Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, September 12, 2025

1,010 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $359.61/cwt -0.07 vs last sale · ≈ $2,977/hd at 828 lb · 139 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $359.75/cwt ≈ $2,436/hd at 677 lb · 75 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $337.00/cwt +79.81 vs last sale · ≈ $2,359/hd at 700 lb · 69 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,010	1,514	742
Feeder cattle	918	1,392	700
Slaughter cattle	64	48	31
Replacement cattle	28	74	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady on a light test. Yearling steers under 1000lbs sold steady with yearling steers over 1000lbs 5.00 lower. 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
245	245	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,127	—
310–340	325	2	440.00–460.00	$449.54	$1,461	-35.46
465–475	470	2	387.50–390.00	$388.76	$1,827	—
545	545	2	377.50	$377.50	$2,057	-22.83
590	590	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,183	-7.71
620–627	623	5	355.00–367.50	$360.03	$2,243	-4.41
655–690	673	2	350.00–370.00	$359.74	$2,421	+1.11
710	710	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,520	+21.26
800–830	820	3	330.00–347.50	$341.81	$2,803	—
828 value added	828	136	360.00	$360.00	$2,981	+0.32
850 value added	850	57	351.75	$351.75	$2,990	+7.75
934 value added	934	55	336.00	$336.00	$3,138	+0.61
1016–1024 value added	1020	110	318.25–322.75	$320.59	$3,270	-10.00
1067–1097 value added	1080	162	309.00–314.00	$311.84	$3,368	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,360	—
470	470	1	367.50	$367.50	$1,727	-37.02
510	510	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,734	—
550	550	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,898	—
625–640	635	3	320.00	$320.00	$2,032	-7.50
1152	1152	2	276.00	$276.00	$3,180	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	3	355.00	$355.00	$1,537	-32.50
500	500	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,688	—
580	580	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,914	+5.04
600	600	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,920	+10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,384	-70.00
465	465	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,628	-50.00
540	540	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,917	—
590	590	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,065	-5.65
860	860	1	292.50	$292.50	$2,516	-7.22

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,496	—
570	570	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,781	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	2	297.50	$297.50	$1,300	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,313	+25.00
312–315	313	3	425.00–430.00	$426.68	$1,336	-23.32
365	365	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,442	—
415–445	433	6	367.50–375.00	$369.61	$1,600	+5.25
455–480	471	6	362.50–377.50	$374.23	$1,763	+11.32
513–542	525	7	352.50–362.50	$358.12	$1,880	+18.14
550–570	566	11	360.00–371.00	$369.06	$2,089	+31.60
610	610	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,013	+10.85
677 value added	677	75	359.75	$359.75	$2,436	—
700 value added	700	69	337.00	$337.00	$2,359	+82.50
860	860	1	277.50	$277.50	$2,386	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,100	—
345	345	2	372.50	$372.50	$1,285	-17.42
350–380	361	4	360.00–380.00	$372.52	$1,345	+0.85
425–445	438	3	330.00–340.00	$333.23	$1,460	-6.77
475–485	482	3	340.00–350.00	$346.71	$1,671	+6.06
500–535	524	4	332.50–342.50	$335.60	$1,759	+16.61
575	575	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,912	+15.28
685	685	1	312.50	$312.50	$2,141	+12.43

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	385.00	$385.00	$982	—
390	390	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,297	—
495	495	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,138	—
560–595	578	2	287.50–302.50	$294.77	$1,704	-4.41
698	698	3	297.50	$297.50	$2,077	—
847	847	2	212.50	$212.50	$1,800	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,159	—
418	418	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,421	+7.61
560	560	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,848	-10.00
670–685	678	2	300.00–310.00	$305.06	$2,068	+0.06
835	835	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,254	-12.50

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–442	436	3	317.50–322.50	$320.88	$1,399	+23.38
575	575	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,696	—
685	685	1	292.50	$292.50	$2,004	+12.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,401	+5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–242	236	3	440.00–445.00	$441.59	$1,042	—
290	290	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,348	+15.00
325–345	335	2	445.00–460.00	$452.28	$1,515	-20.11
377	377	2	442.50	$442.50	$1,668	-43.43
420–435	428	3	400.00–417.50	$409.90	$1,754	-57.54
515–530	524	7	340.00–355.00	$350.37	$1,836	+5.39
555–595	571	13	340.00–360.00	$349.06	$1,993	-0.23
601–645	612	8	342.50–365.00	$359.28	$2,199	+39.28
675–690	680	3	337.50–347.50	$340.88	$2,318	+20.88
722	722	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,346	+5.00
765	765	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,180	-30.03
977	977	7	230.00	$230.00	$2,247	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,445	—
380	380	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,558	-21.69
425	425	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,615	-59.93
450–456	455	5	360.00–370.00	$361.98	$1,647	-68.02
503–528	516	6	330.00	$330.00	$1,703	+5.07
585	585	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,974	+17.50
625	625	1	332.50	$332.50	$2,078	+41.21
685	685	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,055	-4.47

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,771	-12.44
591–597	593	5	315.00–337.50	$328.45	$1,948	—
692	692	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,076	—
710–715	712	3	307.50–315.00	$312.49	$2,225	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	426	4	335.00–350.00	$338.52	$1,442	-48.35
465–470	469	4	350.00	$350.00	$1,642	-33.09
505	505	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,616	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457	457	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,280	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,221	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1455	1317	80-85%	13	152.00–157.00	$153.78	$2,025	—
1245–1390	1326	80-85%	4	160.00–170.00	$164.41	$2,180	—
1280–1485	1405	80-85%	4	137.00–146.00	$141.43	$1,987	-32.15

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315	1315	75-80%	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,841	—
1415–1830	1538	75-80%	7	162.00–175.00	$166.76	$2,565	+14.07
1395–1960	1573	75-80%	12	150.00–159.00	$154.31	$2,427	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910	910	85-90%	1	97.00	$97.00	$883	—
930–1275	1136	85-90%	10	118.00–129.00	$124.78	$1,418	-7.31
1150	1150	85-90%	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,702	-5.00
980–1345	1169	85-90%	7	131.00–141.00	$136.24	$1,593	-16.76

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1910	1658	2	164.00–179.00	$172.64	$2,862	-17.06
1610–1875	1718	3	187.00–193.00	$190.15	$3,267	—
1720	1720	1	195.00	$195.00	$3,354	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1190	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00
1285–1350	1318	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,925.00–2,050.00	$1,985.96
1625	1625	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,275.00	$2,275.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–970	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,025.00–2,300.00	$2,163.93

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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
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—
1090	1090	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—
1250	1250	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

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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.