Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, January 31, 2025

570 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $264.52/cwt +20.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,938/hd at 733 lb · 87 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $270.40/cwt -3.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,942/hd at 718 lb · 29 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $258.28/cwt -14.76 vs last sale · ≈ $2,106/hd at 815 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	570	1,095	704
Feeder cattle	468	995	563
Slaughter cattle	79	57	74
Replacement cattle	23	43	67

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to firm. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Good demand for all feeder and 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
260	260	1	350.00	$350.00	$910	—
320–346	340	4	365.00–385.00	$380.29	$1,293	—
347 fancy	347	2	405.00	$405.00	$1,405	—
365	365	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,442	—
425	425	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,572	+7.50
454–477 value added	463	10	390.00–410.00	$401.76	$1,860	—
455–497	483	3	342.50–360.00	$348.00	$1,681	-17.64
518 value added	518	5	362.50	$362.50	$1,878	+4.66
530–535	533	2	320.00–325.00	$322.49	$1,719	-16.71
575–587	579	8	295.00–302.50	$300.28	$1,739	-29.72
611–623	616	7	282.00–290.00	$286.53	$1,765	—
710–731 value added	717	27	271.00–271.50	$271.17	$1,944	-12.10
735	735	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,911	+2.50
750–771	766	4	250.00–260.00	$257.55	$1,973	—
815 value added	815	25	260.00	$260.00	$2,119	-13.04
805–821	817	4	240.00–250.00	$247.54	$2,022	—
908 value added	908	5	240.00	$240.00	$2,179	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,479	—
540	540	2	280.00–292.50	$286.25	$1,546	—
623	623	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,682	—
685	685	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,764	-5.00
710–730	717	6	227.50–245.00	$230.90	$1,656	—
810	810	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,782	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,320	—
530	530	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,378	—
635	635	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,334	-35.00
655	655	2	232.00	$232.00	$1,520	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,564	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428 value added	428	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,370	-45.00
415–437	429	8	295.00–315.00	$304.57	$1,307	-39.97
450–490	474	12	290.00–297.50	$292.80	$1,388	-28.34
510–512	511	7	275.00–292.50	$278.92	$1,425	-12.18
556–587	568	12	270.00–290.00	$282.44	$1,604	+12.18
621 value added	621	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,615	-6.00
615–642	632	8	240.00–255.00	$246.91	$1,560	+3.83
700–720	706	12	220.00–234.00	$225.60	$1,593	+8.10
737 value added	737	75	270.75	$270.75	$1,995	+22.75
750–771	767	5	210.00–224.00	$221.26	$1,697	+1.26
845	845	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,774	-11.97
940	940	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,974	—
1035	1035	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,070	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,141	—
415–420	417	3	285.00–292.50	$289.98	$1,209	—
520–530	525	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,365	—
595	595	2	267.50	$267.50	$1,592	+15.36
612–645	623	3	225.00–230.00	$228.27	$1,422	+9.09
670–695	679	8	217.50–228.00	$225.26	$1,530	-3.49
727–740	731	3	200.00–210.00	$206.63	$1,510	—
788	788	3	195.00	$195.00	$1,537	-10.00
820	820	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,394	—
850–885	873	3	182.50	$182.50	$1,593	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	5	247.50	$247.50	$1,381	+17.61
660–675	672	8	195.00–207.50	$198.42	$1,333	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,299	-50.00
515–530	523	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,360	-27.50
630	630	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,512	±0.00
800	800	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,480	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	2	232.50	$232.50	$1,383	—
645	645	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,387	—
915	915	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,281	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	227.50	$227.50	$956	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140	1140	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,938	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,138	—
395	395	1	372.50	$372.50	$1,471	+1.79
450–473	460	7	340.00–352.50	$346.29	$1,593	-12.74
558–580	567	5	272.50–295.00	$285.79	$1,620	-36.71
601–645	628	10	262.50–275.00	$264.97	$1,664	+7.47
665–685	679	11	252.50–262.50	$256.03	$1,738	-3.97
722–730	725	5	230.00–237.50	$231.51	$1,678	—
765–777	771	4	230.00–232.50	$231.24	$1,783	—
988	988	3	219.00	$219.00	$2,164	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,452	+30.00
465	465	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,534	—
525	525	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,444	—
590	590	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,534	—
600–640	613	3	240.00–242.50	$240.87	$1,477	—
670–695	678	3	230.00–237.50	$232.56	$1,577	—
975	975	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,755	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,292	—
550–570	559	4	255.00–270.00	$264.93	$1,481	-37.63
615–630	623	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,495	—
790	790	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,540	-31.55

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	2	307.50	$307.50	$1,221	—
630	630	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,418	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,308	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1375	1187	80-85%	19	131.00–139.00	$135.08	$1,603	—
1300	1300	80-85%	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,586	—
1005–1640	1349	80-85%	16	141.00–150.00	$145.20	$1,959	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505	1505	75-80%	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,911	—
1430–1770	1585	75-80%	4	131.00–139.00	$135.38	$2,146	—
1350–1875	1603	75-80%	11	143.00–154.00	$147.79	$2,369	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–935	825	85-90%	2	104.00–109.00	$106.83	$881	—
840	840	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$672	—
910–1105	1017	85-90%	5	125.00–133.00	$127.84	$1,300	—
1005–1435	1178	85-90%	6	117.50–122.00	$119.77	$1,411	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–2200	1627	3	159.00–167.00	$163.89	$2,666	—
1720–1995	1843	5	170.00–195.00	$177.82	$3,277	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,500.00–2,600.00	$2,540.00
870–1200	1056	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	2,475.00–3,250.00	$2,892.83
1087	1087	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,850.00	$2,850.00

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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.