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

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 14, 2022

602 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) report →

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.28/cwt +9.04 vs last sale · ≈ $842/hd at 564 lb · 39 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.85/cwt +1.71 vs last sale · ≈ $951/hd at 705 lb · 35 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $156.77/cwt +1.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,061/hd at 677 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	602	168	52
Feeder cattle	496	109	16
Slaughter cattle	92	57	35
Replacement cattle	14	2	1

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with very 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
110	110	1	200.00	$200.00	$220	—
265	265	1	177.50	$177.50	$470	—
335	335	1	181.00	$181.00	$606	—
420–425	422	3	162.00–188.00	$179.26	$756	+9.26
425–442 value added	432	6	192.00–213.00	$200.33	$865	+12.58
455	455	1	173.00	$173.00	$787	—
450–496 value added	466	12	180.00–213.00	$196.59	$916	+10.62
530–545	534	5	154.00–159.00	$158.00	$844	—
542 value added	542	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,030	+19.08
550–572	566	5	150.00–156.00	$154.19	$873	-0.32
560–596 value added	582	17	173.00–181.50	$177.85	$1,035	—
601–630 value added	621	21	165.00–176.00	$170.65	$1,060	—
600–641	631	4	150.00	$150.00	$946	—
658	658	4	144.50	$144.50	$951	—
662–698 value added	679	31	152.00–168.00	$158.35	$1,075	+3.37
700–727	711	5	140.00–149.00	$143.68	$1,022	—
700–745 value added	719	9	150.00–156.00	$153.14	$1,101	-0.86
765 value added	765	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,193	+4.00
775	775	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,116	—
822 fancy	822	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,274	+12.00
802–842	824	13	145.00–150.00	$147.75	$1,217	+12.75
905 fancy	905	12	145.00	$145.00	$1,312	—
983	983	4	137.50	$137.50	$1,352	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	141.00	$141.00	$726	—
840	840	3	135.50	$135.50	$1,138	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,695	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
145	145	1	180.00	$180.00	$261	—
240	240	1	170.00	$170.00	$408	—
250	250	1	150.00	$150.00	$375	+6.00
310–330 value added	317	3	154.00–159.00	$157.26	$499	—
372–375 value added	373	3	153.00–154.00	$153.66	$573	-7.34
385	385	1	150.00	$150.00	$578	+1.00
403–448 value added	417	27	153.00–167.00	$163.50	$682	+12.50
400–440	420	7	140.00–149.00	$146.28	$614	+0.31
465–475	468	3	143.00–145.00	$144.32	$675	+7.93
470–495 value added	480	13	146.00–156.00	$151.35	$726	+4.13
500–525	517	4	146.00–147.00	$146.50	$757	+12.28
500–548 value added	523	30	147.00–154.00	$151.19	$791	+2.88
550–593 value added	561	34	147.00–153.50	$150.22	$843	+6.57
567–597	584	5	140.00–145.00	$142.85	$834	+12.85
600–640 value added	611	7	136.00–146.00	$142.51	$871	—
650–655	653	2	130.00–134.00	$132.01	$862	+5.01
650–667 value added	658	6	136.00–140.00	$138.67	$912	—
701–713 value added	705	35	131.00–136.00	$134.85	$951	-1.15
770–782	778	3	125.00	$125.00	$972	—
873 value added	873	11	135.50	$135.50	$1,183	—
885	885	3	126.00	$126.00	$1,115	—
905	905	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,104	—
977 value added	977	16	126.50	$126.50	$1,236	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	142.50	$142.50	$363	—
575	575	1	130.00	$130.00	$748	—
610	610	1	109.00	$109.00	$665	-9.00
655–675	665	2	118.00–121.00	$119.52	$795	+14.52
700	700	1	114.00	$114.00	$798	+9.50
810	810	1	104.00	$104.00	$842	—
850–880	865	2	100.00–103.00	$101.53	$878	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	146.00	$146.00	$642	—
950	950	2	104.00	$104.00	$988	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1220	1181	4	105.00–112.00	$110.42	$1,304	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	109.00	$109.00	$447	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–305	303	2	177.50	$177.50	$538	-7.28
362–370	365	3	175.00–185.00	$181.62	$663	+8.46
394 fancy	394	5	183.00	$183.00	$721	—
420–430	425	2	151.00–155.00	$153.02	$650	—
418–435 value added	427	6	176.00–210.00	$193.34	$826	+22.34
465–490	471	4	152.00–156.00	$153.29	$722	—
490–495 value added	493	2	168.00–170.00	$168.99	$833	-5.01
530–546	541	8	145.00–151.00	$149.51	$809	+9.51
567	567	2	150.00	$150.00	$850	±0.00
578 value added	578	3	152.00	$152.00	$879	—
635	635	1	134.00	$134.00	$851	—
655–687	670	10	131.00–136.00	$134.20	$899	-0.80
700–730	709	8	124.00–133.00	$127.13	$901	—
757–780	765	3	123.00–125.00	$123.68	$946	—
820–822	821	3	110.00–129.00	$122.68	$1,007	—
920	920	1	94.00	$94.00	$865	—
955	955	1	92.00	$92.00	$879	—
1040	1040	1	89.00	$89.00	$926	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	157.50	$157.50	$346	—
495	495	1	148.00	$148.00	$733	—
690	690	2	129.00	$129.00	$890	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	140.00	$140.00	$735	—
590	590	1	144.00	$144.00	$850	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	120.00	$120.00	$702	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1210	1007	85-90%	3	53.00–59.00	$56.81	$572	-17.19
915–1215	1044	85-90%	4	45.00–50.00	$47.70	$498	-26.30
910–1200	1046	85-90%	9	69.00–76.00	$73.63	$770	-0.37
1015–1155	1094	85-90%	6	64.00–68.00	$66.31	$725	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315	1315	75-80%	1	69.00	$69.00	$907	—
1200–1685	1458	75-80%	12	70.00–78.00	$75.23	$1,097	—
1130–2055	1581	75-80%	9	78.00–86.00	$81.83	$1,294	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1510	1279	80-85%	10	71.00–78.00	$74.87	$958	—
1050–1585	1321	80-85%	11	79.00–87.00	$82.95	$1,096	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1385	1307	3	96.00–100.00	$98.44	$1,287	—
1345	1345	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,009	—
1230–2250	1813	19	101.00–125.00	$112.20	$2,034	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1275–1595	1450	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,175.00–1,400.00	$1,284.47

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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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.