Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 7, 2021

603 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.50/cwt +7.55 vs last sale · ≈ $720/hd at 509 lb · 26 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.56/cwt -9.62 vs last sale · ≈ $771/hd at 610 lb · 23 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $140.88/cwt +16.99 vs last sale · ≈ $794/hd at 563 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	603	568	704
Feeder cattle	466	503	614
Slaughter cattle	134	56	76
Replacement cattle	3	9	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

No market comparison with last Monday due to Holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292 fancy	292	5	180.00	$180.00	$526	—
326	326	3	166.00	$166.00	$541	—
335 fancy	335	1	173.00	$173.00	$580	—
375–390	383	2	168.00–170.00	$169.02	$647	—
400–445 value added	403	18	162.00–169.00	$168.35	$678	+3.26
481–492 value added	485	5	162.50–165.00	$163.99	$795	—
500–542 value added	525	14	159.00–164.00	$162.70	$854	-1.74
515–535	525	2	150.00–155.00	$152.45	$800	+9.45
567–575	571	5	150.00–152.50	$151.41	$865	+10.41
582–587 value added	583	11	154.00–156.50	$156.04	$910	-0.37
600–640	627	6	138.50–141.00	$139.30	$873	+4.78
617–644 value added	630	14	146.50–155.50	$152.20	$959	+8.82
692 value added	692	4	146.00	$146.00	$1,010	+3.67
700–743 value added	717	13	137.00–140.00	$138.94	$996	+7.79
760 value added	760	3	133.50	$133.50	$1,015	+6.00
800–822	811	5	124.00–132.00	$127.44	$1,034	+1.44
877	877	14	127.25	$127.25	$1,116	+8.25
925–947	939	4	120.50–123.00	$121.88	$1,144	+13.88

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	132.00	$132.00	$568	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	2	135.00	$135.00	$243	—
313–347	327	5	133.00–139.00	$136.45	$446	-0.71
352–366	361	6	135.00–139.00	$137.70	$497	-6.36
410–415	414	5	131.00–136.00	$135.01	$559	+5.56
425–426 value added	426	9	141.00–147.00	$145.67	$621	—
462–475 value added	466	3	139.00–140.00	$139.34	$649	+1.34
450–493	485	8	127.00–135.00	$131.95	$640	+3.45
500–541 value added	509	24	136.00–145.00	$142.30	$724	+5.70
500–520	510	2	130.00–134.00	$131.96	$673	+5.06
551–595 value added	562	21	136.00–146.00	$141.35	$794	—
590	590	1	131.00	$131.00	$773	+7.11
600–610	604	7	113.00–120.00	$116.72	$705	-3.16
603–645 value added	612	16	126.00–134.00	$130.87	$801	-6.58
652–690	662	13	113.00–115.00	$113.63	$752	+5.63
695 value added	695	6	124.50	$124.50	$865	—
700–705	702	5	113.00–120.00	$117.80	$827	—
725–748	742	4	104.00–111.00	$105.71	$784	—
770	770	1	118.00	$118.00	$909	+7.00
811–820	813	4	106.00–110.00	$108.99	$886	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	240	4	116.00–123.00	$117.64	$282	—
250	250	1	117.50	$117.50	$294	—
305	305	2	131.00	$131.00	$400	—
440	440	1	123.00	$123.00	$541	+17.00
450–485	465	6	120.00–127.00	$122.90	$571	+8.90
545	545	1	121.00	$121.00	$659	—
615	615	1	106.00	$106.00	$652	+1.00
660–665	663	2	102.00–108.00	$104.99	$696	-0.01
705–725	715	2	101.00–102.00	$101.49	$726	—
920	920	1	79.00	$79.00	$727	-1.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262	262	2	110.00	$110.00	$288	—
353	353	4	116.00	$116.00	$409	—
440	440	1	115.00	$115.00	$506	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	2	126.00	$126.00	$655	—
660	660	1	111.00	$111.00	$733	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–292	279	5	148.00–152.50	$150.61	$420	—
325	325	1	140.00	$140.00	$455	-12.00
315–335 value added	326	4	158.00–161.00	$159.25	$519	—
355–365	362	3	145.00–155.00	$151.39	$548	—
400–415	410	9	146.00–151.00	$148.88	$610	+1.88
460–480	470	3	144.00–152.00	$147.01	$691	-0.04
505–547	529	9	145.00–154.00	$148.89	$788	-0.72
555–591	577	18	132.00–146.50	$142.06	$820	+2.61
610–640	625	2	122.00–131.00	$126.61	$791	+6.61
605–647 value added	631	14	136.00–144.00	$140.85	$889	+7.11
663–690 value added	668	7	134.00–135.00	$134.85	$901	—
660–690	678	3	130.00–133.00	$132.03	$895	+8.28
720–747 value added	734	8	123.00–130.00	$126.61	$929	—
755–792	780	3	110.00–115.00	$111.61	$871	-3.56
815	815	1	108.00	$108.00	$880	+8.54
860	860	2	91.00	$91.00	$783	—
990	990	1	100.00	$100.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	137.50	$137.50	$461	+7.50
420–425	423	2	129.00–133.00	$131.01	$554	—
455	455	1	124.00	$124.00	$564	+4.00
515–545	525	3	125.00–130.00	$127.67	$670	+2.17
595	595	1	128.00	$128.00	$762	-0.61
615	615	1	115.00	$115.00	$707	—
680	680	1	127.00	$127.00	$864	+15.52

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	121.00	$121.00	$756	—
687	687	2	129.00	$129.00	$886	—
930	930	1	85.00	$85.00	$790	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1205	1048	80-85%	3	56.00–65.50	$62.87	$659	—
1035–1485	1229	80-85%	13	66.50–72.00	$69.90	$859	—
1110–1660	1349	80-85%	26	72.00–81.50	$76.51	$1,032	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1650	1434	75-80%	8	72.00–78.00	$74.17	$1,064	-5.82
1270–1700	1474	75-80%	17	67.50–72.00	$70.34	$1,037	—
1490	1490	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$968	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1195	1016	85-90%	11	65.00–70.00	$67.51	$686	—
900–1330	1088	85-90%	8	52.00–64.00	$58.34	$635	—
1000–1225	1113	85-90%	2	70.00–72.00	$71.10	$791	+2.84

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1865	1473	9	84.00–94.00	$90.27	$1,330	—
1470–2000	1757	10	95.00–115.00	$107.44	$1,888	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115–1365	1277	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	785.00–1,000.00	$905.69

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	95.00	$95.00	$347	—

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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.