Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, September 19, 2025

736 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $344.38/cwt +8.38 vs last sale · ≈ $3,180/hd at 923 lb · 114 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $346.33/cwt -5.42 vs last sale · ≈ $3,020/hd at 872 lb · 65 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $384.94/cwt +24.91 vs last sale · ≈ $2,383/hd at 619 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	736	1,010	795
Feeder cattle	659	918	756
Slaughter cattle	57	64	39
Replacement cattle	20	28	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower with less demand for fleshy bawling feeders. Yearling steers sold 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
345	345	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,414	-39.54
373	373	3	440.00	$440.00	$1,641	—
433–435	434	6	390.00–415.00	$402.47	$1,747	—
507 value added	507	10	410.00	$410.00	$2,079	—
512–525	523	11	367.50–387.50	$383.94	$2,008	+6.44
555–588	571	18	360.00–367.50	$365.73	$2,088	-4.27
606	606	3	377.50	$377.50	$2,288	+17.47
621 value added	621	21	386.00	$386.00	$2,397	—
655	655	1	342.50	$342.50	$2,243	-17.24
705–745	725	2	315.00–322.50	$318.65	$2,310	-36.35
774–797	781	7	325.00–327.50	$325.73	$2,544	—
800–818	805	10	317.50–335.00	$322.83	$2,599	-18.98
855–880	872	3	327.50–342.50	$332.40	$2,899	—
872 value added	872	62	347.00	$347.00	$3,026	-4.75
917–929 value added	923	111	341.50–348.75	$345.20	$3,186	+9.20
940–942	941	3	312.50–315.00	$314.17	$2,956	—
1007 value added	1007	54	326.75	$326.75	$3,290	+6.16
1025	1025	1	307.50	$307.50	$3,152	—
1095 value added	1095	50	309.00	$309.00	$3,384	-2.84
1129 value added	1129	50	307.00	$307.00	$3,466	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	382.50	$382.50	$1,186	—
460–485	477	3	360.00–367.50	$362.41	$1,729	+12.41
575	575	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,926	-15.00
690	690	1	332.50	$332.50	$2,294	—
795	795	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,385	—
872–892	882	4	300.00	$300.00	$2,646	+7.50
1000	1000	1	272.50	$272.50	$2,725	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,023	—
600	600	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,800	-20.00
650	650	2	332.50	$332.50	$2,161	—
785–795	790	2	317.50–335.00	$326.19	$2,577	—
842	842	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,526	—
870	870	1	282.50	$282.50	$2,458	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
682	682	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,910	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,606	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,603	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262	262	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,048	-45.00
367–387	374	6	380.00–395.00	$389.82	$1,458	-5.18
400 fancy	400	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,640	—
417–420	419	5	362.50–372.50	$366.50	$1,536	-3.11
486	486	9	362.50	$362.50	$1,762	-11.73
505–510	508	2	340.00–347.50	$343.73	$1,746	-14.39
550	550	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,870	-29.06
600–635	618	2	317.50–320.00	$318.71	$1,970	-11.29
655–675	666	8	315.00–320.00	$318.14	$2,119	—
700–746	734	6	282.50–292.50	$290.07	$2,129	—
810–840	819	4	262.50–272.50	$269.32	$2,206	—
860–875	867	3	267.50–288.00	$278.56	$2,415	+1.06

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,314	-12.52
480	480	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,620	-9.21
512–545	524	5	320.00–335.00	$328.61	$1,722	-6.99
557–585	566	3	315.00–327.50	$319.30	$1,807	-13.20
695	695	1	307.50	$307.50	$2,137	-5.00
725	725	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,885	—
751	751	3	277.50	$277.50	$2,084	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,368	—
500	500	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,688	—
561–565	563	6	327.50–335.00	$331.26	$1,865	+1.26
632	632	2	317.50	$317.50	$2,007	—
695	695	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,998	-17.56

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	380	2	340.00–355.00	$347.70	$1,321	+15.20
425	425	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,318	—
475	475	2	300.00–320.00	$310.00	$1,472	+80.00
525	525	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,470	—
660–670	665	2	260.00–275.00	$267.56	$1,779	-29.94
730	730	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,716	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–490	473	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,419	—
560–575	568	2	290.00–300.00	$294.93	$1,675	-0.07

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,315	-45.00
385	385	1	392.50	$392.50	$1,511	-17.50
420	420	1	372.50	$372.50	$1,564	-7.50
485	485	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,722	-6.98
525–543	536	5	315.00–320.00	$318.04	$1,705	-11.96
550–575	570	7	320.00–327.50	$322.47	$1,838	-15.03
630	630	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,827	-42.50
655–680	663	3	292.50–305.00	$299.18	$1,984	-0.82
700–715	708	2	265.00–280.00	$272.42	$1,929	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,094	-60.00
400–420	410	2	400.00–402.50	$401.28	$1,645	-8.62
460	460	2	372.50	$372.50	$1,714	—
500–515	510	3	350.00–360.00	$353.27	$1,802	+2.90
610–635	623	2	310.00–317.50	$313.83	$1,955	-45.45
668	668	4	325.00	$325.00	$2,171	-15.88
705	705	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,150	-20.00
795	795	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,385	+15.00
800	800	3	305.00	$305.00	$2,440	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,740	—
515–545	532	5	332.50–340.00	$337.06	$1,793	+12.06
570–590	583	3	287.50–300.00	$295.93	$1,725	-32.52
615	615	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,722	—
700	700	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,065	-17.49
770–785	778	2	310.00–317.50	$313.71	$2,441	—
815	815	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,160	—
885	885	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,301	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,172	—
380	380	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,330	—
485	485	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,600	-20.00
547	547	2	297.50	$297.50	$1,627	—
570–580	575	3	285.00–305.00	$293.35	$1,687	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,723	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,134	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,342	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1290	1128	80-85%	9	150.00–158.00	$152.97	$1,726	—
1215	1215	80-85%	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,750	—
1260–1530	1353	80-85%	4	161.00–174.00	$164.27	$2,223	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045	1045	85-90%	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,118	—
905–1215	1051	85-90%	4	132.00–138.00	$135.79	$1,427	—
1065–1315	1221	85-90%	4	147.00–156.00	$151.13	$1,845	—
1245–1300	1273	85-90%	2	123.00–128.00	$125.55	$1,598	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460–1530	1495	75-80%	2	154.00–159.00	$156.56	$2,341	—
1505	1505	75-80%	1	144.00	$144.00	$2,167	-22.76
1385–1660	1522	75-80%	6	161.00–173.00	$165.29	$2,516	-1.47

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1575	1575	1	174.00	$174.00	$2,740	—
1685–2165	1939	8	180.00–190.00	$186.07	$3,608	—
1935–2180	2043	4	200.00–211.00	$203.35	$4,154	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–1165	1013	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,450.00–1,700.00	$1,593.83
755–1400	1018	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,225.00–2,275.00	$1,890.30
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1200–1320	1258	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,800.00–2,350.00	$2,050.50
1395	1395	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695	695	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

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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
1500	1500	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,425.00	$2,425.00	—

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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.