Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 11, 2021

1,010 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $135.33/cwt ≈ $1,111/hd at 821 lb · 175 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $115.02/cwt -7.01 vs last sale · ≈ $604/hd at 525 lb · 52 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $150.08/cwt +1.59 vs last sale · ≈ $779/hd at 519 lb · 46 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,010	524	1,052
Feeder cattle	873	407	908
Slaughter cattle	119	112	121
Replacement cattle	18	5	23

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady with moderate demand; except 600-700 lbs 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower with light demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	160.00	$160.00	$528	±0.00
360 fancy	360	1	168.00	$168.00	$605	—
412	412	2	141.00	$141.00	$581	-5.97
402–436 value added	428	10	157.00–159.00	$157.63	$675	—
450–492 value added	476	14	153.50–158.50	$155.14	$738	-1.84
477–485	481	7	141.00–151.00	$145.57	$700	-2.78
500–548 value added	518	39	146.50–159.00	$151.55	$785	-1.44
500–535	524	7	140.00–144.00	$141.87	$743	-2.62
568 value added	568	6	149.00	$149.00	$846	—
555–587	572	18	139.50–145.00	$142.58	$816	-1.06
600–633 value added	619	13	130.00–135.00	$131.75	$816	-5.25
600–630	619	8	123.00–130.00	$125.47	$777	-2.67
658–675 value added	664	11	129.50–132.00	$130.72	$868	-4.02
655–695	676	17	122.00–129.00	$126.32	$854	-3.01
700–725 value added	711	22	124.00–131.00	$126.19	$897	—
715–732	724	7	119.00–124.00	$122.86	$890	+0.43
755–775	769	12	117.00–123.00	$121.76	$936	-3.24
815 fancy	815	116	137.10	$137.10	$1,117	—
800–834	833	59	122.00–132.00	$131.84	$1,098	—
920	920	1	107.00	$107.00	$984	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	2	125.00	$125.00	$652	—
550	550	1	128.00	$128.00	$704	—
615–645	628	10	115.00–120.00	$117.88	$740	—
650	650	1	121.00	$121.00	$786	—
710–735	723	2	116.00–117.00	$116.51	$842	+6.51

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	2	135.50	$135.50	$705	—
707	707	2	115.00	$115.00	$813	—
765	765	1	111.00	$111.00	$849	—
822–835	824	6	117.00	$117.00	$964	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–540	520	4	115.00–124.00	$117.34	$610	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–246	242	4	127.50–130.00	$129.41	$313	-7.59
290	290	2	123.00–127.00	$125.00	$362	-2.50
315–347	336	3	131.00–132.00	$131.69	$442	+4.32
350–395	369	14	121.00–132.00	$127.18	$469	+1.16
370 fancy	370	1	134.00	$134.00	$496	—
407–417 value added	412	4	130.00–134.00	$132.02	$544	—
405–445	427	13	115.00–129.00	$124.94	$533	-1.48
458–466 value added	464	12	131.00–133.00	$132.51	$615	—
450–497	476	18	116.50–125.50	$121.04	$576	-2.87
500–545	525	52	110.00–117.50	$115.02	$604	-7.01
550–592	571	26	108.50–117.00	$113.33	$647	-5.89
600–636	616	27	104.00–111.00	$106.91	$659	-7.59
622–640	633	10	112.00–114.50	$113.40	$718	-1.10
677	677	16	113.50	$113.50	$768	+0.98
655–695	678	7	102.00–112.00	$107.58	$729	-4.94
700–720	709	15	91.00–102.00	$96.79	$686	-9.45
750	750	1	107.00	$107.00	$802	+3.00
750–792	766	11	84.00–100.00	$95.36	$730	-8.64
842	842	2	100.00	$100.00	$842	—
865–867	866	3	94.00–116.00	$108.68	$941	—
965	965	1	91.00	$91.00	$878	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	280	4	95.00–119.00	$106.44	$298	-8.15
350–360	355	2	112.50–113.00	$112.75	$400	-3.20
420–445	433	2	95.00–115.00	$105.29	$456	-9.71
450–495	471	9	95.00–115.00	$105.78	$498	-5.21
520–540	530	10	95.00–110.00	$105.29	$558	-5.71
560–582	575	5	105.00–108.00	$106.18	$611	-3.82
600–605	601	4	97.00–102.00	$100.75	$606	+0.61
655–665	659	4	94.00–102.00	$99.48	$656	—
735	735	2	84.00	$84.00	$617	—
780	780	2	88.00	$88.00	$686	—
850	850	2	75.00	$75.00	$638	-6.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	104.00	$104.00	$322	—
420	420	1	100.00	$100.00	$420	—
455	455	1	99.00	$99.00	$450	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	102.00	$102.00	$444	—
690	690	1	92.00	$92.00	$635	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–337	333	8	140.00–148.00	$145.50	$485	-1.10
375–380	378	2	146.00–151.00	$148.48	$561	-2.63
405–440	416	8	138.00–144.00	$141.28	$588	-4.64
475–490	483	2	138.00–141.00	$139.52	$674	-1.83
540	540	1	130.00	$130.00	$702	—
555–590	568	8	125.00–134.00	$129.61	$736	—
600–635	628	5	114.00–124.00	$116.79	$733	-5.18
650–677	660	11	108.00–119.00	$112.31	$741	-2.66
700–745	711	5	102.00–110.00	$106.59	$758	-4.38
760–780	769	4	100.00–110.00	$106.03	$815	—
801–825	811	5	97.00–102.00	$100.37	$814	—
925–935	926	7	90.00–91.00	$90.86	$841	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–281	276	4	130.00	$130.00	$359	-5.00
300–310	305	2	130.00–139.00	$134.57	$410	—
350–385	370	6	130.00–144.00	$133.90	$495	-4.61
400	400	3	120.00–131.00	$127.33	$509	-12.67
450–475	463	3	122.00–129.00	$126.73	$587	-3.27
540	540	1	119.00	$119.00	$643	-16.00
575–590	583	2	121.00–123.00	$122.01	$711	-4.99
635	635	1	102.00	$102.00	$648	-5.00
650	650	1	105.00	$105.00	$682	—
945	945	2	81.00	$81.00	$765	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	134.00	$134.00	$549	—
480	480	1	135.00	$135.00	$648	—
610–635	627	3	108.00–120.00	$116.11	$728	—
660	660	2	106.00	$106.00	$700	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	105.00	$105.00	$346	—
525	525	1	115.00	$115.00	$604	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1505	1264	80-85%	15	39.50–51.00	$47.95	$606	—
975–1585	1289	80-85%	20	51.00–57.00	$53.55	$690	—
1100–1460	1312	80-85%	3	59.50–63.00	$60.91	$799	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1565	1473	75-80%	4	46.00–49.00	$46.69	$688	-0.31
1475	1475	75-80%	1	59.00	$59.00	$870	+12.00
1160–2040	1485	75-80%	19	52.50–57.00	$53.94	$801	-2.39

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1240	1013	85-90%	6	39.00–45.00	$41.93	$425	—
1110–1205	1158	85-90%	2	45.00–51.00	$47.88	$554	-4.85

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–2070	1544	11	83.00–94.00	$88.88	$1,372	—
1750	1750	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,418	—
1670–2030	1869	8	94.00–101.00	$96.49	$1,803	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00
837–1215	1012	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	850.00–950.00	$901.38
1285–1425	1355	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	985.00–1,150.00	$1,071.76

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
1035	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

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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
1430	1430	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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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.