Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 4, 2025

637 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $321.92/cwt ≈ $2,975/hd at 924 lb · 116 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $310.75/cwt -2.25 vs last sale · ≈ $2,986/hd at 961 lb · 50 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $368.87/cwt -14.13 vs last sale · ≈ $2,128/hd at 577 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	637	1,279	1,271
Feeder cattle	532	1,224	1,186
Slaughter cattle	103	54	80
Replacement cattle	2	1	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was mostly stronger with an average quality offering. Good quality feeder steers 650 lbs and under were unevenly steady with a moderate supply and good demand. Yearling steers appeared steady but with limited comparisons. Feeder heifers were 3.00 to 6.00 higher or greater in spots with good demand, while yearling heifers were 2.00 to 3.00 higher with a light test. Slaughter cows were sharply higher with a good supply, while slaughter bulls were steady to 3.00 higher with strong demand for all slaughter animals.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	233	3	465.00–470.00	$466.50	$1,087	—
257	257	2	462.50	$462.50	$1,189	—
300–335	323	3	411.00–431.00	$424.81	$1,372	+16.15
375 value added	375	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,725	-39.00
365–397	386	3	427.50–430.00	$428.29	$1,653	—
430 value added	430	1	459.00	$459.00	$1,974	±0.00
430	430	1	427.50	$427.50	$1,838	+42.97
470–497	493	7	387.50–397.50	$390.88	$1,927	+59.88
498 value added	498	6	425.00	$425.00	$2,116	—
508–513 value added	510	7	409.00–417.00	$413.55	$2,109	+6.00
500–540	514	8	361.00–387.00	$372.50	$1,915	+8.50
555–597	573	14	350.00–366.00	$358.90	$2,056	—
556–595 value added	581	14	372.50–387.00	$378.84	$2,201	-4.16
620 value added	620	2	379.00	$379.00	$2,350	-7.19
640	640	1	331.00	$331.00	$2,118	-9.00
652–677 value added	669	21	369.00–381.00	$375.03	$2,509	-15.45
687	687	2	333.00	$333.00	$2,288	-32.52
707–741	727	7	311.00–333.00	$319.92	$2,326	+9.92
738 value added	738	4	344.00	$344.00	$2,539	-18.52
772–780	775	3	320.00–331.00	$323.69	$2,509	-3.31
802 value added	802	9	330.00	$330.00	$2,647	—
825	825	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,392	—
885	885	4	290.00	$290.00	$2,566	—
922–925 value added	924	115	319.00–325.00	$322.14	$2,977	—
940	940	1	297.00	$297.00	$2,792	—
961 value added	961	50	310.75	$310.75	$2,986	-2.25
1040	1040	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,392	-14.41

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–327	326	3	380.00–393.00	$384.32	$1,253	-65.68
480	480	1	393.00	$393.00	$1,886	—
535–545	540	2	337.50–352.00	$344.82	$1,862	+6.17
580–590	585	4	319.00–329.00	$323.22	$1,891	+6.22
637	637	2	306.00	$306.00	$1,949	—
681	681	3	310.00	$310.00	$2,111	-8.46
735	735	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,132	—
902	902	2	261.00	$261.00	$2,354	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	2	341.00	$341.00	$1,456	+11.00
472	472	2	331.00	$331.00	$1,562	—
500	500	1	303.00	$303.00	$1,515	—
650–670	660	2	270.00–280.00	$274.92	$1,814	+33.92

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	2	341.00	$341.00	$1,592	—
710	710	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,864	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	267	3	385.00–387.50	$385.91	$1,030	—
305 value added	305	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,388	+32.00
350–385	368	3	375.00–397.50	$389.50	$1,433	+21.83
355–380 value added	372	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,562	—
405–448	435	10	360.00–382.50	$370.31	$1,611	+11.56
465	465	1	343.00	$343.00	$1,595	-11.98
465–480	471	8	367.00–379.00	$371.82	$1,751	+16.84
500–505 value added	501	4	352.50–355.00	$354.37	$1,775	-2.62
530–543	537	10	325.00–344.00	$331.44	$1,780	+23.09
577–586 value added	582	8	336.00–341.00	$338.48	$1,970	-0.52
572–595	583	5	322.50–330.00	$327.05	$1,907	+6.55
608–635	617	11	310.00–332.50	$326.11	$2,012	+13.98
665–685	679	4	280.00–290.00	$287.30	$1,951	+11.46
720	720	1	306.00	$306.00	$2,203	+38.77
705–745	725	3	264.00–285.00	$275.14	$1,995	+7.91
762	762	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,286	+3.07
785	785	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,159	-21.93
810–815	813	2	279.00–287.00	$283.01	$2,301	+4.01
865	865	1	252.00	$252.00	$2,180	-15.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	342.50	$342.50	$993	—
406–435	413	4	351.00	$351.00	$1,450	+13.50
455	455	1	347.50	$347.50	$1,581	+25.70
520	520	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,508	-7.36

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,024	—
442	442	2	332.50	$332.50	$1,470	—
450	450	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,350	—
620	620	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,457	+32.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1525	1243	5	210.00–239.00	$225.91	$2,808	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,065	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,456	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210 fancy	210	1	435.00	$435.00	$914	—
215	215	1	402.50	$402.50	$865	—
255–292	276	4	403.00–417.50	$412.70	$1,139	—
338	338	8	425.00	$425.00	$1,436	—
350–355	353	2	427.50–440.00	$433.79	$1,531	—
350–390 fancy	363	3	457.50–467.50	$463.92	$1,684	+36.42
400–415 fancy	407	3	462.50–487.50	$479.20	$1,950	—
405–420	413	2	437.50–445.00	$441.18	$1,822	+64.98
460 fancy	460	1	455.00	$455.00	$2,093	—
455–490	467	3	390.00–402.50	$394.06	$1,840	+29.21
500 fancy	500	1	387.50	$387.50	$1,938	—
515	515	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,674	-15.00
560–587 fancy	570	6	325.00–340.00	$331.31	$1,888	—
610–645	623	3	299.00–300.00	$299.67	$1,867	+9.67
655–675 fancy	663	5	310.00–324.00	$318.30	$2,110	—
660–672	667	4	280.00–295.00	$290.77	$1,939	+9.77
762–790	774	5	261.00–275.00	$267.11	$2,067	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,320	+27.50
370–385	378	2	375.00–405.00	$389.70	$1,473	-2.80
490	490	1	377.50	$377.50	$1,850	+47.50
540	540	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,539	-26.94

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,184	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,560	+120.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–1335	933	85-90%	4	190.00–215.00	$198.87	$1,855	—
950	950	85-90%	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,206	—
850–1290	1014	85-90%	16	143.00–162.00	$155.49	$1,577	—
935–1165	1066	85-90%	11	166.00–186.00	$174.69	$1,862	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1850	1510	75-80%	18	180.00–197.00	$186.88	$2,822	—
1335–1845	1542	75-80%	11	164.00–179.00	$174.42	$2,690	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1355	1231	80-85%	9	165.00–178.00	$172.16	$2,119	—
1040–1515	1324	80-85%	12	182.00–196.00	$189.06	$2,503	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	1	199.00	$199.00	$2,408	—
1260–1745	1530	6	210.00–218.00	$213.08	$3,260	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–2255	1826	6	223.00–232.00	$225.28	$4,114	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,275.00	$2,275.00

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490	1490	80-85%	1	163.00	$163.00	$2,429	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,701	—

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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.