Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 24, 2025

697 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $365.37/cwt ≈ $2,825/hd at 773 lb · 132 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $370.47/cwt +30.47 vs last sale · ≈ $2,697/hd at 728 lb · 63 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $384.17/cwt -9.40 vs last sale · ≈ $2,447/hd at 637 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	697	418	769
Feeder cattle	614	373	693
Slaughter cattle	59	33	66
Replacement cattle	24	12	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady on a light test. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold steady with feeder heifers over 500lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	485.00	$485.00	$1,722	—
415–440	428	2	470.00–495.00	$482.13	$2,064	—
450	450	1	470.00	$470.00	$2,115	—
547	547	4	392.50	$392.50	$2,147	—
551–554	553	9	410.00–432.50	$422.53	$2,337	—
600–641 value added	637	31	382.50–387.50	$384.17	$2,447	-15.83
657–677	664	8	350.00–355.00	$353.73	$2,349	—
725–728 value added	728	63	370.25–384.00	$370.47	$2,697	—
755–793 value added	773	130	351.00–379.75	$365.91	$2,828	—
792	792	2	330.00	$330.00	$2,614	—
822–833 value added	829	25	350.00–353.00	$351.19	$2,911	—
855	855	1	322.50	$322.50	$2,757	—
1034 value added	1034	56	324.75	$324.75	$3,358	—
1070 value added	1070	54	309.00	$309.00	$3,306	—
1125	1125	1	292.50	$292.50	$3,291	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	425	3	402.50–420.00	$413.89	$1,759	—
565	565	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,921	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	347.50	$347.50	$1,807	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,958	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	387.50	$387.50	$1,879	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	2	352.50	$352.50	$994	-12.50
325–345	335	2	372.50–375.00	$373.79	$1,252	+6.29
360–392	381	3	382.50–390.00	$387.64	$1,477	+17.98
405–410	408	3	362.50–377.50	$370.81	$1,513	+4.76
485–496	494	5	357.50–360.00	$359.51	$1,776	-4.25
512–537	520	7	340.00–345.00	$342.47	$1,781	+10.11
550–585	575	10	322.50–327.50	$325.51	$1,872	-14.49
635	635	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,000	-3.45
655–675	665	2	294.00–295.00	$294.49	$1,958	-24.48
725–742	736	3	285.00–290.00	$286.64	$2,110	-25.86
750–776	771	8	275.00–287.50	$279.68	$2,156	—
800–820	810	2	220.00–227.50	$223.80	$1,813	-56.20

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,020	—
365	365	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,332	—
410–447	435	3	340.00–355.00	$344.72	$1,500	—
450–480	470	6	340.00–345.00	$340.80	$1,602	—
505–530	525	5	320.00–322.50	$322.02	$1,691	—
560–585	571	4	290.00–305.00	$298.77	$1,706	—
602	602	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,686	—
652–672	662	4	282.50–290.00	$286.31	$1,895	—
790	790	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,896	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–367	365	3	322.50–325.00	$324.18	$1,183	-10.80
460–496	487	4	320.00–325.00	$323.82	$1,577	-8.68
570	570	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,596	-28.86

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,260	—
565–597	586	3	308.00–312.50	$309.45	$1,813	—
615	615	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,753	—
775	775	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,976	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–575	565	2	280.00–282.50	$281.27	$1,589	—
620	620	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,612	—
780–790	785	2	250.00–255.00	$252.52	$1,982	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,358	—
830	830	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,826	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,328	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,062	—
310–341	325	9	415.00–430.00	$421.62	$1,370	+26.62
350–385 fancy	376	4	495.00	$495.00	$1,861	+68.99
390	390	1	457.50	$457.50	$1,784	—
405 fancy	405	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,984	+30.00
440	440	3	447.50–452.50	$449.17	$1,976	+49.17
451 fancy	451	4	480.00	$480.00	$2,165	+44.08
450–465	460	3	430.00–447.50	$435.71	$2,004	+47.06
500–545	523	3	362.50–377.50	$369.79	$1,934	+13.70
555	555	2	385.00	$385.00	$2,137	+22.13
605–615	610	2	342.50–355.00	$348.70	$2,127	+20.88
710–745	722	3	270.00–275.00	$271.72	$1,962	-45.78
755–795	768	4	260.00–280.00	$269.84	$2,072	-35.16
876	876	4	270.00	$270.00	$2,365	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	350.00	$350.00	$770	—
370	370	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,462	—
450–475	459	4	360.00–385.00	$375.05	$1,721	+30.99
515–535	522	3	332.50–337.50	$334.21	$1,745	—
555–590	572	3	320.00–327.50	$322.43	$1,844	+12.46
670–675	673	2	285.00–297.50	$291.23	$1,960	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	350.00	$350.00	$945	—
420	420	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,722	—
520–540	530	2	345.00–355.00	$349.91	$1,855	—
560–597	585	3	340.00–345.00	$341.60	$1,998	—
605–630	615	4	310.00–327.50	$319.99	$1,968	—
670	670	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,110	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,813	—
540–542	541	3	320.00–337.50	$325.82	$1,763	—
625	625	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,031	—
715	715	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,930	—
845	845	2	292.50	$292.50	$2,472	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,592	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,666	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,551	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1045	943	85-90%	4	110.00–117.00	$114.10	$1,076	+14.10
1055–1230	1122	85-90%	3	120.00–126.00	$123.49	$1,386	-30.51
925–1275	1138	85-90%	6	130.00–141.00	$135.88	$1,546	-18.12
1150–1260	1193	85-90%	3	144.00–146.00	$145.30	$1,733	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1630	1440	75-80%	11	144.00–155.00	$152.02	$2,189	—
1465–1600	1563	75-80%	5	158.00–162.00	$159.17	$2,488	-3.79

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1390	1303	80-85%	2	139.00–145.00	$142.20	$1,853	-16.87
1130–1445	1368	80-85%	7	147.00–157.00	$150.49	$2,059	—
1375–1570	1453	80-85%	4	161.00–175.00	$165.75	$2,408	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1815	1433	6	152.00–168.00	$161.10	$2,309	—
1455	1455	1	178.00	$178.00	$2,590	—
1670	1670	1	195.00	$195.00	$3,256	+5.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1175	1175	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1040–1300	1183	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,725.00–2,700.00	$2,141.83
1325	1325	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
945	945	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00

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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
1150–1205	1178	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,775.00–3,000.00	$2,890.13	—
1275	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,525.00	$3,525.00	—

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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.