Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report, Lexington, KY

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 8, 2021

607 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.67/cwt +16.92 vs last sale · ≈ $710/hd at 539 lb · 97 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $113.19/cwt +2.72 vs last sale · ≈ $654/hd at 578 lb · 18 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $112.02/cwt +1.65 vs last sale · ≈ $687/hd at 613 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	607	225	482
Feeder cattle	505	204	388
Slaughter cattle	76	20	84
Replacement cattle	26	1	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers under 700 lbs sold steady; over 700 lbs sold 3.00 lower in a light test. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 3.00 higher over 600 lbs sold steady to weak. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 higher with good 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
240	240	2	183.00	$183.00	$439	—
313 fancy	313	3	181.00	$181.00	$567	—
370–388 fancy	384	4	178.00–179.00	$178.76	$686	—
380–390	387	3	170.00	$170.00	$658	—
415–430	420	3	149.00–154.00	$152.29	$640	—
400–447 value added	428	12	162.00–174.00	$166.49	$713	-3.62
455–495	472	3	150.00–154.00	$151.72	$716	—
501–525 value added	507	4	150.00–153.50	$152.59	$774	-1.13
515	515	2	144.00	$144.00	$742	—
550–595	577	9	137.00–144.00	$141.76	$818	—
601 value added	601	5	131.00	$131.00	$787	—
600–630	615	7	127.00–130.00	$129.22	$795	—
698	698	4	127.25	$127.25	$888	—
706–725 value added	711	4	122.00–124.00	$123.49	$878	-3.51
783–787 value added	785	7	121.00–121.50	$121.21	$951	-2.79
797	797	2	119.00	$119.00	$948	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–320	318	2	146.00–159.00	$152.55	$485	—
422	422	2	137.00	$137.00	$578	—
465	465	1	139.00	$139.00	$646	+2.00
535	535	1	134.00	$134.00	$717	—
565–585	575	2	132.00–136.00	$134.03	$771	—
615–640	628	2	119.00–120.00	$119.51	$751	—
677	677	2	118.00	$118.00	$799	—
800–805	803	2	104.00–110.00	$106.99	$859	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	2	121.00	$121.00	$829	—
800	800	2	114.00	$114.00	$912	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	122.50	$122.50	$496	—
540	540	1	121.00	$121.00	$653	—

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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 fancy	245	4	148.00	$148.00	$363	—
280	280	1	132.00	$132.00	$370	—
311 fancy	311	3	139.00	$139.00	$432	—
320–335	327	4	129.00–132.00	$130.27	$426	+10.27
356–395	374	13	125.00–134.00	$130.04	$486	+2.09
410–435	419	4	120.00–128.00	$125.01	$524	—
405–447 value added	428	11	129.00–138.00	$132.28	$566	—
450–465 value added	457	5	131.00–134.00	$132.60	$606	+4.70
470–490	484	8	122.00–129.00	$126.00	$610	—
520–540	527	8	112.00–120.00	$117.47	$619	+2.72
500–548 value added	540	89	120.00–135.00	$132.95	$718	—
555–595	576	16	108.00–116.00	$112.28	$647	+1.81
595 value added	595	2	120.50	$120.50	$717	—
600–630	612	10	104.00–116.00	$109.93	$673	-0.44
610–618	615	7	115.00	$115.00	$707	+4.63
660–692	678	14	94.00–104.00	$100.21	$679	-8.29
700–735	715	15	90.00–97.00	$94.03	$672	—
762	762	2	103.00	$103.00	$785	—
826–832	828	6	89.00–92.00	$91.00	$753	-10.00
895	895	2	86.00	$86.00	$770	—
948	948	4	96.00	$96.00	$910	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	120.00	$120.00	$342	—
355	355	1	112.00	$112.00	$398	—
440	440	1	120.00	$120.00	$528	—
470	470	1	112.00	$112.00	$526	—
500–535	511	4	100.00–109.00	$102.46	$524	—
560–580	571	4	93.00–107.00	$101.44	$579	—
691–695	692	4	89.00–98.00	$95.74	$663	—
702–735	711	4	79.00–90.00	$83.54	$594	-1.46

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
591	591	3	109.00	$109.00	$644	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	2	97.50	$97.50	$346	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	150.00	$150.00	$472	—
335 fancy	335	1	180.00	$180.00	$603	+8.00
350–390	370	2	163.00–166.00	$164.42	$608	—
440 fancy	440	1	174.00	$174.00	$766	—
455–495	485	4	150.00–154.00	$153.06	$742	+11.06
500–522 fancy	508	10	140.50–155.00	$150.15	$763	—
520–525	523	2	134.00–135.00	$134.50	$703	+0.20
557–558 fancy	558	5	140.50–147.00	$143.10	$798	—
555–585	569	9	128.00–139.00	$134.45	$765	+9.70
645–647	646	3	122.00–126.00	$123.33	$797	+3.33
685	685	1	111.00	$111.00	$760	-2.99
710–735	727	3	108.00–112.00	$109.98	$800	—
755	755	1	109.00	$109.00	$823	-3.00
800	800	1	88.00	$88.00	$704	—
910	910	1	94.00	$94.00	$855	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–220	210	2	140.00–150.00	$145.24	$305	—
357–390	369	4	132.00–140.00	$135.95	$502	+5.95
400–405	403	2	129.00–130.00	$129.50	$522	-9.50
500–505	503	2	117.00–125.00	$120.98	$609	—
570	570	1	124.00	$124.00	$707	+4.00
617–635	623	3	115.00–116.00	$115.34	$719	—
675	675	1	101.00	$101.00	$682	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	2	140.00	$140.00	$528	—
642	642	2	119.00	$119.00	$764	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–542	531	3	102.00–110.00	$107.44	$571	-4.56

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1320	1205	80-85%	13	52.00–59.00	$56.56	$682	—
1205–1230	1218	80-85%	2	48.00–52.00	$49.98	$609	—
1030–1540	1331	80-85%	7	62.00–70.00	$65.11	$867	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455–1725	1554	75-80%	10	62.00–68.00	$64.42	$1,001	—
1355–1740	1564	75-80%	7	52.00–59.00	$55.39	$866	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1140	1009	85-90%	4	47.00–49.00	$48.20	$486	—
795–1285	1040	85-90%	2	54.00–56.00	$54.76	$570	—
870–1230	1103	85-90%	5	39.00–44.00	$41.97	$463	+6.89

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1910	1355	3	77.00–78.00	$77.74	$1,053	—
1130–1680	1515	4	83.00–87.00	$85.72	$1,299	—
1510–2200	1886	8	94.00–105.00	$100.10	$1,888	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1150	1038	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	72.00–85.00	$77.80	$808
960–1325	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	69.00–75.00	$72.04	$827

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	66.00	$66.00	$492
1095–1300	1198	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	62.00–63.00	$62.54	$749

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1425	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–950.00	$928.67
1365	1365	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1040–1330	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00–700.00	$678.06

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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
1670–1960	1780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00–1,450.00	$1,426.36	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
929 thin fleshed	929	50	99.10	$99.10	$921	—

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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.