Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 26, 2021

1,089 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.04/cwt +8.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,202/hd at 812 lb · 151 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $143.00/cwt ≈ $1,317/hd at 921 lb · 87 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $157.85/cwt +15.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,092/hd at 692 lb · 85 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,089	1,406	776
Feeder cattle	999	1,329	680
Slaughter cattle	77	69	93
Replacement cattle	13	8	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers under 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower; yearlings 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower with light demand for calves; moderate demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher 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
427 value added	427	2	158.00	$158.00	$675	-2.00
460	460	1	153.00	$153.00	$704	—
450–472 value added	468	6	156.00–168.00	$166.08	$777	+3.08
512–535	522	4	142.00–150.00	$146.48	$765	-3.99
505–543 value added	537	18	157.00–167.00	$158.01	$849	+0.63
551–565 value added	555	7	153.00–159.00	$157.25	$873	—
570–595	578	8	138.00–143.00	$141.37	$817	-8.81
605–642	622	6	135.00–138.00	$136.03	$846	—
600–648 value added	634	64	140.00–150.00	$144.61	$917	-8.33
681–694 value added	692	83	141.50–163.00	$158.40	$1,096	+16.01
692	692	2	135.00	$135.00	$934	—
705–735	712	16	131.00–136.00	$133.83	$953	+2.83
700–725 value added	715	41	138.00–155.00	$150.49	$1,076	+1.79
765–775 value added	772	75	152.75–154.50	$153.99	$1,189	+13.82
795	795	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,065	—
808–846	812	151	134.00–149.75	$148.04	$1,202	+8.04
855 fancy	855	65	154.30	$154.30	$1,319	—
851–862	858	11	135.00–142.50	$139.79	$1,199	-3.27
921	921	87	143.00	$143.00	$1,317	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	141.00	$141.00	$360	—
485	485	3	137.00	$137.00	$664	—
590	590	2	130.00	$130.00	$767	-8.00
665	665	1	127.00	$127.00	$845	-3.00
710	710	1	115.00	$115.00	$816	—
775	775	1	122.00	$122.00	$946	—
815–828	820	9	119.00–127.00	$123.42	$1,012	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
601	601	4	134.00	$134.00	$805	—
887	887	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,162	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	105.00	$105.00	$425	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	130.00	$130.00	$338	—
432	432	2	126.00	$126.00	$544	-6.98
460–495	481	15	119.00–130.00	$123.02	$592	-4.11
500–502 value added	501	14	127.00–131.00	$128.42	$643	-0.33
505–541	533	11	124.00	$124.00	$661	-1.00
550	550	2	115.00	$115.00	$632	-10.76
557	557	4	119.00	$119.00	$663	-6.76
570–591 value added	584	36	130.00–137.00	$133.47	$779	-18.81
600 value added	600	15	131.00	$131.00	$786	—
601–610	605	5	114.00–116.00	$114.81	$695	-10.07
654 value added	654	7	133.00	$133.00	$870	-18.84
650–696	678	11	114.00–128.00	$123.25	$836	-4.42
700–706 value added	705	18	129.00–130.00	$129.78	$915	-10.02
703–740	710	14	117.00–123.00	$119.27	$847	+2.27
733	733	15	139.50	$139.50	$1,023	+37.50
755	755	1	110.00	$110.00	$830	-14.00
757–790 value added	762	10	124.00–130.00	$128.39	$978	-11.61
820	820	1	118.00	$118.00	$968	-3.50
865 value added	865	5	124.50	$124.50	$1,077	—
920–945	933	2	81.00–95.00	$87.91	$820	-28.09
951–952	951	5	94.00–120.00	$104.41	$993	—
1032	1032	2	96.00	$96.00	$991	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	4	107.00–115.00	$110.50	$343	-7.50
392	392	2	115.00	$115.00	$451	+4.00
540	540	1	110.00	$110.00	$594	—
577	577	2	117.00	$117.00	$675	—
633	633	3	95.00	$95.00	$601	-21.00
655–675	665	2	95.00–110.00	$102.61	$682	-12.39
701	701	3	92.00	$92.00	$645	—
796	796	5	98.00	$98.00	$780	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	104.00	$104.00	$426	—
450–455	453	2	100.00–106.00	$103.02	$467	—
510	510	2	107.00	$107.00	$546	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
657–690	674	4	115.00–120.00	$117.56	$792	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	152.50	$152.50	$496	-10.50
350–385	374	4	142.00–160.00	$146.87	$549	—
400–420	410	4	147.00–152.00	$149.44	$613	+3.44
482 fancy	482	2	153.00	$153.00	$737	—
510 fancy	510	2	152.00	$152.00	$775	—
520–525	523	2	130.00–139.00	$134.48	$703	-10.52
575–590	580	3	135.00	$135.00	$783	-9.52
602–630	625	22	120.00–136.00	$124.87	$780	—
650–695	666	11	118.00–132.00	$124.71	$831	+5.71
706–720	709	5	115.00–122.00	$120.58	$855	+12.58
755	755	8	114.00	$114.00	$861	+0.49
800–845	830	3	98.00–99.00	$98.32	$816	-4.68

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	127.00	$127.00	$368	—
440	440	1	128.00	$128.00	$563	—
570	570	1	125.00	$125.00	$712	—
770	770	2	102.00	$102.00	$785	±0.00
800	800	1	88.00	$88.00	$704	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	120.00	$120.00	$360	—
505–537	529	4	106.00–115.00	$111.71	$591	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	3	120.00	$120.00	$727	-3.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1220	1185	80-85%	2	49.00	$49.00	$581	—
1075–1415	1233	80-85%	20	53.00–58.00	$55.72	$687	—
1105–1585	1270	80-85%	8	59.00–63.00	$60.33	$766	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	75-80%	1	51.00	$51.00	$645	—
1290–1785	1587	75-80%	7	58.00–65.00	$61.32	$973	—
1445–1745	1589	75-80%	5	53.00–58.00	$55.33	$879	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1245	1025	85-90%	3	43.00–48.00	$44.82	$459	—
1310	1310	85-90%	1	51.00	$51.00	$668	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1265	1263	2	74.00–77.00	$75.50	$954	—
1160–1800	1568	5	93.00–101.00	$98.10	$1,538	+13.11
1630	1630	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,467	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1055	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	63.00	$63.00	$665

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
930–1120	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	775.00–800.00	$789.38

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–1165	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	675.00–750.00	$706.11

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	93.00	$93.00	$628	—
885	885	1	84.00	$84.00	$743	—

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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.