Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 2, 2020

984 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.13/cwt +1.63 vs last sale · ≈ $692/hd at 571 lb · 62 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.79/cwt +4.80 vs last sale · ≈ $637/hd at 527 lb · 52 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.03/cwt +5.16 vs last sale · ≈ $587/hd at 473 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	984	1,109	1,693
Feeder cattle	809	958	1,411
Slaughter cattle	152	135	250
Replacement cattle	23	16	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher with moderate demand on a good through attractive quality offering. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower with light demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	151.00	$151.00	$415	—
320 fancy	320	1	165.00	$165.00	$528	—
313–335	321	8	152.50–160.00	$155.19	$498	+7.19
367–375 fancy	371	4	162.00–167.00	$164.47	$610	-0.53
355–395	383	6	148.00–156.00	$150.95	$578	-6.05
410–430	420	7	137.00–149.00	$142.00	$596	-2.20
410–449 value added	442	8	151.00–155.00	$153.90	$680	+3.21
455–460 value added	458	10	148.00–151.00	$149.90	$687	—
450–496	486	12	139.00–145.00	$142.07	$690	—
502–543 value added	520	9	144.00–145.00	$144.54	$752	—
505–547	529	26	133.00–139.00	$136.04	$720	+0.08
558 value added	558	3	140.00	$140.00	$781	—
550–589	574	22	133.00–138.00	$135.49	$778	+4.47
612–627 value added	622	8	132.50–133.00	$132.75	$826	-10.75
600–645	625	23	121.00–130.00	$127.27	$795	+5.27
650–672 value added	665	19	132.00–136.00	$134.88	$897	—
650–687	668	12	121.00–129.00	$123.85	$827	+0.78
702–725	716	13	120.00–125.00	$121.99	$873	+0.11
755	755	1	122.00	$122.00	$921	—
772–796 value added	784	16	133.00–134.50	$133.74	$1,049	+4.02
800	800	1	124.00	$124.00	$992	+1.61
860–874	873	13	123.50–129.00	$128.58	$1,123	—
1045	1045	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,087	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	125.00	$125.00	$431	—
400	400	1	127.50	$127.50	$510	—
450–475	456	4	125.00–135.00	$131.90	$601	—
530	530	1	124.00	$124.00	$657	+3.41
660	660	1	120.00	$120.00	$792	±0.00
705	705	2	118.00	$118.00	$832	+1.67
833	833	3	116.00	$116.00	$966	+2.67
860	860	1	114.00	$114.00	$980	-1.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
607–642	629	9	118.00–121.50	$120.42	$757	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	120.00	$120.00	$252	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–230	225	3	121.00–132.50	$125.34	$282	+6.33
310–337	322	6	116.00–119.00	$116.83	$376	-2.17
355–395	365	7	119.00–131.00	$124.42	$454	+2.22
352–388 fancy	369	13	125.00–129.50	$127.31	$470	—
400–440	415	8	116.00–126.00	$120.60	$500	-2.56
410–418 value added	416	5	128.00–131.00	$128.59	$535	—
457–485 value added	469	17	125.00–128.00	$126.96	$595	—
455–497	476	25	118.00–125.00	$122.04	$581	+3.17
507–545 value added	526	36	120.00–126.00	$122.41	$644	+2.41
500–547	530	16	112.00–120.00	$117.15	$621	+1.85
550–595 value added	571	47	119.00–126.50	$122.31	$698	+0.33
555–593	573	15	114.00–119.00	$117.42	$673	+3.67
610–625	620	4	104.00–117.00	$108.71	$674	-4.10
610–645	625	16	118.00–122.00	$119.65	$748	+6.84
650 value added	650	1	119.00	$119.00	$774	—
655–695	664	9	106.00–117.00	$112.09	$744	+3.07
650–692	681	10	118.00–122.00	$121.23	$826	+12.21
705–743	727	11	101.00–112.00	$108.02	$785	+3.02
750	750	3	103.00–106.00	$105.00	$788	-8.00
750–758	757	7	113.00–115.00	$114.72	$868	+6.91
810–811	811	4	89.00–92.00	$91.25	$740	-16.83
830	830	3	96.00–101.00	$97.67	$811	-10.41
850–880	865	6	88.00–94.00	$90.69	$784	-5.06
950	950	1	83.00	$83.00	$788	-16.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	125.00	$125.00	$325	+15.20
310–330	323	3	105.00–112.50	$107.40	$347	-2.82
355–360	358	2	100.00–113.00	$106.55	$381	-7.00
407–440	422	4	112.00–117.00	$115.19	$486	+4.23
610	610	1	101.00	$101.00	$616	+0.46
760	760	1	95.00	$95.00	$722	+3.00
892	892	2	74.00	$74.00	$660	+2.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	111.00	$111.00	$555	—
571	571	3	113.00	$113.00	$645	—
660	660	2	103.00–113.00	$108.00	$713	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	228	3	130.00–135.00	$133.39	$304	-6.61
335–345	342	3	140.00–142.00	$141.01	$482	+1.33
350–390	374	10	136.00–154.00	$143.49	$537	+2.04
395 fancy	395	1	150.00	$150.00	$592	—
400–440	424	7	135.00–142.00	$139.70	$592	+5.38
460–478 fancy	468	7	141.00–142.00	$141.44	$662	—
450–493	476	5	136.00–143.00	$137.32	$654	+3.34
512–530	519	7	124.00–135.00	$129.34	$671	+1.52
565–582	570	13	123.00–134.00	$129.08	$736	+3.61
600–642	625	14	116.00–122.00	$118.96	$744	-2.83
611–647 fancy	625	5	125.00–126.00	$125.59	$785	—
658 fancy	658	3	122.00	$122.00	$803	—
662–699	686	21	115.00–121.00	$118.59	$814	+0.32
700–730	708	4	105.00–114.00	$109.30	$774	-6.22
755–790	778	4	113.00–116.00	$114.99	$895	-1.47
877	877	6	98.00–100.00	$98.67	$865	+3.67

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	120.00	$120.00	$294	—
265–297	285	7	125.00–133.00	$127.99	$365	—
320	320	1	120.00	$120.00	$384	-3.88
395	395	1	120.00	$120.00	$474	-14.00
410–420	415	3	123.00–130.00	$127.64	$530	+9.28
450–495	480	3	120.00–125.00	$123.44	$593	-0.89
517–545	535	6	117.00–123.00	$120.97	$647	-0.18
555–590	571	11	115.00–122.00	$119.53	$683	+4.53
600–625	610	3	111.00–115.00	$112.70	$687	+0.70
682	682	2	109.00	$109.00	$743	—
700–740	721	4	100.00–102.00	$101.25	$730	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	363	4	105.00–122.50	$117.19	$425	-0.31
460–485	471	4	106.00–119.00	$111.89	$527	+11.89
520	520	1	115.00	$115.00	$598	—
565	565	2	110.00	$110.00	$622	+8.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	111.00	$111.00	$683	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1285	1174	80-85%	8	44.00–50.00	$48.30	$567	—
960–1675	1238	80-85%	24	50.00–55.50	$53.41	$661	—
1000–1495	1281	80-85%	25	56.00–63.00	$58.17	$745	+5.74

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1265	1034	85-90%	11	42.00–47.00	$44.82	$463	+5.70
955–1180	1095	85-90%	3	49.00–50.00	$49.71	$544	+1.45
935–1270	1103	85-90%	13	51.00–62.00	$54.69	$603	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1595	1419	75-80%	8	52.00–55.00	$54.09	$768	—
1155–1895	1494	75-80%	16	56.50–62.00	$58.01	$867	+5.03

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–2680	1887	9	65.00–82.00	$73.60	$1,389	—
1585–2160	1915	5	86.00–93.00	$89.96	$1,723	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1577	1372	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	800.00–1,010.00	$868.92
1705	1705	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1270–1430	1338	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	685.00–725.00	$702.41

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1110–1690	1497	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,075.00	$1,068.82	—

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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.