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

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 1, 2022

948 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $147.59/cwt ≈ $1,309/hd at 887 lb · 112 head
light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $154.95/cwt +3.72 vs last sale · ≈ $981/hd at 633 lb · 111 head
light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $158.21/cwt -0.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,170/hd at 740 lb · 99 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 948 852 771
Feeder cattle 859 811 716
Slaughter cattle 78 39 49
Replacement cattle 11 2 6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with best demand for weaned thin-fleshed packages. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady with good demand for weaned packages. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher with good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
240 240 1 195.00 $195.00 $468 —
330 value added 330 1 222.50 $222.50 $734 —
375 375 2 183.00 $183.00 $686 —
404–445 value added 412 10 189.00–200.00 $195.45 $805 -2.09
420–435 424 4 161.00–174.00 $168.47 $714 -13.53
460–487 value added 469 11 177.00–195.00 $183.09 $859 -23.40
480 480 3 165.00 $165.00 $792 —
500–525 506 7 161.00–171.00 $163.33 $826 -1.69
505–547 value added 532 29 164.00–191.00 $183.22 $975 -8.30
550–595 value added 570 31 160.00–178.00 $171.13 $975 -3.37
555–588 583 14 156.00–170.00 $157.48 $918 -7.52
613 thin fleshed 613 7 178.50 $178.50 $1,094 —
600–647 value added 637 78 157.00–178.50 $166.07 $1,058 -6.35
668–696 value added 682 6 151.00–159.00 $154.92 $1,057 -5.25
683 683 5 144.00 $144.00 $984 —
710 710 1 140.00 $140.00 $994 —
730–743 value added 740 98 151.00–159.00 $158.40 $1,172 +0.17
751 value added 751 3 142.00 $142.00 $1,066 -20.90
765–775 770 2 137.00–141.00 $138.99 $1,070 —
862–877 876 50 140.00–145.00 $144.61 $1,267 —
896 fancy 896 62 150.00 $150.00 $1,344 —
1010 1010 1 119.00 $119.00 $1,202 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
663 663 3 142.00 $142.00 $941 —
862 862 2 134.00 $134.00 $1,155 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
735 735 1 129.00 $129.00 $948 —
830–835 833 2 130.00–134.00 $131.99 $1,099 —
920 920 1 125.00 $125.00 $1,150 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
270 value added 270 1 170.00 $170.00 $459 —
275 275 1 160.00 $160.00 $440 —
325–345 value added 338 4 167.00–178.00 $173.34 $586 +12.65
350–399 value added 380 11 164.00–180.00 $173.06 $658 +10.59
400–445 value added 412 8 151.00–173.00 $159.83 $658 -2.28
425 425 1 144.00 $144.00 $612 -2.36
460–480 474 4 143.00–149.00 $145.47 $690 +2.60
450–495 value added 476 14 149.00–164.00 $153.64 $731 -0.74
500–542 value added 519 35 146.00–155.50 $151.24 $785 -6.30
510–530 520 3 141.00–146.00 $143.03 $744 -0.97
558–572 value added 564 17 148.00–154.00 $150.40 $848 -6.49
552–575 566 6 140.00–145.00 $143.38 $812 +0.33
605–645 value added 633 101 141.00–161.20 $156.90 $993 +3.21
630–635 633 6 136.00–139.00 $138.01 $874 +1.81
637–645 641 4 131.00 $131.00 $840 -5.20
661–670 value added 666 25 134.00–145.00 $141.17 $940 -10.09
695 695 1 130.00 $130.00 $904 +3.27
706–722 value added 715 19 134.00–138.00 $136.31 $975 —
710–730 723 4 122.00–124.00 $123.51 $893 —
770–786 value added 776 19 132.00–135.00 $133.69 $1,037 —
785 785 1 129.00 $129.00 $1,013 —
785 785 1 123.00 $123.00 $966 —
802 value added 802 4 131.00 $131.00 $1,051 —
830 830 2 119.00 $119.00 $988 -0.52
870 870 1 122.00 $122.00 $1,061 +1.00
940 940 1 104.00 $104.00 $978 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200 200 1 139.00 $139.00 $278 —
305 305 1 136.00 $136.00 $415 —
350–390 370 2 145.00–149.00 $147.11 $544 +26.11
415 415 1 140.00 $140.00 $581 —
475–480 478 2 135.00 $135.00 $645 —
500 500 1 136.00 $136.00 $680 —
560 560 2 130.00 $130.00 $728 —
677 677 2 129.00 $129.00 $873 —
770 770 1 100.00 $100.00 $770 -11.00
810 810 1 107.00 $107.00 $867 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
555 555 2 145.00 $145.00 $805 —
695 695 2 129.00 $129.00 $897 —
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1280 1280 1 104.00 $104.00 $1,331 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
330 330 3 183.00–185.00 $183.67 $606 —
360–395 380 4 160.00–183.00 $173.39 $659 -7.61
425–440 430 3 169.00–187.00 $180.86 $778 —
455–490 470 6 150.00–160.00 $155.39 $730 —
472 value added 472 2 179.00 $179.00 $845 -7.13
503–530 509 9 144.00–155.50 $151.93 $773 —
500–540 value added 518 4 158.00–161.00 $159.97 $829 -2.15
550–595 561 4 148.00–155.00 $153.14 $859 +2.14
555–581 value added 571 13 155.00–162.50 $160.72 $918 +1.72
610–647 629 6 138.00–142.00 $139.00 $874 +0.26
650 650 1 137.00 $137.00 $890 -10.00
658–687 value added 668 6 146.00–151.00 $147.71 $987 —
715 value added 715 3 141.00 $141.00 $1,008 -2.00
750–785 773 3 120.00–124.00 $122.71 $949 -1.29
800–842 821 4 115.00–119.00 $117.05 $961 +2.05
856 856 3 111.00 $111.00 $950 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
465 465 1 134.00 $134.00 $623 —
660–665 663 2 128.00–129.00 $128.50 $852 —
950 950 1 90.00 $90.00 $855 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
500 500 1 110.00 $110.00 $550 -10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
985–1020 1003 85-90% 3 66.00–67.00 $66.67 $669 —
975–1100 1038 85-90% 2 55.00–58.00 $56.41 $586 +0.41
940–1280 1117 85-90% 6 72.00–86.00 $80.55 $900 +8.55
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1200–1230 1215 80-85% 2 77.00–79.00 $77.99 $948 +11.82
1010–1505 1333 80-85% 8 80.00–90.00 $84.69 $1,129 +33.69
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1105–1635 1426 75-80% 5 75.00–79.00 $77.72 $1,108 —
1390–1720 1570 75-80% 5 81.00–87.00 $83.56 $1,312 +8.06

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1455 1455 1 95.00 $95.00 $1,382 —
1675–2125 1926 6 104.00–121.00 $112.31 $2,163 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
965–1295 1111 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 4 950.00–1,075.00 $1,013.36
1215 1215 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 1,070.00 $1,070.00
1445 1445 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 1,075.00 $1,075.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
790 790 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 875.00 $875.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1175 1175 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 1 875.00 $875.00 —

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
832 832 4 104.00 $104.00 $865 —

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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.