Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, September 5, 2025

1,514 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $337.48/cwt -0.27 vs last sale · ≈ $3,263/hd at 967 lb · 224 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $359.68/cwt ≈ $2,953/hd at 821 lb · 208 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $335.39/cwt -3.11 vs last sale · ≈ $3,086/hd at 920 lb · 172 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,514	847	1,352
Feeder cattle	1,392	797	1,313
Slaughter cattle	48	45	35
Replacement cattle	74	5	4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Yearling steers under 1000lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Good demand for yearling steers over 1000lbs. 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
295	295	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,475	—
330	330	1	485.00	$485.00	$1,600	—
357	357	2	505.00	$505.00	$1,803	+17.64
405–447	433	5	450.00–480.00	$472.32	$2,045	—
516–520	518	8	397.50–405.00	$400.33	$2,074	+2.83
570–590	577	6	367.50–383.00	$377.71	$2,179	—
609–645	615	6	350.00–367.50	$364.44	$2,241	+14.44
656–670	660	7	355.00–367.50	$358.63	$2,367	—
727–730	729	8	330.00–345.00	$333.74	$2,433	—
770	770	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,502	-5.00
805–840 value added	821	208	354.00–370.00	$359.68	$2,953	—
854 value added	854	58	344.00	$344.00	$2,938	—
915–929 value added	920	172	334.00–337.75	$335.39	$3,086	-3.11
952–973 value added	967	224	333.50–339.00	$337.48	$3,263	-0.27
1002–1038 value added	1024	226	326.00–334.75	$330.59	$3,385	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,278	—
457–469	462	12	395.00–417.50	$404.52	$1,869	+29.52
595	595	1	347.50	$347.50	$2,068	+7.50
625	625	2	327.50	$327.50	$2,047	—
685	685	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,260	+15.00
770	770	6	290.00	$290.00	$2,233	-42.47
910–912	911	3	295.00–300.00	$296.66	$2,703	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,748	—
425–447	431	7	402.50–407.50	$406.02	$1,750	—
495	495	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,980	±0.00
555–563	561	4	350.00–357.50	$355.65	$1,995	+13.15
631	631	3	340.00	$340.00	$2,145	—
650–695	682	5	327.50–335.00	$328.98	$2,244	—
865–890	878	2	297.50–302.00	$299.72	$2,632	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–375	363	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,452	—
400	400	2	387.50	$387.50	$1,550	—
490–495	493	2	370.00–372.50	$371.24	$1,830	—
582–595	586	3	320.00–327.50	$324.96	$1,904	—
605	605	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,876	-2.50
685	685	1	297.50	$297.50	$2,038	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	292.50	$292.50	$2,004	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,746	-15.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,113	—
325	325	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,462	+45.00
400–448	435	12	350.00–372.50	$364.36	$1,585	-33.14
460–483	467	14	352.50–370.00	$362.91	$1,695	-51.96
525–530	526	5	330.00–345.00	$339.98	$1,788	-52.96
557–596	574	13	332.50–340.00	$337.46	$1,937	-31.84
600–635	614	16	310.00–327.50	$319.15	$1,960	-10.85
726 value added	726	70	254.50	$254.50	$1,848	—
730	730	3	320.00	$320.00	$2,336	+12.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330	328	2	380.00–400.00	$389.92	$1,279	—
360–390	368	7	360.00–390.00	$371.67	$1,368	-10.83
420	420	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,428	-22.50
480–482	482	4	320.00–347.50	$340.65	$1,642	-26.85
507–535	523	5	315.00–320.00	$318.99	$1,668	-32.48
562–590	577	8	310.00–327.50	$317.22	$1,830	-21.29
604	604	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,812	+2.50
655–670	661	4	295.00–315.00	$300.07	$1,983	—
755	755	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,001	—
818	818	4	277.50	$277.50	$2,270	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,392	-20.00
450	450	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,462	—
505–547	521	7	300.00–305.00	$301.50	$1,571	—
565–585	574	6	295.00–300.00	$299.18	$1,717	—
705	705	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,833	—
755	755	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,038	—
895	895	1	242.50	$242.50	$2,170	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,482	+95.00
400–440	419	6	330.00–345.00	$332.39	$1,393	—
475	475	2	312.50	$312.50	$1,484	-45.00
535	535	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,779	—
580	580	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,972	-7.50
605–625	615	2	297.50–305.00	$301.19	$1,852	+1.19
650	650	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,982	—
847	847	2	282.50	$282.50	$2,393	—
910	910	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,002	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	357.50	$357.50	$1,412	—
437	437	2	297.50	$297.50	$1,300	—
540–545	543	2	280.00–297.50	$288.79	$1,568	—
650	650	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,820	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	280.00	$280.00	$938	—
470	470	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,363	—
540	540	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,512	—
615	615	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,553	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,192	-90.00
330–340	335	2	465.00–480.00	$472.39	$1,583	—
335 fancy	335	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,692	-65.00
350–385	378	5	485.00–490.00	$485.93	$1,837	-19.07
420–447	437	7	455.00–475.00	$467.44	$2,043	-20.73
450–477	461	5	460.00–475.00	$468.79	$2,161	—
535–540	539	4	342.50–352.50	$344.98	$1,859	-42.52
555–587	576	3	342.50–352.50	$349.29	$2,012	+23.00
635	635	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,032	-11.76
657	657	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,102	±0.00
725	725	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,320	-12.50
770–780	775	2	310.00–320.00	$315.03	$2,441	-13.08
820	820	1	267.50	$267.50	$2,194	-17.50
935	935	2	217.50	$217.50	$2,034	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,075	—
375–392	386	3	430.00–432.50	$431.69	$1,666	-15.81
422–447	434	7	425.00–445.00	$439.93	$1,909	-20.07
457	457	2	430.00	$430.00	$1,965	+2.50
510–540	523	6	320.00–330.00	$324.93	$1,699	—
560	560	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,792	—
620–630	625	4	280.00–300.00	$291.29	$1,821	—
666–677	670	5	300.00–307.50	$304.47	$2,040	+9.47
711	711	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,955	—
780	780	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,872	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417–432	425	5	380.00–397.50	$386.87	$1,644	—
455–490	476	5	380.00–385.00	$383.09	$1,824	—
615	615	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,645	—
690	690	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,984	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–475	468	3	400.00–420.00	$413.52	$1,935	+21.02
500–525	513	2	335.00–340.00	$337.44	$1,731	—
625	625	2	297.50	$297.50	$1,859	-12.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,460	—
465–485	475	2	335.00–340.00	$337.45	$1,603	-32.55
665	665	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,563	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490–495	493	2	345.00–357.50	$351.22	$1,732	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1015	990	85-90%	2	106.00–109.00	$107.54	$1,065	—
1025–1325	1134	85-90%	7	123.00–136.00	$132.09	$1,498	-17.91
995–1415	1141	85-90%	12	138.00–147.00	$142.60	$1,627	-7.40
1175	1175	85-90%	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,798	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	80-85%	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,684	—
1130–1515	1294	80-85%	5	153.00–159.00	$155.20	$2,008	+10.20
1380–1465	1430	80-85%	3	169.00–178.00	$173.58	$2,482	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430–1525	1478	75-80%	2	162.00–167.00	$164.42	$2,430	+19.42
1405–1580	1520	75-80%	3	152.00–153.00	$152.69	$2,321	-2.75

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315	1315	1	177.00	$177.00	$2,328	—
1305–2005	1689	9	184.00–193.00	$189.70	$3,204	—
1650–1915	1760	4	195.00–205.00	$197.62	$3,478	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1030	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,950.00–2,050.00	$1,997.45
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00
1035	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
940–1100	1042	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,900.00	$1,684.80
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1090	1090	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1050–1445	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,950.00–2,200.00	$2,102.54
1165–1335	1278	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,850.00–2,025.00	$1,963.14
1285–1295	1290	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,900.00–2,200.00	$2,049.42
1075–1725	1337	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,900.00–2,850.00	$2,593.70
1175–1450	1338	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,650.00–2,600.00	$2,231.88

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00

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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
1185–1605	1329	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	2,450.00–3,650.00	$2,882.81	—
1190–1405	1336	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	2,250.00–2,850.00	$2,538.31	—
1210–1480	1367	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,400.00–3,250.00	$2,908.90	—
1405–1565	1485	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,750.00–3,500.00	$3,145.20	—
1650	1650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—
1660	1660	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

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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
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

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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.