Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, November 15, 2024

1,090 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $239.16/cwt +6.16 vs last sale · ≈ $2,091/hd at 874 lb · 230 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $232.28/cwt ≈ $2,262/hd at 974 lb · 223 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $248.53/cwt -4.67 vs last sale · ≈ $2,073/hd at 834 lb · 130 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,090	816	1,000
Feeder cattle	1,068	790	937
Slaughter cattle	19	24	53
Replacement cattle	3	2	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and yearling steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher with feeder heifers over 500lbs mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 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
365	365	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,095	-7.50
431	431	6	300.00	$300.00	$1,293	—
465	465	1	282.50	$282.50	$1,314	—
500	500	3	252.50	$252.50	$1,262	-19.65
565	565	8	255.00	$255.00	$1,441	+10.00
623–645	627	5	240.00–242.50	$241.99	$1,517	-9.11
721 value added	721	8	260.00	$260.00	$1,875	—
800–815	802	7	230.00–240.00	$238.55	$1,913	+8.55
830–841 value added	836	123	248.00–250.00	$249.10	$2,082	-4.80
864–883 value added	874	226	234.75–242.50	$239.41	$2,092	+6.41
860–895	885	4	220.00–230.00	$225.04	$1,992	—
905	905	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,810	—
917 value added	917	114	230.25	$230.25	$2,111	-10.81
955	955	1	212.50	$212.50	$2,029	—
959–983 value added	974	222	229.75–234.00	$232.37	$2,263	—
1040	1040	1	215.00	$215.00	$2,236	+25.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–517	516	3	232.50–239.00	$236.84	$1,222	—
560	560	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,246	-9.99
655	655	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,392	-20.00
835	835	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,733	—
1030	1030	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,957	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,267	+2.50
600	600	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,335	—
780	780	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,814	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	207.50	$207.50	$892	—
505	505	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,035	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	295.00	$295.00	$634	—
307–345	320	3	267.50–272.50	$269.30	$862	+13.09
360–395	371	5	260.00–270.00	$266.58	$989	+6.09
410–415	413	2	255.00–267.50	$261.29	$1,079	+1.16
465–486	479	11	250.00–267.50	$260.44	$1,248	-3.93
515–545	536	5	225.00–227.50	$226.51	$1,214	-0.99
575–592	581	7	217.50–230.00	$221.03	$1,284	-9.36
607–635	616	3	212.50–215.00	$213.36	$1,314	+8.83
650	650	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,398	+12.99
705–720	708	7	192.50–197.50	$195.01	$1,381	—
808	808	4	180.00	$180.00	$1,454	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–335	326	4	240.00–245.00	$242.43	$790	—
455–475	466	4	235.00–240.00	$236.86	$1,104	+9.47
515–546	538	6	202.50–217.50	$210.45	$1,132	+3.86
553–565	556	4	210.00–212.50	$210.64	$1,171	+6.79
690	690	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,311	—
820	820	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,250	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,007	—
425–445	439	4	230.00–242.50	$236.34	$1,038	—
483	483	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,087	—
592	592	2	212.50	$212.50	$1,258	-12.50
693	693	3	195.00	$195.00	$1,351	—
872	872	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,482	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	217.50	$217.50	$729	—
463	463	3	192.50	$192.50	$891	—
560	560	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,036	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	2	182.50	$182.50	$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
210	210	1	305.00	$305.00	$640	—
270–295	283	2	300.00–305.00	$302.61	$856	+0.11
301–320	305	5	310.00–317.50	$315.93	$964	+23.43
330 fancy	330	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,097	+5.00
379–395	381	7	285.00–290.00	$289.26	$1,102	-18.24
410–435 fancy	416	4	320.00–325.00	$323.69	$1,347	—
411–448	429	19	290.00–317.50	$299.51	$1,285	+3.61
460–462	461	8	295.00–300.00	$297.50	$1,371	+29.96
510–541	533	21	238.00–252.50	$244.51	$1,303	-5.49
565–568	567	9	225.00–230.00	$228.06	$1,293	-29.85
601–645	613	8	215.00–227.50	$224.91	$1,379	-26.17
665 fancy	665	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,596	—
675–690	683	2	217.50–225.00	$221.29	$1,511	-16.21
717	717	4	202.50	$202.50	$1,452	±0.00
755–792	766	7	185.00–192.50	$190.28	$1,458	—
800–845	823	2	187.50–200.00	$193.58	$1,593	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,287	+7.02
530–535	533	2	220.00–230.00	$224.98	$1,199	-2.52
582	582	2	212.50	$212.50	$1,237	-11.66
640	640	8	190.00	$190.00	$1,216	-36.30
670	670	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,323	-11.30

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	255.50	$255.50	$1,022	—
545	545	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,199	—
627	627	2	222.50	$222.50	$1,395	-5.00
655–670	663	2	205.00–207.50	$206.24	$1,367	—
777	777	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,515	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,102	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,158	+12.50

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1540	1379	75-80%	5	109.00–118.00	$114.71	$1,582	+1.87
1380	1380	75-80%	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,408	-10.84

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1125	1054	85-90%	4	96.00–101.00	$98.91	$1,043	—
1055	1055	85-90%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,108	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	80-85%	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,258	-7.70
1150–1345	1255	80-85%	3	107.00–114.00	$109.81	$1,378	+7.69

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1620–1650	1635	2	151.00–153.00	$151.99	$2,485	—
1470–1925	1698	2	146.00–149.00	$147.30	$2,501	+16.22

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1035–1565	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,875.00	$1,875.00

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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.