Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 14, 2020

1,077 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.70/cwt +15.83 vs last sale · ≈ $863/hd at 665 lb · 92 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $140.81/cwt +8.12 vs last sale · ≈ $936/hd at 664 lb · 83 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $116.44/cwt -5.59 vs last sale · ≈ $608/hd at 522 lb · 48 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,077	2,828	1,010
Feeder cattle	909	2,631	828
Slaughter cattle	163	173	15
Replacement cattle	5	24	167

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold unevenly steady with good demand for weaned packages. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady to 1.00 lower with heifers over 600 lbs not guaranteed open facing discounts. Yearlings lightly tested. Quality was average through attractive, Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady 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
360–375 fancy	368	2	168.00–171.00	$169.47	$624	+3.44
375–395	390	4	153.00–165.00	$159.80	$623	+4.80
405–446 value added	427	22	150.00–162.00	$157.22	$671	-4.82
415–445	435	3	144.00–149.00	$146.61	$638	+3.76
450–496	474	13	140.00–149.00	$143.87	$682	-1.13
480 value added	480	8	158.00	$158.00	$758	+4.04
507–543 value added	521	24	144.00–157.00	$150.61	$785	-2.07
512–545	534	11	137.00–143.00	$140.38	$750	-4.79
550–595	568	33	137.00–141.00	$139.02	$790	+0.16
560–573 value added	571	11	145.00–154.00	$152.84	$873	+3.80
600–648	633	17	122.00–129.00	$125.31	$793	+2.27
658–685 value added	663	73	126.50–147.00	$142.94	$948	+7.74
660–695	675	10	124.00–126.00	$125.29	$846	+0.12
700–726	713	9	117.00–124.00	$119.43	$852	-4.74
756–795	766	7	120.00–124.00	$121.73	$932	-2.42
780 fancy	780	1	128.00	$128.00	$998	—
804 fancy	804	14	127.00	$127.00	$1,021	—
805–815	810	5	119.00–125.00	$123.20	$998	-9.80
851–875	857	4	121.00–124.00	$123.23	$1,056	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	143.00	$143.00	$422	—
475–485	478	3	131.00–136.00	$134.31	$642	+3.31
555	555	1	132.00	$132.00	$733	+10.05
600	600	3	120.00	$120.00	$720	+3.47
680–695	688	2	116.00–118.00	$116.99	$805	-0.51
771	771	3	108.00	$108.00	$833	—
895	895	1	107.00	$107.00	$958	-5.55

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	4	121.00	$121.00	$530	—
640	640	2	110.00	$110.00	$704	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	2	133.00	$133.00	$668	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	130.00	$130.00	$260	—
318–335 fancy	321	7	132.00–137.00	$136.00	$437	—
325–340	334	4	122.00–127.50	$123.65	$413	+2.36
361–380 fancy	369	6	134.00–138.00	$136.30	$503	—
360–385	373	4	122.00–129.00	$124.79	$465	+0.79
405–430 value added	413	3	127.00–129.00	$127.69	$527	-2.27
423–445	431	14	120.00–126.00	$123.86	$534	-0.70
463 value added	463	3	124.00	$124.00	$574	-7.01
453–492	474	24	117.00–123.00	$119.36	$566	-3.32
500–545	521	29	110.00–117.00	$115.07	$600	-0.28
506–541 value added	524	19	118.00–119.00	$118.52	$621	-4.77
551–590 value added	563	19	118.00–124.50	$123.75	$697	+4.52
550–595	568	29	112.00–117.00	$115.83	$658	+1.30
606–620	611	17	118.00–119.00	$118.42	$724	+6.81
605–625	613	6	103.00–110.00	$105.99	$650	-5.62
664 value added	664	75	133.85	$133.85	$889	—
650–680	670	16	103.00–116.00	$110.85	$743	-3.02
675	675	1	120.00	$120.00	$810	+6.13
716–731	723	12	104.00–113.00	$109.46	$791	+3.50
728–745	734	5	90.00–100.00	$92.42	$678	-13.54
762–795	766	8	105.00–112.00	$105.91	$811	+4.25
775	775	1	102.00	$102.00	$790	+0.34
836–847	840	5	85.00–86.00	$85.60	$719	—
850–855	853	2	90.00–94.00	$91.99	$785	—
930	930	1	86.00	$86.00	$800	—
955	955	1	92.00	$92.00	$879	-2.94
1073–1081	1077	9	77.00–79.50	$78.11	$841	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	102.50	$102.50	$272	—
345	345	1	107.50	$107.50	$371	-6.16
370	370	1	110.00	$110.00	$407	-3.65
400–440	424	5	110.00–116.00	$113.02	$479	-0.59
487	487	2	110.00	$110.00	$536	—
505–530	515	3	105.00–106.00	$105.33	$542	+4.33
550–590	568	7	97.00–107.00	$104.21	$592	-3.22
610–635	620	4	94.00–96.00	$94.75	$587	-7.27
650–690	676	4	87.00–95.00	$91.52	$619	-7.47
700–727	718	3	80.00–88.00	$82.60	$593	—
757–785	766	3	75.00–80.00	$76.71	$588	—
810–835	823	2	70.00–75.00	$72.46	$596	—
855–860	857	3	76.00–82.00	$79.99	$686	—
900	900	1	74.00	$74.00	$666	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–510	507	3	93.00–103.00	$96.36	$489	—
575	575	1	107.00	$107.00	$615	—
657	657	2	102.00	$102.00	$670	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	100.00	$100.00	$430	±0.00
475	475	2	101.00–103.00	$102.00	$484	+2.00
570	570	2	92.00	$92.00	$524	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	132.50	$132.50	$265	—
305–330	319	5	140.00–143.00	$142.38	$454	+0.38
375–392	384	5	140.00–151.00	$146.64	$563	+1.09
390 fancy	390	1	153.00	$153.00	$597	-4.50
455–496	478	13	133.00–149.00	$140.60	$672	+0.37
515–545	529	6	130.00–139.00	$131.67	$697	-2.23
555–587	575	12	125.00–132.00	$128.27	$738	-5.84
600–645	626	6	116.00–123.00	$120.18	$752	+4.02
652–685	666	11	112.00–124.00	$117.40	$782	+2.34
700–742	716	9	100.00–105.00	$102.36	$733	-4.36
757–792	771	11	98.00–110.00	$100.70	$776	-6.90
810–825	815	7	90.00–101.00	$96.69	$788	-3.35
867	867	2	104.00	$104.00	$902	+8.27
935	935	1	94.00	$94.00	$879	+3.34

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	132.50	$132.50	$490	+2.50
400	400	1	125.00	$125.00	$500	—
475	475	1	130.00	$130.00	$618	+3.58
520	520	1	124.00	$124.00	$645	+2.28
575–595	580	4	118.00–122.00	$119.76	$695	-3.61
600–635	612	3	109.00	$109.00	$667	+1.10
675–680	678	2	105.00–107.00	$106.00	$719	+0.41
780	780	1	86.00	$86.00	$671	-14.00
870	870	1	81.00	$81.00	$705	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	112.50	$112.50	$304	-8.82
445	445	1	112.00	$112.00	$498	—
520–540	531	4	106.00–114.00	$109.71	$583	-1.08
550–560	555	2	103.00–114.00	$108.45	$602	-3.79

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	135.00	$135.00	$594	—
660	660	1	109.00	$109.00	$719	—
740	740	1	99.00	$99.00	$733	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1600	1297	80-85%	32	48.00–53.00	$50.36	$653	-6.65
1030–1560	1302	80-85%	8	43.00–47.00	$45.92	$598	—
985–1540	1310	80-85%	17	53.50–60.00	$55.21	$723	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1645	1414	75-80%	15	47.00–53.00	$50.51	$714	-0.96
1280–1635	1420	75-80%	4	43.50–46.50	$44.71	$635	-6.76
1280–1785	1528	75-80%	24	53.00–62.00	$56.22	$859	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–940	913	85-90%	3	50.00–55.00	$51.79	$473	—
705–1210	994	85-90%	11	32.00–45.00	$39.06	$388	—
915–1215	1098	85-90%	8	45.00–48.00	$46.71	$513	-5.41

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1890	1563	6	79.00–88.00	$84.23	$1,317	—
1415–1810	1648	3	97.00–101.00	$98.39	$1,621	+13.98

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1155	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	825.00–925.00	$883.47
1330	1330	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1228	1228	3	74.00	$74.00	$909	—

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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.