Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 27, 2022

1,647 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $169.55/cwt -1.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,341/hd at 791 lb · 167 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $172.75/cwt +9.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,243/hd at 720 lb · 154 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $171.87/cwt +10.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,505/hd at 876 lb · 130 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,647	719	1,148
Feeder cattle	1,599	662	1,077
Slaughter cattle	45	56	62
Replacement cattle	3	1	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower with fleshy bawling calves facing deep discounts. Demand remains good for attractive quality weaned preconditioned calf packages. Yearlings sold steady with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower 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
336 value added	336	5	199.00	$199.00	$669	—
370	370	1	185.00	$185.00	$684	+2.00
407–420	411	3	170.00–174.00	$172.64	$710	-8.00
435 value added	435	6	198.00	$198.00	$861	—
465–495	484	7	167.00–171.00	$168.54	$816	-5.46
494 value added	494	5	186.00	$186.00	$919	—
500–520	516	7	162.00–165.00	$163.14	$842	-0.86
520–547 value added	538	28	171.50–183.00	$174.74	$940	—
550–555	551	5	164.00–166.00	$165.00	$909	-8.44
553–582 value added	562	17	169.00–182.00	$175.61	$987	—
600–615	603	5	150.00–156.00	$154.78	$933	—
603–640 value added	620	45	159.00–184.00	$175.71	$1,089	-10.80
663–680	667	4	148.00–153.00	$151.73	$1,012	—
690 value added	690	13	165.00–169.00	$166.54	$1,149	-19.46
713	713	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,098	+4.00
705–732 value added	720	150	160.00–175.50	$173.25	$1,247	+8.91
760–793 value added	789	76	160.00–175.25	$173.48	$1,369	+1.98
784–798	791	30	140.00–151.00	$149.04	$1,179	—
793 thin fleshed	793	61	174.75	$174.75	$1,386	—
801–833 value added	826	22	167.50–169.00	$168.67	$1,393	—
843–845	843	44	152.00–171.75	$171.30	$1,444	+0.40
858 value added	858	8	164.00	$164.00	$1,407	—
871	871	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,359	-5.25
877 fancy	877	119	172.80	$172.80	$1,515	—
962–990	967	58	131.00–162.10	$160.85	$1,555	+29.85
1055	1055	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,424	—
1132	1132	2	129.00	$129.00	$1,460	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	169.00	$169.00	$676	—
517	517	2	140.00	$140.00	$724	-20.00
610–635	619	4	144.00–148.00	$145.48	$901	-6.52
650–690	672	5	136.00–140.00	$139.19	$935	-8.80
721–745	727	4	126.00–139.00	$129.33	$940	-5.67
757	757	4	122.50	$122.50	$927	—
830	830	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,228	—
860	860	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,135	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582	582	15	162.00	$162.00	$943	—
940	940	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,025	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	152.50	$152.50	$351	—
320–346 value added	340	4	159.00–173.00	$162.30	$552	—
365–395 value added	377	5	160.00–177.50	$170.17	$642	—
390–395	393	2	142.00–145.00	$143.49	$564	-3.51
409–431 value added	419	14	155.00–162.50	$157.07	$658	-4.93
410–440	425	3	145.00–151.00	$147.64	$627	-6.36
452–495	467	22	140.00–150.00	$145.74	$681	-1.96
450–490 value added	468	3	151.00–153.00	$151.99	$711	-4.95
503–543 value added	520	22	150.00–160.00	$154.59	$804	-2.03
500–545	521	7	143.00–150.00	$146.20	$762	+2.08
555–590	573	2	141.00–149.00	$144.88	$830	-2.20
567–596 value added	585	10	151.00–163.00	$158.91	$930	+5.54
605–626 value added	614	17	145.00–164.00	$153.78	$944	-13.60
652–670	658	3	139.00–140.00	$139.66	$919	—
650–696 value added	669	94	142.00–169.50	$165.23	$1,105	-5.53
700	700	1	135.00	$135.00	$945	—
712–741 value added	727	96	145.00–168.25	$164.05	$1,193	+19.54
756–762 value added	762	72	149.00–165.10	$164.21	$1,251	+12.21
780–785	784	4	141.00–142.00	$141.75	$1,111	—
805–824 value added	815	123	144.00–161.25	$159.45	$1,300	—
830	830	1	115.00	$115.00	$954	—
860	860	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,152	-2.50
985–995	990	2	110.00–116.00	$113.02	$1,119	-9.98

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	140.00	$140.00	$392	—
485	485	1	133.00	$133.00	$645	-1.94
505–543	535	8	130.00–137.00	$132.48	$709	—
585	585	1	122.00	$122.00	$714	-16.68
615–645	635	5	120.00–124.00	$121.56	$772	-6.02
840	840	2	104.00	$104.00	$874	-11.00
850–870	860	2	110.00–111.00	$110.49	$950	-5.51

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	129.00	$129.00	$787	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370	1370	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,452	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
222	222	2	140.00	$140.00	$311	—
300–305	303	2	152.50–163.00	$157.79	$478	—
370–395	383	2	165.00–171.00	$167.90	$643	-14.60
405–445	420	5	161.00–163.00	$161.42	$678	-13.58
421–440 value added	427	6	176.00–182.00	$177.88	$760	—
460 value added	460	2	170.00	$170.00	$782	—
460	460	1	152.00	$152.00	$699	-16.67
500–535	509	4	152.00–160.00	$154.35	$786	—
550–570 value added	560	4	155.00–167.00	$162.67	$911	—
555–570	563	2	140.00–150.00	$144.93	$816	-8.55
625–630	626	8	140.00–143.00	$140.75	$881	-1.26
665	665	1	133.00	$133.00	$884	-12.00
707–715	708	8	124.00–126.00	$125.75	$890	-10.92
790	790	1	126.00	$126.00	$995	-13.65
810	810	1	121.00	$121.00	$980	-21.54
970	970	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,145	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	171.00	$171.00	$342	—
320–330	325	2	125.00–140.00	$132.38	$430	—
415	415	2	150.00	$150.00	$622	+5.00
480–482	481	3	121.00–150.00	$140.36	$675	-4.32
510	510	1	145.00	$145.00	$740	+15.49
605–640	628	3	111.00–130.00	$117.10	$735	-9.90

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	109.00	$109.00	$540	-16.00
505	505	1	120.00	$120.00	$606	+12.00
550	550	4	122.50	$122.50	$674	—
600	600	2	115.00	$115.00	$690	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	3	124.00	$124.00	$750	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	1	122.00	$122.00	$866	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1490	1348	75-80%	6	74.00–78.00	$76.73	$1,034	-4.74
1140–1580	1360	75-80%	3	86.00–96.00	$89.89	$1,223	—
1235–1800	1404	75-80%	5	81.00–85.00	$82.97	$1,165	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1230	1188	80-85%	6	80.00–84.00	$83.01	$986	+7.87
1205–1230	1218	80-85%	2	79.00	$79.00	$962	-1.61
1295–1990	1481	80-85%	5	87.00–96.00	$90.53	$1,341	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	85-90%	1	59.00	$59.00	$463	—
920	920	85-90%	1	78.00	$78.00	$718	-3.34
820–1160	990	85-90%	2	65.00–67.00	$65.83	$652	—
905–1205	1046	85-90%	4	68.00–75.00	$71.59	$749	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1825	1554	4	97.00–108.00	$102.94	$1,600	—
1555–1975	1815	3	112.00–124.00	$117.89	$2,140	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1195–1470	1333	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,132.74

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
536	536	3	120.00	$120.00	$643	—
908 thin fleshed	908	64	139.50	$139.50	$1,267	—
965 fancy	965	107	139.00	$139.00	$1,341	—

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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.