Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, May 30, 2025

365 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $314.59/cwt ≈ $2,577/hd at 819 lb · 72 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $292.00/cwt +27.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,751/hd at 942 lb · 56 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $409.12/cwt +15.77 vs last sale · ≈ $2,098/hd at 513 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	365	306	273
Feeder cattle	310	232	236
Slaughter cattle	30	56	17
Replacement cattle	25	18	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Good demand for all classes of feeders. 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
305	305	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,342	—
504–520 value added	508	11	410.00–416.00	$414.33	$2,105	—
530	530	3	390.00	$390.00	$2,067	-3.35
598	598	3	350.00	$350.00	$2,093	-18.92
600–612	608	3	335.00–350.00	$345.07	$2,098	+2.50
650–680	669	4	327.50–345.00	$333.64	$2,232	-2.52
730	730	1	312.50	$312.50	$2,281	+5.13
818 value added	818	67	316.20	$316.20	$2,587	—
834	834	5	293.00	$293.00	$2,444	—
865	865	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,336	—
942 value added	942	56	292.00	$292.00	$2,751	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517	517	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,887	—
670	670	5	320.00	$320.00	$2,144	+20.00
715–730	723	2	290.00–300.00	$294.95	$2,132	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,572	—
810	810	1	247.50	$247.50	$2,005	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,776	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,104	-20.00
380	380	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,444	-0.56
420–430	424	4	365.00–382.50	$374.31	$1,587	+10.22
435 value added	435	4	390.00	$390.00	$1,696	-15.00
475–492	489	5	350.00	$350.00	$1,712	-16.33
500–543	525	11	350.00–360.00	$354.58	$1,862	+30.86
552–575	561	13	342.50–369.00	$358.55	$2,011	+47.58
610–645	622	6	300.00–315.00	$307.09	$1,910	+16.08
680	680	1	297.50	$297.50	$2,023	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,442	—
415	415	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,473	—
560	560	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,820	+24.49
647	647	2	287.50	$287.50	$1,860	—
657–685	674	5	275.00–290.00	$280.85	$1,893	+30.85
983	983	4	210.00	$210.00	$2,064	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,726	-18.18
650–675	663	2	275.00–280.00	$277.45	$1,839	—
900	900	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,980	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,410	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	600.00	$600.00	$1,230	+145.00
355–390	372	4	395.00–415.00	$403.04	$1,499	+3.75
440	440	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,760	—
450–465	460	6	370.00–390.00	$378.66	$1,742	—
505–520 fancy	510	3	392.50–402.50	$399.10	$2,035	—
505–545	531	5	365.00–382.50	$371.47	$1,973	+8.71
555–570	565	4	360.00–370.00	$367.48	$2,076	+7.48
658–675	665	5	322.50–325.00	$323.98	$2,154	—
720	720	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,088	+30.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–520	513	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,744	-4.13
585–593	592	6	337.50–347.50	$345.85	$2,047	+25.85
670	670	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,976	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1143–1300	1197	(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	2,950.00–3,500.00	$3,183.88	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–475	473	2	370.00–385.00	$377.54	$1,786	+15.04
826	826	3	227.50	$227.50	$1,879	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	342.50	$342.50	$1,558	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1230	1185	80-85%	3	141.00–146.00	$143.39	$1,699	+4.06
1140–1420	1262	80-85%	5	156.00–160.00	$158.22	$1,997	-11.16
1230–1530	1346	80-85%	6	163.00–172.00	$165.93	$2,233	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–970	958	85-90%	2	143.00–144.00	$143.51	$1,375	+4.51
1075	1075	85-90%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,290	—
1170	1170	85-90%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,580	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450	1450	75-80%	1	152.00	$152.00	$2,204	-10.64
1470	1470	75-80%	1	142.00	$142.00	$2,087	-20.64
1610–1685	1648	75-80%	2	158.00–159.00	$158.49	$2,612	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395–1940	1691	4	186.00–195.00	$190.86	$3,227	—
1560–2085	1756	4	204.00–218.00	$212.11	$3,725	+47.11

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00
1045–1235	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,250.00	$2,168.75
1225	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1335	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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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
1035	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,125.00	$2,125.00	—
1080	1080	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	+50.00
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—
1245	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—
1305	1305	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
1250–1415	1333	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,600.00–3,700.00	$3,653.10	—
1340	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—
1375	1375	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—
1510–1670	1590	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	3,550.00–3,650.00	$3,597.48	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785–930	847	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,600.00–1,750.00	$1,671.16	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—

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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.