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

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 11, 2022

1,061 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $171.74/cwt +16.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,076/hd at 626 lb · 107 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $156.05/cwt +15.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,061/hd at 680 lb · 105 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $167.37/cwt +11.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,248/hd at 746 lb · 74 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,061	642	624
Feeder cattle	795	398	500
Slaughter cattle	254	130	123
Replacement cattle	12	114	1

Market comments — USDA reporter

No market comparison with last Monday due to Holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–335	321	5	171.00–185.00	$182.08	$584	—
370–395	382	3	169.00–178.00	$172.63	$659	+3.81
400–437 value added	410	9	175.00–178.00	$176.15	$722	—
400–435	411	4	165.00–167.00	$166.50	$684	—
455–490 value added	467	8	170.00–186.00	$181.21	$846	—
470–490	480	2	165.00–168.00	$166.47	$799	+2.51
500–545	521	13	158.00–163.00	$160.53	$836	-4.47
517–546 value added	533	20	164.00–175.00	$171.34	$913	-9.66
550–575	568	6	154.00–162.00	$160.38	$911	-11.32
555–594 value added	578	15	163.00–172.00	$167.80	$970	—
605–628 value added	623	24	160.00–171.25	$168.24	$1,048	+4.24
627 thin fleshed	627	78	174.00	$174.00	$1,091	—
615–645	634	5	149.00–155.00	$153.23	$971	+0.28
650–695	675	9	143.00–156.00	$151.57	$1,023	-6.88
700–715	707	3	146.00–150.00	$147.66	$1,044	-8.14
700–727 value added	720	4	152.00–163.00	$159.07	$1,145	—
749 thin fleshed	749	67	168.75	$168.75	$1,264	—
750–780 value added	760	3	154.50–157.00	$155.36	$1,181	—
825	825	2	148.00	$148.00	$1,221	+2.54
867	867	5	152.50	$152.50	$1,322	—
917	917	2	147.50	$147.50	$1,353	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	159.00	$159.00	$541	—
510	510	1	149.00	$149.00	$760	-5.46
580	580	2	138.00	$138.00	$800	+10.02

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–230 fancy	218	2	190.00–195.00	$192.36	$419	—
240–245	243	4	172.50–177.50	$174.97	$425	-5.03
260 fancy	260	1	190.00	$190.00	$494	—
260–280	270	4	161.00–169.00	$165.15	$446	-4.85
305–335 fancy	322	5	173.00–178.00	$176.75	$569	-2.12
322	322	2	159.00	$159.00	$512	—
380 fancy	380	1	169.00	$169.00	$642	—
375–395	385	11	151.00–164.00	$157.75	$607	-6.57
400–415	407	3	143.00–151.00	$146.05	$594	-12.82
400–445 value added	424	15	151.00–164.00	$160.25	$679	-8.87
450–495	476	5	143.00–150.00	$147.17	$701	-3.41
465–495 value added	479	32	151.00–165.00	$160.71	$770	—
505–525	513	5	144.00–147.00	$145.01	$744	-9.24
515–545 value added	526	7	149.00–152.00	$151.29	$796	-12.21
555–580	568	7	142.00–150.00	$147.03	$835	-4.69
555–595 value added	576	25	150.00–158.00	$152.82	$880	-1.85
602–640 value added	620	27	142.00–150.50	$147.43	$914	-0.57
630–640	634	4	138.00–140.00	$139.50	$884	+0.53
650–698 value added	662	31	141.00–147.00	$144.98	$960	+9.98
650–685	672	3	133.00–139.00	$135.67	$912	-6.33
688 thin fleshed	688	71	161.75	$161.75	$1,113	—
722–730	725	4	128.00–133.00	$130.74	$948	-12.26
730 value added	730	2	138.00	$138.00	$1,007	—
768–774 value added	774	58	148.50–154.10	$153.81	$1,190	—
800–825	813	2	122.00	$122.00	$992	—
885	885	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,080	—
910	910	4	98.00–121.00	$115.25	$1,049	+13.25
980–995	988	2	95.00–124.00	$109.61	$1,083	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	2	133.00–145.00	$139.33	$450	+1.83
370	370	1	134.00	$134.00	$496	-13.55
405	405	1	135.00	$135.00	$547	—
600–625	613	2	125.00–130.00	$127.45	$781	—
650	650	1	128.00	$128.00	$832	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	133.00	$133.00	$751	—
685	685	1	136.00	$136.00	$932	—
780	780	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,006	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	2	123.00	$123.00	$593	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262	262	2	160.00	$160.00	$419	+7.50
307–323	317	6	171.00–180.00	$177.52	$563	—
350–380	357	7	158.00–172.00	$165.34	$590	—
405–415	408	3	157.00–168.00	$164.27	$670	—
450–465 value added	458	7	168.00–173.00	$169.57	$777	—
475–492	487	9	151.00–167.00	$162.44	$791	—
500–535	523	7	153.00–157.00	$154.99	$811	+1.99
555–582	565	11	153.00–158.00	$156.70	$885	-5.00
580–597 value added	591	3	165.00–166.00	$165.33	$977	—
610–635 value added	620	5	153.00–158.00	$154.60	$959	—
615–640	630	5	140.00–147.00	$142.18	$896	-8.80
667–680	673	6	146.00–149.00	$147.01	$989	—
700–722	715	14	134.00–136.50	$136.04	$973	-1.96
760	760	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,003	+3.96
800–815	808	2	118.00–131.00	$124.44	$1,005	+4.44
895	895	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,155	—
920	920	1	106.00	$106.00	$975	—
965–979	977	10	114.50–126.00	$116.68	$1,140	—
1025	1025	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,046	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	145.00	$145.00	$348	—
335	335	1	152.00	$152.00	$509	—
470	470	1	151.00	$151.00	$710	+28.00
510–515	513	2	141.00–142.00	$141.50	$726	—
642	642	2	138.50	$138.50	$889	—
722	722	2	127.00	$127.00	$917	—
790	790	1	124.00	$124.00	$980	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880	880	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,109	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	126.00	$126.00	$630	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1380	1202	80-85%	7	74.00–85.00	$79.47	$955	-29.14
1005–1565	1252	80-85%	27	87.00–95.00	$91.51	$1,146	—
1055–1530	1298	80-85%	34	96.00–111.00	$102.98	$1,337	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1200	1015	85-90%	10	55.00–69.00	$62.50	$634	—
735–1330	1018	85-90%	18	69.00–81.00	$76.98	$784	—
845–1280	1054	85-90%	26	81.00–88.00	$84.17	$887	—
1040–1290	1163	85-90%	13	90.00–104.00	$96.31	$1,120	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1600	1331	75-80%	9	80.00–85.00	$84.03	$1,118	—
1100–1585	1371	75-80%	20	85.00–94.00	$90.54	$1,241	+4.54
1210–1760	1452	75-80%	35	95.00–107.00	$99.33	$1,442	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–2155	1519	9	102.00–117.00	$113.25	$1,720	-12.49
1155–2135	1682	18	119.00–134.00	$126.20	$2,123	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	92.00	$92.00	$805

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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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
1137	1137	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1220	1220	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1465	1465	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

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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.