Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, November 22, 2024

1,014 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $260.32/cwt ≈ $2,033/hd at 781 lb · 189 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $243.40/cwt +13.67 vs last sale · ≈ $2,300/hd at 945 lb · 121 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $252.21/cwt +3.67 vs last sale · ≈ $2,048/hd at 812 lb · 95 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,014	1,090	1,000
Feeder cattle	941	1,068	937
Slaughter cattle	38	19	53
Replacement cattle	35	3	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady on a light test. Yearling steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Groups of 20hd or more: Steers: 54hd 1060lbs 216.50 MIXED 55hd 996lbs 231.20 42 CHAR 10 BLK 3 RED 121hd 945lbs 243.40 BLK 56hd 937lbs 232.75 BLK 11 CHAR 2 RED 60hd 865lbs 251.90 BLK 31hd 821lbs 236.50 BLK 1 CHAR 61hd 807lbs 261.20 BLK 66hd 786lbs 255.00 BLK 1 CHAR 58hd 781lbs 266.00 BLK 63hd 775lbs 261.50 BLK 3 CHAR

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	2	307.50	$307.50	$1,221	+7.50
415	415	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,224	-5.00
510–545	516	7	270.00–273.00	$272.41	$1,406	+19.91
550–598	579	10	260.00–273.00	$265.25	$1,536	+10.25
635	635	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,619	+13.01
657	657	9	243.00	$243.00	$1,597	—
700	700	4	242.00	$242.00	$1,694	—
762	762	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,791	—
775–786 value added	781	187	255.00–266.00	$260.59	$2,035	—
807 value added	807	61	261.20	$261.20	$2,108	+12.10
800–835	821	34	227.50–237.50	$236.07	$1,938	-2.48
865 value added	865	60	251.90	$251.90	$2,179	+12.49
945 value added	945	121	243.40	$243.40	$2,300	+13.15
974–992	979	8	210.00–218.00	$215.97	$2,114	+3.47
996 value added	996	55	231.20	$231.20	$2,303	-1.17
1060 value added	1060	54	216.50	$216.50	$2,295	—
1100	1100	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,980	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,157	—
505–547	533	3	242.50–252.50	$245.66	$1,309	+8.82
562–590	573	13	242.50–250.00	$248.88	$1,426	+26.38
635	635	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,460	—
675–690	687	5	230.00–233.00	$231.59	$1,591	+19.09
826	826	7	222.00	$222.00	$1,834	+14.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,088	—
515	515	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,339	+27.50
800	800	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,820	—
969	969	6	207.50	$207.50	$2,011	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,187	+30.00
650	650	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,414	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,328	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	275	3	250.00–255.00	$251.67	$692	—
345	345	1	250.00	$250.00	$862	-19.30
370	370	3	260.00–265.00	$263.33	$974	-3.25
425–448	437	7	260.00–267.50	$265.40	$1,160	+4.11
525	525	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,247	+10.99
555–596	589	6	230.00–245.00	$232.36	$1,369	+11.33
607–616	612	5	220.00–230.00	$226.04	$1,383	+12.68
640–647 value added	645	7	242.50–247.50	$246.08	$1,587	—
675	675	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,586	+20.00
682 value added	682	2	242.50	$242.50	$1,654	—
700 value added	700	2	239.00	$239.00	$1,673	—
710	710	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,598	+29.99
765 value added	765	17	230.00	$230.00	$1,760	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	240.00	$240.00	$576	—
425	425	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,084	+18.66
590	590	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,357	+17.50
605	605	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,195	—
775	775	7	215.00	$215.00	$1,666	—
820	820	2	170.00–175.00	$172.50	$1,414	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,128	+3.14
500	500	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,150	—
562–565	563	3	220.00–225.50	$223.66	$1,259	+13.02
660	660	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,386	+20.00
835	835	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,336	+7.50
955	955	2	162.50	$162.50	$1,552	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,063	—
561	561	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,122	—
725–745	735	2	160.00–175.00	$167.40	$1,230	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	2	225.00	$225.00	$994	—
555–572	566	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,132	+15.00
638	638	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,212	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,017	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	152.50	$152.50	$946	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,054	+24.07
439	439	6	290.00	$290.00	$1,273	-9.51
485	485	2	282.50	$282.50	$1,370	-15.00
575	575	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,409	+16.94
600–616	611	6	227.50–237.50	$233.36	$1,426	+8.45
715–740	728	2	207.50–215.00	$211.19	$1,537	+8.69
755	755	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,510	+9.72
855	855	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,624	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	297.50	$297.50	$1,116	—
455–495	485	7	250.00–267.50	$260.83	$1,265	+0.83
520–537	531	3	220.00–230.00	$226.74	$1,204	+1.76
592	592	2	227.50	$227.50	$1,347	+15.00
627–635	630	3	220.00–225.00	$223.32	$1,407	+33.32
657	657	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,445	+22.50
775	775	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,376	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	297.50	$297.50	$788	—
445	445	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,202	—
505	505	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,237	—
650	650	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,365	+3.76
710	710	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,306	—
780	780	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,521	±0.00
817	817	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,471	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	270.00	$270.00	$999	—
460–472	469	5	240.00–245.00	$244.02	$1,144	—
552	552	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,104	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,092	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	150.00	$150.00	$960	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1315	1315	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	85-90%	1	87.00	$87.00	$735	—
880–1110	983	85-90%	6	110.00–114.00	$112.37	$1,105	—
875–1245	1004	85-90%	7	105.00–109.00	$107.16	$1,076	—
1040–1115	1094	85-90%	4	119.00–123.00	$120.51	$1,318	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1210	1110	80-85%	4	114.00–120.00	$117.39	$1,303	—
1365–1550	1468	80-85%	3	126.50–132.50	$130.46	$1,915	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1705	1518	75-80%	2	123.00	$123.00	$1,867	—
1505–1705	1605	75-80%	2	111.00–117.00	$114.19	$1,833	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270	1270	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,714	—
1065–1860	1452	7	140.00–149.00	$145.70	$2,116	—
1725	1725	1	152.00	$152.00	$2,622	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825 thin fleshed	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1015–1120	1068	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,750.00	$1,631.15
1080–1110	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,675.00–1,925.00	$1,798.29
1045–1225	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,692.07
1275	1275	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1410	1410	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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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
795 thin fleshed	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,225.00	$2,225.00	—
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,225.00	$2,225.00	—
1210–1410	1305	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,400.00–2,025.00	$1,602.04	—
1355	1355	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—
1295–1625	1460	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00–2,275.00	$2,241.74	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1110–1170	1147	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,225.00–1,375.00	$1,292.59	—

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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.