Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 2, 2026

1,342 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $396.35/cwt -2.07 vs last sale · ≈ $2,510/hd at 633 lb · 118 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $337.69/cwt -5.93 vs last sale · ≈ $2,478/hd at 734 lb · 102 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $326.77/cwt -14.94 vs last sale · ≈ $2,843/hd at 870 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,342	1,380	2,212
Feeder cattle	1,140	1,285	1,906
Slaughter cattle	124	88	217
Replacement cattle	78	7	89

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday the feeder market was spotty with an average quality offering. Light weight feeder steers 400 lbs and under were 4.00 to 8.00 higher, while the 450-650 lbs steers were 2.00 to 6.00 lower with a good supply and moderate demand. Yearling steers appeared lower as well, with a good supply but with limited head to head comparisons. Feeder heifers 350 lbs and under were sharply higher with strong demand, while the 400-600 lbs heifers were steady to 8.00 lower or greater in spots with a good supply and mixed demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 lower with a good supply and good demand.

▲ Feeder heifers: Feeder heifers 350 lbs and under were sharply higher with strong demand
▲ Feeder steers: Light weight feeder steers 400 lbs and under were 4.00 to 8.00 higher
▼ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 lower with a good supply and good demand
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 lower with a good supply and 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
277 fancy	277	2	665.00	$665.00	$1,842	+10.00
315 fancy	315	1	622.50	$622.50	$1,961	+5.00
315–325	320	2	595.00–600.00	$597.54	$1,912	—
370 fancy	370	1	570.00	$570.00	$2,109	+7.50
380–385	384	9	512.00–522.50	$514.92	$1,977	+14.92
404–422	410	11	481.00–505.00	$498.93	$2,046	+9.44
404–444 fancy	419	13	520.00–525.00	$522.41	$2,189	-3.81
455–495	476	23	481.00–500.00	$489.56	$2,330	-4.71
465–480 fancy	478	17	510.00–512.00	$511.77	$2,446	-8.28
517–545	522	8	440.00–452.50	$445.00	$2,323	-27.72
514–540 value added	524	15	490.00–509.00	$497.15	$2,605	-1.47
552–570	558	3	420.00–430.00	$426.59	$2,380	+5.26
570–592 value added	576	15	447.50–475.00	$457.88	$2,637	-7.03
603–635 value added	613	21	422.00–440.00	$432.82	$2,653	-13.94
603–648	626	9	392.50–413.00	$407.37	$2,550	+13.64
650–675 value added	662	34	398.00–418.00	$406.20	$2,689	-7.38
675–695	691	20	370.00–392.50	$381.22	$2,634	-8.59
707 value added	707	14	385.00	$385.00	$2,722	+4.15
702–745	728	22	357.00–370.00	$365.16	$2,658	+34.36
755–797	779	13	340.00–360.00	$347.27	$2,705	-1.23
807–841	835	26	339.75–346.00	$342.34	$2,859	+5.69
870	870	60	314.00–327.25	$326.77	$2,843	-14.94
923	923	4	313.00	$313.00	$2,889	-11.00
958–971	963	8	312.00–316.00	$313.51	$3,019	—
1010	1010	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,778	-27.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	470.00	$470.00	$2,044	+32.50
455–485	470	2	465.00–473.00	$468.87	$2,204	+33.87
557–585	571	4	375.00–382.50	$378.66	$2,162	-11.34
610	610	1	376.00	$376.00	$2,294	—
1000	1000	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,500	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	2	415.00	$415.00	$1,502	—
450	450	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,822	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110	110	1	760.00	$760.00	$836	—
125 fancy	125	1	890.00	$890.00	$1,112	—
150	150	1	640.00	$640.00	$960	—
265 thin fleshed	265	1	650.00	$650.00	$1,722	—
270–295	283	2	480.00–490.00	$485.22	$1,373	+0.22
290 fancy	290	1	570.00	$570.00	$1,653	+57.46
310–325 fancy	319	5	545.00–565.00	$549.86	$1,754	+24.14
310–325 thin fleshed	320	9	590.00–597.50	$595.61	$1,906	—
335	335	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,708	+5.41
365–395	375	20	457.50–495.00	$477.64	$1,791	-12.82
370–390 fancy	383	3	500.00–520.00	$506.43	$1,940	-20.74
408–411 fancy	410	8	487.50–495.00	$491.26	$2,014	-26.19
410–445	422	21	450.00–482.50	$468.25	$1,976	-19.62
455 fancy	455	1	462.50	$462.50	$2,104	-18.04
451–489	474	30	420.00–445.00	$431.05	$2,043	-18.89
502–506 value added	504	5	412.50–422.00	$416.28	$2,098	-14.48
500–547	520	18	380.00–405.00	$395.47	$2,056	-5.43
552–585 value added	562	21	400.00–415.00	$403.61	$2,268	-1.09
552–595	577	19	377.50–399.00	$391.60	$2,260	+3.01
620–640	625	14	353.00–373.00	$365.22	$2,283	-5.92
610–634	630	12	389.00–397.00	$390.29	$2,459	+19.15
609–638 value added	635	92	399.75–422.50	$401.88	$2,552	-33.12
685	685	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,329	-12.27
700–745	724	11	318.00–332.00	$325.40	$2,356	-25.60
729–736 value added	735	91	336.50–357.00	$339.18	$2,493	—
756–760	757	4	312.00–319.00	$317.24	$2,402	-19.98
846	846	3	329.00	$329.00	$2,783	+2.66
890	890	1	317.50	$317.50	$2,826	+26.50
925–938	935	4	287.50–305.00	$291.83	$2,729	-1.17
1290	1290	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,967	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,092	—
365–395	377	3	412.50–450.00	$433.68	$1,635	—
425–445	438	7	420.00–447.50	$437.56	$1,917	+3.72
470–497	485	9	405.00–415.00	$407.73	$1,977	-18.07
515–547	536	3	375.00–377.50	$375.80	$2,014	+4.54
550–580	565	3	360.00–362.00	$360.65	$2,038	-4.28
607–645	631	7	312.50–345.00	$329.96	$2,082	—
662	662	2	302.00	$302.00	$1,999	—
765–795	780	2	292.50–300.00	$296.18	$2,310	—
920	920	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,300	+12.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	350.00	$350.00	$962	—
395	395	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,442	-47.50
455	455	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,592	-20.00
570–585	578	2	330.00–337.50	$333.70	$1,929	+21.20
625	625	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,688	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
497	497	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,963	—
515	515	1	362.50	$362.50	$1,867	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155 fancy	155	—	—	1	730.00	$730.00	$1,132	—
205–220 fancy	213	—	—	2	720.00–730.00	$724.82	$1,544	—
270–290	277	—	—	3	615.00–640.00	$626.63	$1,736	—
285–295 fancy	288	—	—	4	657.50–690.00	$676.71	$1,949	—
300–335 thin fleshed	314	—	—	8	655.00–660.00	$656.94	$2,063	—
330–340 fancy	335	—	—	2	595.00–630.00	$612.24	$2,051	+17.43
330–340	335	—	—	2	535.00–537.50	$536.23	$1,796	-8.47
350–370 fancy	355	—	—	9	555.00–600.00	$579.79	$2,058	+11.46
355–395	365	—	—	12	502.50–535.00	$517.37	$1,888	-17.63
400–442 fancy	416	—	—	15	502.50–525.00	$510.63	$2,124	-30.54
408–435	419	—	—	10	479.00–495.00	$489.74	$2,052	+1.19
457–485	470	—	—	9	467.50–487.50	$476.53	$2,240	-9.74
507–535 fancy	516	—	—	6	452.50–460.00	$457.03	$2,358	-19.40
505–540	523	—	—	7	422.50–442.50	$435.47	$2,278	—
555–588 fancy	575	—	—	9	432.00–447.50	$439.32	$2,526	-10.50
566–597	577	—	—	12	398.00–422.50	$408.80	$2,359	-4.24
612–632 fancy	616	—	—	18	410.00–423.00	$413.22	$2,545	—
615–640	628	—	—	15	380.00–400.00	$394.39	$2,477	+3.14
675–690	680	—	—	11	349.00–370.00	$357.11	$2,428	-10.90
740	740	—	—	2	337.50–350.00	$343.75	$2,544	-4.21
870	870	—	—	11	292.50–315.00	$312.95	$2,723	+90.45
910–927	921	—	—	3	282.50–305.00	$297.59	$2,741	—
1065	1065	—	—	1	247.50	$247.50	$2,636	—
1060–1160	1110	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	233.00–275.00	$253.05	$2,809	—
1250	1250	—	—	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,750	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	520.00	$520.00	$988	—
250	250	1	570.00	$570.00	$1,425	—
325	325	1	497.50	$497.50	$1,617	—
362–392	374	16	475.00–497.50	$482.26	$1,804	+27.26
420–435	430	6	462.50–470.00	$464.88	$1,999	—
460–497	481	7	420.00–445.00	$430.49	$2,071	—
526–530	527	4	392.50–403.00	$400.36	$2,110	+0.36
560–575	568	2	370.00–382.50	$376.17	$2,137	—
600–612	608	3	350.00–360.00	$353.29	$2,148	-9.21
835	835	1	302.50	$302.50	$2,526	—
1085	1085	1	203.00	$203.00	$2,203	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	300.00	$300.00	$870	—
427	427	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,708	—
450–465	458	2	367.50–390.00	$378.57	$1,734	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830	830	1	297.50	$297.50	$2,469	—
1160	1160	1	257.50	$257.50	$2,987	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1045	965	85-90%	2	87.00–105.00	$96.75	$934	-70.85
855–1125	970	85-90%	6	119.00–132.00	$126.37	$1,226	-41.23
760–1230	1062	85-90%	13	135.00–153.00	$145.89	$1,549	—
730–1320	1063	85-90%	10	157.00–178.00	$165.02	$1,754	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480–1790	1581	75-80%	12	153.00–169.00	$160.61	$2,539	-8.78
1335–1730	1611	75-80%	8	172.00–185.00	$176.37	$2,841	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1420	1271	80-85%	5	175.00–187.00	$181.26	$2,304	+12.81
1035–1570	1290	80-85%	13	154.00–171.00	$162.52	$2,097	-5.93

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260	1260	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,953	—
1255–2315	1509	10	179.00–194.00	$188.99	$2,852	—
1300–2140	1740	9	197.00–206.00	$201.88	$3,513	+4.40

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1970–2140	2047	3	217.00–221.00	$219.33	$4,490	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1060	916	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	225.00–290.00	$262.93	$2,408
885–1345	1109	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	173.00–202.50	$188.74	$2,093

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1145	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,800.00–3,250.00	$3,064.91
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00
985–1065	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	3,750.00–3,800.00	$3,774.02
990–1130	1054	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,650.00–2,950.00	$2,821.95
1090	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1080–1535	1264	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	3,000.00–3,700.00	$3,504.90
950–3200	1441	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	2,950.00–3,600.00	$3,236.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00
905–1135	1020	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,250.00–2,450.00	$2,338.73
1210	1210	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1273–1282	1276	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	4,000.00–4,200.00	$4,066.98

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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
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—
1210	1210	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,250.00	$4,250.00	—
1050–1377	1276	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	3,450.00–4,200.00	$3,747.48	—
1300–1350	1318	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	3,650.00–4,200.00	$3,946.27	—
1425–1470	1448	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,300.00–3,400.00	$2,858.55	—
1555	1555	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,700.00	$4,700.00	—
1605	1605	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	4,350.00	$4,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035	1035	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
1220–1230	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,000.00–3,400.00	$3,200.82	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935	935	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,850.00	$3,850.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1076	1076	4	187.00	$187.00	$2,012	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
622	622	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,368	—

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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.