Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, March 21, 2025

643 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $278.31/cwt +48.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,971/hd at 708 lb · 93 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $277.62/cwt ≈ $1,913/hd at 689 lb · 90 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $302.46/cwt -18.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,715/hd at 567 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	643	733	1,081
Feeder cattle	547	685	827
Slaughter cattle	33	48	133
Replacement cattle	63	—	121

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with feeder heifers over 500lbs mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 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
350–390	363	6	387.50–412.50	$398.57	$1,447	-1.43
405–446	430	5	392.50	$392.50	$1,688	—
460–492	479	9	375.00–390.00	$385.50	$1,847	—
505–545	524	9	332.50–350.00	$343.99	$1,803	-10.59
510–531 value added	525	7	360.00–380.00	$371.81	$1,952	-26.19
552 value added	552	11	352.50	$352.50	$1,946	+10.82
550–585	571	5	325.00–337.50	$331.50	$1,893	+6.50
600–625	608	6	320.00–336.00	$330.52	$2,010	+0.52
603–647 value added	639	21	340.00–342.50	$340.45	$2,175	-14.55
665–687	680	3	304.00–310.00	$305.96	$2,081	-4.92
705–745	735	4	280.00–284.00	$283.04	$2,080	+10.54
760–775	771	4	275.00–280.00	$276.23	$2,130	+23.73
865–885	878	3	260.00–262.50	$260.82	$2,290	+10.82

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487–488	488	7	360.00–365.00	$363.57	$1,774	-8.93
605	605	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,739	—
770	770	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,925	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,522	-27.50
525	525	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,575	—
585	585	1	297.50	$297.50	$1,740	+7.50
705	705	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,780	—
750	750	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,988	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	355.00	$355.00	$728	—
265	265	1	360.00	$360.00	$954	+2.50
315–330	323	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,195	+2.50
350–372	362	5	380.00–390.00	$383.91	$1,390	+20.45
363 fancy	363	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,470	+10.00
407–433 value added	424	13	377.50–390.00	$385.23	$1,633	+15.23
405–445	429	6	347.50–367.50	$357.88	$1,535	+12.97
450–497	479	14	327.50–345.00	$331.82	$1,589	-0.73
485 fancy	485	1	362.50	$362.50	$1,758	—
505–530	517	15	305.00–317.50	$307.98	$1,592	-15.67
555–585	567	28	292.50–312.50	$302.46	$1,715	-10.28
600–645	623	20	265.00–285.00	$273.86	$1,706	-16.14
650–681	669	15	255.00–268.00	$264.45	$1,769	—
693 value added	693	75	280.25	$280.25	$1,942	—
706 value added	706	71	284.70	$284.70	$2,010	—
700–745	716	22	251.00–267.50	$257.70	$1,845	+27.46
778–780	779	4	260.00–265.00	$263.75	$2,055	+33.75
810–815	813	2	232.50–237.50	$235.01	$1,911	-2.49
855	855	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,988	—
855 value added	855	8	260.00	$260.00	$2,223	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–389	384	7	335.00–342.50	$336.74	$1,293	+11.74
430	430	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,419	+0.41
495	495	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,485	-19.54
550–590	564	8	272.50–287.50	$280.93	$1,584	-0.14
600–635	631	8	250.00–262.00	$252.70	$1,595	+7.72
675	675	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,552	-12.02
775	775	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,666	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,056	—
380	380	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,216	-25.00
450	450	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,418	—
505–540	531	4	280.00–287.50	$281.78	$1,496	-30.72
630	630	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,575	+21.08
760	760	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,767	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
596	596	3	252.50	$252.50	$1,505	—
880	880	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,068	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,360	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,594	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,295	-12.50
350 fancy	350	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,522	—
375	375	1	382.50	$382.50	$1,434	-10.00
435–440	438	2	370.00–392.50	$381.19	$1,670	-10.68
450 fancy	450	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,868	-2.50
460	460	2	372.50	$372.50	$1,714	-22.50
525–540	533	2	327.50–332.50	$329.96	$1,759	-0.87
550–570	560	2	310.00–325.00	$317.37	$1,777	-7.54
562 fancy	562	4	354.00	$354.00	$1,989	—
605–610	607	3	297.50–300.00	$299.16	$1,816	-26.85
670	670	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,876	+3.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–437	424	7	347.50–362.50	$354.69	$1,504	+4.69
475–490	483	2	320.00–347.50	$333.96	$1,613	-30.40
590	590	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,682	-3.98

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552	552	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,615	—
885	885	2	209.00	$209.00	$1,850	—
905–932	923	3	205.00–212.50	$207.45	$1,915	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	2	302.50	$302.50	$1,004	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1235	1139	80-85%	7	131.00–138.00	$135.33	$1,541	—
1225	1225	80-85%	2	123.00–128.00	$125.50	$1,537	-2.51
1165–1650	1325	80-85%	5	141.00–145.00	$143.46	$1,901	-4.01

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1365	1363	75-80%	2	136.00–137.00	$136.50	$1,860	-7.50
1365–1495	1433	75-80%	3	141.50–149.00	$144.17	$2,066	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	85-90%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,046	—
895–910	903	85-90%	2	115.50–119.00	$117.24	$1,059	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1625	1420	2	140.00–152.00	$146.87	$2,086	—
1265–1940	1526	7	158.50–168.00	$163.71	$2,498	—
1790–1950	1870	2	177.00–180.00	$178.56	$3,339	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–1175	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,800.00–2,350.00	$2,034.56
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00
900–1165	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,950.00–2,000.00	$1,968.40
910–1375	1094	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	1,950.00–3,000.00	$2,389.15
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00
1220	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00

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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
1045–1165	1113	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	3,000.00–3,100.00	$3,050.73	—
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1090–1525	1307	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,500.00–3,400.00	$2,981.09	—

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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.