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

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 31, 2023

692 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $233.58/cwt +9.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,660/hd at 711 lb · 75 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $231.25/cwt +38.75 vs last sale · ≈ $2,188/hd at 946 lb · 49 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $233.58/cwt -0.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,116/hd at 478 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	692	828	459
Feeder cattle	530	701	356
Slaughter cattle	149	123	63
Replacement cattle	13	4	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday steers calves sold steady on similar quality. Very good demand for yearling steers. Heifer calves sold steady to 3.00 higher with very good demand for 500-600 lb weaned packages. Yearling heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher with very 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
215	215	1	245.00	$245.00	$527	—
210–225 fancy	218	2	280.00–300.00	$289.66	$631	—
285	285	1	269.00	$269.00	$767	—
405	405	1	246.00	$246.00	$996	—
400–430 value added	423	4	247.00–263.00	$256.33	$1,084	-3.30
455	455	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,160	+8.47
460–485 value added	478	14	250.00–264.00	$255.28	$1,220	-5.14
500 value added	500	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,250	-6.75
561–575 value added	563	6	248.00–256.00	$254.64	$1,434	+0.15
560–590	575	2	236.00–238.00	$237.03	$1,363	-6.38
605–620 value added	612	5	230.00–241.00	$235.77	$1,443	-18.22
630	630	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,430	—
705–713 value added	711	11	230.00–255.00	$247.13	$1,757	+2.68
760–798 value added	784	13	225.00–248.00	$228.61	$1,792	—
795	795	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,670	-10.47
946 fancy	946	49	231.25	$231.25	$2,188	—
990	990	3	188.00	$188.00	$1,861	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–392	380	5	211.00–231.00	$218.72	$831	-5.28
465	465	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,009	+27.00
502–545	522	5	224.00–231.00	$226.90	$1,184	+3.90
575	575	1	223.00	$223.00	$1,282	+11.00
625	625	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,312	+28.00
735	735	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,558	+6.00
952	952	2	151.00	$151.00	$1,438	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,317	—
700	700	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,505	—
770	770	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,663	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	170.00	$170.00	$910	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170 value added	170	1	235.00	$235.00	$400	—
210–245 value added	233	3	247.50–259.00	$252.70	$589	—
276 value added	276	3	265.00	$265.00	$731	+24.36
307–320 value added	314	4	239.00–247.00	$242.92	$763	—
305–322	316	3	217.50–237.00	$230.73	$729	—
360–395 value added	381	13	230.00–261.00	$240.20	$915	+7.20
402–440 value added	423	18	229.00–248.00	$236.86	$1,002	-7.05
425	425	1	221.00	$221.00	$939	+6.00
460–495	476	6	220.00–225.00	$222.03	$1,057	-3.47
450–490 value added	478	34	226.00–251.00	$235.62	$1,126	-1.98
505–545 value added	529	24	222.00–249.00	$231.68	$1,226	+0.40
550–583 value added	563	19	223.00–242.00	$234.28	$1,319	+6.50
575–595	587	3	211.00–216.00	$213.69	$1,254	+1.46
607–635 value added	622	7	225.00–229.50	$227.53	$1,415	+12.27
600–642	627	6	202.00–216.00	$207.23	$1,299	+0.01
657–680	671	8	205.00–212.00	$208.65	$1,400	+9.90
710 value added	710	73	235.10	$235.10	$1,669	—
735	735	2	178.00	$178.00	$1,308	-9.04
830	830	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,286	—
910	910	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,465	+13.55
1060–1090	1075	2	123.00–142.00	$132.63	$1,426	-2.37
1150	1150	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,610	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–395	388	2	177.00–180.00	$178.47	$692	—
435–447	442	4	184.00–210.00	$198.55	$878	—
475–495	489	4	194.00–213.00	$205.60	$1,005	+5.60
520–535	528	2	201.00–214.00	$207.59	$1,096	-4.41
615	615	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,175	—
795	795	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,216	+5.44
920	920	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,224	—
990	990	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,277	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	155.00	$155.00	$480	—
505	505	1	140.00	$140.00	$707	—
585	585	1	153.00	$153.00	$895	—
655	655	3	107.50	$107.50	$704	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405	1405	1	149.00	$149.00	$2,093	—
1400–1435	1418	2	132.00–134.00	$133.01	$1,886	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,206	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	2	212.50	$212.50	$319	—
270	270	1	267.50	$267.50	$722	—
300	300	1	232.50	$232.50	$698	—
370–395	380	3	240.00–245.00	$243.03	$924	-3.21
415–440 value added	426	9	241.00–254.00	$249.03	$1,061	-27.66
420–440	434	7	229.00–241.00	$232.18	$1,008	-11.82
460–487 value added	476	4	252.00–259.00	$253.69	$1,208	-0.47
460–499	490	11	228.00–235.00	$230.53	$1,130	-15.98
500–517 value added	511	3	244.00–245.00	$244.33	$1,249	—
502–545	523	10	220.00–238.00	$229.94	$1,203	-8.86
580–597	590	4	223.00–235.00	$230.55	$1,360	+3.83
610–625	618	2	200.00–210.00	$205.06	$1,267	-8.94
710	710	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,164	-27.00
815–840	828	2	158.00–161.00	$159.48	$1,320	—
875	875	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,400	—
1075	1075	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,322	—
1170	1170	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,556	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	323	2	200.00–206.00	$202.98	$656	—
405	405	2	215.00	$215.00	$871	—
475	475	1	211.00	$211.00	$1,002	-5.06
555–585	565	7	180.00–210.00	$195.19	$1,103	-21.81
635–640	638	2	177.00–180.00	$178.49	$1,139	-7.51
705–710	708	2	140.00–141.00	$140.50	$995	-41.50
800	800	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,120	-13.00
950	950	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,140	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	169.00	$169.00	$592	—
460	460	1	160.00	$160.00	$736	—
510–530	517	3	160.00–180.00	$173.16	$895	+48.16
570	570	1	164.00	$164.00	$935	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1375	1118	80-85%	19	103.00–112.00	$107.99	$1,207	—
1025–1750	1257	80-85%	32	112.00–128.00	$119.11	$1,497	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1485	1325	75-80%	10	104.00–113.00	$108.88	$1,443	+4.23
1170–1840	1440	75-80%	26	113.00–133.00	$120.88	$1,741	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–960	931	85-90%	4	81.00–93.00	$88.39	$823	—
810–1205	1010	85-90%	14	102.00–114.00	$106.12	$1,072	+10.59
725–1235	1037	85-90%	9	94.00–102.00	$96.93	$1,005	-6.82

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1430	1308	6	119.00–128.00	$123.07	$1,610	—
1345	1345	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,385	—
1440–2165	1783	14	131.00–148.00	$138.72	$2,473	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860–1015	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	113.00–119.00	$115.75	$1,086

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1110–1330	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,175.00–1,475.00	$1,359.29

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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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
1155–1440	1303	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,775.00–2,250.00	$2,001.21	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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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.