Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report, Lexington, KY

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 27, 2025

1,474 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $346.17/cwt -7.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,804/hd at 521 lb · 72 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $383.04/cwt +14.56 vs last sale · ≈ $2,381/hd at 622 lb · 71 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $420.63/cwt +17.46 vs last sale · ≈ $2,193/hd at 521 lb · 64 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,474	584	1,815
Feeder cattle	1,231	448	1,418
Slaughter cattle	225	128	258
Replacement cattle	18	8	139

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was mostly lower with an average quality offering. Good quality feeder steers 500-600 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher with a good supply, while all other weight classes were 4.00 to 8.00 lower or greater in spots with moderate demand. Feeder heifers 400 lbs and under appeared stronger but with a limited supply, while heifers 450 lbs and over were 5.00 to 10.00 lower with good supply and limited demand. Buyers are active in spots and willing to pay premiums for certain weight groups, however the continued negative pressure from the futures market has limited some buyers interest which is increasing the price spreads with in groups and classes of livestock. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 lower with a large supply and slaughter bulls were were steady to 2.00 lower with moderate 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
265–290	280	3	427.50–442.50	$434.38	$1,216	—
310–330	316	6	445.00–460.00	$450.52	$1,424	-24.48
355–375	368	8	439.00–462.50	$451.34	$1,661	—
400–446	426	11	417.00–441.00	$422.08	$1,798	-40.42
465–488	476	11	400.00–427.50	$411.77	$1,960	-43.23
500–546 value added	520	49	417.00–437.50	$425.66	$2,213	+1.85
510–545	526	15	393.00–411.00	$404.18	$2,126	+13.92
553–593	577	17	355.00–387.50	$372.52	$2,149	—
565–598 value added	582	40	393.00–414.00	$399.93	$2,328	-10.01
600–635	621	21	341.00–374.00	$358.84	$2,228	+12.05
605–632 value added	622	50	380.00–399.00	$393.21	$2,446	+3.04
666–673	668	9	341.00–360.00	$347.38	$2,320	-17.14
721 value added	721	7	346.00	$346.00	$2,495	—
719–740	726	15	299.00–320.00	$306.60	$2,226	-48.55
779–785	781	7	321.00–344.00	$337.39	$2,635	-3.91
808–840 value added	826	44	336.00–340.00	$338.49	$2,796	-31.51
835	835	2	311.00	$311.00	$2,597	-29.00
880	880	2	293.00–312.00	$302.50	$2,662	—
914 value added	914	8	324.00	$324.00	$2,961	—
915–937	930	3	299.00–300.00	$299.33	$2,784	—
955	955	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,770	—
1000	1000	1	252.00	$252.00	$2,520	—
1100	1100	1	226.00	$226.00	$2,486	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–322	315	3	386.00–417.50	$407.49	$1,284	+28.49
350–385	371	5	410.00–425.00	$414.53	$1,538	—
408–435	416	10	380.00–405.00	$397.63	$1,654	—
450–495	464	20	360.00–393.00	$385.42	$1,788	+43.42
501–540	521	6	362.50–381.00	$371.40	$1,935	+48.90
555–597	583	6	315.00–341.00	$325.78	$1,899	—
605–647	635	4	321.00–330.00	$325.94	$2,070	—
653–685	670	8	300.00–322.50	$309.55	$2,074	—
700–727	718	3	280.00–291.00	$287.43	$2,064	-30.57
785	785	2	291.00	$291.00	$2,284	—
800–826	817	10	283.00–290.00	$287.33	$2,347	—
860	860	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,236	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	338	3	330.00–361.00	$339.93	$1,149	—
480–485	482	3	300.00–330.00	$319.93	$1,542	—
505	505	2	307.00	$307.00	$1,550	—
565	565	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,610	-10.00
682	682	2	272.50	$272.50	$1,858	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	1	269.00	$269.00	$2,085	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,846	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–260	257	3	410.00–435.00	$418.44	$1,075	+13.35
265–290 fancy	273	3	450.00	$450.00	$1,228	—
305–345	320	3	397.50–410.00	$402.28	$1,287	—
376–382	378	7	375.00–391.00	$383.99	$1,451	+12.99
403–415 fancy	411	9	380.00–392.50	$388.41	$1,596	—
400–440	418	24	350.00–375.00	$360.12	$1,505	-13.81
450–475	463	18	350.00–371.00	$361.13	$1,672	+16.13
471–495 fancy	483	12	379.00–381.00	$379.68	$1,834	-5.61
505–539 value added	521	29	359.00–378.00	$365.39	$1,904	—
505–538	521	43	325.00–347.00	$333.20	$1,736	-20.95
565	565	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,582	-74.43
550–595	573	36	307.00–335.00	$318.35	$1,824	-36.08
573–581 value added	578	7	362.00–371.00	$365.83	$2,114	-18.87
626	626	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,753	-41.64
600–645	627	21	317.00–342.50	$328.55	$2,060	+6.91
650–667	657	19	305.00–324.00	$315.91	$2,076	—
717	717	4	335.00	$335.00	$2,402	+18.18
758 value added	758	20	335.00	$335.00	$2,539	—
868	868	4	270.00	$270.00	$2,344	—
875	875	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,969	—
930	930	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,186	—
1010	1010	3	241.00	$241.00	$2,434	-27.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	380.00	$380.00	$855	—
295	295	1	367.50	$367.50	$1,084	—
310–345	326	15	350.00–377.50	$368.38	$1,201	+38.38
370–395	386	11	342.00–365.00	$354.53	$1,368	-4.78
410–445	430	8	317.00–340.00	$329.60	$1,417	—
465–495	484	8	315.00–342.50	$326.61	$1,581	—
522–547	535	4	297.00–319.00	$308.26	$1,649	-20.91
575–595	585	2	279.00–289.00	$284.09	$1,662	-48.41
600–642	630	12	281.00–305.00	$290.55	$1,830	—
650–695	684	5	255.00–292.50	$268.05	$1,833	-2.95
701–710	703	4	255.00–277.50	$260.68	$1,833	-4.16
800–825	810	3	215.00–230.00	$224.01	$1,814	—
1007	1007	2	210.00	$210.00	$2,115	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	285	3	270.00–302.50	$284.50	$811	—
325–340	333	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,099	—
400	400	2	285.00–302.50	$293.75	$1,175	-6.25
450–465	458	2	275.00–285.00	$279.92	$1,282	—
565	565	1	233.00	$233.00	$1,316	—
600	600	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,260	—
725	725	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,577	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,762	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	405.00	$405.00	$871	—
275–290	281	6	407.50–420.00	$411.30	$1,156	—
301–340	313	5	425.00–447.50	$434.40	$1,360	+37.87
370–395	381	4	425.00–432.50	$428.43	$1,632	—
405–430 fancy	413	6	420.00–429.00	$424.70	$1,754	-22.80
405–432	421	5	382.50–410.00	$398.54	$1,678	+9.05
465–497	478	19	385.00–407.50	$392.33	$1,875	+1.93
520–538 fancy	534	5	380.00–385.00	$382.51	$2,043	-1.95
520–548	536	15	362.50–375.00	$369.25	$1,979	+1.14
550–580 fancy	556	6	357.00–370.00	$365.92	$2,035	-2.13
550–580	569	8	330.00–350.00	$338.70	$1,927	-9.94
601–645	609	8	310.00–331.00	$324.58	$1,977	+1.27
624 fancy	624	5	353.00	$353.00	$2,203	-8.02
662 fancy	662	4	331.00	$331.00	$2,191	—
650–695	682	19	292.50–317.00	$304.37	$2,076	-27.94
705–740	721	7	280.00–295.00	$288.08	$2,077	-9.42
875–880	878	2	260.00	$260.00	$2,283	—
920–945	933	2	235.00–250.00	$242.60	$2,263	—
1095	1095	1	227.00	$227.00	$2,486	—
1145	1145	1	215.00	$215.00	$2,462	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	372.50–390.00	$381.16	$907	+21.16
345	345	2	360.00–365.00	$362.50	$1,251	—
360–395	378	6	360.00–400.00	$384.72	$1,454	—
415	415	1	372.50	$372.50	$1,546	—
450–487	472	8	360.00–380.00	$371.22	$1,752	-2.80
512–540	527	6	325.00–340.00	$330.25	$1,740	—
575–597	587	4	305.00–317.50	$311.15	$1,826	—
620–645	628	6	282.50–300.00	$292.74	$1,838	+3.28
660	660	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,782	—
730	730	1	251.00	$251.00	$1,832	—
755–765	760	2	240.00–260.00	$249.93	$1,899	+8.93
800–825	813	2	230.00–237.50	$233.81	$1,901	—
911–912	911	5	215.00–220.00	$217.00	$1,977	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,752	—
787	787	2	202.50	$202.50	$1,594	—
825	825	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,650	—
890	890	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,638	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	332.50	$332.50	$815	—
335	335	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,172	—
435–440	437	3	280.00–330.00	$296.79	$1,297	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,431	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–795	755	85-90%	2	70.00–80.00	$74.74	$564	—
755–1195	974	85-90%	11	100.00–123.00	$113.54	$1,106	—
745–1325	1053	85-90%	30	127.00–149.00	$138.72	$1,461	-4.64
885–1495	1084	85-90%	18	150.00–164.00	$156.08	$1,692	+12.72

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1660	1461	75-80%	7	166.00–175.00	$169.24	$2,473	+3.51
1235–1695	1472	75-80%	33	150.00–165.00	$156.90	$2,310	-8.83
1345–1630	1485	75-80%	8	134.00–148.00	$143.53	$2,131	-29.81

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1525	1207	80-85%	29	148.00–161.00	$154.17	$1,861	-8.28
1040–1345	1207	80-85%	10	136.00–146.00	$141.99	$1,714	-20.46
1275	1275	80-85%	1	167.00	$167.00	$2,129	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1550	1311	4	177.00–178.00	$177.53	$2,327	—
1330–2335	1594	11	182.00–193.00	$188.04	$2,997	—
1595–1810	1726	4	195.00–197.00	$195.98	$3,383	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2215	2215	1	212.00	$212.00	$4,696	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1195	958	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	173.00–188.00	$183.89	$1,762

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1235	1235	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1470	1470	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00

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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
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1405	1405	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—
1460	1460	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	2,375.00	$2,375.00	—
1595	1595	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	2,825.00	$2,825.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880	880	85-90%	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,135	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	2	252.50	$252.50	$1,192	—

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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.