Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 22, 2021

1,004 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $142.03/cwt ≈ $952/hd at 671 lb · 141 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $131.19/cwt ≈ $1,031/hd at 786 lb · 108 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $131.41/cwt ≈ $1,057/hd at 804 lb · 81 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,004	52	1,210
Feeder cattle	864	16	997
Slaughter cattle	138	35	169
Replacement cattle	2	1	44

Market comments — USDA reporter

Limited market comparison with last last week due to winter weather; however compared to two weeks ago steer and bull calves under 700 lbs sold 5.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages. Heifers mostly steady with two weeks ago. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher compared to two weeks ago.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245 value added	245	1	174.00	$174.00	$426	—
280 value added	280	1	181.00	$181.00	$507	—
295	295	1	170.00	$170.00	$502	—
301–315	305	4	164.00–169.00	$167.71	$512	—
400–440 value added	409	12	165.00–176.00	$172.01	$704	—
453–497 value added	469	23	158.00–170.50	$167.33	$785	—
485–490	488	2	152.00–155.00	$153.49	$749	—
500–536 value added	526	27	153.75–164.00	$158.50	$834	—
540	540	1	144.00	$144.00	$778	—
555 value added	555	2	150.00	$150.00	$832	—
555–560	559	4	143.00–146.00	$145.00	$811	—
600–635	615	7	130.00–135.00	$130.74	$804	—
600–648 value added	628	41	136.00–146.75	$144.19	$906	—
655–670	667	15	129.00–134.00	$132.87	$886	—
655–674 value added	671	126	137.00–143.50	$143.12	$960	—
700–747 value added	708	23	127.00–134.00	$129.70	$918	—
710	710	3	124.00	$124.00	$880	—
752–791 value added	786	99	126.00–132.95	$132.03	$1,038	—
787	787	9	122.00	$122.00	$960	—
800–825	804	81	123.00–133.50	$131.41	$1,057	—
932	932	4	118.00	$118.00	$1,100	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–352	351	3	143.00–155.00	$151.02	$530	—
635	635	1	126.00	$126.00	$800	—
790	790	1	112.00	$112.00	$885	—
827	827	2	115.00	$115.00	$951	—
855–887	876	3	110.00–113.00	$110.98	$972	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	132.00	$132.00	$772	—

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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 fancy	230	2	146.00–150.00	$148.00	$340	—
250–285	262	4	132.50–141.00	$136.80	$358	—
253–297 fancy	271	5	142.00–153.00	$148.17	$402	—
301–345 value added	312	7	139.00–145.00	$142.47	$445	—
370–395	382	4	127.00–133.00	$130.00	$497	+1.00
415	415	2	127.00	$127.00	$527	+16.00
407–440 value added	423	13	129.00–133.00	$131.53	$556	—
457–466 value added	463	6	128.00–129.00	$128.33	$594	—
450–495	466	9	120.00–127.00	$122.33	$570	—
500–530	523	8	120.00–121.00	$120.76	$632	+9.27
500–547 value added	523	41	122.00–133.00	$127.94	$669	—
552–565	559	4	117.00–121.00	$119.99	$671	—
550–585 value added	574	9	123.00–130.00	$125.50	$720	—
600–647	623	25	114.00–118.00	$115.71	$721	-0.29
620–635	630	3	110.00–113.00	$112.02	$706	-3.98
658–665 value added	662	26	120.00–122.00	$121.21	$802	—
650–685	669	7	114.00–119.50	$117.32	$785	—
670–695	686	5	111.00–112.00	$111.61	$766	—
730	730	1	102.00	$102.00	$745	—
752–783	768	12	107.50–112.00	$109.43	$840	—
835	835	3	103.00–110.00	$105.33	$880	—
961	961	10	102.50	$102.50	$985	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	129.00	$129.00	$303	—
320–330	327	3	120.00–121.00	$120.67	$395	—
450–455	453	2	110.00–117.00	$113.52	$514	—
595	595	1	107.00	$107.00	$637	—
610–640	623	3	105.00–107.00	$106.01	$660	—
655–676	671	4	107.00–109.00	$107.49	$721	+44.49
760	760	1	83.00	$83.00	$631	—
815	815	1	80.00	$80.00	$652	+17.00
925	925	1	85.00	$85.00	$786	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	174.00	$174.00	$505	—
350–385	362	3	158.00–174.00	$168.32	$609	—
455	455	1	148.00	$148.00	$673	—
505–525	515	2	136.00–149.00	$142.37	$733	+7.37
512–535 fancy	518	8	153.00–162.00	$159.68	$827	—
590 fancy	590	3	144.00	$144.00	$850	—
607–611 fancy	609	5	122.00–123.50	$122.90	$748	—
621–635	623	11	126.50–128.00	$126.68	$789	—
656–665 fancy	658	4	128.00–133.00	$131.74	$867	—
720	720	1	122.00	$122.00	$878	—
800–812	806	4	109.00–115.00	$111.98	$903	—
855	855	1	109.00	$109.00	$932	—
955–980	968	2	85.00–86.00	$85.51	$828	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	215	2	147.00–150.00	$148.40	$319	—
250–255	253	2	147.50–150.00	$148.74	$376	—
325	325	1	149.00	$149.00	$484	—
373–377	374	6	150.00–152.00	$151.33	$566	—
415	415	1	135.00	$135.00	$560	—
545	545	1	124.00	$124.00	$676	—
555–570	566	5	122.00–129.00	$126.62	$717	—
615–625	620	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$710	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1335	1159	80-85%	9	58.00–61.00	$59.55	$690	—
1050–1648	1228	80-85%	19	62.00–70.00	$66.51	$817	—
1055–1480	1283	80-85%	18	71.00–78.00	$73.76	$946	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1160	966	85-90%	10	43.00–55.00	$48.79	$471	—
820–1170	1000	85-90%	13	55.00–62.00	$58.39	$584	—
925–1180	1070	85-90%	5	63.00–69.00	$65.44	$700	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1580	1482	75-80%	10	63.00–69.00	$66.63	$987	—
1480–1525	1503	75-80%	2	53.00–59.00	$56.04	$842	—
1200–1760	1505	75-80%	15	72.00–78.00	$74.36	$1,119	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1275	1180	3	73.00–85.00	$78.00	$920	—
1270–1960	1517	6	88.00–102.00	$95.68	$1,451	—
1745–2020	1879	4	105.00–117.00	$109.58	$2,059	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905–1015	967	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	66.00–73.00	$68.88	$666

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1070	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	82.00	$82.00	$877

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1370	1370	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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.