Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 30, 2024

1,010 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $280.90/cwt +36.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,240/hd at 441 lb · 111 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $306.35/cwt +30.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,433/hd at 468 lb · 103 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $285.41/cwt +22.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,640/hd at 575 lb · 88 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,010	1,048	1,008
Feeder cattle	864	830	766
Slaughter cattle	94	194	221
Replacement cattle	52	24	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher; some weaned/fancy packages sharply higher with good demand. Yearling steers good demand in a limited comparison. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand for weaned packages. Yearling heifers lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls lightly tested. Much needed substantial rainfall across the state over the weekend created some drought relief.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277–278	278	7	303.00	$303.00	$842	—
310	310	1	299.00	$299.00	$927	+19.00
305–345 value added	339	20	323.00–332.50	$324.17	$1,099	+20.17
370 value added	370	7	317.00	$317.00	$1,173	—
420–435 value added	428	2	280.00–282.50	$281.23	$1,204	+6.05
454–480	457	10	274.00–277.50	$277.13	$1,266	+21.44
464–469 value added	469	93	297.00–310.50	$309.49	$1,452	+31.10
509	509	5	276.00	$276.00	$1,405	—
555	555	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,443	+7.50
575 value added	575	86	286.00	$286.00	$1,644	+22.13
610 value added	610	4	266.00	$266.00	$1,623	+10.00
600–620	613	3	234.00–237.00	$236.02	$1,447	+0.21
665–680	667	9	235.00–239.00	$238.55	$1,591	+4.83
796 value added	796	62	255.50	$255.50	$2,034	—
896 value added	896	56	235.25	$235.25	$2,108	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	270.00	$270.00	$716	—
460–497	479	5	236.00–243.00	$238.23	$1,141	-18.77
515–525	520	8	238.00–251.00	$244.44	$1,271	—
575	575	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,322	-15.00
730	730	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,562	—
771	771	3	224.00	$224.00	$1,727	+9.00
845	845	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,690	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,000	—
600	600	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,386	—
750	750	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,710	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
264	264	11	287.50	$287.50	$759	+17.50
326 value added	326	27	295.00	$295.00	$962	—
355	355	7	255.00	$255.00	$905	+5.32
400–425	418	7	241.00–248.00	$244.55	$1,022	+6.60
410–445 value added	443	104	251.00–285.50	$283.35	$1,255	—
473 value added	473	4	247.00	$247.00	$1,168	-0.50
455–482	476	9	233.00–242.50	$236.89	$1,128	+3.90
510	510	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,186	+0.89
551 value added	551	80	261.00	$261.00	$1,438	—
570	570	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,311	-2.07
605	605	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,301	-1.82
652	652	2	223.00	$223.00	$1,454	+1.14
700–710	704	12	191.00–214.00	$195.53	$1,377	-7.94

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
242	242	2	237.50	$237.50	$575	—
260–275	268	2	230.00–232.50	$231.21	$620	-7.60
337	337	2	230.00	$230.00	$775	-0.91
351	351	4	238.00	$238.00	$835	+7.66
425–426	426	4	214.00–228.00	$224.51	$956	+1.12
460–490	475	2	219.00–220.00	$219.52	$1,043	-6.24
535	535	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,204	+5.57
550–590	566	4	201.00–226.00	$216.95	$1,228	-0.17
620–645	635	5	172.50–190.00	$180.72	$1,148	-21.68
800	800	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,288	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	237.00	$237.00	$972	—
515	515	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,164	+1.00
690	690	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,311	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	200.00	$200.00	$710	—
445	445	1	200.00	$200.00	$890	—
465	465	1	200.00	$200.00	$930	-4.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	250.00	$250.00	$638	-38.72
344	344	6	295.00	$295.00	$1,015	+25.00
361 value added	361	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,155	—
377–395	383	3	260.00–269.00	$263.09	$1,008	+4.80
425	425	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,062	-7.78
460	460	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,127	-8.98
485 value added	485	5	269.00	$269.00	$1,305	-3.62
500–510	503	7	232.00–238.00	$233.74	$1,176	-10.83
560–585	570	5	239.00–244.00	$241.95	$1,379	+2.43
600–630	615	4	215.00–218.00	$216.46	$1,331	-6.14
650	650	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,320	-10.26
700	700	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,435	+17.05
765–787	778	6	180.00–190.00	$185.48	$1,443	-9.52

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	231	5	230.00–275.00	$264.07	$610	+27.83
260	260	1	250.00	$250.00	$650	+15.00
340	340	4	220.00–225.00	$221.25	$752	-18.39
375	375	1	230.00	$230.00	$862	-7.16
440–445	442	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,017	-3.01
500–548	531	7	220.00–231.00	$224.91	$1,194	+5.68
555	555	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,199	-12.00
980–995	988	2	141.00–149.00	$145.03	$1,433	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	205.00	$205.00	$492	—
305–325	312	3	200.00–202.50	$200.87	$627	—
405	405	1	200.00	$200.00	$810	—
450–470	460	2	205.00–207.50	$206.22	$949	+2.60
530–540	535	2	190.00–210.00	$199.91	$1,070	+1.09

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–585	568	3	221.00–229.00	$224.93	$1,278	—
605–615	610	2	187.00–193.00	$189.98	$1,159	-6.02

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1395	1163	80-85%	18	116.00–124.00	$119.59	$1,391	+8.06
1160–1180	1173	80-85%	3	111.00–115.00	$113.66	$1,333	+2.13
1150–1815	1411	80-85%	8	126.00–140.00	$130.62	$1,843	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635–905	784	85-90%	4	82.50–90.00	$85.90	$673	-8.10
805–1180	988	85-90%	6	104.00–111.00	$107.26	$1,060	-0.21
960–1080	1017	85-90%	5	98.00–103.00	$100.77	$1,025	—
875–1295	1065	85-90%	9	113.00–124.00	$117.72	$1,254	-0.77

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1725	1451	75-80%	7	118.00–123.00	$120.63	$1,750	-6.34
1265–1755	1519	75-80%	13	126.00–137.00	$130.87	$1,988	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1620	1440	2	128.00–149.00	$139.81	$2,013	—
1835–1845	1840	2	151.00–158.00	$154.51	$2,843	-10.63

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,399
1100–1430	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	123.00–129.00	$127.34	$1,602

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
902–1215	982	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,810.00–2,375.00	$1,911.70
986–1226	1108	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,700.00–2,000.00	$1,823.31

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
813–1105	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,350.00–1,650.00	$1,541.83
932	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00

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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
1145	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—
1405–1450	1428	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,825.00–1,900.00	$1,863.09	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1625–1710	1668	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,235.00–2,600.00	$2,422.15	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1465	1465	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—

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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.