Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 17, 2020

1,582 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $137.68/cwt -3.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,142/hd at 829 lb · 358 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $136.23/cwt -6.59 vs last sale · ≈ $932/hd at 684 lb · 90 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.37/cwt +10.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,041/hd at 804 lb · 75 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,582	1,475	1,571
Feeder cattle	1,474	1,272	1,381
Slaughter cattle	108	97	190
Replacement cattle	—	106	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold mixed with lightweights steady to 3.00 higher; over 500 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 fancy	230	1	173.00	$173.00	$398	—
315–345 fancy	331	6	177.50–185.00	$181.85	$602	—
355–385 fancy	365	3	168.00–175.00	$172.54	$630	+0.40
385	385	2	159.00	$159.00	$612	+3.00
425	425	1	140.00	$140.00	$595	-6.53
402–448 value added	444	60	154.00–163.00	$158.79	$705	+7.21
467–475 value added	470	3	153.00–154.00	$153.66	$722	+4.08
455–497	476	12	139.00–149.00	$143.92	$685	+0.92
500–545 value added	519	23	140.00–145.00	$142.21	$738	-0.29
510–542	529	8	135.00–139.00	$137.23	$726	—
552–591	566	11	131.00–138.00	$134.57	$762	-2.77
566 value added	566	14	141.25	$141.25	$799	-0.98
600–639 value added	617	70	132.00–142.00	$136.37	$841	-4.40
600–628	621	4	126.00–128.00	$127.52	$792	-0.48
650–695	676	12	126.00–132.00	$129.75	$877	+2.13
650–695 value added	685	78	132.00–140.00	$137.23	$940	-6.59
700–741 value added	721	26	131.00–134.00	$131.84	$951	-12.60
772	772	2	127.00	$127.00	$980	+3.00
760–792 value added	784	20	128.50–134.00	$130.92	$1,026	-5.08
808–843 fancy	828	104	138.00–139.95	$139.13	$1,152	-5.54
800–849	830	254	124.00–137.95	$137.08	$1,138	+0.29
850–883	877	10	128.00–131.50	$130.92	$1,148	-5.42
960–973	965	11	120.00–121.00	$120.63	$1,164	+0.63

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	138.00	$138.00	$607	—
548	548	3	130.00	$130.00	$712	—
565–585	571	4	122.00–132.00	$126.31	$721	—
636	636	3	134.00	$134.00	$852	—
722–745	728	13	112.00–122.50	$118.86	$865	—
770	770	2	115.00	$115.00	$886	—
835	835	1	116.00	$116.00	$969	—
880	880	1	109.00	$109.00	$959	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	122.00	$122.00	$427	—
515	515	1	125.00	$125.00	$644	-9.00
575	575	1	124.00	$124.00	$713	—
670	670	1	116.00	$116.00	$777	—
700	700	1	110.00	$110.00	$770	-6.00
825	825	1	118.00	$118.00	$974	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	111.00	$111.00	$666	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	223	2	117.50–130.00	$123.12	$275	-6.88
250	250	1	120.00	$120.00	$300	—
255–270 fancy	263	2	137.00–151.00	$143.80	$378	—
300–330	316	4	112.50–125.00	$119.69	$378	—
385–390	389	6	113.00–120.00	$118.18	$460	-3.82
400–449	437	18	119.00–127.00	$123.51	$540	-2.49
445 value added	445	24	130.00	$130.00	$578	-7.00
460–483	472	20	118.00–125.00	$121.12	$572	-1.56
480 value added	480	6	126.00	$126.00	$605	-6.00
505–545	517	8	115.00–119.00	$116.88	$604	+0.22
500–534 value added	524	30	121.00–126.00	$123.68	$648	+0.34
550–597 value added	568	38	119.00–123.00	$120.82	$686	-2.67
550–590	572	36	114.00–119.00	$117.26	$671	-1.34
600–634	614	19	119.00–124.00	$120.72	$741	+5.29
600–647	624	27	110.00–116.00	$114.62	$715	-7.70
665–680	670	3	106.00–112.00	$109.34	$733	-13.64
657–696	675	39	117.00–124.50	$120.27	$812	-2.71
700	700	2	105.00	$105.00	$735	-14.68
712	712	7	116.00	$116.00	$826	-3.68
760–772	768	3	105.00–110.00	$108.35	$832	-2.65
804 fancy	804	68	131.00	$131.00	$1,053	—
809	809	7	113.50	$113.50	$918	-5.50
962	962	4	107.50	$107.50	$1,034	—
1067	1067	2	91.00	$91.00	$971	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	2	107.50	$107.50	$303	-6.22
315–325	318	7	90.00–105.00	$101.41	$322	-6.09
350–385	375	8	97.00–111.00	$105.11	$394	-4.89
410–435	424	8	105.00–116.00	$109.46	$464	-1.54
450	450	1	117.00	$117.00	$526	—
522	522	2	100.00	$100.00	$522	-7.07
570	570	1	105.00	$105.00	$598	-5.00
615–645	635	7	99.00–104.00	$100.84	$640	—
660–672	667	8	100.00–105.00	$102.37	$683	+4.37
700–730	719	11	84.00–96.00	$91.24	$656	+0.24
771	771	3	85.00	$85.00	$655	-9.73
883	883	3	79.00	$79.00	$698	—
946	946	3	72.00	$72.00	$681	—
975	975	2	75.00	$75.00	$731	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	93.00	$93.00	$539	—
622	622	2	100.00	$100.00	$622	—
662–675	666	4	99.00–103.00	$101.50	$676	—
722	722	2	91.00	$91.00	$657	—
765	765	2	90.00	$90.00	$688	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	100.00	$100.00	$265	—

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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	155.00	$155.00	$326	—
200–245	223	2	140.00–145.00	$142.25	$317	—
270	270	1	145.00	$145.00	$392	—
375–397	390	3	149.00–152.50	$150.12	$585	+6.77
415 fancy	415	1	145.00	$145.00	$602	—
455–492	476	4	135.00–138.00	$136.55	$650	-1.30
465–492 fancy	482	6	144.00–146.00	$144.99	$699	—
500–545	525	11	131.00–137.00	$133.67	$702	-1.28
537 fancy	537	5	145.00	$145.00	$779	—
565 fancy	565	2	139.00	$139.00	$785	—
550–592	576	19	125.00–131.00	$128.59	$741	-5.78
600–615	608	12	114.00–121.00	$117.75	$716	-6.84
654–680	664	9	113.00–124.00	$116.85	$776	-2.80
710–735	723	3	113.00	$113.00	$817	+4.00
750–787	774	14	104.00–116.00	$111.42	$862	+3.42
806–840	812	8	103.00–114.00	$110.71	$899	-1.28
856–875	861	5	94.00–108.00	$102.77	$885	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	110.00	$110.00	$314	±0.00
335–340	339	4	100.00–117.50	$104.33	$354	-8.17
425	425	1	100.00	$100.00	$425	-13.00
500–511	510	9	102.00–117.50	$103.69	$529	-6.31
585	585	1	110.00	$110.00	$644	-5.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–425	423	2	128.00–131.00	$129.49	$548	+4.49
492	492	2	121.00	$121.00	$595	-5.00
510–545	528	2	123.00–125.00	$124.03	$655	—
570	570	1	122.00	$122.00	$695	-1.64
625–635	630	2	101.00–112.00	$106.54	$671	+4.54
675–690	680	4	102.00–107.00	$104.98	$714	-5.02

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	6	69.00	$69.00	$406	—
642	642	2	69.00	$69.00	$443	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	3	132.00	$132.00	$605	—
680	680	1	109.00	$109.00	$741	+6.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1215	1210	80-85%	2	46.00–53.00	$49.49	$599	—
1005–1795	1253	80-85%	19	58.00–63.00	$60.22	$755	+5.08
970–1545	1278	80-85%	13	53.00–58.00	$55.81	$713	+0.67

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1470	1353	75-80%	3	51.00–52.00	$51.69	$699	+1.30
1090–1635	1411	75-80%	15	54.00–58.00	$56.08	$791	-4.01
1290–1805	1515	75-80%	13	58.00–64.00	$60.61	$918	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1220	1047	85-90%	9	34.00–47.00	$40.52	$424	—
1045–1080	1063	85-90%	2	53.00–56.00	$54.52	$580	—
920–1275	1086	85-90%	8	47.00–53.00	$50.09	$544	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	1	75.00	$75.00	$975	—
1185–1865	1505	6	81.00–87.00	$84.04	$1,265	—
1485–2150	1892	10	91.00–102.00	$95.36	$1,804	—

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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.