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

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 18, 2021

791 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.39/cwt +0.11 vs last sale · ≈ $596/hd at 475 lb · 63 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.96/cwt +6.25 vs last sale · ≈ $769/hd at 616 lb · 43 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.41/cwt -5.95 vs last sale · ≈ $476/hd at 373 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	791	940	1,082
Feeder cattle	685	821	949
Slaughter cattle	94	104	117
Replacement cattle	12	15	16

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady; few featherweight 300-400 lb steers 5.00 higher. Yearlings lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold steady with light demand. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower with moderate 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
277 fancy	277	4	183.00	$183.00	$507	—
295	295	2	168.00–177.00	$172.50	$509	—
315–320 fancy	318	2	170.00–174.00	$172.02	$547	—
330	330	1	168.00	$168.00	$554	+13.23
353–395 value added	357	12	178.00–180.00	$178.18	$636	+6.50
365–390	379	11	156.00–170.00	$165.04	$626	+2.02
400–445 value added	418	13	160.00–180.00	$170.35	$712	+7.65
410–440	431	4	144.00–156.00	$152.14	$656	+0.14
455–487	476	3	150.00–155.00	$151.59	$722	-3.41
455–498 value added	480	14	154.00–169.00	$160.86	$772	-7.75
510–527 value added	523	21	154.00–168.00	$162.64	$851	+2.82
515–540	532	3	141.00–150.00	$145.74	$775	+0.63
562–580 value added	570	12	154.00–156.00	$154.85	$883	-5.15
580	580	1	140.00	$140.00	$812	-7.65
600–645 value added	608	13	140.00–152.00	$145.85	$887	+1.25
662–667 value added	665	4	140.00–144.00	$141.99	$944	+2.50
680	680	3	131.00	$131.00	$891	-3.00
715	715	1	130.00	$130.00	$930	-5.00
710–721 value added	718	6	140.00–146.50	$144.60	$1,038	+1.30
800–838	823	11	136.00–143.00	$139.92	$1,152	—
915–925	918	3	120.00–130.00	$126.64	$1,163	—
950–980	970	4	121.00–124.00	$123.24	$1,195	—
1080	1080	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,307	—
1275	1275	2	117.00	$117.00	$1,492	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	122.00	$122.00	$336	—
365	365	1	140.00	$140.00	$511	—
530	530	13	130.50	$130.50	$692	-2.50
560	560	10	134.00	$134.00	$750	—
615	615	1	129.00	$129.00	$793	+9.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	135.00	$135.00	$371	+2.50
303–345	320	8	122.00–133.00	$127.17	$407	+2.70
342 fancy	342	2	135.00	$135.00	$462	—
352 value added	352	2	134.00	$134.00	$472	-6.00
350–397	375	27	120.00–131.00	$126.92	$476	-1.13
400–442	425	9	122.00–131.00	$126.40	$537	+3.08
407–435 value added	426	11	131.00–136.00	$133.23	$568	-1.77
450–495	475	63	122.00–130.00	$125.39	$596	+0.11
500–545	513	5	121.00–127.00	$122.97	$631	+2.64
520 value added	520	3	130.00	$130.00	$676	-6.00
570 value added	570	1	129.00	$129.00	$735	—
560–595	578	11	120.00–126.00	$123.27	$713	+3.21
601–645	612	25	124.50–125.00	$124.86	$764	+6.15
602–645	615	11	118.00–122.50	$120.35	$740	+1.64
622–632 value added	629	7	132.00–134.00	$132.56	$834	—
664	664	5	126.00	$126.00	$837	+3.98
660–691	679	5	124.00	$124.00	$842	+1.98
735	735	1	116.00	$116.00	$853	+2.10
737–743	741	5	120.00–123.00	$121.81	$903	+7.91
755–775	765	2	101.00–114.00	$107.42	$822	+1.66
845	845	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,006	—
860–896	887	9	107.00–116.00	$111.08	$985	—
1025	1025	1	93.00	$93.00	$953	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–220	217	3	110.00–117.50	$112.42	$244	—
255–295	274	5	114.00–121.00	$119.08	$326	+9.57
325	325	1	115.00	$115.00	$374	-0.64
370–395	378	6	116.00–121.00	$117.53	$444	+3.43
428–440	433	5	119.00–121.00	$120.39	$521	+7.54
457–489	480	7	115.00–117.00	$116.46	$559	-0.65
520–545	537	3	115.00–117.00	$116.35	$625	+5.81
558–595	570	7	110.00–118.00	$115.51	$658	+4.72
620	620	1	105.00	$105.00	$651	-5.23

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	130.00	$130.00	$286	-18.42
255–295	277	3	139.00–155.00	$145.34	$403	—
305–335 fancy	315	4	163.00–174.00	$169.28	$533	+3.28
315–345	325	3	150.00–158.00	$154.20	$501	-5.81
362–385	372	5	139.00–155.00	$148.29	$552	-10.66
445 fancy	445	2	155.00	$155.00	$690	—
450–487	472	7	140.00–153.00	$149.37	$705	+0.83
500	500	2	140.00	$140.00	$700	-3.88
561 fancy	561	3	151.00	$151.00	$847	+5.61
562–590	569	10	131.00–145.00	$140.65	$800	+3.56
617–630 fancy	621	7	130.00–134.00	$131.15	$814	-3.85
600–632	627	6	124.00–127.50	$126.94	$796	-2.46
660–670	665	3	121.00–128.00	$124.34	$827	-1.61
700–735	717	8	108.00–117.00	$113.24	$812	+4.71
780–785	783	2	104.00–116.00	$110.02	$861	+4.92
860	860	2	85.00	$85.00	$731	-14.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	131.00	$131.00	$498	+1.00
418	418	3	130.00	$130.00	$543	+1.04
453	453	3	131.00	$131.00	$593	+5.35
500–525	507	6	125.00–130.00	$126.71	$642	+6.46
560–570	567	5	125.00–130.00	$127.60	$723	+10.09
617	617	2	120.00	$120.00	$740	+9.57
680	680	1	101.00	$101.00	$687	—
855	855	1	79.00	$79.00	$675	—
905–925	912	3	73.00–89.00	$78.41	$715	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	2	130.00	$130.00	$734	—
720	720	1	104.00	$104.00	$749	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	2	110.00	$110.00	$574	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1475	1191	80-85%	16	51.00–56.50	$54.37	$648	—
1155–1315	1257	80-85%	3	47.00–51.00	$48.57	$611	—
1095–1630	1323	80-85%	11	56.50–63.00	$59.01	$781	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1345	1028	85-90%	13	34.00–47.00	$41.19	$423	-5.83
1085–1195	1131	85-90%	4	48.00–53.00	$50.21	$568	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1450	1273	75-80%	2	47.00–48.00	$47.57	$606	—
1175–1725	1443	75-80%	9	52.00–56.50	$54.37	$785	+0.04
1225–1695	1443	75-80%	6	56.50–59.00	$57.81	$834	+3.48

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460–1925	1654	7	82.00–91.00	$86.59	$1,432	—
1400–1930	1703	3	67.00–78.00	$73.15	$1,246	—
1670–2070	1870	2	96.00–97.00	$96.55	$1,805	-2.10

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915–1320	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	64.00–84.00	$70.50	$810

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170	1170	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 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1110	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—
1175	1175	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
573 value added	573	83	118.50	$118.50	$679	—
575	575	2	78.00	$78.00	$448	—
687	687	2	103.00	$103.00	$708	—
1115	1115	1	78.00	$78.00	$870	—
1190	1190	1	78.00	$78.00	$928	—

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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.