Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 7, 2020

2,828 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.78/cwt +8.22 vs last sale · ≈ $789/hd at 617 lb · 150 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $132.69/cwt -2.15 vs last sale · ≈ $912/hd at 687 lb · 140 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.47/cwt +16.48 vs last sale · ≈ $916/hd at 719 lb · 85 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,828	1,604	2,548
Feeder cattle	2,631	1,310	2,208
Slaughter cattle	173	261	314
Replacement cattle	24	33	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher with good demand over 600 lbs softer undertone. Feeder heifers sold steady to weak with good demand. Yearlings limited comparison. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher with good 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
300–348	324	6	151.00–157.00	$152.85	$495	-5.15
337–340 fancy	338	3	160.00–162.50	$161.66	$546	-3.84
370–380	375	2	155.00	$155.00	$581	+6.03
375–386 fancy	382	9	160.00–170.00	$166.03	$634	+6.03
400–432	412	6	140.00–145.00	$142.85	$589	-0.30
400–447 value added	422	39	150.00–177.50	$162.04	$684	+8.48
450–485	458	6	143.00–149.00	$145.00	$664	+5.23
452–495 value added	481	18	151.00–160.00	$153.96	$741	+5.11
500–547	519	29	137.00–149.00	$145.17	$753	+11.55
515–548 value added	526	31	144.00–157.25	$152.68	$803	+4.18
550–596 value added	569	19	144.00–150.50	$149.04	$848	+8.69
555–597	588	37	136.00–142.00	$138.86	$816	+2.86
601–635 value added	612	42	132.00–139.50	$136.90	$838	-0.92
600–627	613	17	121.00–130.00	$123.04	$754	-4.19
670–685	678	35	123.00–127.75	$125.17	$849	+1.48
652–696 value added	690	105	128.00–139.35	$135.20	$933	-1.79
710–715	714	6	120.00–125.00	$124.17	$887	-2.81
750–785	775	14	122.00–126.00	$124.15	$962	+4.15
775 value added	775	68	138.85	$138.85	$1,076	+12.51
816	816	70	133.00	$133.00	$1,085	+5.46
934	934	5	125.25	$125.25	$1,170	+2.54
966	966	15	124.50	$124.50	$1,203	—
1010–1031	1027	5	114.00–119.50	$118.42	$1,216	-6.58
1060–1070	1065	4	110.00–119.00	$114.48	$1,219	+1.46
1110	1110	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,221	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	132.50	$132.50	$590	+2.50
455	455	1	131.00	$131.00	$596	+1.00
500–521	515	8	122.50–134.00	$129.07	$665	+9.07
555–595	565	5	115.00–125.00	$121.95	$689	—
610–620	615	2	113.00–120.00	$116.53	$717	+3.06
650–685	667	6	116.00–119.00	$117.50	$784	+5.56
700–715	708	2	111.00–116.00	$113.47	$803	+2.80
850–885	863	3	103.00–118.00	$112.55	$971	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
572	572	2	132.00	$132.00	$755	—
655	655	1	120.00	$120.00	$786	—
925	925	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,054	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	2	103.00	$103.00	$700	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	120.00	$120.00	$294	-5.97
260	260	1	120.00	$120.00	$312	—
320–340	330	4	120.00–122.50	$121.29	$400	-7.03
357–390	372	26	120.00–130.00	$124.00	$461	-3.40
401–445	424	24	121.00–127.00	$124.56	$528	-0.60
426–440 value added	434	18	128.00–132.00	$129.96	$564	-2.23
450–455 value added	453	3	129.00–132.00	$131.01	$593	+3.03
450–497	477	34	118.00–127.00	$122.68	$585	+2.39
501–535 value added	515	58	118.50–127.00	$123.29	$635	-2.06
510–545	533	11	113.00–118.00	$115.35	$615	-2.31
555–592 value added	571	33	118.50–121.00	$119.23	$681	-4.83
550–595	572	17	110.00–118.00	$114.53	$655	-2.14
600–640	616	23	109.00–117.00	$111.61	$688	+0.09
615–624 value added	617	113	122.00–134.75	$132.12	$815	—
605–637	623	14	118.00–120.00	$119.30	$743	+7.78
650–697	684	9	104.00–117.00	$113.87	$779	+4.01
717 value added	717	77	129.70	$129.70	$930	—
715–748	737	8	101.00–109.50	$105.96	$781	-9.74
770–787	781	3	101.00–103.00	$101.66	$794	-3.99
890	890	1	95.00	$95.00	$846	+1.00
955–985	970	2	91.00–99.00	$94.94	$921	-0.56

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	324	9	110.00–117.50	$113.66	$368	+1.16
355–395	372	6	110.00–116.00	$113.65	$423	+2.36
400–445	425	14	108.00–117.50	$113.61	$483	-1.39
450	450	1	115.00	$115.00	$518	-0.64
525	525	1	101.00	$101.00	$530	-7.00
550–590	561	8	101.00–110.00	$107.43	$603	+3.08
630–647	641	3	100.00–103.00	$102.02	$654	+0.55
655–692	675	10	95.00–104.00	$98.99	$668	-2.80

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	107.50	$107.50	$339	—
415	415	1	100.00	$100.00	$415	—
455–485	465	3	100.00	$100.00	$465	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	107.00	$107.00	$321	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	2	142.00	$142.00	$493	-3.48
371 fancy	371	4	157.50	$157.50	$584	—
360–395	385	4	142.00–155.00	$145.55	$560	-2.45
425–445	436	7	140.00–142.50	$140.36	$612	+4.41
450–490	473	13	135.00–149.00	$140.23	$663	+3.98
500–545	525	11	130.00–138.00	$133.90	$703	+5.66
559–585	565	16	129.00–141.00	$134.11	$758	+7.93
600–649	622	30	112.00–125.00	$116.16	$723	-4.23
650–683	664	22	112.00–121.00	$115.06	$764	+2.34
700–746	719	19	103.00–111.00	$106.72	$767	-1.79
755–792	776	15	103.00–117.50	$107.60	$835	-0.40
805–848	834	8	95.00–105.00	$100.04	$834	—
855–895	877	7	85.00–100.00	$95.73	$840	+6.70
905–930	915	3	89.00–93.00	$90.66	$830	-5.08

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	132.50	$132.50	$450	±0.00
360	360	1	130.00	$130.00	$468	-3.45
440	440	1	130.00	$130.00	$572	+5.48
450–470	462	3	120.00–130.00	$126.42	$584	+3.93
505–537	525	4	121.00–124.00	$121.72	$639	+0.72
558–595	574	11	118.00–125.00	$123.37	$708	+6.05
605–635	620	11	102.00–112.00	$107.90	$669	-2.14
666–687	674	5	105.00–106.00	$105.59	$712	+4.59
707–735	719	4	100.00–102.00	$101.00	$726	—
756–775	761	4	100.00	$100.00	$761	+4.01

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–275	270	2	117.50–125.00	$121.32	$328	+3.82
325	325	1	117.50	$117.50	$382	+7.50
375	375	2	105.00–120.00	$112.50	$422	—
510–545	528	3	105.00–117.50	$110.79	$585	—
555–595	575	2	105.00–120.00	$112.24	$645	-4.76
645	645	1	100.00	$100.00	$645	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1370	1183	80-85%	23	48.50–55.00	$52.05	$616	-2.70
990–1465	1260	80-85%	14	38.00–47.00	$44.59	$562	-14.61
1065–1645	1287	80-85%	17	55.00–60.50	$57.01	$734	-2.19

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1860	1429	75-80%	30	48.00–54.50	$51.47	$736	-3.47
1270–1755	1474	75-80%	7	44.00–48.00	$46.59	$687	-13.00
1160–1625	1490	75-80%	9	54.50–60.00	$56.32	$839	-3.27

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1125	1004	85-90%	7	39.00–43.00	$40.99	$412	—
1005–1165	1071	85-90%	8	50.00–56.00	$52.12	$558	-2.81
990–1365	1128	85-90%	8	45.00–49.00	$47.45	$535	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1760	1525	2	60.00–64.00	$61.69	$941	—
1135–2235	1648	9	78.00–88.00	$84.41	$1,391	—
1435–2135	1890	10	92.00–105.00	$97.12	$1,836	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1505	1292	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	700.00–825.00	$773.06
1395–1430	1413	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00–750.00	$737.35

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–895	818	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	450.00–550.00	$495.26
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
1225	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1120	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–625.00	$611.85
1295	1295	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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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
1370	1370	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	1	79.00	$79.00	$758	—
1012	1012	12	70.50	$70.50	$713	—

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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.