Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 25, 2025

713 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $314.05/cwt ≈ $2,591/hd at 825 lb · 189 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $314.65/cwt -1.09 vs last sale · ≈ $2,945/hd at 936 lb · 170 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $306.25/cwt ≈ $2,609/hd at 852 lb · 59 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	713	950	1,423
Feeder cattle	700	894	1,392
Slaughter cattle	12	48	30
Replacement cattle	1	8	1

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher on a light test. Yearling steers sold steady to firm. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on a light test.

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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	427.50	$427.50	$1,347	-21.70
385	385	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,521	-57.50
415–425	420	2	407.50–410.00	$408.74	$1,717	+5.67
510 value added	510	2	395.00	$395.00	$2,014	—
510–542	531	3	365.00–367.50	$365.80	$1,942	—
580–595	588	2	342.50–350.00	$346.30	$2,036	+4.94
707	707	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,262	—
743 value added	743	7	347.50	$347.50	$2,582	—
864–870	866	24	309.00–316.50	$311.82	$2,700	—
933–943 value added	936	169	314.75–315.00	$314.91	$2,948	-0.83
940	940	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,538	—
1018 value added	1018	54	303.90	$303.90	$3,094	+7.40
1056 value added	1056	30	289.00	$289.00	$3,052	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,211	—
881	881	3	306.00	$306.00	$2,696	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	377.50	$377.50	$1,755	—
510	510	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,721	+5.82
872	872	2	305.00	$305.00	$2,660	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	2	257.50	$257.50	$2,536	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,935	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,092	-76.35
310	310	1	372.50	$372.50	$1,155	-10.00
365	365	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,369	-17.50
372 fancy	372	2	417.50	$417.50	$1,553	—
400–430	409	4	350.00–365.00	$358.09	$1,465	-16.85
446 value added	446	7	410.00	$410.00	$1,829	—
505–510	506	7	342.50–362.50	$354.61	$1,794	+12.57
505–526 value added	512	9	375.00	$375.00	$1,920	—
550–557	556	6	340.00–357.50	$352.94	$1,962	+6.84
705	705	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,115	+30.00
770–789	786	19	280.00–290.00	$281.82	$2,215	—
817–832 value added	825	189	308.75–320.50	$314.05	$2,591	—
852 value added	852	59	306.25	$306.25	$2,609	—
1030	1030	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,318	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,273	—
407–440	420	4	347.50–360.00	$354.19	$1,488	—
490–495	493	2	350.00–355.00	$352.51	$1,738	+5.01
540	540	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,728	+27.54
555–595	568	3	310.00–325.00	$317.32	$1,802	-0.18
832	832	2	282.00	$282.00	$2,346	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,314	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,740	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,829	-8.70

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,131	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	387.50	$387.50	$1,472	—
415–425	420	4	395.00–407.50	$399.32	$1,677	+26.82
455–485	470	2	370.00–375.00	$372.58	$1,751	—
520	520	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,950	+45.00
555	555	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,970	—
967	967	2	235.00	$235.00	$2,272	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	367.50	$367.50	$1,250	—
385	385	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,463	—
467–498	486	5	352.50–370.00	$363.27	$1,765	—
875	875	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,838	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,691	—
510–520	515	2	312.50–320.00	$316.21	$1,628	—
560–580	571	4	315.00–332.50	$321.82	$1,838	+15.49
795	795	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,828	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	362.50	$362.50	$1,396	—
435	435	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,457	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,569	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,213	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080	1080	80-85%	1	158.00	$158.00	$1,706	—
1225	1225	80-85%	1	166.00	$166.00	$2,034	+0.62

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1635	1635	75-80%	1	174.00	$174.00	$2,845	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570–1790	1680	2	183.00	$183.00	$3,074	—
1890	1890	1	209.00	$209.00	$3,950	+22.07

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1370	1370	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00

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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.