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

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 17, 2021

841 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) report →

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $131.95/cwt ≈ $1,124/hd at 852 lb · 63 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.39/cwt +6.96 vs last sale · ≈ $737/hd at 618 lb · 45 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.80/cwt -3.34 vs last sale · ≈ $646/hd at 483 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	841	338	603
Feeder cattle	650	228	498
Slaughter cattle	141	81	98
Replacement cattle	50	29	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher in a limited comparison to last Monday's light test. Yearlings no comparison. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 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 value added	260	1	165.00	$165.00	$429	—
340	340	2	152.00	$152.00	$517	—
366–397	378	7	156.00–158.00	$156.87	$593	—
382 value added	382	2	167.00	$167.00	$638	—
430	430	1	151.00	$151.00	$649	-9.00
430 value added	430	1	162.00	$162.00	$697	—
480 value added	480	2	161.00	$161.00	$773	—
500–530 value added	511	10	152.00–156.00	$155.00	$792	+11.00
507–545	520	3	147.00–151.00	$149.60	$778	+9.39
560 value added	560	1	153.00	$153.00	$857	+15.00
580	580	1	141.00	$141.00	$818	+1.32
610–647 value added	630	25	139.00–152.50	$145.40	$916	+8.54
653–670 value added	662	17	142.00–144.50	$144.11	$954	+7.11
650–688	680	5	135.00–138.00	$135.57	$922	+4.57
700–728	716	6	123.00–124.00	$123.67	$885	—
710–730 value added	719	4	128.00–131.00	$129.26	$929	+2.93
770–780	773	3	120.00–122.00	$120.67	$933	-4.33
780 value added	780	1	128.00	$128.00	$998	—
850–862 thin fleshed	851	61	128.50–132.60	$132.33	$1,126	—
855–885	870	2	120.00–121.00	$120.51	$1,048	—
940	940	1	106.00	$106.00	$996	-4.00
1014	1014	9	108.00	$108.00	$1,095	+3.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	141.00	$141.00	$726	+7.00
720	720	1	110.00	$110.00	$792	—
1060	1060	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,007	—

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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	200	1	134.00	$134.00	$268	—
285–295	294	7	139.00–142.00	$141.58	$416	—
335–345	340	2	133.00–138.00	$135.46	$461	+1.46
360–390	375	7	129.00–135.00	$132.70	$498	—
415 value added	415	1	147.00	$147.00	$610	+7.99
400–435	422	8	125.00–132.00	$128.79	$543	-2.56
457–497 value added	478	12	136.00–145.00	$138.41	$662	+0.41
467–496	485	26	126.00–134.00	$131.67	$639	-4.33
500–529 value added	517	16	134.00–141.00	$139.08	$719	+2.38
500–542	521	13	123.00–131.00	$128.37	$669	+4.81
560–597	579	18	124.00–132.00	$126.99	$735	+2.23
600–635	610	27	121.00–124.00	$122.73	$749	+0.73
610–641	629	18	104.00–119.00	$114.37	$719	+3.54
672–692	682	8	107.00–115.00	$111.06	$757	+2.63
702–730	711	3	104.00	$104.00	$739	-5.00
710–727	718	10	108.00–110.00	$109.50	$786	+0.50
750–785	770	17	108.00–114.00	$110.83	$853	—
775	775	1	102.00	$102.00	$790	—
800–830	815	4	108.00–109.00	$108.51	$884	—
870	870	1	101.00	$101.00	$879	+7.00
881	881	20	116.75	$116.75	$1,029	+22.75
930	930	1	104.00	$104.00	$967	—
965	965	2	100.00	$100.00	$965	—
1005	1005	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,035	—
1027	1027	2	105.00	$105.00	$1,078	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	280	2	126.00–131.00	$128.41	$360	—
347	347	2	121.00	$121.00	$420	—
395	395	1	129.00	$129.00	$510	—
405–435	417	6	117.00–125.00	$122.70	$512	+6.70
470–485	477	6	115.00–124.00	$120.15	$573	-0.36
500–535	518	6	110.00–121.00	$115.11	$596	—
550–595	566	6	104.00–120.00	$113.60	$643	—
615	615	1	103.00	$103.00	$633	—
650–690	676	4	100.00–104.00	$102.28	$691	+2.28
755	755	1	95.00	$95.00	$717	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	100.00	$100.00	$680	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	371	7	147.00–156.00	$153.96	$571	+2.65
400–435	419	6	145.00–153.00	$148.56	$622	+7.56
435 value added	435	1	155.00	$155.00	$674	—
450–485	463	9	140.00–154.00	$145.70	$675	+7.70
475–485 value added	480	2	155.00	$155.00	$744	—
500–535 value added	517	14	149.00–152.00	$150.47	$778	—
505–540	526	8	135.00–146.00	$142.52	$750	+0.06
570–590	578	6	136.00–145.00	$139.68	$807	+2.34
550–596 value added	579	19	146.00–153.00	$150.22	$870	—
600–640 value added	619	8	133.00–143.00	$138.82	$859	+8.46
625–647	640	4	121.00–125.00	$122.99	$787	+1.71
650–690 value added	669	4	130.00–132.00	$131.01	$876	—
652–697	677	9	112.00–129.00	$123.53	$836	+6.69
723–735	725	7	112.00–115.00	$113.85	$825	+1.58
790	790	1	110.00	$110.00	$869	+2.50
800–837	825	4	84.00–114.00	$97.36	$803	+7.02
895	895	1	81.00	$81.00	$725	—
1045	1045	1	82.00	$82.00	$857	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–315	313	2	131.00–147.00	$139.06	$435	—
430	430	2	129.00	$129.00	$555	+1.45
490	490	2	130.00–139.00	$134.50	$659	+13.50
500–530	520	3	125.00–132.00	$127.24	$662	—
550–580	570	3	123.00–131.00	$128.43	$732	-0.57
610	610	1	118.00	$118.00	$720	—
655–670	662	3	112.00–120.00	$115.98	$768	+16.98
722	722	2	97.00	$97.00	$700	±0.00
905	905	1	76.00	$76.00	$688	±0.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–730	712	3	105.00–108.00	$106.64	$759	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	126.00	$126.00	$655	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1535	1243	80-85%	18	64.50–71.00	$68.30	$849	—
1130–1565	1374	80-85%	16	73.00–78.00	$75.04	$1,031	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1520	1390	75-80%	4	67.50–71.00	$69.10	$960	—
1275–1950	1664	75-80%	25	71.00–78.00	$74.16	$1,234	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1320	968	85-90%	8	49.00–63.00	$55.98	$542	—
925–1050	988	85-90%	3	63.00–65.50	$64.46	$637	—
995–1230	1089	85-90%	4	69.00–77.00	$72.51	$790	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1450	1293	2	68.00–80.00	$73.27	$947	—
1180–2500	1702	16	80.00–90.00	$86.96	$1,480	—
1385–2160	1707	14	93.00–110.00	$99.38	$1,696	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1250	1037	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	79.00–84.00	$82.19	$852

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860	860	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	77.00	$77.00	$662

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135–1590	1327	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	900.00–1,100.00	$982.86

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1030	978	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	650.00–750.00	$676.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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
1015–1705	1206	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,075.00–1,350.00	$1,269.26	—

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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.