Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 21, 2022

850 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $172.92/cwt +9.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,340/hd at 775 lb · 43 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $181.03/cwt +1.34 vs last sale · ≈ $874/hd at 483 lb · 27 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $147.94/cwt +3.45 vs last sale · ≈ $632/hd at 427 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	850	1,728	913
Feeder cattle	572	1,554	716
Slaughter cattle	255	156	152
Replacement cattle	23	18	45

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday steer calves sold mostly steady with good demand for weaned packages. Heifer calves sold steady to 2.00 higher with good demand for weaned packages. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand under heavy supply.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	318	2	186.00–190.00	$187.89	$597	—
355–385 value added	368	9	194.00–207.00	$200.88	$739	+9.23
365–395	385	3	170.00–180.00	$176.84	$681	-5.99
400–432 value added	419	20	177.00–207.00	$189.99	$796	-2.72
470–485	476	7	170.00–173.00	$171.27	$815	-0.76
450–495 value added	485	20	175.00–190.00	$184.44	$895	-0.99
502–517 value added	508	6	163.00–167.00	$165.35	$840	-12.52
568 value added	568	3	168.00	$168.00	$954	-12.56
585–587	586	5	154.00–160.00	$155.60	$912	-3.99
600	600	3	150.00	$150.00	$900	+1.79
600–632 value added	622	16	155.00–177.00	$167.90	$1,044	-1.37
670–680 value added	672	6	154.00–158.00	$155.01	$1,042	-9.71
703–720	707	4	144.00–150.00	$145.53	$1,029	—
700–725 value added	717	10	158.00–178.00	$174.22	$1,249	+9.88
774–795 value added	775	43	154.00–173.75	$172.92	$1,340	+3.92
845	845	6	167.50	$167.50	$1,415	+5.97
1180	1180	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,534	+20.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	158.00	$158.00	$648	—
485–490	488	2	150.00	$150.00	$732	—
505	505	3	151.00	$151.00	$763	—
565–590	578	2	141.00–150.00	$145.40	$840	-2.60
645	645	1	143.00	$143.00	$922	+8.00
668	668	6	140.00	$140.00	$935	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
637	637	2	124.00	$124.00	$790	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	151.00	$151.00	$808	—

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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 value added	225	1	165.00	$165.00	$371	—
280	280	1	152.00	$152.00	$426	+9.00
300 value added	300	1	156.00	$156.00	$468	—
310–340	330	4	141.00–146.00	$143.72	$474	+1.62
355–395 value added	374	8	154.00–157.00	$155.17	$580	—
380–390	387	3	143.00–145.00	$143.66	$556	+4.75
400–437	427	12	140.00–147.00	$144.84	$618	+6.82
406–445 value added	428	8	150.00–154.00	$152.58	$653	+3.98
450–496	479	12	140.00–148.00	$144.05	$690	-2.43
480–490 value added	486	6	151.00–154.00	$152.50	$741	+2.16
507–541	524	13	141.00–146.00	$143.66	$753	-0.79
550–564	561	7	141.00–147.00	$142.69	$800	-3.29
578–580 value added	579	9	147.00–153.00	$151.67	$878	+3.29
625	625	8	164.00	$164.00	$1,025	+28.43
637	637	1	137.00	$137.00	$873	+1.43
640–641 value added	641	7	141.00–152.00	$150.43	$964	-13.12
654	654	5	168.00	$168.00	$1,099	+36.01
662–665 value added	664	5	144.00–145.50	$144.60	$960	—
665	665	2	137.00	$137.00	$911	+5.01
700	700	4	117.00	$117.00	$819	—
750	750	3	120.00	$120.00	$900	-4.00
834	834	5	119.00	$119.00	$992	+13.00
1020	1020	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,010	-7.00
1095	1095	2	105.00	$105.00	$1,150	-4.01
1130	1130	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,175	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	123.00	$123.00	$375	-2.32
377	377	4	129.00	$129.00	$486	-0.81
435–440	438	2	130.00–133.00	$131.49	$576	+5.97
465	465	1	131.00	$131.00	$609	+7.05
505–520	513	2	121.00–122.00	$121.49	$623	-4.52
565–578	574	7	121.00–128.00	$125.00	$718	-5.92
617–647	632	4	127.00–128.00	$127.51	$806	+6.60
675–693	687	7	119.00–121.00	$120.72	$829	+5.37
705–720	713	2	95.00–112.00	$103.59	$739	-12.40
760–790	775	2	107.00–110.00	$108.53	$841	-2.49
860–896	887	4	80.00–83.00	$82.27	$730	-7.73

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	132.00	$132.00	$453	—
543	543	12	140.00	$140.00	$760	—
685	685	1	130.00	$130.00	$890	—
812	812	2	94.00	$94.00	$763	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	368	2	110.00–120.00	$115.24	$424	—
425	425	2	123.00	$123.00	$523	—
490	490	1	100.00	$100.00	$490	-25.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255	1255	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,268	—
1535	1535	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,688	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	229	4	160.00–187.00	$175.15	$401	—
345	345	2	174.00–186.00	$180.00	$621	—
360–395	376	7	161.00–183.00	$177.46	$667	+9.46
400 value added	400	1	167.00	$167.00	$668	—
410–436	426	5	150.00–151.00	$150.61	$642	—
470–490 value added	479	4	177.00–183.00	$179.01	$857	+3.78
460–490	480	3	148.00–160.00	$154.56	$742	-3.44
500–545	534	12	141.00–150.00	$147.87	$790	-6.18
550–590	567	3	143.00–146.00	$144.34	$818	-6.96
600–645	631	8	134.00–148.00	$137.06	$865	-5.16
652–677	665	5	134.00–139.00	$136.82	$910	-1.98
710–732	724	6	124.00–138.00	$128.82	$933	-5.67
775	775	2	122.00	$122.00	$946	-13.97
822	822	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,052	+8.69
862–872	867	4	120.00–129.00	$124.47	$1,079	-6.03
915–930	923	2	94.00–118.00	$105.90	$977	-11.14
960–965	963	2	110.00–117.00	$113.49	$1,093	-1.57
1040	1040	1	84.00	$84.00	$874	—
1152	1152	2	95.00	$95.00	$1,094	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	150.00	$150.00	$375	—
380	380	1	151.00	$151.00	$574	+0.50
445	445	1	135.00	$135.00	$601	—
455	455	1	135.00	$135.00	$614	-8.46
525–535	530	2	130.00–134.00	$132.02	$700	+1.53
600–640	622	8	125.00–131.00	$129.53	$806	+13.00
650–690	667	6	114.00–130.00	$124.26	$829	+2.62
765	765	3	109.00–120.00	$116.33	$890	—
845	845	1	83.00	$83.00	$701	—
920	920	2	85.00	$85.00	$782	—
955–990	973	3	84.00–85.00	$84.34	$821	-6.66

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	125.00	$125.00	$512	—
475–495	485	2	113.00–120.00	$116.43	$565	—
500–510	505	3	110.00–114.00	$111.35	$562	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	3	134.00	$134.00	$858	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1575	1236	80-85%	9	62.00–67.00	$64.64	$799	-5.03
1015–1840	1273	80-85%	38	68.00–75.00	$71.38	$909	-8.39
1045–1710	1320	80-85%	42	75.00–92.00	$81.56	$1,077	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1540	1423	75-80%	2	64.00–65.00	$64.54	$918	—
1190–1870	1466	75-80%	19	68.00–74.50	$71.93	$1,054	-0.52
1330–1825	1534	75-80%	25	75.00–86.50	$78.83	$1,209	±0.00

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1040	935	85-90%	3	55.00–61.00	$57.73	$540	-8.00
825–1290	1010	85-90%	3	44.00–54.00	$49.16	$497	—
815–1450	1038	85-90%	27	61.00–70.00	$65.23	$677	-6.98
910–1245	1050	85-90%	10	70.00–78.00	$73.06	$767	+20.44

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1865	1339	5	81.00–89.00	$85.31	$1,142	—
1170–2720	1633	19	90.00–108.00	$97.92	$1,599	—
1785–2370	2021	5	110.00–122.00	$116.12	$2,347	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1240–1305	1273	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	925.00–1,025.00	$976.28
1465	1465	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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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
1360–1540	1448	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00–1,250.00	$1,194.25	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1435	1435	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1065	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	60.00	$60.00	$315	—

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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.