Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 5, 2022

2,236 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $158.05/cwt +18.92 vs last sale · ≈ $998/hd at 632 lb · 271 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $182.12/cwt +7.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,045/hd at 574 lb · 159 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $163.00/cwt -1.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,002/hd at 615 lb · 112 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,236	1,215	2,356
Feeder cattle	1,910	974	2,171
Slaughter cattle	304	215	185
Replacement cattle	22	26	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower on fleshy, off-colored and bawling calves under heavy supply. Good demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower 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
280–290	285	2	186.00–187.50	$186.74	$532	-3.26
297 value added	297	2	194.00	$194.00	$576	—
300 value added	300	1	196.00	$196.00	$588	—
310–331	325	6	176.00–192.00	$183.14	$595	+6.59
352–395	367	17	170.00–192.00	$184.69	$678	-1.11
400–441	425	6	166.00–175.00	$170.52	$725	-2.79
400–445 value added	430	22	174.00–192.00	$183.88	$791	-6.31
450–487 value added	471	17	174.00–185.50	$180.41	$850	-8.11
455–495	479	12	163.00–173.00	$168.80	$809	-0.31
508–537 value added	525	42	171.00–179.50	$177.44	$932	-5.71
510–541	532	17	159.00–169.00	$163.24	$868	-0.79
550–585	570	10	163.00–170.00	$165.87	$945	+2.94
566–587 value added	574	149	171.00–186.50	$183.21	$1,052	+6.75
600–640 value added	611	90	155.00–169.75	$165.55	$1,012	+0.31
608–640	629	22	149.00–155.00	$152.57	$960	-2.44
654–694 value added	679	31	156.00–166.50	$163.12	$1,108	-4.70
655–695	679	8	146.00–155.00	$152.24	$1,034	-5.76
702–730	711	3	143.00–150.00	$145.39	$1,034	—
701–745 value added	720	93	156.00–167.00	$164.06	$1,181	-2.54
750–780 value added	755	16	152.00–158.00	$156.69	$1,183	-8.59
757–762	760	4	149.00	$149.00	$1,132	—
809 fancy	809	60	171.25	$171.25	$1,385	—
820	820	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,189	-20.73
810–835	825	4	154.00–166.00	$158.46	$1,307	-7.27
853–860	854	23	160.00–167.00	$161.18	$1,376	—
856 fancy	856	18	169.50	$169.50	$1,451	—
920–945	934	10	144.00–161.00	$158.53	$1,481	-8.47
965–985	978	3	155.00–158.00	$157.01	$1,536	+17.01
1059	1059	5	135.00	$135.00	$1,430	—
1102–1140	1110	5	120.00–139.00	$135.10	$1,500	—
1175–1180	1178	2	112.00–130.00	$120.98	$1,425	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	163.00	$163.00	$587	+21.00
445	445	2	148.00	$148.00	$659	-12.00
558	558	3	142.00	$142.00	$792	+2.00
635–640	638	2	135.00–139.00	$137.01	$874	—
740	740	1	130.00	$130.00	$962	—
770	770	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,047	—
800	800	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,040	—
855–860	858	2	146.00–147.00	$146.50	$1,257	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476	476	4	162.00	$162.00	$771	—
595	595	1	154.00	$154.00	$916	-1.00
650–655	653	2	139.00–145.00	$141.99	$927	—

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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 value added	210	2	152.50–157.50	$155.00	$326	-10.00
240	240	2	146.00–152.50	$149.25	$358	+1.75
250–285	275	7	143.00–155.00	$146.19	$402	—
315–347	332	8	140.00–145.00	$142.74	$474	+2.26
355–395	377	24	140.00–147.00	$143.03	$539	-0.97
385–393 value added	392	7	148.00–161.00	$153.26	$601	-6.19
400–445	427	9	136.00–144.00	$140.44	$600	-4.74
400–448 value added	431	43	150.00–157.00	$153.95	$664	-2.56
450–495	470	12	140.00–149.00	$143.84	$676	-2.80
450–493 value added	476	37	149.00–157.50	$154.61	$736	-0.67
500–532	517	5	134.00–145.00	$136.78	$707	-6.92
505–545 value added	527	48	148.00–156.00	$152.15	$802	+2.19
551–593 value added	571	50	147.00–161.00	$153.53	$877	+3.17
557–594	573	32	134.00–147.00	$140.99	$808	-3.22
602–646	622	55	130.00–139.50	$135.45	$842	+1.62
602–639 value added	634	216	140.00–169.00	$163.81	$1,039	+20.33
650–678	659	21	130.00–137.00	$132.52	$873	-2.29
705	705	2	135.00	$135.00	$952	+7.32
700–735	718	12	120.00–125.00	$122.55	$880	-5.13
755–780	765	7	120.00–129.00	$125.74	$962	-1.04
800–802	801	3	100.00–110.00	$103.33	$828	-8.65
835–847	843	3	111.00–118.00	$113.31	$955	+1.33
855	855	4	119.00–121.00	$119.50	$1,022	+1.50
930	930	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,023	—
980	980	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,098	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	132.50–134.00	$133.29	$373	-1.71
325–340	333	3	115.00–136.00	$126.59	$422	-2.95
355–395	382	9	120.00–137.50	$129.77	$496	-7.50
400–445	421	15	118.00–135.00	$129.02	$543	-2.93
455–490	473	13	117.00–137.00	$127.74	$604	-4.30
500–540	517	18	113.00–133.00	$129.03	$667	-5.97
552–595	574	16	121.00–133.00	$126.91	$728	-0.32
600–640	617	20	105.00–128.00	$123.59	$763	+5.90
650–690	665	21	120.00–128.00	$126.13	$839	+11.36
720–737	734	8	110.00–119.00	$114.24	$839	-0.76
775	775	1	111.00	$111.00	$860	—
880	880	1	100.00	$100.00	$880	—
920	920	1	85.00	$85.00	$782	-9.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503–517	509	5	128.00–134.00	$131.56	$670	—
575	575	1	132.00	$132.00	$759	-5.00
710	710	1	121.00	$121.00	$859	+11.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	120.00	$120.00	$528	+20.00
515	515	1	104.00	$104.00	$536	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	170.00	$170.00	$289	—
200	200	1	162.50	$162.50	$325	±0.00
255–285	270	7	157.00–167.00	$159.17	$430	-11.83
320–345	333	2	165.00–173.00	$169.15	$563	+1.15
355–395	375	9	160.00–175.00	$167.41	$628	+3.36
400–445 value added	420	16	155.00–190.00	$166.65	$700	-20.07
442	442	2	160.00	$160.00	$707	-2.00
450 value added	450	1	155.00	$155.00	$698	-19.86
466–497	485	15	149.00–167.00	$155.44	$754	+6.85
500–540	522	16	141.00–165.00	$150.33	$785	+3.04
507–542 value added	523	10	147.50–159.00	$153.84	$805	—
555–595	566	21	140.00–150.00	$144.24	$816	-1.34
567–574 value added	570	12	155.00–160.00	$156.34	$891	+0.34
600–610 value added	604	15	141.00–148.50	$145.20	$877	-6.80
605–647	624	12	133.00–146.00	$138.30	$863	-1.50
650–695	668	17	130.00–142.00	$135.15	$903	-5.68
663–695 value added	674	6	140.00–147.00	$142.41	$960	—
700–710	702	12	120.00–132.00	$123.34	$866	-12.64
730 value added	730	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,058	—
755–760	759	6	120.00–144.00	$135.18	$1,026	+1.30
800–840	817	11	110.00–135.00	$125.12	$1,022	-1.27
860–890	873	5	123.00–126.00	$124.62	$1,088	+4.59
907–940	918	3	110.00–118.00	$112.73	$1,035	—
1063	1063	3	106.00	$106.00	$1,127	±0.00
1195	1195	2	88.00	$88.00	$1,052	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	140.00	$140.00	$343	—
280	280	1	145.00	$145.00	$406	+5.00
335–340	338	2	140.00–145.00	$142.52	$482	+2.52
355–380	368	2	137.00–149.00	$142.80	$526	-7.20
500–545	523	2	137.00–139.00	$137.96	$722	+1.67
550–595	573	17	124.00–139.00	$133.36	$764	+6.36
620–635	628	5	124.00–130.00	$126.97	$797	-4.03
650–692	675	5	125.00–129.00	$127.02	$857	±0.00
750	750	1	115.00	$115.00	$862	-1.26

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
686	686	3	120.00	$120.00	$823	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1345	1203	80-85%	5	56.00–65.00	$59.46	$715	—
1010–1435	1221	80-85%	33	65.00–73.00	$69.91	$854	—
1025–1590	1305	80-85%	20	73.50–85.00	$78.57	$1,025	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1135	864	85-90%	7	39.00–54.00	$49.67	$429	—
800–1030	926	85-90%	7	56.00–62.50	$58.46	$541	—
850–1245	1103	85-90%	15	63.00–68.00	$64.55	$712	-8.67
875–1220	1109	85-90%	7	68.00–73.00	$70.04	$777	-3.18

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215	1215	75-80%	1	63.00	$63.00	$765	—
1140–1825	1451	75-80%	22	65.00–73.00	$68.92	$1,000	-2.36
1390–1830	1523	75-80%	8	74.00–84.00	$76.58	$1,166	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1395	1282	3	64.00–79.00	$71.80	$920	—
1090–1760	1428	12	87.00–104.00	$95.32	$1,361	—
1720–2210	1958	8	104.00–108.50	$106.44	$2,084	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1215–1635	1425	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	860.00–1,250.00	$1,083.74

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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
1530–1745	1623	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00–1,475.00	$1,411.83	—
1690–1990	1827	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,525.00–1,675.00	$1,607.17	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	685.00	$685.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
734	734	65	139.00	$139.00	$1,020	—

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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.