Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 18, 2021

605 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $129.91/cwt +4.53 vs last sale · ≈ $934/hd at 719 lb · 80 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $117.21/cwt +2.19 vs last sale · ≈ $608/hd at 519 lb · 49 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $109.25/cwt +0.59 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 627 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	605	1,010	678
Feeder cattle	539	873	571
Slaughter cattle	64	119	90
Replacement cattle	2	18	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with light demand for fleshy offerings; moderate demand for weaned packages. Quality was plain through average. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady with moderate demand. Yearlings not fully established. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls 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
260	260	1	162.50	$162.50	$422	—
408–430 value added	416	6	149.50–154.00	$151.28	$629	-6.35
405–430	418	3	141.00–145.00	$142.71	$597	+1.71
465–470 value added	468	2	149.00–150.00	$149.50	$700	-5.64
450–490	470	2	141.00–143.00	$141.96	$667	-3.61
500–537	515	5	136.00–139.00	$137.25	$707	-4.62
536 value added	536	10	143.50	$143.50	$769	-8.05
551 value added	551	3	147.00	$147.00	$810	-2.00
552	552	2	140.00	$140.00	$773	-2.58
577	577	2	131.00	$131.00	$756	-11.58
602–640	615	3	121.00–126.00	$124.26	$764	-1.21
610–630 value added	620	16	127.00–130.00	$127.34	$790	-4.41
668–670	668	9	124.00–125.50	$125.33	$837	-0.99
700–731	713	12	118.00–120.50	$119.80	$854	-3.06
720–722 value added	720	68	122.00–133.00	$131.70	$948	+5.51
770	770	4	115.00	$115.00	$886	-6.76
788	788	3	115.00	$115.00	$906	-6.76
868	868	4	105.00	$105.00	$911	—
878	878	4	110.00	$110.00	$966	—
996	996	10	105.00	$105.00	$1,046	—
1215	1215	5	100.00	$100.00	$1,215	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	134.00	$134.00	$523	—
475	475	1	130.00	$130.00	$618	—
510	510	1	130.00	$130.00	$663	+5.00
560	560	3	124.00–128.00	$126.67	$709	-1.33
657	657	2	119.00	$119.00	$782	-2.00
815	815	1	105.00	$105.00	$856	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
806–830	811	5	110.00–115.50	$114.37	$928	-2.63

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	138.00	$138.00	$400	+13.00
315–345	333	3	120.00–130.00	$126.60	$422	-5.09
335 fancy	335	2	133.00	$133.00	$446	—
375–386	382	6	121.00–128.00	$124.84	$477	-2.34
422 value added	422	4	132.00	$132.00	$557	-0.02
422–440	431	4	122.00–129.00	$125.43	$541	+0.49
480–485	484	6	121.00–122.00	$121.17	$586	+0.13
500–533 value added	518	24	117.00–122.00	$119.26	$618	—
500–547	519	25	108.00–117.00	$115.25	$598	+0.23
560–592	575	11	108.00–114.00	$112.53	$647	-0.80
590 value added	590	2	116.00	$116.00	$684	—
600–640	624	15	102.00–108.00	$106.91	$667	±0.00
613–646	632	7	113.00–115.00	$114.27	$722	+0.87
650–655	653	4	111.00–113.00	$112.00	$731	-1.50
650–665	659	4	105.00–109.00	$107.76	$710	-5.74
710–728	724	5	91.00–100.00	$92.76	$672	-4.03
700–745	728	7	100.00–101.00	$100.56	$732	+3.77
750	750	1	97.00	$97.00	$728	-10.00
783	783	7	106.00	$106.00	$830	+10.64
851	851	3	101.00	$101.00	$860	-7.68
955	955	2	89.00	$89.00	$850	-2.00
1025	1025	2	90.00	$90.00	$922	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–445	424	4	110.00	$110.00	$466	+4.71
465–490	471	4	101.00–114.00	$105.12	$495	-0.66
500–510	504	5	104.00–105.00	$104.60	$527	-0.69
580–590	583	6	100.00–105.00	$103.66	$604	-2.52
600–640	620	2	95.00–101.00	$97.90	$607	-2.85
670	670	1	91.00	$91.00	$610	-8.48
715–745	730	2	78.00–90.00	$84.12	$614	+0.12
755–785	770	2	82.00–90.00	$85.92	$662	-2.08
825	825	3	91.00	$91.00	$751	—
895	895	2	73.00	$73.00	$653	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
572–575	573	3	89.00–91.00	$90.33	$518	—
707	707	2	73.00	$73.00	$516	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	115.00	$115.00	$546	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	140.00	$140.00	$420	-5.50
365–397	385	7	138.00–149.00	$142.48	$549	-6.00
425	425	1	137.00	$137.00	$582	-4.28
465–475 fancy	468	3	146.00–150.00	$148.65	$696	—
455–497	478	5	133.00–141.00	$137.41	$657	-2.11
502–535	527	11	123.00–133.00	$127.54	$672	-2.46
587	587	2	122.00	$122.00	$716	-7.61
610–640	617	12	109.00–116.00	$112.64	$695	-4.15
652–685	669	12	109.00–116.00	$113.18	$757	+0.87
700–740	713	3	104.00–105.00	$104.67	$746	-1.92
750–785	774	7	102.00–104.00	$103.58	$802	-2.45
817	817	2	97.00	$97.00	$792	-3.37
861	861	4	93.00	$93.00	$801	—
930	930	1	93.00	$93.00	$865	+2.14

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	125.00	$125.00	$400	-9.57
350–375	363	2	126.00–127.00	$126.52	$459	-7.38
432	432	4	123.00	$123.00	$531	-4.33
460	460	1	124.00	$124.00	$570	-2.73
535	535	5	115.50	$115.50	$618	-3.50
550–576	566	5	116.00–121.00	$117.94	$668	-4.07
600–646	631	6	97.00–105.00	$101.90	$643	-0.10
655–680	661	4	96.00–107.00	$103.92	$687	-1.08
780	780	1	91.00	$91.00	$710	—
930–945	938	2	77.00–80.00	$78.49	$736	-2.51

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	112.00	$112.00	$454	—
465	465	1	110.00	$110.00	$512	—
510–530	520	2	113.00–114.00	$113.51	$590	-1.49
570	570	1	109.00	$109.00	$621	—
632	632	2	99.00	$99.00	$626	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1505	1229	80-85%	7	46.00–50.00	$47.95	$589	—
1055–1510	1247	80-85%	9	55.00–59.00	$56.27	$702	—
1185–1485	1297	80-85%	11	50.00–54.00	$51.90	$673	-1.65

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1605	1393	75-80%	5	53.00–54.00	$53.40	$744	—
1225–1995	1634	75-80%	6	56.00–61.00	$58.55	$957	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1245	1090	85-90%	4	34.00–45.00	$42.31	$461	—
1065–1145	1115	85-90%	4	45.00–49.00	$46.50	$518	—
1045–1190	1118	85-90%	2	52.00–55.00	$53.60	$599	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1540	1540	1	66.00	$66.00	$1,016	-22.88
1205–1830	1599	7	85.00–91.00	$87.67	$1,402	—
1660–1930	1807	3	95.00–103.00	$97.81	$1,767	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1300–1535	1418	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–925.00	$830.25

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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.