Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, February 7, 2025

440 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $262.11/cwt -2.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,839/hd at 702 lb · 82 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $298.60/cwt +12.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,891/hd at 633 lb · 66 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $322.00/cwt -29.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,739/hd at 540 lb · 52 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	440	570	689
Feeder cattle	397	468	568
Slaughter cattle	40	79	94
Replacement cattle	3	23	27

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower on a light test. Yearling steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady 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
540 value added	540	52	322.00	$322.00	$1,739	-40.50
555–575	568	4	285.00–295.00	$291.29	$1,655	-8.99
633 value added	633	65	299.50	$299.50	$1,896	—
645	645	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,548	-46.53
713 value added	713	8	280.50	$280.50	$2,000	+9.33
761 value added	761	48	269.75	$269.75	$2,053	—
800 value added	800	2	256.00	$256.00	$2,048	-4.00
861 value added	861	14	247.50	$247.50	$2,131	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,247	-50.00
480	480	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,368	—
512	512	2	267.50	$267.50	$1,370	-18.75

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,348	—
530	530	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,431	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,257	—
625	625	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,484	+27.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
207–247	227	4	345.00	$345.00	$783	—
420–440	429	6	290.00–300.00	$296.66	$1,273	-7.91
450	450	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,316	-0.30
502–535	517	4	267.50–275.00	$270.63	$1,399	-8.29
577–592	585	6	247.50–260.00	$252.49	$1,477	-29.95
600–625	613	2	252.50	$252.50	$1,548	+5.59
685	685	3	246.00	$246.00	$1,685	—
700–706 value added	700	78	258.00–263.50	$263.29	$1,843	—
733	733	4	239.00	$239.00	$1,752	+13.40
784 value added	784	6	255.00	$255.00	$1,999	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	305.00	$305.00	$732	—
270–290	280	2	307.50–312.50	$309.91	$868	—
300–305	303	2	285.00–315.00	$299.88	$909	—
355	355	1	262.50	$262.50	$932	-30.00
410–445	433	5	260.00–282.50	$274.92	$1,190	-15.06
490	490	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,360	—
530	530	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,246	-25.00
627	627	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,473	+6.73
687	687	2	232.00	$232.00	$1,594	+6.74

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	260.00	$260.00	$897	—
405–430	418	2	235.00–247.50	$241.44	$1,009	—
750	750	1	173.00	$173.00	$1,298	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,254	—
745	745	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,509	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	2	240.00	$240.00	$953	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–296	287	4	347.50–355.00	$349.20	$1,002	—
330	330	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,064	-27.50
355	355	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,145	—
402–446	421	10	290.00–302.50	$299.49	$1,261	—
470–490	480	2	287.50–295.00	$291.33	$1,398	-54.96
500–515	508	2	267.50–280.00	$273.66	$1,390	—
565–590	578	2	255.00–262.50	$258.83	$1,496	-26.96
611–625	615	4	242.50–251.00	$248.84	$1,530	-16.13
770	770	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,540	-31.24
805–810	808	2	192.50–205.00	$198.77	$1,606	—
870	870	3	179.00	$179.00	$1,557	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	305.00	$305.00	$976	—
525	525	3	255.00–257.50	$256.67	$1,348	-18.33
590	590	2	247.50	$247.50	$1,460	-12.50
610	610	2	222.50	$222.50	$1,357	-18.37

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–495	473	2	245.00–250.00	$247.62	$1,171	—
540	540	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,431	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,147	-40.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1480	1292	80-85%	19	129.00–139.00	$133.41	$1,724	—
1225–1460	1336	80-85%	4	121.00–126.00	$123.57	$1,651	-21.63
1290–1650	1454	80-85%	4	141.00–149.00	$145.74	$2,119	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	85-90%	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,040	-25.84
955–1090	1023	85-90%	2	94.00–95.00	$94.53	$967	-33.31
960–1265	1063	85-90%	4	112.00–122.00	$118.29	$1,257	—
1015–1215	1115	85-90%	2	129.00	$129.00	$1,438	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1800	1800	75-80%	1	146.00	$146.00	$2,628	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455–1900	1735	3	158.00–168.00	$164.14	$2,848	—

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

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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.