Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 10, 2025

438 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $363.70/cwt -4.30 vs last sale · ≈ $2,866/hd at 788 lb · 99 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $340.28/cwt -14.72 vs last sale · ≈ $2,345/hd at 689 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $391.57/cwt ≈ $2,184/hd at 558 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	438	611	1,035
Feeder cattle	393	559	940
Slaughter cattle	42	52	88
Replacement cattle	3	—	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady on a light test. 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
432	432	2	407.50	$407.50	$1,760	—
515	515	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,828	—
550–580	557	5	360.00–365.00	$362.03	$2,017	—
558 value added	558	11	405.00	$405.00	$2,260	—
605–630	617	16	345.00–357.50	$351.82	$2,171	-0.68
650–691	689	17	340.00–345.00	$340.28	$2,345	-14.72
730	730	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,482	+2.50
762–775	764	11	325.00–337.50	$329.33	$2,516	—
791 value added	791	88	368.00	$368.00	$2,911	±0.00
1090	1090	1	297.50	$297.50	$3,243	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	357.50	$357.50	$1,716	—
535	535	1	347.50	$347.50	$1,859	—
570	570	1	347.50	$347.50	$1,981	—
722	722	2	322.50	$322.50	$2,328	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,515	—
625	625	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,750	—
650	650	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,852	—
725	725	2	305.00	$305.00	$2,211	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	352.50	$352.50	$1,480	—
595	595	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,978	—
645	645	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,225	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	3	347.50	$347.50	$1,470	-2.50
460–495	472	3	342.50–352.50	$349.00	$1,647	+12.28
505–548	537	4	335.00–337.50	$336.91	$1,809	—
554–587	562	8	332.50–342.50	$339.89	$1,910	+24.89
600–637	625	14	322.50–325.00	$324.10	$2,026	+9.10
685	685	10	310.00–315.00	$311.50	$2,134	+21.50
700–720	710	2	307.50–312.50	$309.96	$2,201	-5.04
912	912	11	305.00	$305.00	$2,782	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,261	—
472–481	475	10	322.50–335.00	$326.30	$1,550	+6.30
505–522	516	8	312.50–320.00	$317.25	$1,637	—
595	595	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,904	+14.16
620–635	626	4	312.50	$312.50	$1,956	—
655	655	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,965	—
810	810	3	260.00	$260.00	$2,106	—
895	895	2	237.50	$237.50	$2,126	—
997	997	2	240.00	$240.00	$2,393	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	295.00	$295.00	$900	-20.00
360–375	368	2	280.00–300.00	$289.80	$1,066	-27.70
435–445	440	2	300.00–315.00	$307.59	$1,353	—
460–470	463	3	300.00–315.00	$309.93	$1,435	—
520	520	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,586	+15.00
620–635	628	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,821	—
800	800	8	260.00	$260.00	$2,080	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,150	—
515–535	525	2	320.00–327.50	$323.68	$1,699	+26.18
600–610	607	3	307.50–315.00	$312.53	$1,897	—
840	840	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,184	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,515	+17.50
560–572	568	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,704	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,375	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,386	—
366–370	368	6	410.00–420.00	$416.65	$1,533	-17.07
405–422	412	5	437.50–452.50	$446.35	$1,839	+39.52
501–530	505	10	342.50–362.50	$352.95	$1,782	-25.40
550–597	574	5	335.00–352.50	$342.08	$1,964	+7.08
600–612	608	3	322.50–347.50	$330.72	$2,011	—
683–695	686	4	327.50–329.00	$328.62	$2,254	—
705–720	713	6	305.00–322.50	$317.14	$2,261	+2.14
877	877	2	276.00	$276.00	$2,421	+23.50
1045	1045	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,194	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	278	2	402.50–407.50	$405.07	$1,126	—
362	362	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,448	—
425	425	1	397.50	$397.50	$1,689	+72.50
470–495	483	2	370.00–387.50	$378.52	$1,828	+38.52
530–545	540	4	325.00–337.50	$333.17	$1,799	+8.17
550	550	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,815	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	367.50	$367.50	$1,415	—
485–488	487	4	340.00–352.50	$349.39	$1,702	—
512–520	515	3	345.00–352.50	$347.53	$1,790	+15.03
560	560	1	347.50	$347.50	$1,946	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,444	—
460–490	480	3	345.00–360.00	$355.21	$1,705	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,558	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552	552	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,270	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,920	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1295	1050	85-90%	2	100.00–105.00	$103.08	$1,082	-42.92
990–1295	1114	85-90%	7	144.00–149.00	$146.86	$1,636	—
1120	1120	85-90%	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,288	—
1020–1260	1132	85-90%	6	131.00–143.00	$136.88	$1,549	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1320	1280	80-85%	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,907	-7.28
1215–1480	1310	80-85%	3	162.00–170.00	$166.25	$2,178	-1.12
1275–1380	1328	80-85%	4	150.00–157.00	$153.43	$2,038	-13.94

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570–1595	1583	75-80%	2	150.00–161.00	$155.46	$2,461	—
1365–1840	1606	75-80%	6	163.00–177.00	$168.41	$2,705	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1605	1375	4	158.00–170.00	$161.93	$2,227	—
1195–1825	1576	4	177.00–189.00	$184.37	$2,906	—
1765–1770	1768	2	194.00–200.00	$197.00	$3,483	—

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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
960	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

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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.