Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 9, 2024

2,109 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $253.46/cwt +14.84 vs last sale · ≈ $1,441/hd at 568 lb · 186 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $228.56/cwt -0.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,890/hd at 827 lb · 185 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $236.02/cwt +31.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,556/hd at 659 lb · 165 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,109	805	1,859
Feeder cattle	1,880	663	1,677
Slaughter cattle	213	141	177
Replacement cattle	16	1	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

No market comparison with last Monday due to Labor Day.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286 value added	286	3	312.50	$312.50	$894	—
300–315	311	7	262.50–282.50	$266.77	$830	-66.23
320–336 value added	333	5	285.00–287.50	$285.48	$951	—
383–397 value added	391	25	282.50–293.00	$287.03	$1,122	—
415–422	421	10	250.00	$250.00	$1,052	—
475–480 value added	479	18	269.00–274.00	$273.28	$1,309	—
470–486	481	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,202	—
500–535 value added	523	3	256.00–273.00	$267.59	$1,399	-27.67
518–547	525	8	240.00–251.00	$248.14	$1,303	-13.53
550–580	561	10	248.00–261.00	$253.38	$1,421	+3.38
550–576 value added	571	20	263.00–271.00	$268.65	$1,534	—
600–640 value added	621	8	240.00–249.00	$242.53	$1,506	-17.90
600–645	622	11	230.00–238.00	$236.44	$1,471	—
670	670	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,574	—
730	730	4	229.00	$229.00	$1,672	-7.50
705–740 value added	738	20	233.00–234.00	$233.95	$1,727	-5.05
750	750	2	227.00	$227.00	$1,702	—
800–847	827	185	215.00–229.50	$228.56	$1,890	-4.44
850	850	60	230.00	$230.00	$1,955	—
879 fancy	879	58	231.00	$231.00	$2,030	—
910	910	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,002	+10.00
937 fancy	937	65	229.90	$229.90	$2,154	—
1030	1030	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,060	—
1075	1075	1	191.00	$191.00	$2,053	+6.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–437	428	3	220.00–224.00	$222.72	$953	—
452–470	458	6	230.00–240.00	$235.34	$1,078	-13.63
520–535	525	4	221.00–234.00	$225.78	$1,185	-20.54
555–595	572	6	234.00–245.00	$236.64	$1,354	-9.36
630	630	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,399	-9.00
650–675	667	6	222.00–234.00	$226.67	$1,512	—
715–732	724	4	218.00–220.00	$218.99	$1,585	—
785	785	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,570	—
920–945	933	5	180.00–194.00	$187.01	$1,745	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	195.00	$195.00	$829	-35.00
500–525	516	4	201.00–214.00	$207.65	$1,071	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,428	—
732	732	2	227.00	$227.00	$1,662	—
925	925	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,924	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1635	1635	1	133.00	$133.00	$2,175	—
1690–1715	1703	2	138.00–142.00	$139.99	$2,384	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	220	2	232.50–267.50	$248.81	$547	+8.81
311 value added	311	7	244.00	$244.00	$759	—
321–345	324	7	230.00	$230.00	$745	-12.50
355–395	384	8	228.00–245.00	$233.32	$896	-2.63
392 value added	392	6	255.00	$255.00	$1,000	—
400–420 value added	410	2	245.00–250.00	$247.44	$1,015	-13.56
405–444	435	17	224.00–239.00	$227.88	$991	-14.05
450–467	464	5	231.00–237.50	$232.26	$1,078	-5.23
453–480 value added	469	9	240.00–255.00	$249.72	$1,171	+2.07
513 fancy	513	7	254.00	$254.00	$1,303	—
500–545	515	19	230.00–239.00	$234.98	$1,210	-2.52
551–568 value added	568	173	239.00–256.10	$255.25	$1,450	-5.33
553–587	573	13	220.00–236.00	$229.60	$1,316	+0.60
607–647	628	31	200.00–219.00	$213.89	$1,343	-4.36
600–646 value added	644	84	235.00–253.20	$252.39	$1,625	+20.12
650–667 value added	658	146	232.75–245.70	$239.22	$1,574	—
653–678	668	19	200.00–218.00	$211.46	$1,413	+6.94
700–735	718	3	190.00–197.00	$193.36	$1,388	-5.98
711–740	722	24	200.00–215.00	$209.20	$1,510	+9.86
753 value added	753	66	223.75	$223.75	$1,685	—
785–797	795	5	188.00–200.00	$190.37	$1,513	—
801–840	824	105	207.75–211.50	$209.24	$1,724	+25.24
850–865	858	2	181.00–196.00	$188.57	$1,618	-33.03
855–872	866	3	167.00–171.00	$169.68	$1,469	-51.92
878 value added	878	119	214.10	$214.10	$1,880	—
900–910	905	2	170.00–172.00	$171.01	$1,548	—
970	970	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,571	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	2	215.00–225.00	$220.04	$634	+7.54
317	317	2	217.50	$217.50	$689	—
358–380	370	9	207.50–224.00	$216.42	$801	-4.93
400–440	420	11	212.50–227.00	$219.67	$923	-11.57
455–495	475	11	200.00–237.00	$217.04	$1,031	-3.47
500–545	526	11	200.00–221.00	$215.98	$1,136	-7.46
550–595	582	12	180.00–230.00	$204.28	$1,189	-19.98
610–640	629	6	180.00–191.00	$184.80	$1,162	+1.73
655–687	672	6	184.00–187.00	$185.17	$1,244	-7.83
705–740	715	4	162.50–175.00	$170.93	$1,222	-3.05
760–765	763	2	162.00–178.00	$169.97	$1,297	—
810–840	825	2	150.00–170.00	$160.18	$1,321	-14.82
850–895	872	5	140.00–157.00	$149.17	$1,301	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	225.00	$225.00	$551	—
505	505	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,060	-27.00
625–645	638	3	190.00–193.00	$190.98	$1,218	-8.02
930–945	938	2	139.00–153.00	$145.94	$1,369	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	202.50	$202.50	$638	+1.59
400–425	413	2	205.00	$205.00	$847	+15.00
660	660	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,063	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1220	1208	2	131.00–161.00	$146.16	$1,766	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	270	4	262.50–285.00	$272.88	$737	—
300–345	333	4	247.50–272.50	$263.51	$877	-44.25
370–390	383	6	255.00–267.50	$264.39	$1,013	-10.61
400–447	427	9	235.00–238.00	$235.81	$1,007	-14.05
470	470	1	246.00	$246.00	$1,156	-26.65
505–532	522	4	229.00–237.00	$232.97	$1,216	-13.28
550–595	579	7	220.00–235.00	$222.80	$1,290	-24.66
601–640	614	9	198.00–217.00	$206.67	$1,269	-10.73
660–690	676	10	184.00–219.00	$192.29	$1,300	-19.71
710–740	725	2	176.00–181.00	$178.55	$1,294	-27.94
780	780	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,373	-24.00
995	995	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,612	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	220.00	$220.00	$440	—
285	285	1	237.50	$237.50	$677	—
320–340	330	2	235.00–240.00	$237.58	$784	—
387	387	2	210.00	$210.00	$813	-33.80
405–437	429	5	220.00–233.00	$228.71	$981	+3.71
450–495	467	13	210.00–227.50	$218.10	$1,019	-11.46
505–522	514	10	210.00–222.00	$212.57	$1,093	-14.93
587–590	588	7	219.00–220.00	$219.57	$1,291	-13.43
600–647	616	7	174.00–194.00	$186.15	$1,147	-12.85
810	810	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,199	—
850–880	868	3	136.00–160.00	$145.17	$1,260	—
910–925	918	4	140.00–146.00	$142.01	$1,304	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	202.50	$202.50	$537	—
300–340	327	3	220.00	$220.00	$719	—
375	375	1	185.00	$185.00	$694	-20.00
415–445	430	3	180.00–217.50	$195.51	$841	—
450	450	1	193.00	$193.00	$868	—
510	510	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,061	-5.79

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,345	—
660	660	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,254	—
905	905	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,267	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–1185	924	85-90%	9	95.00–106.00	$100.75	$931	—
780–1235	1052	85-90%	19	107.00–115.00	$111.14	$1,169	—
930–1315	1114	85-90%	32	115.00–132.00	$121.73	$1,356	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1560	1203	80-85%	21	124.00–131.00	$127.37	$1,532	-6.09
1035–1715	1297	80-85%	8	114.00–124.00	$120.18	$1,559	—
1095–1660	1307	80-85%	26	132.00–149.00	$137.40	$1,796	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1530	1382	75-80%	9	132.00–140.00	$135.14	$1,868	—
1220–1625	1390	75-80%	5	111.00–123.00	$117.31	$1,631	—
1085–1915	1470	75-80%	35	123.00–131.00	$127.56	$1,875	-14.42

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1545	1325	2	115.00–134.00	$122.92	$1,629	—
1005–2455	1557	18	140.00–165.00	$155.97	$2,428	—
1665–2150	1839	9	165.00–184.00	$172.40	$3,170	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1165	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	130.00–142.00	$134.68	$1,347

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1260	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,500.00–2,450.00	$1,822.67

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
842	842	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,179	—

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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
1410–1910	1640	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,200.00–2,625.00	$2,379.32	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
860	860	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	2	158.00	$158.00	$956	—
748	748	9	197.00	$197.00	$1,474	—

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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.