Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 12, 2021

1,118 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $140.49/cwt +21.64 vs last sale · ≈ $931/hd at 663 lb · 122 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.33/cwt +5.61 vs last sale · ≈ $734/hd at 519 lb · 65 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.15/cwt -0.03 vs last sale · ≈ $690/hd at 482 lb · 56 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,118	786	575
Feeder cattle	1,018	686	460
Slaughter cattle	93	90	109
Replacement cattle	7	10	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher 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
260–295	274	4	170.00–175.00	$171.82	$471	+2.82
302 fancy	302	9	205.00	$205.00	$619	—
300–315	308	3	160.00–170.00	$163.41	$503	-2.63
309–341 value added	330	14	185.00–194.00	$190.99	$630	+5.30
350–395	380	13	162.00–181.00	$172.23	$654	-3.24
357–392 value added	381	37	178.00–185.00	$184.09	$701	-12.91
410–448 value added	429	32	160.00–186.00	$176.52	$757	-2.38
420–443	437	7	150.00–159.00	$157.61	$689	+1.11
455–490 value added	468	37	167.00–177.50	$172.70	$808	+6.63
470–480	475	2	156.00–158.00	$156.99	$746	+2.72
500–535	507	5	149.00–155.00	$151.76	$769	—
510–541 value added	529	47	160.00–169.50	$165.27	$874	+2.79
565–595	582	7	150.00–154.00	$152.57	$888	+1.09
580–591 value added	586	14	155.50–160.00	$157.64	$924	-5.79
600–630	616	30	143.00–147.00	$146.22	$901	-0.58
600–642 value added	621	4	147.00–154.00	$150.62	$935	-0.52
652–691 value added	672	27	143.00–155.50	$150.62	$1,012	-8.91
690–695	693	2	138.00–139.00	$138.50	$960	+1.68
700–730	715	2	130.00–133.00	$131.53	$940	+3.81
715–740 value added	727	11	136.00–146.00	$139.79	$1,016	+4.58
760 value added	760	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,018	-10.51
800–830	821	21	130.50–135.25	$132.85	$1,091	-0.74
886	886	12	128.75	$128.75	$1,141	+1.80
900–902	902	10	122.00–127.00	$126.00	$1,137	+8.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	130.00	$130.00	$682	—
580	580	1	127.00	$127.00	$737	—
670	670	1	123.00	$123.00	$824	—
760 value added	760	12	133.50	$133.50	$1,015	—
955	955	2	119.50	$119.50	$1,141	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	152.50–160.00	$156.33	$375	—
490	490	1	141.00	$141.00	$691	—
515	515	1	142.00	$142.00	$731	—
550	550	1	143.00	$143.00	$786	-2.00
645	645	1	131.00	$131.00	$845	—
980	980	1	100.00	$100.00	$980	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–210	208	4	137.50–152.50	$145.69	$303	—
235 value added	235	1	157.50	$157.50	$370	+7.50
274–285 value added	276	6	150.00–165.00	$162.42	$448	+17.42
280	280	1	140.00	$140.00	$392	—
300–344 value added	326	19	155.00–169.00	$159.16	$519	+6.21
335	335	1	142.50	$142.50	$477	—
350–387 value added	380	32	150.00–163.50	$157.51	$599	+2.42
385	385	1	146.00	$146.00	$562	+7.00
402–448 value added	431	47	144.00–160.00	$153.87	$663	+2.46
400–447	434	6	135.00–140.00	$136.85	$594	—
457–498 value added	482	45	141.00–151.00	$144.54	$697	-0.35
465–495	482	11	132.00–140.00	$137.45	$663	+3.72
500–546 value added	519	57	137.00–146.00	$142.43	$739	+4.92
500–535	523	8	133.00–135.00	$133.51	$698	+6.70
550–570 value added	560	36	138.00–147.00	$143.69	$805	+8.00
557–595	581	8	131.00–134.00	$133.38	$775	+4.16
600–630	610	10	120.00–129.00	$125.62	$766	+8.45
600–634 value added	623	33	130.00–140.00	$134.71	$839	-4.15
650–670	657	6	110.00–124.00	$119.99	$788	+4.41
650–692 value added	663	116	125.00–143.95	$141.55	$938	+13.55
715–745	728	3	104.00–107.00	$105.98	$772	-10.88
725–747 value added	744	8	123.00–130.00	$129.15	$961	—
751–785 value added	777	13	125.00–126.00	$125.22	$973	+0.22
800	800	1	114.00	$114.00	$912	+20.00
815 value added	815	1	117.00	$117.00	$954	—
820	820	1	105.00	$105.00	$861	-6.00
865–878	875	4	113.00–116.00	$115.26	$1,009	—
910	910	4	113.00	$113.00	$1,028	+23.00
1071	1071	9	116.75	$116.75	$1,250	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
232	232	2	133.00	$133.00	$309	—
296	296	3	132.50	$132.50	$392	—
380–382	381	3	128.00–135.00	$130.33	$497	-1.67
535–540	538	2	120.00–126.00	$122.99	$662	—
560	560	1	128.00	$128.00	$717	+5.71
600–630	615	2	103.00–115.00	$109.15	$671	—
650–655	653	2	104.00–110.00	$106.99	$699	+0.99
780–795	788	2	92.00–98.00	$95.03	$749	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	132.50	$132.50	$583	—
570–590	580	2	132.00	$132.00	$766	—
675–682	680	3	115.00–121.00	$119.01	$809	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	2	115.00	$115.00	$518	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	155.00	$155.00	$356	—
250–275	256	4	157.50–160.00	$158.17	$405	—
310–315	313	2	164.00–167.50	$165.76	$519	—
337 value added	337	2	179.50	$179.50	$605	—
368–370	369	4	168.00–169.00	$168.75	$623	-9.83
370–387 value added	381	3	170.00–172.00	$171.35	$653	—
405–447	427	4	155.00–159.00	$158.04	$675	+10.08
435 value added	435	1	167.00	$167.00	$726	—
460–485	470	3	147.00–156.00	$150.93	$709	-2.09
502–530	518	14	144.00–155.00	$148.10	$767	+2.60
518–540 value added	527	8	158.00–163.50	$160.67	$847	+5.67
550–563 value added	558	5	156.50–157.00	$156.70	$874	-0.56
550–595	577	12	144.00–155.00	$147.78	$853	-2.27
605–645 value added	637	5	139.00–140.00	$139.81	$891	+2.05
660–670	665	2	127.00–131.00	$128.98	$858	-3.03
710–748 value added	729	8	120.00–128.00	$123.68	$902	—
840	840	1	108.00	$108.00	$907	+2.00
1410	1410	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,340	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	2	140.00–152.50	$146.20	$421	—
315	315	1	132.50	$132.50	$417	-19.50
450	450	1	136.00	$136.00	$612	-3.00
502	502	2	132.00	$132.00	$663	—
555–585	566	4	134.00–141.00	$137.30	$777	—
695	695	1	105.00	$105.00	$730	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	125.00	$125.00	$300	—
275	275	1	132.50	$132.50	$364	—
455	455	2	125.00	$125.00	$569	—
530	530	1	125.00	$125.00	$662	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	80-85%	1	58.00	$58.00	$655	—
1095–1445	1229	80-85%	5	63.00–67.50	$65.65	$807	+9.46
1160–1530	1336	80-85%	20	68.00–76.50	$72.60	$970	+8.61

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1020	903	85-90%	3	48.00–56.00	$52.15	$471	-0.85
895–1255	1026	85-90%	6	58.00–63.00	$60.04	$616	—
955–1160	1078	85-90%	8	63.00–70.00	$65.50	$706	+8.27

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1705	1442	75-80%	16	67.00–74.00	$70.92	$1,023	+0.57
1840	1840	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$1,196	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065	1065	1	73.00	$73.00	$777	—
1015–1975	1478	6	82.00–92.00	$86.49	$1,278	—
1440–2170	1803	11	95.00–111.00	$103.70	$1,870	+4.27

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
950–1025	978	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	74.00–83.00	$79.74	$780

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1250	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–860.00	$856.93
1265	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1085	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00–785.00	$780.27
1070	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	735.00	$735.00

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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.