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

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 16, 2022

735 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $153.77/cwt -5.13 vs last sale · ≈ $731/hd at 475 lb · 41 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.90/cwt -1.86 vs last sale · ≈ $858/hd at 572 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.62/cwt -8.14 vs last sale · ≈ $794/hd at 530 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	735	603	841
Feeder cattle	601	483	650
Slaughter cattle	113	94	141
Replacement cattle	21	26	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower with moderate demand. Some fleshy offerings facing discounts. No test on yearlings. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher 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
300	300	1	187.00	$187.00	$561	+2.00
375–395 value added	388	3	201.00–203.00	$202.36	$785	-0.51
410	410	3	175.00	$175.00	$718	+2.83
400–447 value added	432	17	190.00–206.00	$202.04	$873	+9.50
451–460 value added	457	11	206.00–208.00	$206.72	$945	+19.81
450–490	477	7	175.00–189.00	$182.75	$872	+17.75
500–537 value added	512	19	186.00–203.00	$196.43	$1,006	+8.30
501–535	516	7	167.00–182.00	$178.18	$919	+16.18
560–563 value added	562	6	187.00–192.00	$190.51	$1,071	+19.86
552–588	577	7	167.00–181.00	$171.26	$988	+7.26
600	600	2	152.00–156.00	$154.00	$924	—
617–649 value added	635	14	176.00–180.50	$177.87	$1,129	+9.36
655–658 value added	656	7	162.00–169.00	$165.56	$1,086	-2.93
714–745 value added	719	6	148.00–159.00	$157.10	$1,130	+4.14
760–770	763	3	145.00–146.00	$145.34	$1,109	+0.98
805	805	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,111	-8.00
870	870	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,174	—
1045	1045	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,306	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	150.00	$150.00	$428	—
710	710	1	125.00	$125.00	$888	-1.00
837	837	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,046	—
855	855	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,112	—
945	945	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,087	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	173.00	$173.00	$631	—
515	515	1	165.00	$165.00	$850	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400	1400	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,540	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	165.00	$165.00	$346	—
215 value added	215	1	183.00	$183.00	$393	—
260–290	275	2	145.00–155.00	$150.27	$413	-25.73
300–317 value added	311	3	167.50–175.00	$172.59	$537	+0.09
320–335	325	3	152.50–163.00	$159.39	$518	-0.61
358–398 value added	378	15	158.00–164.00	$160.22	$606	-12.21
392–395	393	3	148.00–152.00	$150.66	$592	-14.69
405–440	421	8	141.00–148.00	$144.39	$608	-12.65
400–447 value added	423	18	149.00–160.00	$154.76	$655	-13.49
450–495	474	16	140.00–152.00	$145.86	$691	-3.42
450–496 value added	476	25	152.00–167.00	$158.84	$756	-4.87
500–530	517	5	140.00–143.00	$141.22	$730	-9.73
500–545 value added	533	27	145.00–161.00	$151.18	$806	-10.53
550–593 value added	572	32	145.00–154.00	$150.37	$860	-1.87
555–590	573	2	140.00–145.00	$142.42	$816	-2.13
600–630 value added	613	16	140.00–148.00	$143.76	$881	-5.82
605–630	624	4	132.00–135.00	$132.73	$828	-1.28
655–675	667	3	130.00–135.00	$131.98	$880	-3.02
665–670 value added	668	9	135.00–142.00	$138.44	$925	-3.56
745	745	1	118.00	$118.00	$879	-8.69
753–775	757	5	120.00–125.00	$123.98	$939	-0.35
815	815	2	110.00	$110.00	$896	-15.00
870–885	878	2	94.00–100.00	$96.97	$851	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	275	2	130.00–142.50	$136.02	$374	—
370–395	383	7	131.00–141.00	$138.24	$529	—
405–435	421	4	130.00–140.00	$135.37	$570	+1.37
450–460	455	2	133.00–140.00	$136.54	$621	+4.54
500–540	510	6	133.00–139.00	$135.65	$692	+1.65
560–570	563	4	127.00–137.00	$131.28	$739	+3.39
690	690	3	129.00	$129.00	$890	+5.98
730	730	1	103.00	$103.00	$752	—
750	750	1	117.00	$117.00	$878	+1.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–535	525	3	134.00–152.00	$139.77	$734	+9.77
682	682	2	116.50	$116.50	$795	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	120.00	$120.00	$528	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	275	2	182.50–190.00	$186.05	$512	+6.05
320 value added	320	2	189.00	$189.00	$605	—
305–340	328	5	174.00–186.00	$182.42	$598	—
380–385	382	3	170.00–185.00	$175.65	$671	-6.26
367–395 value added	383	7	186.00–196.00	$193.57	$741	—
400–430	420	3	168.00–172.00	$170.73	$717	+13.73
425–440 value added	432	6	186.00–199.00	$193.82	$837	+12.82
452–490	470	9	152.00–172.50	$165.95	$780	—
465–496 value added	482	10	182.00–189.00	$185.37	$893	+2.09
500–545 value added	515	9	182.00–191.00	$185.64	$956	+9.98
512–530	521	5	159.00–172.00	$164.11	$855	+8.81
550–595	578	6	156.00–160.00	$158.47	$916	+1.73
575–587 value added	582	6	166.00–175.00	$171.72	$999	+7.72
600–642 value added	619	15	152.00–159.00	$154.67	$957	+3.89
670–675 value added	673	2	142.00–147.00	$144.49	$972	-0.80
680–690	685	4	138.00–143.00	$140.25	$961	+1.51
700–734 value added	728	8	131.00–134.00	$133.02	$968	—
700–738	729	4	118.00–124.00	$122.56	$893	—
755–785	766	8	118.00–128.00	$124.36	$953	+15.36
810	810	2	116.00	$116.00	$940	—
955	955	2	94.00	$94.00	$898	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	160.00	$160.00	$320	—
255–275	265	2	157.50	$157.50	$417	—
315–320	318	2	157.50–162.50	$160.02	$509	—
352	352	2	160.00	$160.00	$563	+20.00
410	410	1	140.00	$140.00	$574	—
470	470	1	150.00	$150.00	$705	—
505	505	1	157.00	$157.00	$793	+16.51
570	570	1	146.00	$146.00	$832	+4.00
668–670	669	4	131.00	$131.00	$876	—
795	795	2	110.00–115.00	$112.50	$894	—
865	865	1	100.00	$100.00	$865	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	2	161.00	$161.00	$824	—
550	550	1	161.00	$161.00	$886	—
820–835	828	2	102.00–110.00	$105.96	$877	—
925	925	1	97.00	$97.00	$897	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1595	1321	75-80%	6	81.00–89.00	$85.54	$1,130	—
1220–1715	1478	75-80%	31	89.00–104.50	$94.84	$1,402	+8.63

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1160	957	85-90%	13	72.00–81.00	$76.57	$733	—
925–1065	998	85-90%	5	60.00–70.00	$64.95	$648	—
925–1395	1127	85-90%	12	82.00–89.00	$85.95	$969	+9.22

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1260	1174	80-85%	5	84.00–89.00	$86.60	$1,017	—
975–1280	1175	80-85%	3	76.00–80.00	$78.27	$920	—
1155–1725	1339	80-85%	22	89.00–103.50	$97.06	$1,300	+6.06

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1570	1201	10	95.50–112.00	$102.76	$1,234	—
1645	1645	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,497	—
1195–2105	1683	10	118.00–132.00	$125.20	$2,107	+20.68

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1160–1470	1315	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–1,375.00	$1,165.49

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
990	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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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
1335–1560	1409	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,325.00–1,450.00	$1,407.45	-144.33

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1180–1325	1253	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,225.00	$1,154.34	—

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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.