Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 3, 2022

1,715 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $188.17/cwt +13.70 vs last sale · ≈ $986/hd at 524 lb · 152 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $175.88/cwt +22.55 vs last sale · ≈ $851/hd at 484 lb · 150 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $182.47/cwt +16.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,054/hd at 577 lb · 126 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,715	1,446	658
Feeder cattle	1,476	1,246	542
Slaughter cattle	143	181	95
Replacement cattle	96	19	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower with fleshy bawlers facing deep discounts. Buyers showing preference for weaned and vaccinated calves. Yearlings sold steady in a light test. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower with 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
260 value added	260	1	212.50	$212.50	$552	—
250–295	288	10	190.00–207.50	$203.25	$585	+1.57
300–345	319	4	180.00–185.00	$182.13	$581	-20.02
338 fancy	338	14	217.00	$217.00	$733	—
362–396	392	35	174.50–184.00	$175.13	$687	-17.03
402–433 value added	419	12	175.00–186.00	$179.56	$752	-5.70
420 fancy	420	41	213.00	$213.00	$895	—
405–445	426	5	164.00–171.00	$168.28	$717	-8.51
450–485	465	5	164.00–170.00	$166.23	$773	-2.70
450–496 value added	484	19	178.00–194.00	$182.26	$882	-6.98
500–541 value added	518	48	171.00–185.00	$176.62	$915	-2.37
505–525	518	3	164.00–165.00	$164.68	$853	+1.53
527 fancy	527	101	194.35	$194.35	$1,024	—
559–588 value added	573	27	170.00–186.00	$176.11	$1,009	-3.00
567–580	573	6	167.00–169.00	$168.00	$963	+8.48
579 fancy	579	93	185.25	$185.25	$1,073	—
613 fancy	613	81	189.75	$189.75	$1,163	—
614–624 value added	617	16	161.00–172.00	$168.52	$1,040	+3.95
620	620	1	149.00	$149.00	$924	-4.69
692–698 value added	696	6	168.00	$168.00	$1,169	-9.99
705–742 value added	728	41	159.00–180.00	$168.50	$1,227	+16.10
750–790 value added	767	5	166.00–170.00	$167.22	$1,283	+2.64
825 value added	825	9	172.00	$172.00	$1,419	+8.11
815–845	841	15	153.00–165.00	$162.43	$1,366	+4.09
876	876	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,349	—
935	935	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,449	+13.00
995	995	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,403	—
1010–1020	1018	6	126.00–141.00	$130.48	$1,328	—
1135	1135	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,283	-17.00
1163	1163	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,454	—
1204	1204	29	138.00	$138.00	$1,662	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	140.00	$140.00	$819	-5.41
615–642	635	4	122.00–135.00	$125.76	$799	-18.24
665	665	1	130.00	$130.00	$864	—
945	945	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,247	—
1050	1050	1	92.00	$92.00	$966	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	100.00	$100.00	$400	—
485	485	2	113.00	$113.00	$548	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	149.00	$149.00	$968	—
895	895	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,208	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	3	147.00	$147.00	$331	—
270–298	293	7	150.00–165.00	$158.52	$464	+13.52
330–342	338	3	147.50–161.00	$151.89	$513	±0.00
345–349 fancy	347	14	162.00–167.00	$164.87	$572	—
367–396	384	9	143.00–154.00	$145.18	$557	-9.15
405–420 value added	416	8	143.00–151.00	$146.79	$611	-12.92
410–447	428	11	135.00–143.00	$138.12	$591	-8.80
465–477 value added	471	20	149.00–153.00	$151.71	$715	-5.75
455–496	480	19	135.00–146.00	$139.27	$668	-9.28
487 fancy	487	111	186.50	$186.50	$908	—
510–545	523	8	137.00–140.00	$139.12	$728	-4.38
502–540 value added	525	39	142.00–148.50	$144.93	$761	-9.63
555 value added	555	7	144.00–147.00	$144.86	$804	-13.73
565–595	581	18	133.00–143.00	$139.06	$808	-5.36
600–618	614	12	128.00–139.00	$129.39	$794	-6.21
600–647 value added	642	93	142.00–173.00	$169.69	$1,089	+14.14
660–680	674	11	128.00–129.50	$128.45	$866	—
659–699 value added	683	39	144.00–168.00	$156.87	$1,071	-8.02
708–740	727	20	120.00–129.00	$123.21	$896	-10.32
835	835	1	115.00	$115.00	$960	-14.59
863–890	865	35	104.00–110.00	$109.65	$948	-14.35
910	910	1	103.00	$103.00	$937	-37.75
970	970	1	88.00	$88.00	$854	—
1435	1435	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,478	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–292	272	10	120.00–131.00	$127.29	$346	-5.21
305–330	311	7	120.00–127.00	$124.46	$387	+3.46
350–390	366	14	117.00–139.00	$131.05	$480	-9.44
428–445	432	5	119.00–125.00	$123.39	$533	-8.55
475	475	1	125.00	$125.00	$594	-6.27
505–535	522	3	121.00–134.00	$128.44	$670	-6.56
562–595	574	4	110.00–129.00	$123.98	$712	-4.90
610–630	622	12	119.00–124.00	$121.75	$757	+1.99
655–672	665	7	124.00–125.00	$124.29	$827	+0.79
700–735	707	5	101.00–112.00	$106.85	$755	-6.89
750–775	763	2	109.00–114.00	$111.54	$851	+20.54

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	115.00	$115.00	$368	—
380	380	2	111.00	$111.00	$422	—
425	425	2	121.00	$121.00	$514	+13.50
545	545	1	117.00	$117.00	$638	—
635	635	1	110.00	$110.00	$698	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1116	1116	3	108.00	$108.00	$1,205	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	2	118.00	$118.00	$867	—

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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	260	1	185.00	$185.00	$481	-17.39
330–345	336	5	184.00–189.00	$186.95	$628	-8.67
350–377	364	10	168.00–182.00	$174.11	$634	-6.39
400–430	418	3	147.00–160.00	$153.05	$640	-13.80
400–445 value added	427	9	165.00–174.00	$171.12	$731	-12.28
470–485	478	2	150.00–160.00	$155.08	$741	-8.20
455–490 value added	482	6	161.00–176.00	$169.11	$815	-7.29
510–525 value added	520	3	162.00–163.00	$162.67	$846	+1.18
502–545	522	17	140.00–154.00	$146.73	$766	-5.50
567–592	582	6	138.00–142.00	$139.97	$815	-9.77
606–641 value added	621	7	145.00–150.00	$147.21	$914	—
600–642	632	9	130.00–136.00	$131.88	$833	-11.24
668	668	4	130.00	$130.00	$868	-11.79
680 value added	680	1	146.00	$146.00	$993	—
700	700	4	121.00	$121.00	$847	-18.77
780	780	1	116.00	$116.00	$905	-19.21
805–840	823	3	104.00–120.00	$114.79	$945	-22.91
892	892	2	92.00	$92.00	$821	—
900	900	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,089	-1.41

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	230	2	142.50–147.50	$145.05	$334	—
281–290	283	5	140.00–150.00	$147.95	$419	—
330	330	1	169.00	$169.00	$558	—
355–395	373	3	147.50–165.00	$153.93	$574	-6.83
445	445	1	140.00	$140.00	$623	±0.00
455–487	476	3	135.00–144.00	$141.13	$672	-7.21
500–545	528	5	123.00–136.00	$130.73	$690	+0.01
570–595	583	11	130.00–137.00	$133.26	$777	+4.14
615–637	630	3	127.00–129.00	$128.35	$809	-2.51
675	675	1	120.00	$120.00	$810	-5.27
700–720	710	2	113.00–115.00	$114.01	$809	-0.99

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	140.00	$140.00	$819	—
650	650	1	125.00	$125.00	$812	—
735	735	1	115.00	$115.00	$845	—
850	850	1	107.00	$107.00	$910	+22.00

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220	1220	75-80%	1	75.00	$75.00	$915	—
1025–1625	1370	75-80%	31	78.00–83.00	$80.93	$1,109	—
1080–1925	1542	75-80%	20	84.00–96.00	$88.07	$1,358	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1240	1185	80-85%	3	76.00–77.00	$76.35	$905	-6.45
1020–1420	1212	80-85%	21	78.00–83.00	$80.55	$976	—
1115–1640	1284	80-85%	18	84.00–96.00	$87.15	$1,119	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–980	861	85-90%	4	55.00–61.00	$59.63	$513	+3.95
740–1150	940	85-90%	5	63.00–68.00	$65.71	$618	-1.04
890–1275	1086	85-90%	10	69.00–76.00	$72.17	$784	—
970–1190	1086	85-90%	4	77.00–80.00	$78.17	$849	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1220	1158	3	88.00–95.00	$90.37	$1,046	—
1110–2115	1548	6	99.00–112.00	$106.98	$1,656	-1.21
1775–1920	1824	4	114.00–116.00	$114.49	$2,088	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
804–822	813	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	1,010.00–1,100.00	$1,055.50
758–1530	992	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	900.00–1,200.00	$1,099.53

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–970	842	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	660.00–785.00	$719.55
887	887	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	760.00	$760.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
712–755	727	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	700.00–775.00	$747.52

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	850.00	$850.00

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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
858–1110	969	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	800.00–1,025.00	$933.37	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	660.00	$660.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	1	67.00	$67.00	$586	—

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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.