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

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, February 7, 2023

1,150 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $173.38/cwt ≈ $1,418/hd at 818 lb · 148 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $176.55/cwt ≈ $1,377/hd at 780 lb · 116 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $157.86/cwt -10.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,161/hd at 735 lb · 68 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,150	442	358
Feeder cattle	1,050	380	315
Slaughter cattle	95	60	43
Replacement cattle	5	2	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand; weaned featherweight heifer packages sharply higher. Yearlings sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower with good 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
235–240	238	2	195.00–217.50	$206.13	$491	—
317	317	2	202.00	$202.00	$640	—
327 value added	327	8	230.00	$230.00	$752	+9.00
375–385 value added	380	2	220.00–242.00	$231.14	$878	—
390	390	1	217.50	$217.50	$848	—
449 value added	449	5	222.00	$222.00	$997	—
482–493 value added	487	13	208.00–214.00	$211.20	$1,029	+17.20
507–541 value added	533	23	187.00–199.00	$189.91	$1,012	—
525–540	534	4	178.00–185.00	$180.77	$965	—
550–577	575	16	173.00–180.00	$179.27	$1,031	—
550–596 value added	580	15	183.00–190.00	$188.71	$1,095	—
600–648 value added	623	14	161.00–185.00	$173.16	$1,079	—
645	645	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,032	—
675	675	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,094	—
655–692 value added	676	61	165.00–177.00	$173.08	$1,170	+8.08
701–742 value added	730	14	169.00–175.00	$171.00	$1,248	-3.93
726–738	732	14	155.00–156.00	$155.50	$1,138	—
750–777 value added	762	53	164.00–178.00	$174.78	$1,332	—
785	785	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,178	—
795 thin fleshed	795	62	178.50	$178.50	$1,419	—
805–845	818	148	161.00–175.50	$173.38	$1,418	—
865–870	868	2	148.00–159.00	$153.52	$1,333	—
913 fancy	913	59	171.00	$171.00	$1,561	—
997	997	50	161.00	$161.00	$1,605	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	4	170.00	$170.00	$734	—
540–542	541	3	166.00–172.00	$168.00	$909	—
675–687	683	3	145.00–146.00	$145.67	$995	—
740–745	744	5	127.50–130.00	$129.50	$963	—
810–830	820	2	150.00–155.00	$152.53	$1,251	—
925	925	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,240	+2.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428 value added	428	3	192.00	$192.00	$822	—
650	650	1	144.00	$144.00	$936	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295	1295	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,567	-18.00
1160–1490	1325	2	131.00–139.00	$134.50	$1,782	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252 fancy	252	4	192.50	$192.50	$485	—
273	273	3	172.00	$172.00	$470	—
313	313	4	185.00	$185.00	$579	+18.00
333 value added	333	5	195.00	$195.00	$649	—
365–393 value added	384	13	194.00–199.00	$197.54	$759	+25.54
404–430	408	6	161.00–175.00	$172.54	$704	—
400–445 value added	424	29	187.50–196.00	$192.36	$816	+22.36
457–473 value added	467	5	181.00–182.00	$181.39	$847	—
470–485	478	2	158.00–164.00	$160.95	$769	—
500–540 value added	518	47	160.00–179.00	$171.71	$889	+11.71
535–545	540	2	146.00–158.00	$152.06	$821	—
561–587 value added	574	23	159.00–171.00	$162.14	$931	—
590–595	592	5	151.00–157.00	$154.59	$915	+3.59
606–608 value added	607	8	148.00–155.00	$150.63	$914	—
663–690 value added	673	25	145.00–153.50	$149.48	$1,006	—
680–690	687	3	142.00–145.00	$144.01	$989	—
703–711	707	8	132.00–140.00	$135.98	$961	+6.96
723–744 value added	739	60	146.50–165.00	$160.78	$1,188	-10.22
756–790	763	7	133.00–141.00	$135.28	$1,032	+3.28
840–842	841	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,009	-8.00
848 value added	848	9	144.00	$144.00	$1,221	-20.25
900 value added	900	4	136.00	$136.00	$1,224	—
922	922	2	118.00	$118.00	$1,088	+4.00
950	950	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,164	+1.50
1060	1060	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,283	+13.50
1075	1075	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,150	-0.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	2	140.00	$140.00	$444	—
385	385	1	140.00	$140.00	$539	—
420	420	1	135.00	$135.00	$567	—
465	465	1	150.00	$150.00	$698	+12.45
580	580	2	129.00–142.00	$135.50	$786	—
605–630	617	3	100.00–128.00	$112.56	$694	-14.44
680	680	1	123.00	$123.00	$836	+15.00
910	910	1	100.00	$100.00	$910	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	152.00	$152.00	$669	—
480	480	2	160.00	$160.00	$768	—
650	650	1	132.00	$132.00	$858	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1250	1190	2	124.00–127.00	$125.42	$1,492	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–397	382	4	198.00–200.00	$198.96	$760	—
432	432	2	200.00	$200.00	$864	—
443–445 value added	444	4	216.00–223.00	$221.24	$982	—
460–490 value added	483	7	195.00–216.00	$209.50	$1,012	—
490–495	493	2	170.00–186.00	$177.96	$877	—
500–540 value added	522	10	184.00–195.00	$191.24	$998	—
562–595 value added	573	3	173.00–186.00	$181.50	$1,040	—
560–582	575	3	166.00–172.00	$167.95	$966	—
605–635	618	5	145.00–158.00	$151.41	$936	—
631 value added	631	6	179.50	$179.50	$1,133	—
662 value added	662	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,059	—
690	690	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,035	+7.00
735	735	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,044	—
760	760	1	131.00	$131.00	$996	—
870–880	875	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,006	—
1015	1015	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	175.00	$175.00	$446	—
305	305	1	187.00	$187.00	$570	—
545	545	2	135.00	$135.00	$736	—
620	620	1	141.00	$141.00	$874	+5.00
775	775	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,008	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	192.00	$192.00	$835	—
740	740	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,036	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	120.00	$120.00	$468	-2.50
410	410	1	120.00	$120.00	$492	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–2055	1448	75-80%	11	79.00–84.00	$82.54	$1,195	-21.64
1435–1760	1563	75-80%	4	77.00–79.00	$77.72	$1,215	—
1205–2025	1619	75-80%	11	86.00–106.00	$92.52	$1,498	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–940	910	85-90%	4	54.00–58.00	$56.74	$516	—
600–1285	1107	85-90%	11	70.00–79.00	$73.32	$812	—
995–1275	1108	85-90%	6	79.00–89.00	$82.61	$915	—
1095–1150	1117	85-90%	3	67.00–69.00	$67.98	$759	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1440	1225	80-85%	11	85.00–103.00	$91.12	$1,116	—
1050–1555	1281	80-85%	7	83.00–85.00	$84.28	$1,080	-21.20
1190–1395	1317	80-85%	5	73.00–78.00	$76.58	$1,009	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1895	1641	4	96.00–106.00	$101.95	$1,673	—
1705	1705	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,569	—
1450–2240	1886	5	112.00–135.00	$124.08	$2,340	+5.45

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985–1480	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	89.00–95.00	$93.24	$1,084

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–995	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–925.00	$843.93

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	2	124.00	$124.00	$942	—
807–845	820	3	92.00–121.00	$111.03	$910	—
881	881	3	128.00	$128.00	$1,128	—
998	998	4	117.00	$117.00	$1,168	—

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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.