Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 13, 2022

1,192 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.05/cwt +21.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,063/hd at 728 lb · 216 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.37/cwt +5.56 vs last sale · ≈ $959/hd at 659 lb · 88 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $141.51/cwt -12.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,332/hd at 941 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,192	789	1,084
Feeder cattle	1,027	663	987
Slaughter cattle	128	125	92
Replacement cattle	37	1	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower with moderate demand. Heat advisory today. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter bulls limited comparison.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	173.00	$173.00	$666	—
415	415	1	163.00	$163.00	$676	-11.00
415–440 value added	431	4	175.00–181.00	$179.26	$773	+1.26
455–470 value added	463	7	170.00–182.00	$178.32	$826	+0.38
505–543 value added	522	11	167.00–173.00	$170.05	$888	-7.28
510–547	527	6	155.00–161.00	$158.39	$835	-0.49
552–582	565	6	149.00–161.00	$154.78	$875	-1.73
551–593 value added	581	27	161.00–169.50	$164.30	$955	-4.18
605–647 value added	627	38	149.00–166.00	$158.11	$991	-14.39
650–660	653	3	143.00	$143.00	$934	—
655–698 value added	696	49	145.00–149.00	$146.49	$1,020	-8.10
708 value added	708	11	155.00	$155.00	$1,097	+13.00
720–745	728	9	130.00–140.00	$133.18	$970	—
876	876	58	147.75	$147.75	$1,294	+2.25
906	906	3	132.00	$132.00	$1,196	-13.07
943 fancy	943	58	142.00	$142.00	$1,339	—
1205	1205	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,169	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	150.00	$150.00	$262	—
410	410	2	142.00	$142.00	$582	—
455–460	458	2	142.00–150.00	$146.02	$669	—
555–565	560	4	132.00–146.00	$138.44	$775	—
628	628	5	134.00	$134.00	$842	-3.02
705–710	708	2	120.00–130.00	$125.02	$885	-7.97
806	806	8	131.00	$131.00	$1,056	+10.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
673–685	675	5	138.00–141.00	$140.39	$948	—
715	715	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,001	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1375	1262	3	112.00–120.00	$117.43	$1,482	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	120.00	$120.00	$390	—
435	435	1	131.00	$131.00	$570	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	273	4	140.00–160.00	$151.45	$413	—
280 value added	280	1	162.50	$162.50	$455	—
345	345	1	146.00	$146.00	$504	-6.44
355–390	369	5	140.00–152.50	$148.69	$549	—
400–445	422	5	139.00–146.00	$143.08	$604	—
425–430 value added	428	3	148.00–154.00	$152.02	$651	-14.49
455–495	471	10	138.00–148.00	$143.13	$674	-3.36
485–495 value added	493	8	154.00–160.00	$158.51	$781	-1.51
502–537 value added	521	28	145.00–156.00	$150.19	$782	-6.11
522–527	525	6	142.00–144.00	$143.34	$753	+1.95
561–590	574	22	134.00–144.00	$139.23	$799	+0.88
570–595 value added	576	4	144.00–145.00	$144.26	$831	-1.74
601–618 value added	607	10	139.00–144.00	$141.90	$861	-3.60
625–630	628	2	127.00–132.00	$129.49	$813	-2.28
659–670 value added	659	85	139.00–146.25	$145.98	$962	+3.83
670–675	673	3	126.00–131.00	$128.00	$861	-1.25
700–705	703	2	115.00–137.00	$125.96	$885	+0.95
703–743 value added	728	214	140.85–148.90	$146.24	$1,065	—
773 value added	773	60	147.85	$147.85	$1,143	—
825	825	1	108.00	$108.00	$891	-11.00
839	839	15	119.50	$119.50	$1,003	+0.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	332	6	120.00–135.00	$128.57	$427	—
395	395	2	130.00	$130.00	$514	—
432–440	436	4	120.00–135.00	$128.74	$561	-6.11
450–485	468	6	115.00–139.00	$129.50	$606	-2.83
520–535	528	2	124.00–131.00	$127.45	$673	—
555–593	572	18	110.00–132.00	$127.14	$727	+0.80
615–647	637	8	119.50–128.00	$123.69	$788	+2.85
675–690	683	4	114.00–127.00	$118.99	$813	+0.54
705	705	1	112.00	$112.00	$790	-3.00
830	830	1	99.00	$99.00	$822	—
895	895	1	90.00	$90.00	$806	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437–440	438	3	103.00–119.00	$113.64	$498	—
530	530	1	110.00	$110.00	$583	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	138.00	$138.00	$821	+1.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130	130	1	172.50	$172.50	$224	—
175	175	1	175.00	$175.00	$306	-17.50
235	235	2	161.00	$161.00	$378	-19.00
260–295	278	2	159.00–162.50	$160.86	$447	—
318	318	3	162.00	$162.00	$515	-9.94
355–357	356	3	175.00–176.00	$175.33	$624	+1.33
410–420 value added	415	2	154.00–161.00	$157.46	$653	-12.54
410–432	418	7	148.00–153.00	$150.69	$630	-0.31
465–480	470	3	150.00–155.00	$153.30	$721	-14.70
480 value added	480	2	164.00	$164.00	$787	-6.54
500–545	523	12	144.00–152.00	$146.89	$768	-2.38
540 value added	540	1	157.00	$157.00	$848	-9.00
550–585	562	8	141.00–156.00	$149.85	$842	+3.04
605–630 value added	621	8	140.00–152.50	$148.05	$919	-0.50
645–647	646	3	137.00–140.00	$138.00	$891	-2.31
660–692	682	5	135.00–141.00	$138.18	$942	+6.19
700–745	723	11	118.00–132.00	$125.75	$909	-2.75
785	785	2	118.00	$118.00	$926	—
820–840	837	6	109.50–110.00	$109.58	$917	-23.42
900–910	905	2	90.00	$90.00	$814	—
1045	1045	2	106.00	$106.00	$1,108	—
1075	1075	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,172	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	318	3	127.50–140.00	$132.75	$422	-9.25
445	445	1	143.00	$143.00	$636	—
465	465	1	130.00	$130.00	$604	±0.00
500–530	517	6	123.00–141.00	$133.02	$688	-10.97
610	610	1	121.00	$121.00	$738	-5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	125.00	$125.00	$325	—
340	340	1	127.50	$127.50	$434	—
370	370	1	121.00	$121.00	$448	—
440	440	1	131.00	$131.00	$576	—
537	537	2	102.00	$102.00	$548	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	2	147.00	$147.00	$804	—
680	680	1	135.00	$135.00	$918	—
975	975	1	94.00	$94.00	$916	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1570	1372	75-80%	15	85.00–90.00	$87.42	$1,199	—
1205–1780	1413	75-80%	23	91.00–107.00	$96.03	$1,357	+11.89

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1100	943	85-90%	6	56.00–68.00	$64.86	$612	+19.13
830–1180	950	85-90%	3	71.00–75.00	$72.59	$690	—
920–1200	1011	85-90%	7	75.00–83.00	$80.11	$810	+10.51
870–1330	1072	85-90%	18	83.00–92.00	$87.48	$938	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1495	1209	80-85%	12	80.00–89.00	$86.30	$1,043	—
1125–1775	1297	80-85%	16	93.00–108.00	$100.80	$1,307	+14.77

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135	1135	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,056	—
1105–1535	1288	6	98.00–114.00	$108.11	$1,392	—
1310–1755	1550	6	116.00–124.00	$118.27	$1,833	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070–1390	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,056.50

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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
1340	1340	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
900–1990	1382	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,275.00–1,800.00	$1,437.22	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1070–1280	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	875.00–1,225.00	$1,027.88	—
1275	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—

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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.