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

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 12, 2021

1,187 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $132.79/cwt +4.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,039/hd at 783 lb · 213 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $129.92/cwt +1.27 vs last sale · ≈ $945/hd at 727 lb · 94 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $136.76/cwt -1.84 vs last sale · ≈ $854/hd at 625 lb · 87 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,187	1,229	1,454
Feeder cattle	1,133	1,137	1,355
Slaughter cattle	50	65	89
Replacement cattle	4	27	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold 2.00 lower with moderate demand; yearling steers sold steady in a limited comparison. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with moderate demand; except yearling heifers sold 3.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows sand slaughter bulls sold mostly steady with moderate demand for slaughter cows and good demand for slaughter bulls.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375 fancy	375	1	170.00	$170.00	$638	—
390	390	1	153.00	$153.00	$597	-17.00
400–445 value added	422	5	151.00–158.00	$153.32	$647	-9.97
415–445	425	4	144.00–150.00	$147.05	$625	-2.95
470–475 value added	473	4	153.00–158.00	$155.51	$736	-3.99
502–530	507	6	140.00–144.00	$143.34	$727	-1.32
505–547 value added	527	46	147.00–161.00	$152.42	$803	-2.44
560–577 value added	564	15	148.00–151.00	$149.34	$842	-2.36
580–598	595	7	138.00–143.00	$140.71	$837	-4.80
602–635	619	6	124.00–130.00	$127.86	$791	-3.60
600–649 value added	625	81	131.00–145.00	$137.42	$859	-1.97
651–661 value added	653	41	136.00–137.00	$136.83	$893	—
700–705	703	2	116.00–120.00	$117.99	$829	-7.01
722–747 value added	728	92	125.50–131.50	$130.18	$948	-0.07
758–799 value added	782	190	128.50–136.80	$133.58	$1,045	+3.58
765–789	787	23	118.00–127.00	$126.28	$994	+4.69
800	800	66	128.50	$128.50	$1,028	—
825	825	2	118.00	$118.00	$974	-4.00
850–880	868	11	112.00–117.00	$113.70	$987	—
865–889	869	70	116.00–132.00	$129.43	$1,125	—
900	900	12	115.00	$115.00	$1,035	—
985	985	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,074	—
1055–1075	1065	2	100.00–101.00	$100.50	$1,070	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	137.00	$137.00	$671	—
545	545	1	132.00	$132.00	$719	-4.00
568	568	7	134.00	$134.00	$761	+4.00
645	645	2	114.00	$114.00	$735	—
700–725	713	2	110.00–116.00	$113.05	$806	-2.95

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	132.00	$132.00	$752	—
790	790	1	113.00	$113.00	$893	—
825–835	830	2	115.00–117.00	$115.99	$963	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	2	106.00	$106.00	$684	—
703	703	1	103.00	$103.00	$724	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	136.00	$136.00	$456	—
370–395	384	5	131.00–136.00	$133.22	$512	+2.27
425–440	434	9	120.00–127.00	$123.76	$537	+0.76
450–483 value added	473	16	127.00–130.00	$128.39	$607	—
465–497	486	3	115.00–118.00	$117.04	$569	-4.74
500–518 value added	509	27	118.00–122.00	$120.46	$613	-3.30
510–545	525	28	108.00–116.00	$112.73	$592	-4.56
562–590 value added	570	17	116.00–119.00	$117.14	$668	-9.13
555–590	571	25	110.00–116.00	$113.33	$647	-3.18
616	616	3	105.00	$105.00	$647	-4.03
605–641	627	16	113.00–122.00	$118.63	$744	+9.60
643 value added	643	20	125.50	$125.50	$807	-1.78
650–685	656	8	100.00–108.00	$105.01	$689	-2.38
662–690	671	11	112.00–116.00	$113.37	$761	+5.98
674 value added	674	20	121.00	$121.00	$816	+3.50
730	730	1	109.00	$109.00	$796	+10.00
730–743	741	20	116.00–119.00	$118.40	$877	+19.40
753–773	757	18	117.00–118.50	$118.16	$894	+21.16
770–795	778	3	87.00–99.00	$91.09	$709	-8.41
810	810	4	118.00	$118.00	$956	+19.00
940	940	2	103.00	$103.00	$968	+8.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–480	465	2	110.00–114.00	$111.94	$521	-2.89
535	535	2	101.00	$101.00	$540	-6.00
575	575	1	106.00	$106.00	$610	-3.78
600–640	620	3	94.00–102.00	$98.60	$611	-6.40
770–785	778	2	78.00–80.00	$78.99	$615	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–485	483	2	110.00–114.00	$112.01	$541	—
550	550	1	108.00	$108.00	$594	—
657	657	2	101.00	$101.00	$664	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	4	132.00	$132.00	$657	—
520–527	523	5	131.00–138.00	$135.18	$707	—
535 fancy	535	1	144.00	$144.00	$770	—
555–595	569	7	127.00–138.00	$134.70	$766	—
600–645	626	7	109.00–125.00	$113.17	$708	-7.83
665–685	676	8	109.00–117.00	$110.50	$747	—
700–747	719	15	104.00–109.00	$107.34	$772	-6.66
755–766	764	6	103.00–110.00	$105.67	$807	-0.08
807–842	823	5	95.00–101.00	$98.35	$809	—
915–940	928	2	86.00–96.00	$91.07	$845	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	135.00	$135.00	$351	—
300	300	1	132.00	$132.00	$396	—
410	410	1	121.00	$121.00	$496	—
450	450	1	131.00	$131.00	$590	—
690	690	1	90.00	$90.00	$621	—
735	735	1	93.00	$93.00	$684	—
842	842	2	82.00	$82.00	$690	—
890	890	1	74.00	$74.00	$659	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–495	482	3	103.00–105.00	$103.69	$500	—
500	500	1	111.00	$111.00	$555	—
550–585	568	3	110.00–115.00	$113.04	$642	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	100.00	$100.00	$650	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1310	1208	80-85%	9	51.00–56.00	$53.53	$647	—
1100–1510	1293	80-85%	6	36.00–50.00	$46.58	$602	—
1175–1435	1310	80-85%	3	57.00–59.00	$58.03	$760	+4.35

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1720	1503	75-80%	9	52.00–54.00	$53.26	$800	—
1330–1875	1568	75-80%	3	58.00–60.00	$58.57	$918	+0.82
1435–1670	1570	75-80%	4	48.00–51.00	$49.80	$782	-7.95

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1105	1075	85-90%	2	48.00	$48.00	$516	—
925–1250	1093	85-90%	3	35.00–42.00	$39.69	$434	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1830	1607	3	87.00–89.00	$88.41	$1,421	+0.03
1960–2145	2068	3	95.00–104.00	$98.74	$2,042	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1770	1380	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	875.00–1,150.00	$994.14

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1355	1355	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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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.