Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 16, 2023

1,770 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $236.92/cwt +12.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,820/hd at 768 lb · 189 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $230.59/cwt +19.59 vs last sale · ≈ $1,548/hd at 671 lb · 172 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $236.98/cwt -27.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,616/hd at 682 lb · 95 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,770	1,461	896
Feeder cattle	1,466	1,216	624
Slaughter cattle	293	214	222
Replacement cattle	11	31	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold steady with good demand for weaned packages; very good demand for attractive quality featherweight calves. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower with moderate demand. Fleshy, off-color and bawling calves facing discounts. Buyers showing good preference for weaned calf packages. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady 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
290 value added	290	1	276.00	$276.00	$800	—
315 value added	315	1	300.00	$300.00	$945	—
355–390 value added	360	10	275.00–304.00	$291.28	$1,049	—
405–425	415	2	250.00–259.00	$254.39	$1,056	-21.37
402–443 value added	429	27	267.00–296.00	$286.48	$1,229	—
450–483	470	5	249.00–253.00	$251.47	$1,182	-5.97
455–485 value added	472	19	258.00–282.50	$271.65	$1,282	-7.13
500–540 value added	519	12	250.00–271.00	$262.95	$1,365	-3.68
508–545	527	8	243.00–249.00	$247.22	$1,303	+2.22
560–580	574	5	242.00–249.00	$246.22	$1,413	-4.94
592 value added	592	12	254.00	$254.00	$1,504	—
612	612	2	234.00	$234.00	$1,432	—
610–640 value added	628	10	242.00–255.00	$249.16	$1,565	-3.09
660–685 value added	673	48	225.00–245.00	$240.88	$1,621	-23.37
691	691	47	233.00	$233.00	$1,610	—
715–718	717	4	224.00–230.00	$228.50	$1,638	-0.16
718 value added	718	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,716	—
761–773	767	131	232.50–235.10	$233.78	$1,793	+9.38
771 value added	771	58	244.00	$244.00	$1,881	—
800	800	6	234.50	$234.50	$1,876	+20.50
853–855	854	4	220.00–232.00	$228.99	$1,956	-7.98

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	235.00	$235.00	$599	-22.00
405–445	425	2	230.00–232.00	$230.95	$982	-20.05
495	495	1	246.00	$246.00	$1,218	—
560–591	575	11	221.00–240.00	$233.62	$1,343	+5.62
652–695	676	6	221.00–230.00	$224.02	$1,514	+3.87
737	737	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,474	-4.96
845	845	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,606	±0.00
860	860	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,634	+2.00
975	975	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,755	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580–586	585	4	236.00–242.00	$240.51	$1,407	—
600–612	610	5	209.00–228.00	$212.74	$1,298	+10.74
712	712	2	213.00	$213.00	$1,517	—
815	815	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,712	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	160.00	$160.00	$544	—
380	380	1	180.00	$180.00	$684	—
430	430	1	185.00	$185.00	$796	—
482	482	2	182.00	$182.00	$877	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	190.00	$190.00	$408	-10.00
360–390	372	3	192.00–211.00	$204.43	$760	-3.24
381–395 value added	385	4	223.00–233.00	$230.43	$887	—
415–431	428	6	220.00–225.00	$220.81	$945	+17.07
417–437 value added	430	6	225.00–230.00	$226.95	$976	—
455–492	473	11	208.00–219.00	$215.19	$1,018	-4.71
455–497 value added	480	33	221.00–227.00	$223.65	$1,074	-21.35
516 value added	516	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,109	-6.52
510–540	521	20	199.00–214.00	$206.74	$1,077	-8.57
553–593	574	28	199.00–214.00	$207.10	$1,189	+2.10
588 value added	588	14	230.00	$230.00	$1,352	—
605–643	621	19	189.00–209.00	$199.18	$1,237	-7.50
607–637 value added	635	30	228.00	$228.00	$1,448	-12.50
650 value added	650	84	243.00	$243.00	$1,580	—
650–693	692	88	194.00–219.50	$218.75	$1,514	+7.75
742 value added	742	71	225.00	$225.00	$1,670	—
752 value added	752	69	230.50	$230.50	$1,733	—
838	838	64	223.25	$223.25	$1,871	+63.25
1245	1245	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,618	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–215	213	2	170.00–201.00	$185.68	$395	+1.80
250–295	281	11	184.00–200.00	$188.33	$529	+53.33
312–337	326	5	181.00–197.50	$188.57	$615	+12.32
378–395	385	9	180.00–193.00	$181.46	$699	-4.38
405–445	427	17	180.00–205.00	$191.69	$819	+0.64
450–495	478	10	181.00–204.00	$193.98	$927	+4.24
500–545	512	12	180.00–190.00	$187.72	$961	+1.62
550–575	561	8	180.00–192.00	$187.80	$1,054	+6.42
605–635	620	2	165.00–187.00	$176.27	$1,093	+7.80
656–695	666	10	161.00–186.00	$174.70	$1,164	+7.09
730–748	740	9	140.00–169.00	$161.32	$1,194	-3.00
777	777	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,127	—
800–822	815	3	155.00–159.00	$157.69	$1,285	+13.93
850	850	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,190	—
950–960	955	2	134.00–136.00	$134.99	$1,289	+3.99

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	2	196.00	$196.00	$866	—
450–455	451	6	193.00–200.00	$195.34	$881	+25.34
512–520	515	4	190.00–194.00	$191.01	$984	-8.99
560–570	565	2	190.00–204.00	$196.94	$1,113	—
600–635	623	3	171.00–185.00	$180.51	$1,125	-0.49
695	695	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,258	—
773	773	3	191.00	$191.00	$1,476	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	150.00	$150.00	$420	-0.45
300–345	323	2	132.50–150.00	$140.64	$454	—
365–392	383	3	133.00–150.00	$138.40	$530	-14.10

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1470	1386	4	119.00–130.00	$122.24	$1,694	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 value added	250	1	297.00	$297.00	$742	—
295	295	1	254.00	$254.00	$749	—
310–316 fancy	315	5	285.00–297.00	$294.64	$928	-5.11
322–347	339	6	240.00–256.00	$245.07	$831	-29.66
350–395 fancy	374	7	275.00–299.00	$286.36	$1,071	-10.64
380–390	385	2	249.00–261.00	$255.08	$982	-30.68
405–445	425	2	230.00–249.00	$239.05	$1,016	-0.95
425–440 value added	428	6	263.00–271.00	$265.34	$1,136	—
440 fancy	440	1	268.00	$268.00	$1,179	—
452–495 value added	464	4	263.00–281.00	$275.78	$1,280	+10.02
460–495	474	8	239.00–248.00	$244.59	$1,159	+9.62
505–530	521	5	225.00–242.00	$233.23	$1,215	-4.22
540 fancy	540	10	239.00–244.00	$242.00	$1,307	—
550–595	567	13	226.00–249.00	$232.31	$1,317	+7.98
605–645	629	16	190.00–217.00	$203.28	$1,279	+1.41
605–641 value added	630	7	223.00–225.00	$224.31	$1,413	—
650–685	664	14	193.00–213.00	$202.21	$1,343	-2.06
660–685 value added	670	5	230.00–231.00	$230.59	$1,545	—
708–740	718	8	190.00–204.00	$199.09	$1,429	-2.95
755	755	2	198.00–199.00	$198.50	$1,499	+4.00
845	845	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,639	-2.02
850–855	853	2	188.00–195.00	$191.49	$1,633	—
1040	1040	4	118.00	$118.00	$1,227	—
1080	1080	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,188	-28.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	203.00	$203.00	$355	—
220	220	1	200.00	$200.00	$440	±0.00
395	395	1	190.00	$190.00	$750	-10.26
420–435	427	4	190.00–220.00	$206.26	$881	-8.41
457–495	480	8	181.00–222.00	$197.06	$946	-10.21
500–540	515	24	198.00–214.00	$203.31	$1,047	+1.72
562–585	573	7	194.00–224.00	$209.30	$1,199	+4.82
600–625	608	3	185.00–188.00	$186.03	$1,131	+5.54
655–675	667	3	179.00–186.00	$181.63	$1,211	+6.25
780–790	785	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,413	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	269.00	$269.00	$1,036	—
525	525	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,202	—
647	647	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,346	—
685	685	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,288	—
797	797	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,435	—
890	890	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,513	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	2	165.00–174.00	$169.50	$848	+12.15
615	615	1	160.00	$160.00	$984	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	135.00	$135.00	$439	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1425	1360	75-80%	2	93.00–94.00	$93.52	$1,272	+6.42
1210–1860	1401	75-80%	30	95.00–103.00	$99.61	$1,396	+2.57
1245–1847	1577	75-80%	40	103.50–116.00	$109.75	$1,731	+5.19

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1310	1156	80-85%	5	89.00–93.00	$91.08	$1,053	—
865–1590	1211	80-85%	32	94.00–103.00	$98.16	$1,189	—
1130–1680	1328	80-85%	34	104.00–119.00	$109.43	$1,453	+5.26

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1120	911	85-90%	4	69.00–78.00	$73.35	$668	—
760–1190	1002	85-90%	11	80.00–85.00	$82.99	$832	—
895–1295	1055	85-90%	25	84.00–94.00	$90.21	$952	—
932–1240	1080	85-90%	13	95.00–105.00	$98.75	$1,066	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1480	1341	4	95.00–111.00	$105.06	$1,409	—
1205–2085	1575	12	111.00–126.00	$121.13	$1,908	+1.18
1505–2215	1778	8	127.00–133.00	$130.39	$2,318	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1670	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	94.00–110.00	$105.90	$1,224

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660	660	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	90.00	$90.00	$594

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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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
965	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
1170–1320	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00–1,375.00	$1,269.28	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1405 fancy	1405	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

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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.