Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, November 21, 2025

1,084 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $332.55/cwt -12.45 vs last sale · ≈ $2,717/hd at 817 lb · 224 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $325.27/cwt -10.52 vs last sale · ≈ $2,833/hd at 871 lb · 145 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $316.14/cwt -12.38 vs last sale · ≈ $2,918/hd at 923 lb · 118 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,084	973	1,014
Feeder cattle	1,023	929	941
Slaughter cattle	54	38	38
Replacement cattle	7	6	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold mostly steady with feeder heifers over 500lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Yearling steers sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady on a light test.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	213	2	445.00–470.00	$456.76	$973	—
300	300	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,125	—
365	365	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,460	—
425	425	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,636	-6.09
458	458	3	372.50	$372.50	$1,706	+12.50
510	510	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,887	+22.35
565	565	2	352.50	$352.50	$1,992	-5.82
600–640	627	7	322.50–325.00	$323.54	$2,029	+3.79
676	676	4	327.50	$327.50	$2,214	+15.00
710–740	730	3	302.50–317.50	$312.64	$2,282	-15.89
788 value added	788	70	340.00	$340.00	$2,679	—
788–790	789	6	295.00	$295.00	$2,328	-33.00
806–829 value added	817	224	310.50–343.25	$332.55	$2,717	-12.45
855	855	1	297.50	$297.50	$2,544	—
862–872 value added	871	144	304.50–329.00	$325.46	$2,835	-10.33
910–935 value added	923	118	314.50–318.00	$316.14	$2,918	-12.38
988 value added	988	109	294.75	$294.75	$2,912	—
1042 value added	1042	106	291.50	$291.50	$3,037	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	317.50	$317.50	$1,381	—
571	571	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,656	—
632–635	633	3	292.50–305.00	$300.82	$1,904	—
701–727	711	5	277.50–290.00	$284.89	$2,026	-15.11
780	780	3	252.50–257.50	$255.83	$1,995	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
486	486	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,652	±0.00
565–580	569	4	310.00–327.50	$314.46	$1,789	-11.19
805	805	1	267.50	$267.50	$2,153	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,083	—
367	367	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,376	±0.00
400	400	1	362.50	$362.50	$1,450	+37.52
401 value added	401	5	377.50	$377.50	$1,514	+10.00
455	455	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,524	+15.84
500–525	509	8	270.00–285.00	$277.45	$1,412	-48.96
557–597	574	13	280.00–300.00	$284.69	$1,634	-30.69
610	610	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,678	-29.97
655–660	656	5	260.00–270.00	$262.01	$1,719	—
700–740	730	4	235.00–240.00	$238.80	$1,743	-23.70

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,008	—
310	310	1	320.00	$320.00	$992	—
430	430	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,451	+37.50
490–495	492	12	280.00–302.50	$281.89	$1,387	-19.37
580	580	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,537	—
620	620	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,581	-32.50
697	697	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,742	-11.28
810	810	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,620	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	280.00	$280.00	$910	—
480	480	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,344	—
540	540	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,512	-20.00
585	585	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,477	—
700	700	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,540	-50.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	317.50	$317.50	$1,254	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,281	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–333	330	4	370.00–392.50	$387.04	$1,277	-22.61
385–391	390	6	387.50–392.50	$388.32	$1,514	-9.49
400–442	424	4	370.00–375.00	$373.82	$1,585	-0.25
485–498	496	7	357.50–365.00	$363.95	$1,805	—
511 fancy	511	7	342.50	$342.50	$1,750	—
515–532	527	5	305.00–307.50	$307.01	$1,618	-25.41
560–575	568	5	300.00–322.50	$314.49	$1,786	-5.51
605–610	608	2	295.00–305.00	$299.98	$1,824	-4.75
609 fancy	609	5	330.00	$330.00	$2,010	—
675	675	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,025	+30.00
701	701	3	237.50	$237.50	$1,665	-40.23

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	350.00	$350.00	$892	—
310	310	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,209	+65.00
415–448	434	6	340.00–345.00	$342.02	$1,484	-2.98
472	472	2	337.50	$337.50	$1,593	-4.95
507	507	2	282.50	$282.50	$1,432	—
600	600	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,560	-21.22

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–572	568	3	290.00–300.00	$296.71	$1,685	-15.79
670–675	673	2	277.50–295.00	$286.22	$1,926	+18.72
780	780	1	257.50	$257.50	$2,008	+10.00
970	970	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,037	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–595	578	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,503	—
665–695	685	3	232.50–240.00	$237.57	$1,627	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	265.00	$265.00	$994	—
405	405	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,316	—
540	540	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,512	—
615	615	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,353	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,140	-25.00
515	515	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,107	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1425	1258	80-85%	15	138.00–148.00	$144.07	$1,812	—
1390–1595	1460	80-85%	4	152.00–159.00	$155.55	$2,271	+31.55
1745	1745	80-85%	1	135.00	$135.00	$2,356	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1555	1470	75-80%	3	129.00–135.00	$131.91	$1,939	—
1330–2050	1536	75-80%	9	137.00–149.00	$144.36	$2,217	+0.10
1465–1620	1558	75-80%	3	154.00–159.00	$156.39	$2,437	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–945	895	85-90%	2	114.00–115.00	$114.53	$1,025	—
885–1120	989	85-90%	5	123.00–129.00	$126.17	$1,248	—
935–1210	1072	85-90%	5	132.00–139.00	$135.30	$1,450	-6.70

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440	1440	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,915	—
1630–1700	1665	2	180.00–186.00	$183.06	$3,048	+15.06
1715–1830	1773	3	192.00–205.00	$196.53	$3,484	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190–1225	1208	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,800.00–1,975.00	$1,886.23

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,975.00	$1,975.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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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.