Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 23, 2020

537 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $134.76/cwt +5.96 vs last sale · ≈ $759/hd at 563 lb · 27 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.97/cwt -0.08 vs last sale · ≈ $585/hd at 480 lb · 16 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $137.31/cwt +2.52 vs last sale · ≈ $698/hd at 508 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	537	1,048	839
Feeder cattle	347	922	652
Slaughter cattle	181	120	179
Replacement cattle	9	6	8

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	152.50	$152.50	$320	—
320	320	1	165.00	$165.00	$528	+14.00
352–376	366	5	141.00–150.00	$146.54	$536	—
380 fancy	380	1	166.00	$166.00	$631	—
427–430	428	3	142.00–147.00	$143.67	$615	—
455 fancy	455	1	159.00	$159.00	$723	—
460–475	465	6	139.00–145.00	$143.32	$666	+1.84
516 value added	516	3	145.00	$145.00	$748	+2.20
510–545	525	4	135.00–138.00	$136.00	$714	-1.19
550 value added	550	2	144.00	$144.00	$792	+1.07
570–592	588	5	133.00–134.00	$133.19	$783	+3.19
655–685	677	11	119.00–127.50	$125.74	$851	+0.50
725	725	3	123.50	$123.50	$895	+0.69
805	805	1	100.00	$100.00	$805	-30.00
845	845	2	121.00	$121.00	$1,022	-9.00
868	868	3	122.00	$122.00	$1,059	-7.27
915	915	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,052	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	122.50	$122.50	$478	—
430	430	1	122.50	$122.50	$527	-1.50
490–495	493	2	125.00–130.00	$127.49	$629	—
500–520	512	6	131.00–133.00	$132.34	$678	—
552–590	568	5	121.00–129.00	$124.28	$706	-2.42
655–665	660	2	115.00	$115.00	$759	+1.00
700–730	720	3	103.00–110.00	$107.73	$776	-4.52
785	785	1	100.00	$100.00	$785	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1320	1177	3	76.00–94.00	$86.74	$1,021	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	2	131.00–132.00	$131.50	$776	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	139.00	$139.00	$605	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	101.00	$101.00	$662	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310 fancy	310	1	130.00	$130.00	$403	—
330–340	335	3	116.00–128.00	$122.65	$411	+2.88
380–395	386	9	115.00–123.00	$118.78	$458	+1.19
420–435	428	2	120.00–121.00	$120.51	$516	+0.26
457–497	480	16	119.00–125.00	$121.97	$585	-0.08
505–542	531	11	117.00–124.00	$119.62	$635	-1.34
550–595	581	7	115.00–123.00	$118.03	$686	-0.15
600–645	622	10	115.00–121.00	$120.19	$748	-0.99
650–692	676	7	107.00–113.00	$110.54	$747	-2.39
705–720	708	7	103.00–108.00	$106.56	$754	+1.82
785	785	1	104.00	$104.00	$816	-1.01
820–840	830	2	86.00–88.00	$87.01	$722	-17.99
915	915	2	92.00	$92.00	$842	-13.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	100.00	$100.00	$325	—
420–445	430	6	106.00–115.00	$110.33	$474	-2.18
460–495	477	6	100.00–114.00	$107.39	$512	-9.61
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	-5.54
660–695	683	4	100.00–104.00	$101.99	$697	+1.25
710	710	2	95.00	$95.00	$674	±0.00
770	770	3	95.00	$95.00	$732	-3.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	91.00	$91.00	$505	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	327	3	139.00–150.00	$145.20	$475	—
350–382	366	6	142.00–151.00	$146.96	$538	+4.63
377–390 value added	384	4	157.50–162.00	$159.71	$613	—
430–435	433	6	146.00–151.00	$149.16	$646	+8.98
460–490	482	8	130.00–143.00	$137.86	$664	-4.42
500–530	508	14	132.00–141.00	$136.69	$694	+3.75
510 fancy	510	1	146.00	$146.00	$745	+4.85
557–585	563	27	129.00–139.50	$134.76	$759	+5.96
610–648	636	5	119.00–122.00	$120.80	$768	-1.44
650–675	657	4	118.00–122.00	$120.48	$792	+5.48
720	720	1	100.00	$100.00	$720	-7.31
753	753	3	92.00	$92.00	$693	-14.61
805	805	1	93.00	$93.00	$749	-1.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–430	420	2	117.50–118.00	$117.74	$495	-5.42
475–495	482	3	109.00–117.50	$114.59	$552	-7.75
520–545	529	4	101.00–125.00	$110.62	$585	-13.52
590	590	1	122.00	$122.00	$720	+1.01
605–645	622	3	104.00–110.00	$107.92	$671	-0.54
650–691	680	7	106.00–115.00	$109.43	$744	+7.44
797	797	2	84.00	$84.00	$669	—
852–885	863	3	80.00	$80.00	$690	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1095	963	85-90%	3	28.00–36.00	$31.99	$308	—
855–1365	1014	85-90%	10	45.00–47.00	$45.94	$466	+2.65
840–1375	1075	85-90%	34	48.00–55.00	$52.01	$559	-3.58
945–1275	1099	85-90%	9	56.00–63.00	$58.61	$644	+3.02

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1615	1280	80-85%	22	54.00–59.00	$56.25	$720	—
1055–1680	1280	80-85%	14	46.00–53.00	$51.06	$654	—
1065–1625	1370	80-85%	17	60.00–65.00	$61.92	$848	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1600	1475	75-80%	4	53.00–58.00	$55.93	$825	—
1315–1740	1519	75-80%	7	59.00–66.00	$61.16	$929	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1660	1263	9	64.00–81.00	$75.22	$950	—
1075–1880	1453	6	81.00–90.00	$85.93	$1,249	—
1770–2195	2003	5	95.00–101.00	$97.27	$1,948	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1187–1565	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	950.00–1,000.00	$980.13
1320–1615	1468	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	860.00–950.00	$909.52
1610	1610	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

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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
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
608	608	3	92.00	$92.00	$559	—
670	670	3	94.00	$94.00	$630	—
767	767	4	91.50	$91.50	$702	—
800	800	1	64.00	$64.00	$512	—
885	885	1	52.00	$52.00	$460	—
905–940	923	2	62.00–64.00	$62.98	$581	—
1045	1045	1	54.00	$54.00	$564	—

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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.