Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, March 14, 2025

733 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $273.12/cwt +16.12 vs last sale · ≈ $2,228/hd at 816 lb · 134 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $322.14/cwt +52.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,968/hd at 611 lb · 84 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $330.43/cwt +14.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,716/hd at 519 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	733	667	749
Feeder cattle	685	617	689
Slaughter cattle	48	50	60

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600lbs sold sharply higher. Feeder steers over 600lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with some instances of sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher with the increase on a few 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
315	315	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,260	+32.29
350	350	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,400	—
426 fancy	426	4	437.50	$437.50	$1,864	—
435 value added	435	1	490.00	$490.00	$2,132	—
504 value added	504	17	398.00	$398.00	$2,006	+41.01
505–521	514	7	350.00–367.50	$354.58	$1,823	+12.03
570	570	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,852	+25.60
575–585 value added	582	3	340.00–342.50	$341.68	$1,989	+1.68
625 value added	625	8	355.00	$355.00	$2,219	+26.48
635	635	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,096	+36.10
657 value added	657	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,102	-0.75
650–665	658	6	302.50–315.00	$310.88	$2,046	+17.82
735	735	1	272.50	$272.50	$2,003	+8.37
740 value added	740	7	278.50	$278.50	$2,061	—
770	770	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,944	-12.81
795 value added	795	10	273.00	$273.00	$2,170	—
805	805	1	262.50	$262.50	$2,113	+5.50
809–824 value added	816	133	272.00–274.30	$273.20	$2,229	—
865–887	880	3	250.00	$250.00	$2,200	-4.00
995	995	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,338	—
1105	1105	1	212.50	$212.50	$2,348	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,470	—
496	496	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,662	—
634	634	14	285.00	$285.00	$1,807	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	377.50	$377.50	$1,548	—
565	565	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,638	-20.00
642	642	2	315.00	$315.00	$2,022	—
815	815	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,936	—
857	857	2	235.00	$235.00	$2,014	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,194	—
400–410	405	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,215	—
460–480	475	4	300.00–317.50	$313.26	$1,488	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,365	—
425	425	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,445	—
455	455	1	372.50	$372.50	$1,695	—
500–540	520	2	320.00–330.00	$325.19	$1,691	+25.19

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	357.50	$357.50	$930	+31.19
320	320	1	367.50	$367.50	$1,176	—
355 fancy	355	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,402	+2.85
350–399	384	13	360.00–377.50	$363.46	$1,396	-9.19
405–431	423	8	340.00–352.50	$344.91	$1,459	+0.12
434 value added	434	8	370.00	$370.00	$1,606	—
460–485	476	5	330.00–342.50	$332.55	$1,583	+1.64
491 value added	491	9	347.50	$347.50	$1,706	—
503–532	513	26	312.50–325.00	$323.65	$1,660	+10.83
538 value added	538	9	350.00	$350.00	$1,883	+30.00
550–575	554	6	290.00–317.50	$312.74	$1,733	+23.45
556 value added	556	5	330.00	$330.00	$1,835	+10.00
610 value added	610	80	323.75	$323.75	$1,975	+37.58
630	630	4	282.50–297.50	$290.00	$1,827	+25.17
720–737	733	9	227.50–231.00	$230.24	$1,688	-19.26
750–755	753	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,732	-18.50
765 value added	765	6	260.00	$260.00	$1,989	+3.50
845	845	1	237.50	$237.50	$2,007	—
931	931	3	215.00	$215.00	$2,002	+5.00
985	985	1	222.50	$222.50	$2,192	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	318	4	330.00–345.00	$337.61	$1,074	—
385	385	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,251	—
421–431	427	7	320.00–335.00	$329.59	$1,407	+14.59
460–490	475	6	310.00–325.00	$319.54	$1,518	-4.39
500–525	515	8	287.50–300.00	$294.06	$1,514	+9.08
560–580	566	7	277.50–282.50	$281.07	$1,591	-6.43
635–640	638	2	240.00–250.00	$244.98	$1,563	+4.98
666–677	670	5	240.00–245.00	$242.02	$1,622	+17.02

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	310.00	$310.00	$728	—
275	275	1	292.50	$292.50	$804	—
305	305	1	325.00	$325.00	$991	—
381–397	390	7	295.00–310.00	$303.71	$1,184	—
430–445	440	4	310.00–317.50	$314.40	$1,383	—
450–465	462	5	285.00–300.00	$297.08	$1,373	-2.92
575	575	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,495	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,346	—
412	412	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,236	—
480–495	491	4	295.00–297.50	$296.89	$1,458	+3.68
502	502	2	312.50	$312.50	$1,569	+32.50
617–642	630	4	220.00–237.50	$228.92	$1,442	—
675	675	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,637	-6.27

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,093	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,264	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,455	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	4	402.50	$402.50	$1,332	+57.50
355	355	1	392.50	$392.50	$1,393	-5.05
420 fancy	420	1	417.50	$417.50	$1,754	—
417–445	427	5	380.00–395.00	$391.87	$1,673	+1.45
462 fancy	462	5	417.50	$417.50	$1,929	+20.00
465	465	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,837	+22.46
537 fancy	537	4	345.00	$345.00	$1,853	-17.50
537–540	538	3	327.50–332.50	$330.83	$1,780	-1.65
570–592	581	4	320.00–337.50	$324.91	$1,888	+16.51
610–630	625	10	322.50–327.50	$326.01	$2,038	+45.46
681–695	685	6	272.50–280.00	$276.24	$1,892	-11.26
734	734	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,762	-12.43
775	775	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,782	—
805	805	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,771	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,170	—
350–380	358	4	350.00–360.00	$357.34	$1,279	+10.87
431	431	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,508	+2.50
466–485	471	4	362.50–365.00	$364.36	$1,716	+1.86
555–585	570	2	280.00–297.50	$288.98	$1,647	-8.02
690–695	693	2	242.50–257.50	$249.97	$1,732	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,443	—
525–535	530	2	305.00–320.00	$312.43	$1,656	+27.43
610	610	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,464	—
780	780	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,794	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,138	—
435	435	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,370	+15.00
467	467	2	337.50	$337.50	$1,576	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,001	—
517	517	2	277.50	$277.50	$1,435	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,549	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1220	1208	80-85%	3	126.00–129.00	$128.01	$1,546	-8.40
1085–1500	1262	80-85%	10	130.00–140.00	$135.16	$1,706	—
1155–1500	1312	80-85%	13	142.00–151.00	$147.47	$1,935	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1105	1040	85-90%	2	110.00–115.00	$112.34	$1,168	+0.57
1010–1245	1093	85-90%	7	122.00–131.00	$125.89	$1,376	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390	1390	75-80%	1	144.00	$144.00	$2,002	—
1480–1690	1585	75-80%	2	139.00	$139.00	$2,203	+2.09

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–2270	1824	7	170.00–210.00	$181.16	$3,304	—

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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.