Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 25, 2021

899 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $156.95/cwt -3.57 vs last sale · ≈ $810/hd at 516 lb · 56 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.15/cwt +0.76 vs last sale · ≈ $597/hd at 473 lb · 51 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $152.19/cwt -1.51 vs last sale · ≈ $863/hd at 567 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	899	791	1,109
Feeder cattle	770	685	958
Slaughter cattle	116	94	135
Replacement cattle	13	12	16

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady with good demand for weaned offerings; light demand for fleshy bawling calves. Yearlings lightly tested. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher with light to 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
225	225	1	156.00	$156.00	$351	—
290	290	1	150.00	$150.00	$435	-22.50
315–330	321	5	155.00–160.00	$158.60	$509	-9.40
360–370	365	2	164.00–167.50	$165.77	$605	+0.73
370–395 value added	386	9	174.00–176.00	$174.55	$674	-3.63
420–440	433	3	154.00–158.00	$155.69	$674	+3.55
400–446 value added	434	25	155.00–175.00	$166.98	$725	-3.37
450–497 value added	475	22	160.00–172.50	$164.92	$783	+4.06
460–495	476	14	141.00–155.00	$150.68	$717	-0.91
500–535 value added	514	32	154.50–168.00	$161.44	$830	-1.20
505–547	519	24	141.00–152.00	$150.97	$784	+5.23
552–582 value added	558	21	156.00–161.00	$160.01	$893	+5.16
555–590	574	28	143.00–152.00	$146.33	$840	+6.33
600	600	4	138.00	$138.00	$828	—
600–642 value added	622	33	140.50–154.00	$149.10	$927	+3.25
650–691 value added	673	10	142.00–144.00	$143.08	$963	+1.09
670–690	679	7	132.00–139.00	$134.72	$915	+3.72
710–747 value added	743	20	140.00–150.00	$149.04	$1,107	+4.44
767	767	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,035	—
840–845	842	3	134.00–139.00	$137.33	$1,156	-2.59
853	853	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,152	—
925	925	2	129.00	$129.00	$1,193	+2.36

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	3	123.00	$123.00	$705	-11.00
600	600	4	129.00	$129.00	$774	±0.00
652	652	2	125.00	$125.00	$815	—
705	705	1	121.00	$121.00	$853	—
800	800	1	122.00	$122.00	$976	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	334	4	125.00–129.00	$127.56	$426	+0.39
350–395	383	17	120.00–134.00	$127.52	$488	+0.60
425–440	429	8	123.00–128.00	$126.75	$544	+0.35
450–495	473	51	121.00–129.00	$126.15	$597	+0.76
500–535	522	19	120.00–126.00	$123.34	$644	+0.37
544 value added	544	9	138.50	$138.50	$753	+8.50
555–585	563	18	121.00–125.00	$124.33	$700	+1.06
605–641	630	12	117.00–126.00	$120.60	$760	+0.25
665	665	1	118.00	$118.00	$785	-8.00
702–715	706	4	110.00–115.00	$113.73	$803	-2.27
702–740 value added	708	6	122.00–125.00	$124.48	$881	—
750–760	759	7	110.00–115.00	$114.29	$867	+6.87
775	775	1	118.00	$118.00	$914	+10.58
802	802	2	114.00	$114.00	$914	—
870–875	873	2	106.00–121.00	$113.52	$991	+2.44
920	920	1	90.00	$90.00	$828	—
985	985	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,034	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	120.00	$120.00	$288	+7.58
265–285	275	2	119.00–122.50	$120.69	$332	+1.61
315–335	321	4	107.00–115.00	$113.01	$363	-1.99
360–375	368	2	110.00–113.00	$111.53	$410	-6.00
410–440	426	5	110.00–119.00	$114.15	$486	-6.24
450–488	473	11	109.00–119.00	$115.97	$549	-0.49
530	530	2	110.00–115.00	$112.50	$596	-3.85
555–585	572	10	110.00–120.00	$113.20	$648	-2.31
600–645	629	12	105.00–115.00	$110.14	$693	+5.14
675–697	690	3	103.00–115.00	$111.09	$767	—
820–835	828	2	89.00–100.00	$94.45	$782	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	110.00	$110.00	$429	—
500–525	513	2	113.00–115.00	$113.98	$585	—
600–637	625	3	119.00	$119.00	$744	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	101.00	$101.00	$515	—
580	580	1	101.00	$101.00	$586	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	268	2	140.00–161.00	$150.79	$404	+5.45
305–320	312	3	147.00–161.00	$153.10	$478	-1.10
350–392	372	10	149.00–169.00	$160.07	$595	+11.78
405–435	420	2	147.00–151.00	$149.07	$626	—
460–497	481	7	148.00–156.00	$151.05	$727	+1.68
460–492 fancy	481	13	151.00–157.00	$153.83	$740	—
507–540	521	8	138.00–149.00	$144.12	$751	+4.12
550–587	569	31	131.00–143.00	$138.07	$786	-2.58
595 fancy	595	1	154.00	$154.00	$916	+3.00
600–645	618	12	121.00–129.00	$126.34	$781	-0.60
605–637 fancy	623	6	130.00–135.00	$131.47	$819	+0.32
660–673	668	7	120.00–135.00	$131.74	$880	+7.40
705–740	723	2	108.00–122.00	$114.83	$830	+1.59
750	750	1	106.00	$106.00	$795	-4.02
810–820	815	2	102.00–103.00	$102.50	$835	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	368	3	140.00–146.00	$142.63	$525	+11.63
405	405	1	132.00	$132.00	$535	+2.00
497	497	2	131.00	$131.00	$651	—
505–527	519	7	123.00–133.00	$128.60	$667	+1.89
555–587	576	5	118.00–129.00	$120.52	$694	-7.08
610–635	625	8	109.00–121.00	$114.78	$717	-5.22
670	670	1	114.00	$114.00	$764	+13.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	135.00	$135.00	$560	—
505	505	1	128.00	$128.00	$646	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	109.00	$109.00	$556	-1.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1015	990	80-85%	2	51.00	$51.00	$505	—
885–1290	1186	80-85%	18	54.00–59.00	$56.30	$668	+1.93
1030–1610	1344	80-85%	23	59.50–66.00	$62.29	$837	+3.28

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1650	1463	75-80%	14	59.00–65.00	$61.10	$894	—
1335–1810	1542	75-80%	7	55.00–58.50	$57.38	$885	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1250	1014	85-90%	10	52.00–55.00	$52.94	$537	+11.75
1050	1050	85-90%	1	48.00	$48.00	$504	—
990–1285	1093	85-90%	8	56.00–61.00	$57.53	$629	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1890	1648	3	83.00–92.00	$88.25	$1,454	—
1565–1875	1743	3	95.00–100.00	$97.39	$1,698	—
2700	2700	1	65.00	$65.00	$1,755	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1200	1049	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	70.00–87.00	$76.28	$800

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1480	1242	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	825.00–900.00	$857.45
1640	1640	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1270	1270	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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
1460–1620	1515	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,235.75	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
217–242	234	6	65.00–79.00	$74.67	$175	—
642	642	4	87.00	$87.00	$559	—
800–845	815	3	86.00–95.00	$91.89	$749	—

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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.