Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 23, 2021

546 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.95/cwt +14.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,236/hd at 798 lb · 73 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $163.60/cwt +11.96 vs last sale · ≈ $766/hd at 468 lb · 38 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.13/cwt ≈ $1,111/hd at 810 lb · 37 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	546	613	651
Feeder cattle	451	488	583
Slaughter cattle	76	96	62
Replacement cattle	19	29	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with good demand for weaned packages and yearlings. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady 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
400–420	403	6	153.00–155.00	$153.35	$618	+4.35
410–445 value added	432	6	165.00–177.00	$168.96	$730	—
453–494 value added	468	38	159.50–170.00	$163.60	$766	—
500–536 value added	528	10	157.00–165.00	$159.89	$844	-0.57
530	530	4	150.00–154.00	$153.00	$811	+1.08
580	580	2	151.00	$151.00	$876	-0.39
601–634 value added	622	11	150.50–156.00	$152.12	$946	+2.43
600–645	623	2	140.00–141.00	$140.52	$875	-1.12
675–695 value added	685	3	151.00–153.00	$152.01	$1,041	-1.41
700–731 value added	725	9	140.00–151.00	$149.00	$1,080	+6.00
775	775	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,077	+3.00
788 value added	788	7	147.50	$147.50	$1,162	+6.06
799 thin fleshed	799	65	156.00	$156.00	$1,246	—
864 fancy	864	8	148.00	$148.00	$1,279	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	3	134.00	$134.00	$627	—
553	553	3	148.00	$148.00	$818	+16.00
935–945	940	2	122.00	$122.00	$1,147	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	3	141.00	$141.00	$705	—
965–995	985	3	125.00–129.00	$127.69	$1,258	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	3	127.00	$127.00	$635	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	137.50	$137.50	$296	—
305–337	326	5	133.00–140.00	$137.49	$448	—
375–387	381	4	133.00–137.00	$135.03	$514	-3.89
425–446	441	4	134.00–139.00	$135.21	$596	-4.83
444 value added	444	5	143.00	$143.00	$635	—
457–485	472	8	132.00–138.00	$135.36	$639	-0.42
466–488 value added	477	10	142.00–146.00	$144.07	$687	-1.93
511–540	520	8	130.00–135.00	$133.58	$695	-0.95
550 value added	550	3	144.50	$144.50	$795	+4.80
566–596	583	9	134.00–135.00	$134.11	$782	+0.43
603	603	3	123.00	$123.00	$742	-6.02
600–630 value added	612	6	130.00–131.00	$130.33	$798	-7.04
665–686 value added	681	4	131.00–134.00	$131.73	$897	-2.36
705–725 value added	708	6	133.00–134.00	$133.83	$948	+12.83
710–725	716	4	120.00–123.00	$121.99	$873	+6.99
753–780 value added	760	4	130.00–133.00	$130.77	$994	—
775–793	784	7	127.50–128.00	$127.78	$1,002	+8.78
785	785	1	117.00	$117.00	$918	-2.00
809–835	810	36	101.00–138.85	$137.77	$1,116	—
820	820	1	114.00	$114.00	$935	—
897	897	2	110.00	$110.00	$987	-10.00
965–985	972	3	95.00–96.00	$95.34	$927	+1.34

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–375	367	3	128.00–130.00	$128.98	$473	—
408–440	423	8	121.00–130.00	$127.61	$540	—
470–495	484	10	120.00–133.00	$128.44	$622	+0.14
560–590	572	3	112.00–124.00	$118.67	$679	-4.83
620	620	1	112.00	$112.00	$694	-2.56
730	730	1	110.00	$110.00	$803	+5.49
805	805	1	90.00	$90.00	$724	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	119.00	$119.00	$547	—
560	560	1	111.00	$111.00	$622	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590–595	593	2	125.00–130.00	$127.51	$756	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	170.00	$170.00	$306	—
300–335	326	5	156.00–157.50	$156.89	$511	+2.05
370 fancy	370	1	160.00	$160.00	$592	—
380	380	1	154.00	$154.00	$585	-5.89
410–430	422	6	140.00–150.00	$143.66	$606	+3.66
475–485	480	2	145.00–153.00	$149.04	$715	+2.42
500–531 fancy	520	8	153.00–159.50	$157.58	$819	+0.58
510–540	526	9	141.50–151.00	$147.56	$776	+1.88
560	560	2	140.00	$140.00	$784	+1.66
605–645	612	7	124.00–132.50	$129.95	$795	-5.41
700–730	715	2	115.00–120.00	$117.45	$840	+2.55
830–848	844	4	95.00–100.00	$98.77	$834	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	320	2	140.00–148.00	$143.88	$460	—
355–395	375	2	141.00–150.00	$145.74	$547	+0.74
440	440	1	130.00	$130.00	$572	—
585	585	1	129.00	$129.00	$755	-6.00
605	605	1	120.00	$120.00	$726	+1.19
785	785	1	100.00	$100.00	$785	—
965	965	1	80.00	$80.00	$772	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	135.00	$135.00	$695	—
645	645	1	123.00	$123.00	$793	-4.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	110.00	$110.00	$495	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1630	1448	75-80%	6	73.00–76.00	$73.89	$1,070	+5.80
1225–1970	1561	75-80%	19	64.00–70.00	$67.96	$1,061	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970	970	80-85%	1	62.00	$62.00	$601	—
1045–1565	1254	80-85%	14	66.00–70.00	$67.76	$850	-0.42
1200–1555	1310	80-85%	7	71.00–76.00	$73.89	$968	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	85-90%	1	67.00	$67.00	$663	+8.89
915–1175	1048	85-90%	6	47.00–56.00	$52.91	$554	—
810–1215	1083	85-90%	8	60.00–65.00	$63.33	$686	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1220	1188	2	82.00–83.00	$82.51	$980	—
1320–2205	1744	4	87.00–94.00	$91.68	$1,599	—
1575–2095	1821	4	100.00–110.00	$105.59	$1,923	-1.26

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1060–1180	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	78.00–81.00	$79.42	$890

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1140–1340	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
1120–1465	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	830.00–1,000.00	$943.70
1300 fancy	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1395 fancy	1395	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
935	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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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
1340–1615	1478	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,275.00	$1,184.31	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1435	1435	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910	910	1	81.00	$81.00	$737	—

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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.