Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 2, 2021

1,865 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $155.85/cwt +7.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,258/hd at 807 lb · 393 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.05/cwt -5.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,155/hd at 780 lb · 203 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $163.73/cwt +14.95 vs last sale · ≈ $968/hd at 591 lb · 191 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,865	1,089	434
Feeder cattle	1,725	999	355
Slaughter cattle	130	77	73
Replacement cattle	10	13	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady with good demand for weaned packages; fleshy new-crop bawling calves facing discounts. Very good demand for yearling packages. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with 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
335	335	1	177.00	$177.00	$593	—
355–375	365	2	167.00–169.00	$167.97	$613	—
430–435 value added	432	3	156.00–169.00	$162.47	$702	+4.47
440	440	1	150.00	$150.00	$660	—
450–472 value added	457	16	160.00–166.50	$163.91	$749	-2.17
455–477	465	9	145.00–152.00	$148.19	$689	-4.81
503–513 value added	511	20	152.00–164.00	$154.82	$791	-3.19
510–547	540	11	142.00–150.00	$144.67	$781	-1.81
586	586	3	148.00	$148.00	$867	+6.63
566–596 value added	591	188	162.90–170.00	$163.98	$969	—
602–637	610	9	134.00–138.00	$134.44	$820	-1.59
600–627 value added	614	8	142.00–144.00	$142.98	$878	-1.63
643–645	645	24	135.00–138.50	$137.92	$890	+1.89
650–694 value added	683	45	147.00–148.50	$147.87	$1,010	-10.53
680–687	683	5	137.00–141.00	$138.61	$947	+3.61
700–723	718	13	130.00–135.00	$132.88	$954	-0.95
700–732 value added	720	128	145.50–156.00	$151.58	$1,091	+1.09
769–787 value added	771	137	145.75–154.00	$149.11	$1,150	-4.88
799	799	66	145.85	$145.85	$1,165	+11.85
802 thin fleshed	802	250	157.90	$157.90	$1,266	—
801–843	816	143	136.00–153.00	$152.27	$1,243	+4.23
861	861	4	141.00	$141.00	$1,214	+1.21
924 fancy	924	56	149.25	$149.25	$1,379	—
910–929	928	63	132.00–144.85	$144.27	$1,339	+1.27

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	3	140.00	$140.00	$669	+3.00
500–540	520	2	130.00–134.00	$131.92	$686	—
565	565	2	136.00	$136.00	$768	+6.00
615–635	620	9	125.00–136.00	$132.12	$819	—
700–735	721	8	120.00–125.00	$123.13	$888	+8.13
780–788	786	4	128.00–129.00	$128.75	$1,012	+6.75
811	811	4	126.00	$126.00	$1,022	+2.58
875	875	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,155	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	132.00	$132.00	$759	—
600	600	2	127.00	$127.00	$762	-7.00
660	660	1	122.00	$122.00	$805	—
835–845	836	8	130.00–139.50	$138.30	$1,156	—
857	857	4	138.00	$138.00	$1,183	+7.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	120.00	$120.00	$690	—
745	745	2	115.00	$115.00	$857	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255	1255	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,305	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–266	262	4	130.00–131.00	$130.76	$343	+0.76
345–346	346	4	124.00–130.00	$125.50	$434	—
380–395	388	2	120.00–122.00	$120.98	$469	—
415–441	433	13	121.00–129.00	$124.03	$537	-1.97
470–485	476	16	122.00–130.00	$126.32	$601	+3.30
510 value added	510	4	127.00	$127.00	$648	-1.42
506–546	521	21	120.00–124.00	$121.76	$634	-2.24
550–597	568	16	119.00–123.00	$121.44	$690	+2.44
553–592 value added	576	12	125.00–127.00	$126.11	$726	-7.36
605 value added	605	2	134.00	$134.00	$811	+3.00
600–645	619	17	116.00–125.00	$119.86	$742	+5.05
654–695	665	22	119.00–123.00	$120.74	$803	-2.51
671 value added	671	68	149.75	$149.75	$1,005	+16.75
700 value added	700	20	140.00	$140.00	$980	+10.22
735	735	1	120.00	$120.00	$882	-19.50
740	740	1	112.00	$112.00	$829	-27.50
751–778	765	6	118.00–120.00	$119.02	$911	+9.02
760–785	777	4	109.00–111.00	$110.26	$857	+0.26
815	815	6	123.00	$123.00	$1,002	+5.00
910–935	925	5	95.00–106.00	$97.75	$904	+9.84
965	965	2	101.00	$101.00	$975	-3.41

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	109.00	$109.00	$316	—
305–320	313	3	110.00–112.50	$111.66	$349	+1.16
350–385	373	5	110.00–120.00	$113.99	$425	-1.01
410–445	423	7	110.00–121.00	$115.73	$490	—
457–492	473	5	110.00–121.00	$114.66	$542	—
510–535	523	6	110.00–124.00	$116.23	$608	+6.23
565–580	572	4	112.00–116.00	$114.49	$655	-2.51
600–637	622	8	104.00–120.00	$112.28	$698	+17.28
665	665	1	116.00	$116.00	$771	+13.39
910	910	1	87.00	$87.00	$792	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
596	596	5	118.00	$118.00	$703	—
612	612	2	103.00	$103.00	$630	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	100.00	$100.00	$415	-4.00
500	500	1	100.00	$100.00	$500	-7.00

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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	141.00	$141.00	$303	—
275–290	283	2	140.00–161.00	$150.22	$425	—
305 fancy	305	1	170.00	$170.00	$518	—
355–390	373	2	145.00–165.00	$154.53	$576	+7.66
406–430	412	4	140.00–141.00	$140.74	$580	-8.70
500–505	503	2	131.00–142.00	$136.53	$687	+2.05
528–545 fancy	532	4	148.00–151.00	$150.23	$799	-1.77
551–570 fancy	561	10	146.00–150.00	$148.03	$830	—
558–598	576	14	134.00–142.00	$138.17	$796	+3.17
600–641	620	15	121.00–132.00	$127.22	$789	+2.35
622–640 fancy	627	11	131.00–133.00	$132.27	$829	—
660 fancy	660	6	133.00	$133.00	$878	—
669–680	673	8	121.00–125.00	$123.48	$831	-1.23
725–735	730	3	106.00–109.00	$108.01	$788	-12.57
750–785	768	2	109.00–114.00	$111.44	$856	-2.56
1067	1067	2	85.00	$85.00	$907	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585–590	588	2	120.00–121.00	$120.50	$709	-4.50
657	657	2	122.00	$122.00	$802	—
870	870	1	91.00	$91.00	$792	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	108.00	$108.00	$583	-3.71
558	558	3	115.00	$115.00	$642	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1220	1159	80-85%	4	51.00–53.00	$52.47	$608	+3.47
855–1415	1196	80-85%	18	53.00–59.00	$57.29	$685	+8.29
1100–1660	1371	80-85%	21	60.00–65.00	$62.32	$854	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1565	1427	75-80%	3	49.00–53.00	$51.38	$733	—
1150–1880	1553	75-80%	9	55.00–59.00	$57.95	$900	-3.37
1305–1880	1573	75-80%	26	59.00–66.00	$61.80	$972	+0.48

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1055	952	85-90%	3	47.00–49.00	$48.00	$457	—
985–1080	1033	85-90%	2	55.00–56.00	$55.52	$574	+10.70

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,026	—
1490–1790	1636	4	84.00–93.00	$89.95	$1,472	-0.05
1450–2330	1810	7	93.00–105.00	$97.51	$1,765	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1290	1229	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	825.00–950.00	$875.93

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1295	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–825.00	$756.12
1410	1410	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	780.00	$780.00

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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
1620	1620	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
1790	1790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
686	686	61	110.50	$110.50	$758	+17.50

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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.