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

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 11, 2021

940 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $155.00/cwt +5.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,293/hd at 834 lb · 60 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $150.00/cwt +3.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,346/hd at 897 lb · 60 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $158.05/cwt +6.28 vs last sale · ≈ $912/hd at 577 lb · 57 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	940	658	1,580
Feeder cattle	821	542	1,394
Slaughter cattle	104	95	178
Replacement cattle	15	21	8

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with most advance on weaned 500-600 lb packages. Yearling steers sold 2.00 higher in a limited comparison. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with fleshy new-crop calves facing discounts. Yearling heifers lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower with light demand. Slaughter bulls 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
310–340	325	2	150.00–160.00	$154.77	$503	—
350–381 value added	375	5	170.00–179.00	$171.68	$644	—
380–385	383	2	160.00–166.00	$163.02	$624	—
400–435 value added	418	10	160.00–165.00	$162.70	$680	-0.24
442	442	2	152.00	$152.00	$672	—
455	455	2	155.00	$155.00	$705	+2.17
450–497 value added	485	36	157.00–173.50	$168.61	$818	+8.61
507–530 value added	521	10	158.00–162.00	$159.82	$833	+7.82
505–540	535	12	140.00–153.00	$145.11	$776	+1.36
565–582	573	9	145.00–153.00	$147.65	$846	+1.65
557–597 value added	578	48	154.00–165.00	$160.00	$925	+7.97
600–645 value added	624	11	142.00–151.00	$144.60	$902	-0.90
665–697 value added	687	4	139.00–140.00	$139.49	$958	-2.07
690	690	2	134.00	$134.00	$925	—
701–725 value added	702	33	143.25–144.00	$143.30	$1,006	+2.30
712	712	2	135.00	$135.00	$961	—
735	735	2	135.00–137.00	$136.00	$1,000	—
834 thin fleshed	834	60	155.00	$155.00	$1,293	—
897 thin fleshed	897	60	150.00	$150.00	$1,346	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	136.00	$136.00	$639	—
522	522	2	133.00	$133.00	$694	—
620	620	1	120.00	$120.00	$744	-6.37
850–875	863	2	120.00–133.00	$126.59	$1,092	-5.41

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	133.00	$133.00	$871	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	3	140.00	$140.00	$308	—
262	262	2	132.50	$132.50	$347	—
300–340	320	2	124.00–125.00	$124.47	$398	-6.53
362 value added	362	4	140.00	$140.00	$507	—
350–395	376	5	125.00–134.00	$128.05	$481	-4.92
405–445	428	6	122.00–125.00	$123.32	$528	-7.68
442 value added	442	11	135.00	$135.00	$597	—
456–495	472	29	119.00–130.00	$125.28	$591	-4.20
506 value added	506	6	136.00	$136.00	$688	+2.61
500–545	525	34	115.00–127.50	$120.33	$632	-3.06
555–595	574	18	115.00–124.00	$120.06	$689	-6.94
600–635	617	21	114.00–124.00	$118.71	$732	-2.60
655–696	680	8	115.00–124.00	$122.02	$830	—
712 value added	712	5	128.00	$128.00	$911	—
710–746	729	6	101.00–117.00	$113.90	$830	+3.52
773–792	779	6	100.00–117.00	$105.76	$824	-5.27
805	805	1	97.00	$97.00	$781	-18.00
905–925	915	2	98.00–104.00	$100.97	$924	—
970	970	1	96.00	$96.00	$931	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262–275	269	4	109.00–110.00	$109.51	$295	-11.49
310–335	326	4	115.00–117.50	$115.64	$377	-7.55
355–390	370	8	100.00–120.00	$114.10	$422	-6.90
410–440	426	4	102.00–118.00	$112.85	$481	-4.68
481–495	485	9	116.00–118.00	$117.11	$568	-0.28
525–542	535	9	106.00–114.00	$110.54	$591	-7.46
550–595	572	10	107.00–114.00	$110.79	$634	+0.99
600–632	620	5	105.00–112.00	$110.23	$683	+4.28
650–680	660	3	101.00–104.00	$102.03	$673	-9.64
890	890	1	82.00	$82.00	$730	—
930	930	1	82.00	$82.00	$763	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	118.00	$118.00	$596	—
602	602	2	102.00	$102.00	$614	-13.98

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	2	101.00	$101.00	$416	-9.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–227	221	3	145.00–150.00	$148.42	$328	—
260 fancy	260	3	173.00	$173.00	$450	—
300–335	320	6	157.00–162.00	$160.01	$512	—
345 fancy	345	1	166.00	$166.00	$573	—
350–385	368	2	158.00–160.00	$158.95	$585	+16.15
412–445	432	6	143.00–154.00	$150.33	$649	+11.33
465–482	474	8	145.00–151.00	$148.54	$704	+6.10
500–503 fancy	501	4	153.00–154.00	$153.25	$768	+9.25
500–530	514	9	134.00–152.00	$143.88	$740	+7.12
565–578 fancy	574	5	144.00–150.00	$145.39	$835	—
555–595	580	9	130.00–143.00	$137.09	$795	+2.24
605–640	623	2	126.00–133.00	$129.40	$806	+4.03
635 fancy	635	2	135.00	$135.00	$857	+1.16
650–680	664	5	119.00–129.00	$125.95	$836	+4.44
705 fancy	705	2	125.00	$125.00	$881	—
708–748	726	13	101.00–120.00	$108.53	$788	-4.07
757–775	766	9	98.00–110.00	$105.10	$805	-13.90
800 fancy	800	6	111.00	$111.00	$888	—
870	870	1	99.00	$99.00	$861	-3.00
935	935	1	105.00	$105.00	$982	—
960	960	3	100.00	$100.00	$960	+8.01

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–230	225	3	130.00–137.50	$133.28	$300	—
250–280	262	3	129.00–142.00	$136.71	$358	+4.71
360–367	365	3	130.00	$130.00	$474	-5.00
425–437	433	3	127.00–133.00	$128.96	$558	+0.96
460–490	478	4	120.00–132.00	$125.65	$601	-2.46
500–540	529	4	118.50–124.00	$120.25	$636	-2.78
556–560	557	4	115.00–125.00	$117.51	$655	-10.21
610–635	623	5	107.00–115.00	$110.43	$688	-6.24
965	965	1	80.00	$80.00	$772	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	122.50	$122.50	$361	—
425	425	1	110.00	$110.00	$468	—
475	475	2	103.00	$103.00	$489	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1470	1207	80-85%	12	56.50–62.00	$58.35	$704	-1.24
990–1400	1232	80-85%	14	52.00–56.00	$54.05	$666	-5.54
1060–1340	1234	80-85%	8	44.00–54.50	$49.95	$616	-9.64

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1810	1419	75-80%	18	52.50–56.00	$54.33	$771	-2.77
1370–1985	1653	75-80%	9	57.00–62.50	$59.47	$983	—
1660	1660	75-80%	1	44.00	$44.00	$730	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1170	1018	85-90%	4	43.00–52.00	$47.02	$479	-10.64
1195–1200	1198	85-90%	2	52.00–54.50	$53.25	$638	—
1210	1210	85-90%	1	56.50	$56.50	$684	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–2035	1509	8	82.00–92.50	$87.28	$1,317	—
1580–2280	1887	7	93.00–103.00	$98.65	$1,862	-3.35

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965–1250	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	69.00–76.00	$71.87	$787

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1470	1470	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	935.00	$935.00
1325–1675	1505	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	885.00–1,085.00	$969.53

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1235–1275	1255	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	675.00–700.00	$687.30

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
1140–1200	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	500.00–575.00	$536.54

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
801	801	4	106.00	$106.00	$849	—

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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.