Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 25, 2024

1,425 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $246.45/cwt -3.23 vs last sale · ≈ $1,636/hd at 664 lb · 187 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $227.44/cwt +2.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,676/hd at 737 lb · 168 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $225.80/cwt +36.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,738/hd at 770 lb · 88 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,425	1,488	1,805
Feeder cattle	1,250	1,321	1,575
Slaughter cattle	164	154	194
Replacement cattle	11	13	36

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 lower with good demand; yearlings sold 5.00 higher with very good demand. More new crop bawling and short-weaned calves coming to town putting some downward pressure on the feeder market. Slaughter cows sold steady with very good demand. 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
330–335 value added	333	2	350.00–353.00	$351.51	$1,171	-29.31
350–397 value added	385	4	339.00–345.00	$341.91	$1,316	-21.03
400	400	2	307.00	$307.00	$1,228	+1.89
400–445 value added	428	10	307.00–337.50	$320.14	$1,370	-39.83
450–490 value added	469	15	308.00–337.00	$327.39	$1,535	-21.52
465–486	477	9	288.00–306.00	$295.81	$1,411	-21.69
505–536 value added	528	6	307.00–318.00	$311.46	$1,645	-6.21
505–542	529	5	280.00–305.00	$291.38	$1,541	+26.38
552–591 value added	570	18	290.00–312.00	$305.48	$1,741	-0.85
550–595	584	5	277.00–289.00	$284.86	$1,664	+11.53
600–649 value added	632	48	256.00–305.00	$289.80	$1,832	+4.92
650–692 value added	675	32	250.00–280.00	$272.14	$1,837	-7.16
722	722	18	233.50	$233.50	$1,686	-1.50
707–747 value added	724	17	245.00–256.00	$251.95	$1,824	-5.11
750–795 value added	770	36	240.00–254.00	$249.59	$1,922	+8.30
785–790	788	2	229.00–231.00	$230.00	$1,812	+2.23
801–845	816	8	223.00–230.00	$225.15	$1,837	+9.47
900–945	921	13	204.00–223.00	$219.39	$2,021	+25.41
1070	1070	1	191.00	$191.00	$2,044	—
1240	1240	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,356	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	263.00	$263.00	$842	-35.01
370	370	1	282.00	$282.00	$1,043	-26.72
415–445	430	2	245.00–290.00	$268.28	$1,154	-15.95
620–640	630	2	230.00–248.00	$239.14	$1,507	+7.63
737	737	6	228.00	$228.00	$1,680	—
777	777	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,632	-9.53
852–872	862	4	198.00–210.00	$204.07	$1,759	—
920–935	928	2	180.00–190.00	$185.04	$1,717	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,050	—
520	520	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,456	+11.29
550	550	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,485	—
741	741	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,778	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	220.00	$220.00	$704	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335 value added	319	4	315.00–323.00	$317.75	$1,014	+5.23
336–347	340	8	286.00–298.00	$289.50	$984	-9.86
350–370	360	2	281.00–290.00	$285.63	$1,028	+3.88
357–395 value added	381	19	300.00–330.00	$317.76	$1,211	-1.03
415–435	425	2	252.50–270.00	$261.46	$1,111	-1.73
402–447 value added	430	26	275.00–305.00	$287.94	$1,238	-3.24
450–490	473	16	241.00–265.00	$257.61	$1,218	-4.38
457–492 value added	473	12	274.00–280.00	$275.05	$1,301	-4.47
500–545 value added	517	14	256.00–282.00	$261.80	$1,354	-14.20
500–545	518	14	241.00–257.00	$248.11	$1,285	-3.86
553–596 value added	570	21	256.00–275.00	$267.46	$1,525	-4.48
550–590	571	19	239.00–255.00	$246.91	$1,410	-4.30
600–640	620	13	225.00–239.00	$231.46	$1,435	+9.90
607–641 value added	624	23	244.00–250.00	$246.71	$1,539	-2.71
650–690	663	17	219.00–239.00	$232.47	$1,541	+18.65
651–677 value added	664	170	241.00–252.00	$247.85	$1,646	-9.11
700–745	718	5	198.00–218.00	$206.51	$1,483	+16.51
722	722	6	239.00	$239.00	$1,726	+49.00
700–745 value added	738	157	225.00–237.00	$227.67	$1,680	-4.17
760–780	765	5	188.00–210.00	$203.38	$1,556	-13.12
751–790 value added	770	83	224.00–228.00	$227.15	$1,749	—
800–808 value added	804	9	209.00–225.00	$216.96	$1,744	—
820	820	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,509	-9.00
805–846	836	4	199.00–205.00	$203.56	$1,702	+10.56
855–859 value added	859	45	215.00–224.50	$224.08	$1,925	—
865	865	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,834	+22.00
890	890	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,736	+5.00
987	987	2	196.00	$196.00	$1,935	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–230	225	3	227.50–262.50	$238.65	$537	-26.35
255–273	267	6	249.00–261.00	$257.90	$689	-15.70
305–340	320	4	200.00–265.00	$242.17	$775	-18.38
360–390	372	3	255.00–260.00	$257.34	$957	-9.56
440	440	1	236.00	$236.00	$1,038	-14.00
465–495	478	3	212.00–232.00	$221.13	$1,057	-18.62
550–595	565	11	225.00–237.00	$232.27	$1,312	+2.27
600–645	628	3	210.00–217.00	$213.75	$1,342	+12.20
650–665	659	4	180.00–218.00	$206.44	$1,360	+3.19
790	790	2	158.00	$158.00	$1,248	-11.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	213.00	$213.00	$628	-12.00
450–468	464	4	210.00–215.00	$213.79	$992	+11.29

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,294	—
762	762	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,570	—
890	890	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,308	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,633	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	2	331.00	$331.00	$967	+0.78
335	335	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,038	-4.31
344 value added	344	8	348.00	$348.00	$1,197	—
350–375 value added	362	3	339.00–351.00	$343.81	$1,245	-11.30
350–390	365	3	310.00–326.00	$317.79	$1,160	+4.30
418 value added	418	3	337.50	$337.50	$1,411	+17.07
400–447	426	11	295.00–317.50	$304.29	$1,296	-2.63
450–490 value added	473	15	290.00–328.00	$306.99	$1,452	-17.74
470–485	477	9	260.00–290.00	$281.53	$1,343	-9.73
500–525 value added	513	8	280.00–300.00	$289.36	$1,484	+4.72
500–530	518	5	265.00–279.00	$272.72	$1,413	+9.12
550–567	561	3	254.00–277.50	$261.68	$1,468	+1.68
550–590 value added	574	15	276.00–297.50	$291.40	$1,673	+3.91
600–642 value added	613	19	251.00–283.00	$265.81	$1,629	-2.78
650 value added	650	1	252.00	$252.00	$1,638	-4.37
671–695	680	6	230.00–241.00	$238.65	$1,623	+10.65
700–715 value added	710	3	233.00–236.00	$235.01	$1,669	-0.99
725	725	2	218.00–224.00	$221.00	$1,602	-3.66
775	775	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,705	-2.00
810	810	3	208.00–213.00	$211.33	$1,712	+10.80
855–865	862	3	186.00–197.00	$189.64	$1,635	+5.64
905	905	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,674	-19.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	260.00	$260.00	$572	—
260–290	280	4	230.00–287.50	$266.48	$746	—
320	320	1	295.00	$295.00	$944	+18.82
380	380	1	250.00	$250.00	$950	—
450–480	465	2	245.00–250.00	$247.42	$1,151	-5.25
630	630	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,386	+0.64
670	670	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,591	+20.00
845	845	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,504	—
915	915	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,665	+3.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	2	261.00	$261.00	$1,075	-29.00
595	595	1	272.00	$272.00	$1,618	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	232.50	$232.50	$686	-22.50
315	315	1	232.50	$232.50	$732	—
555	555	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,204	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1245	1086	80-85%	5	109.00–120.00	$117.18	$1,273	—
1210	1210	80-85%	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,162	-34.82
935–1635	1247	80-85%	39	121.00–149.00	$133.62	$1,666	+32.62

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1740	1408	75-80%	38	121.00–143.00	$129.39	$1,822	—
1470	1470	75-80%	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,470	-28.21
1205–1855	1540	75-80%	3	109.00–116.00	$111.89	$1,723	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–880	848	85-90%	2	71.00–75.00	$72.92	$618	—
775–1085	927	85-90%	11	90.00–95.00	$93.06	$863	—
765–1290	1010	85-90%	9	100.00–110.00	$105.94	$1,070	—
980–1325	1111	85-90%	14	111.00–127.00	$120.24	$1,336	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200	1200	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,428	—
1205–2365	1643	13	130.00–148.00	$141.66	$2,327	—
1310–2105	1734	9	149.00–163.00	$155.20	$2,691	+1.84

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110–1210	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,600.00–1,625.00	$1,613.04
1230–1605	1418	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,650.00–2,150.00	$1,866.93

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,340	—

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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
1135	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,175.00	$2,175.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885	885	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,035	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420	1420	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,917	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	170.00	$170.00	$918	-32.50
620	620	1	151.00	$151.00	$936	+21.09
707	707	2	142.50	$142.50	$1,007	—
805	805	1	122.00	$122.00	$982	—

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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.