Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, March 27, 2026

427 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $356.96/cwt +6.21 vs last sale · ≈ $2,640/hd at 740 lb · 74 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $348.00/cwt ≈ $2,781/hd at 799 lb · 42 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $398.47/cwt +6.60 vs last sale · ≈ $2,450/hd at 615 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	427	714	472
Feeder cattle	366	548	444
Slaughter cattle	19	34	24
Replacement cattle	42	132	4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Yearling heifers sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

▲ Feeder heifers: Yearling heifers sold 4.00 higher
→ Feeder steers: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady
→ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady
→ Slaughter cows: 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
300 fancy	300	1	640.00	$640.00	$1,920	—
480	480	1	500.00	$500.00	$2,400	-27.48
507	507	2	497.50	$497.50	$2,522	-10.00
510–515 value added	513	4	520.00–530.00	$525.02	$2,693	-13.90
566 value added	566	3	500.00	$500.00	$2,830	+10.68
577	577	2	452.50	$452.50	$2,611	-5.81
601–617 value added	607	5	457.50–460.00	$458.52	$2,783	+11.02
610	610	1	412.50	$412.50	$2,516	-5.00
664 value added	664	5	420.00	$420.00	$2,789	—
658–697	669	7	392.50–410.00	$404.79	$2,708	+4.79
720–735	730	3	337.50–340.00	$338.32	$2,470	-11.68
785 value added	785	10	377.00	$377.00	$2,959	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	387.50	$387.50	$2,441	—
780	780	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,535	—
807	807	2	297.50	$297.50	$2,401	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975	975	2	302.50	$302.50	$2,949	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	430.00	$430.00	$2,064	+30.00
685	685	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,534	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	367.50	$367.50	$2,076	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,296	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	365	2	525.00–545.00	$535.41	$1,954	+52.13
400	400	1	462.50	$462.50	$1,850	-7.38
405 value added	405	1	507.50	$507.50	$2,055	—
450–470	462	5	472.50–480.00	$475.42	$2,196	+20.38
511–547	529	6	415.00–437.50	$427.32	$2,261	—
555–597	581	12	402.50–422.50	$409.87	$2,381	+1.16
610 value added	610	11	419.00	$419.00	$2,556	+24.36
610–640	624	6	350.00–370.00	$360.82	$2,252	-10.20
657 value added	657	14	381.00	$381.00	$2,503	—
695	695	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,398	-18.31
700–744	737	8	317.50–338.00	$333.95	$2,461	+23.95
740 value added	740	66	359.75	$359.75	$2,662	+8.45
799 value added	799	42	348.00	$348.00	$2,781	—
820	820	4	285.00	$285.00	$2,337	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	370	3	440.00–460.00	$450.79	$1,668	—
420	420	2	440.00–450.00	$445.00	$1,869	—
450	450	1	427.50	$427.50	$1,924	—
510–545	520	7	382.50–405.00	$396.38	$2,061	—
585	585	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,223	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,914	—
455–490	473	2	430.00–437.50	$433.61	$2,051	—
500	500	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,900	—
570–572	571	3	365.00–385.00	$378.35	$2,160	—
720	720	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,980	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,180	—
450	450	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,800	—
505	505	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,843	—
850	850	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,849	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,906	—
585	585	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,989	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	545.00	$545.00	$1,580	—
350	350	1	550.00	$550.00	$1,925	-5.00
350–376 fancy	371	5	605.00–610.00	$605.94	$2,248	-1.61
410	410	1	555.00	$555.00	$2,276	—
415 fancy	415	2	570.00	$570.00	$2,366	—
450–485	469	6	515.00–525.00	$519.05	$2,434	-13.45
520–545	528	3	450.00–462.50	$454.30	$2,399	-50.02
550	550	1	437.50	$437.50	$2,406	-31.38
710	710	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,662	+32.49
775	775	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,635	—
815	815	1	322.50	$322.50	$2,628	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,434	—
395	395	1	525.00	$525.00	$2,074	—
405	405	2	480.00	$480.00	$1,944	—
500	500	1	460.00	$460.00	$2,300	—
570	570	1	445.00	$445.00	$2,536	—
610–642	630	5	370.00–390.00	$382.94	$2,413	—
665–685	675	2	360.00–380.00	$369.85	$2,496	—
700	700	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,415	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,950	—
475	475	1	490.00	$490.00	$2,328	—
630	630	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,048	—
690	690	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,484	+10.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	2	480.00	$480.00	$1,882	—
695	695	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,363	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–2000	1558	75-80%	6	173.00–184.00	$178.10	$2,775	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1240	1230	80-85%	2	167.00–179.00	$173.05	$2,129	-10.56
1265	1265	80-85%	1	196.00	$196.00	$2,479	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280	1280	85-90%	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,971	—
1285	1285	85-90%	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,850	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1615	1615	65-75%	1	192.00	$192.00	$3,101	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	1	187.00	$187.00	$2,758	—
1515–2005	1708	4	193.00–203.00	$196.93	$3,364	-17.08
1745–1775	1760	2	208.00–221.00	$214.44	$3,774	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00
1055–1415	1235	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,700.00–2,450.00	$2,129.66
1315–1370	1343	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	3,300.00	$3,300.00
1270–1600	1386	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	3,050.00–3,450.00	$3,315.19

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,625.00	$2,625.00
788	788	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,650.00	$2,650.00
750–975	828	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	2,300.00–2,875.00	$2,744.06

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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
1425	1425	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,900.00	$3,900.00	-41.02
1445	1445	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	4,350.00	$4,350.00	+408.98
1480	1480	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	4,050.00	$4,050.00	-651.68
1510	1510	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,450.00	$4,450.00	—
1380–1675	1528	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,850.00–4,000.00	$3,932.24	—
1480–1635	1558	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	4,850.00–4,900.00	$4,873.76	—
1600	1600	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,400.00	$4,400.00	—
1700	1700	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	4,450.00	$4,450.00	—
1705	1705	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	4,200.00	$4,200.00	—
1680–1780	1730	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	4,350.00–4,500.00	$4,422.83	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,240	—
405	405	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,195	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	4,050.00	$4,050.00	—

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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.