50	$187.50	$1,425	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1365	1225	80-85%	6	109.50–115.00	$112.58	$1,379	-12.79
1100–1480	1271	80-85%	20	117.00–128.50	$121.76	$1,548	-13.08
1295–1505	1400	80-85%	2	133.00–138.00	$135.31	$1,894	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1215	1072	85-90%	11	100.00–110.00	$106.50	$1,142	—
1010–1190	1072	85-90%	5	112.00–118.00	$115.75	$1,241	—
1125	1125	85-90%	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,046	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1375	1225	75-80%	2	108.00–115.00	$111.93	$1,371	—
1355–1950	1618	75-80%	7	119.00–126.50	$121.21	$1,961	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1300	1258	2	134.00–144.00	$139.17	$1,751	—
1425–1580	1507	3	158.00–166.00	$160.68	$2,421	+12.16

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1185–1195	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,700.00–2,125.00	$1,911.61
1120–1310	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,275.00–2,350.00	$2,315.43
1205–1485	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,125.00	$2,111.20

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00

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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.