Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 3, 2021

833 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $125.48/cwt +3.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,083/hd at 863 lb · 66 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $117.50/cwt ≈ $1,148/hd at 977 lb · 58 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $139.35/cwt -11.47 vs last sale · ≈ $589/hd at 423 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	833	1,019	775
Feeder cattle	653	822	667
Slaughter cattle	159	126	98
Replacement cattle	21	71	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower with moderate demand on an average through good quality offering. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower with moderate demand. Yearlings limited comparison. Slaughter cows sold steady with moderate demand. 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
305–342	321	5	152.00–160.00	$155.64	$500	-8.61
382–395	390	6	152.00–171.00	$164.61	$642	+3.72
400–427 value added	410	9	158.00–170.00	$166.34	$682	-4.61
440	440	2	154.00	$154.00	$678	-0.18
452–457	454	7	147.00–156.00	$150.44	$683	-2.23
458 value added	458	8	165.50	$165.50	$758	+2.99
505–520	513	2	145.00–154.00	$149.43	$767	+4.17
508–519 value added	515	8	157.00–165.00	$162.04	$835	-2.16
555 value added	555	7	165.00	$165.00	$916	+7.53
562–570	568	7	144.00–150.50	$148.66	$844	-0.54
607–646 value added	624	7	138.00–140.00	$139.11	$868	-3.59
702–730 value added	711	8	127.00–130.00	$128.26	$912	-2.27
735	735	1	125.00	$125.00	$919	+1.00
760–768	766	7	125.00–126.00	$125.72	$963	-0.28
768 value added	768	5	128.00	$128.00	$983	-3.18
842	842	2	121.00	$121.00	$1,019	-5.00
862–863	863	66	120.25–126.00	$125.48	$1,083	+3.08
977	977	58	117.50	$117.50	$1,148	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	134.00	$134.00	$677	-1.27
593	593	4	130.00	$130.00	$771	—
780	780	1	115.00	$115.00	$897	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	2	151.00	$151.00	$778	+5.00
642	642	2	127.00	$127.00	$815	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	147.50	$147.50	$354	—
295	295	1	142.00	$142.00	$419	—
312	312	2	140.00	$140.00	$437	±0.00
315–347 value added	335	4	150.00	$150.00	$502	-5.74
365–385	373	4	130.00–135.00	$132.52	$494	-11.51
370–375 value added	373	2	146.00	$146.00	$545	-6.03
400–445	417	8	126.00–136.00	$130.34	$544	-7.23
403–446 value added	425	18	137.00–146.00	$143.36	$609	-9.60
451–455 value added	452	4	138.00–144.00	$139.51	$631	-5.39
452–492	478	22	126.00–137.00	$133.15	$636	-2.86
500–508 value added	505	11	132.00–135.00	$134.19	$678	-3.18
515–525	520	3	120.00–129.00	$125.01	$650	-1.80
551 value added	551	5	130.00	$130.00	$716	-5.98
550–575	560	19	120.00–129.00	$125.21	$701	+0.21
605–645	628	20	109.00–117.00	$113.06	$710	-7.18
650	650	5	113.00	$113.00	$734	+1.00
727–740	732	8	103.00–108.00	$106.63	$781	-8.52
815–837	830	3	85.00–93.00	$87.62	$727	-12.88
900	900	1	91.00	$91.00	$819	-9.00
960	960	1	88.00	$88.00	$845	—
975	975	6	91.00	$91.00	$887	—
1025	1025	1	87.00	$87.00	$892	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	125.00	$125.00	$444	-2.96
440	440	1	125.00	$125.00	$550	+2.30
465–490	478	2	117.00–126.00	$121.62	$581	-2.65
505–532	518	6	114.00–122.00	$117.23	$607	-5.36
555–590	573	5	116.00–120.00	$118.35	$678	-7.33
615	615	2	105.00	$105.00	$646	+3.07
670–690	678	3	100.00–107.00	$103.37	$701	-1.43
710–745	723	3	97.00–102.00	$98.97	$716	+1.45
780	780	1	82.00	$82.00	$640	—
815	815	1	82.00	$82.00	$668	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	128.00	$128.00	$544	—
475	475	1	127.00	$127.00	$603	—
547 value added	547	11	130.00	$130.00	$711	—
669	669	7	107.00	$107.00	$716	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1151	1107	9	93.00–95.00	$94.39	$1,045	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	110.00	$110.00	$468	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	150.00–151.00	$150.48	$403	-10.02
300–340	323	7	141.00–155.00	$149.77	$484	-5.12
350–387	367	8	142.00–152.00	$148.09	$543	-13.99
400–440 fancy	422	3	150.00–156.00	$152.23	$642	—
400–447	436	10	140.00–149.00	$146.21	$637	-4.85
452–495	470	14	140.00–148.00	$145.79	$685	-3.18
460–492 fancy	478	5	150.00–156.00	$153.20	$732	—
500–540	516	4	136.00–143.00	$138.48	$715	-5.58
502–536 value added	531	15	145.50–149.00	$145.94	$775	-9.41
550–595	573	12	134.00–143.50	$139.10	$797	-3.86
600–645 value added	613	13	126.00–135.00	$131.48	$806	-2.88
625–635	632	5	120.00–126.00	$124.60	$787	-3.38
650–690	672	13	121.00–124.00	$122.62	$824	-1.04
705–727	713	10	111.00–117.00	$113.19	$807	-9.71
750–780	765	2	112.00–113.00	$112.51	$861	+1.51
832–840	835	3	102.00–107.00	$103.68	$866	-2.32
882–885	883	3	80.00–104.00	$88.02	$777	—
910	910	1	90.00	$90.00	$819	—
1020	1020	1	90.00	$90.00	$918	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	123.00	$123.00	$467	-7.00
430	430	1	130.00	$130.00	$559	-6.32
470–485	478	2	133.00–135.00	$134.02	$641	+5.02
560	560	1	130.00	$130.00	$728	—
660	660	1	119.00	$119.00	$785	+9.00
745	745	1	101.00	$101.00	$752	-7.27
775	775	1	98.00	$98.00	$760	-8.50
840	840	2	85.00–90.00	$87.50	$735	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	1	101.00	$101.00	$768	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1610	1291	80-85%	11	60.00–65.00	$62.96	$813	—
1060–1595	1318	80-85%	43	65.00–76.00	$68.50	$903	-0.47
1380	1380	80-85%	1	55.00	$55.00	$759	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1630	1397	75-80%	8	63.00–65.00	$64.05	$895	—
1210–1780	1509	75-80%	32	65.00–78.00	$67.72	$1,022	+0.63

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–995	896	85-90%	6	37.00–50.00	$46.09	$413	—
840–1325	1031	85-90%	9	52.00–60.00	$56.44	$582	+4.50
865–1505	1073	85-90%	10	61.00–71.00	$64.91	$696	+6.21

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	1	73.00	$73.00	$719	—
1780	1780	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,513	-12.84
1365–2125	1818	12	93.00–105.00	$100.10	$1,820	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–965	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	59.00–66.00	$62.63	$582

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815	815	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	83.00	$83.00	$676

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1350	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–1,075.00	$994.50
1385–1535	1460	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–900.00	$860.05

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
975	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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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
1315	1315	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1365	1365	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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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.