Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report, Richmond, KY

Richmond, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, September 4, 2026

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	73	612	1,514
Feeder cattle	68	602	1,392
Slaughter cattle	4	10	48
Replacement cattle	1	—	74

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparison due to limited supply.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,574	—
375	375	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,575	—
420	420	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,680	-30.00
500 value added	500	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,900	—
520–548	539	6	357.50–367.50	$364.28	$1,963	+6.78
601 value added	601	3	380.00	$380.00	$2,284	—
607–631	620	6	340.00–355.00	$346.16	$2,146	+2.30
680	680	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,176	-40.00
730	730	1	317.50	$317.50	$2,318	-10.18
910	910	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,548	-26.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,690	—
575	575	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,869	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485	1485	1	210.00	$210.00	$3,118	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,079	—
432–435	433	3	340.00–345.00	$341.67	$1,479	—
482	482	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,735	+15.00
515	515	4	340.00	$340.00	$1,751	—
600	600	4	322.50	$322.50	$1,935	+3.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–590	578	6	292.50–315.00	$299.19	$1,729	+6.09
676	676	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,028	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,092	-42.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,305	—
406	406	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,624	+10.30
465–477	473	3	365.00–380.00	$369.92	$1,750	-20.08
535	535	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,846	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,568	-22.50

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970	970	85-90%	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,387	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	80-85%	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,801	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1565	1565	75-80%	1	152.00	$152.00	$2,379	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,875.00	$2,875.00

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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.