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

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, February 1, 2022

738 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.75/cwt -1.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,346/hd at 905 lb · 84 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $157.00/cwt +9.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,046/hd at 666 lb · 54 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.52/cwt +10.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,044/hd at 728 lb · 47 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	738	1,199	229
Feeder cattle	665	1,160	217
Slaughter cattle	70	38	12
Replacement cattle	3	1	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday steers under 600 lbs sold mostly steady on comparable quality; over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher with good demand. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher 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
380–395	392	5	174.00–179.00	$177.80	$697	+0.49
400–410	405	2	164.00–167.00	$165.52	$670	-14.48
402–446 value added	428	12	164.00–182.00	$177.31	$759	-11.19
450–495 value added	473	10	171.50–180.00	$175.55	$830	-17.70
480	480	2	161.00	$161.00	$773	-20.00
500–548 value added	522	16	163.00–177.00	$167.34	$874	-7.80
530–545	538	2	154.00–156.00	$155.01	$834	—
553–578 value added	568	16	161.00–166.00	$163.78	$930	-2.58
575	575	1	159.00	$159.00	$914	-1.44
600–645 value added	611	19	146.00–157.00	$153.32	$937	-8.28
600–635	618	2	140.00–141.00	$140.51	$868	-3.49
662–688 value added	666	50	156.00–161.00	$158.06	$1,053	+10.48
650–695	671	4	142.00–145.00	$143.76	$965	—
715–745 value added	722	26	144.00–159.00	$155.89	$1,126	+4.64
741	741	3	143.00	$143.00	$1,060	—
755–785 value added	774	26	140.50–151.00	$147.51	$1,142	-1.26
800–831	824	31	137.00–147.75	$146.81	$1,210	+13.57
851	851	19	147.50	$147.50	$1,255	+7.43
904 fancy	904	68	150.00	$150.00	$1,356	+0.10
901–908	907	16	140.00–144.25	$143.46	$1,301	—
950–960	955	2	125.00–127.00	$125.99	$1,203	-1.01
1005–1030	1018	2	121.00–127.00	$123.96	$1,262	—
1105	1105	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,381	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	138.00	$138.00	$876	—
660	660	1	127.00	$127.00	$838	—
870	870	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,096	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	135.00	$135.00	$871	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185	1185	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,612	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	149.00	$149.00	$462	+10.00
347 value added	347	2	146.00	$146.00	$507	—
390–395 value added	391	5	154.00–162.00	$160.40	$627	—
400–447 value added	428	12	145.00–166.00	$157.26	$673	+7.52
440	440	1	141.00	$141.00	$620	+10.00
450–495 value added	467	19	146.00–154.00	$150.79	$704	+3.31
490	490	1	132.00	$132.00	$647	—
500–542 value added	513	38	141.00–152.00	$148.13	$760	+1.94
553–560	555	4	137.00–138.00	$137.25	$762	+5.92
571–588 value added	582	17	144.00–145.00	$144.35	$840	-2.57
615	615	1	129.00	$129.00	$793	—
606–632 value added	619	43	131.00–146.00	$144.39	$894	+9.13
657–687 value added	670	17	131.00–146.00	$142.47	$955	+4.53
670	670	1	125.00	$125.00	$838	-2.00
703–724 value added	719	19	132.00–148.50	$142.92	$1,028	+9.55
733	733	23	150.00	$150.00	$1,100	—
736	736	5	116.00	$116.00	$854	—
757–782 value added	773	10	131.00–138.50	$135.75	$1,049	-2.03
833 value added	833	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,083	—
844	844	7	141.00	$141.00	$1,190	+33.00
875	875	2	126.00	$126.00	$1,102	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	135.00	$135.00	$479	—
475	475	1	125.00	$125.00	$594	—
505–547	534	5	123.00–125.00	$124.61	$665	+4.61
570–585	575	3	123.00–131.00	$128.29	$738	—
795	795	2	104.00	$104.00	$827	-6.00
810	810	1	82.00	$82.00	$664	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	135.00	$135.00	$520	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	101.00	$101.00	$646	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–282	269	4	160.00–161.00	$160.47	$432	—
330	330	1	172.50	$172.50	$569	+7.50
380–390	385	2	174.00	$174.00	$670	+7.67
420	420	2	165.00–169.00	$167.00	$701	—
425 value added	425	1	164.00	$164.00	$697	—
460 value added	460	1	168.00	$168.00	$773	—
500–535	519	4	149.00–169.00	$155.83	$809	-1.17
555	555	3	155.00–157.00	$156.33	$868	+4.36
620–627 value added	626	5	139.00–140.50	$140.20	$878	+5.45
655–695	682	3	128.00–135.00	$130.24	$888	+6.24
740	740	1	113.00	$113.00	$836	-9.00
787	787	4	129.00	$129.00	$1,015	+12.97
807	807	2	122.00	$122.00	$985	—
1085	1085	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,031	—
1135	1135	1	82.00	$82.00	$931	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	2	141.00	$141.00	$708	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965	965	1	88.00	$88.00	$849	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1135	1098	80-85%	2	61.00–63.00	$62.03	$681	—
1030–1495	1235	80-85%	10	65.00–74.00	$70.71	$873	—
1060–1730	1402	80-85%	13	75.00–87.00	$81.09	$1,137	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–1515	1463	75-80%	2	72.00–74.00	$73.04	$1,069	—
1335–1835	1575	75-80%	19	77.00–88.00	$82.47	$1,299	+6.68

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–930	890	85-90%	3	43.00–54.00	$49.80	$443	—
990–1125	1058	85-90%	2	73.00	$73.00	$772	—
1065–1325	1178	85-90%	3	62.00–66.00	$64.15	$756	-3.63

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1655–1985	1802	6	106.00–119.00	$114.08	$2,056	—
1970	1970	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,911	—

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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
1470	1470	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.