Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, February 14, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	83	440	488
Feeder cattle	68	397	437
Slaughter cattle	14	40	34
Replacement cattle	1	3	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend on feeders due to low receipts. Extreme weather this week limited cattle movement. Slaughter cows steady. Bulls sold on a high quality test today with some extremely high dressing individuals.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366 fancy	366	6	382.50	$382.50	$1,400	—
420	420	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,270	—
476 value added	476	4	362.50	$362.50	$1,726	—
568 value added	568	5	342.50	$342.50	$1,945	—
655	655	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,768	—
702	702	2	257.50	$257.50	$1,808	—
755–785	770	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,964	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,522	+22.50
617	617	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,542	—
695	695	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,668	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	4	327.50	$327.50	$1,199	—
400	400	2	297.50	$297.50	$1,190	+0.84
450–470	459	5	277.50–294.00	$287.89	$1,321	-4.61
523–530	525	4	270.00–275.00	$273.74	$1,437	+3.11

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,264	—
610	610	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,220	—
715	715	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,323	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,201	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	2	247.50	$247.50	$1,156	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	2	322.50	$322.50	$1,216	±0.00
420	420	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,260	+0.51
460	460	1	327.50	$327.50	$1,506	+36.17
500–525	513	4	277.50–285.00	$281.16	$1,442	+7.50
585	585	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,667	+26.17
685	685	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,644	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,311	+37.38
630	630	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,465	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1275	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,325.00	$2,325.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105	1105	80-85%	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,624	—
980–1295	1158	80-85%	5	132.00–138.00	$134.99	$1,563	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	85-90%	1	100.00	$100.00	$900	—
980	980	85-90%	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,225	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1625–2410	2032	5	187.00–211.00	$196.00	$3,983	—

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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.