Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 31, 2025

692 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $341.10/cwt ≈ $3,135/hd at 919 lb · 166 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $345.57/cwt +23.07 vs last sale · ≈ $3,065/hd at 887 lb · 165 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $325.61/cwt +0.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,915/hd at 588 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	692	697
Feeder cattle	657	614
Slaughter cattle	29	59
Replacement cattle	6	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower with feeder heifers over 500lbs mostly steady. Yearling steers sold steady with a good quality offering. 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
240	240	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,044	—
260	260	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,144	—
350	350	1	412.50	$412.50	$1,444	-72.50
445	445	3	422.50	$422.50	$1,880	-59.63
531	531	4	377.50	$377.50	$2,005	-15.00
505–536 value added	532	7	402.50–405.00	$402.84	$2,143	—
555–560	559	6	372.50–390.00	$387.11	$2,164	-35.42
640	640	1	352.50	$352.50	$2,256	—
690	690	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,346	-13.73
722	722	2	345.00	$345.00	$2,491	—
777–792	787	6	330.00–334.00	$332.68	$2,618	+2.68
809 value added	809	8	331.00	$331.00	$2,678	-20.19
869–899 value added	887	165	344.75–346.75	$345.57	$3,065	—
911–934 value added	919	166	337.00–346.50	$341.10	$3,135	—
1040 value added	1040	50	308.00	$308.00	$3,203	-16.75

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,656	—
540	540	1	327.50	$327.50	$1,768	—
560	560	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,904	—
625	625	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,938	—
653	653	3	335.00	$335.00	$2,188	—
850	850	2	287.50	$287.50	$2,444	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,330	—
427–435	430	3	375.00–390.00	$380.06	$1,634	-33.83
462	462	2	372.50	$372.50	$1,721	—
620–623	622	4	320.00–332.50	$329.39	$2,049	—
670	670	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,178	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,418	—
485	485	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,649	-47.50
510	510	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,581	—
660	660	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,947	—
750	750	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,175	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,772	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
232	232	2	435.00	$435.00	$1,009	—
355–395	368	3	357.50–367.50	$361.07	$1,329	-26.57
415–448	436	11	332.50–345.00	$340.28	$1,484	-30.53
450–495	473	2	330.00–340.00	$335.24	$1,586	-24.27
540	540	3	342.50	$342.50	$1,850	+0.03
560–598	588	16	322.50–330.00	$325.61	$1,915	+0.10
600–632	624	7	307.50–315.00	$311.05	$1,941	-3.95
997	997	2	222.50	$222.50	$2,218	—
1033 value added	1033	51	295.50	$295.50	$3,053	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	342.50–347.50	$345.00	$1,311	-20.00
465	465	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,395	-40.80
505	505	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,566	-12.02
578	578	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,647	-13.77
635	635	1	282.50	$282.50	$1,794	+2.50
655–680	660	6	287.50–300.00	$297.85	$1,966	+11.54
810	810	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,701	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–430	423	2	300.00–305.00	$302.46	$1,279	—
487	487	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,315	-53.82
590	590	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,578	-12.50
600	600	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,560	—
721	721	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,622	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,194	-40.00
445	445	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,424	—
520	520	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,690	—
582	582	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,513	-49.45
640	640	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,936	+17.50

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,068	—
520	520	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,456	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,188	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	465.00	$465.00	$976	—
260	260	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,118	+5.00
382	382	2	407.50	$407.50	$1,557	-50.00
415–437	430	3	375.00–387.50	$383.48	$1,649	-65.69
523–545	529	4	340.00–350.00	$342.58	$1,812	-27.21
550–590	581	6	347.50–357.50	$352.06	$2,045	-32.94
600	600	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,100	+1.30
672	672	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,016	—
725	725	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,976	+0.78
750	750	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,138	+15.16
810	810	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,944	—
890	890	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,047	-40.00
915	915	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,379	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	375.00	$375.00	$1,275	—
395	395	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,462	—
485–495	490	2	320.00–337.50	$328.66	$1,610	—
520	520	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,742	-14.91
647	647	2	322.50	$322.50	$2,087	+2.51

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,340	—
605–645	629	5	280.00–297.50	$286.60	$1,803	—
810	810	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,478	—
945	945	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,961	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
577	577	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,933	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	297.50	$297.50	$1,368	-27.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	250.00	$250.00	$675	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1170	945	85-90%	3	100.00–114.00	$105.90	$1,001	-8.20
945	945	85-90%	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,295	+22.90
980	980	85-90%	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,401	—
1000–1445	1153	85-90%	6	117.00–128.00	$122.75	$1,415	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1375	1281	80-85%	5	135.00–143.00	$137.64	$1,763	—
1130–1425	1318	80-85%	6	151.00–159.00	$154.41	$2,035	+12.21

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1555	1555	75-80%	1	154.00	$154.00	$2,395	-5.17
1425–1910	1668	75-80%	2	157.00–158.00	$157.57	$2,628	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1680	1680	1	198.00	$198.00	$3,326	+3.00
1660–1760	1710	2	175.00–178.00	$176.46	$3,017	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,575.00	$2,575.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00

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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
1305	1305	Middle Aged (5-8 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.