Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 29, 2025

668 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $334.81/cwt +28.29 vs last sale · ≈ $2,042/hd at 610 lb · 168 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $343.83/cwt +15.25 vs last sale · ≈ $2,274/hd at 661 lb · 62 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $383.10/cwt +15.43 vs last sale · ≈ $2,150/hd at 561 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	668	1,134	966
Feeder cattle	563	974	913
Slaughter cattle	89	137	46
Replacement cattle	16	23	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with good demand for weaned packages. Yearling steers lite test. Yearling heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with most advance on 600-700 lb packages. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher with very 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
345	345	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,380	—
350–370	362	3	401.00–427.50	$409.55	$1,483	—
420–436 fancy	430	6	425.00–427.00	$426.01	$1,832	—
425–446	439	10	410.00–419.00	$417.70	$1,834	+16.66
470 fancy	470	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,974	—
472	472	2	419.00	$419.00	$1,978	+53.28
510	510	1	377.00	$377.00	$1,923	+4.46
505–548 value added	534	11	391.00–403.00	$396.02	$2,115	-4.87
559 value added	559	27	385.00	$385.00	$2,152	+17.45
592	592	2	357.50	$357.50	$2,116	-13.50
604–642 value added	618	15	337.00–362.50	$349.04	$2,157	-13.42
620–640	632	6	320.00–327.00	$324.17	$2,049	+15.01
660 value added	660	53	347.00	$347.00	$2,290	+13.16
664–692	670	9	319.00–327.00	$325.16	$2,179	+21.55
705–740 value added	728	13	293.00–318.00	$308.20	$2,244	-29.53
772 value added	772	2	299.00	$299.00	$2,308	+4.00
755–793	776	6	281.00–290.00	$287.08	$2,228	+9.68
810–835	818	9	267.50–280.00	$274.17	$2,243	+1.53
898	898	3	258.00	$258.00	$2,317	—
950	950	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,185	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	367.50	$367.50	$1,360	-24.00
417	417	2	373.00	$373.00	$1,555	+23.93
507	507	2	344.00	$344.00	$1,744	—
665	665	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,062	—
772	772	2	270.00	$270.00	$2,084	—
800–825	813	2	250.00–251.00	$250.49	$2,036	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500–1625	1563	2	185.00–197.50	$191.00	$2,985	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340 fancy	340	1	407.00	$407.00	$1,384	—
348	348	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,322	+21.30
360–380	367	3	385.00–391.00	$386.96	$1,420	—
375–387 fancy	381	4	397.00–400.00	$399.26	$1,521	—
405–440 fancy	423	2	390.00–391.00	$390.48	$1,652	—
415–435	427	5	362.50–372.00	$367.30	$1,568	+15.35
415–445 value added	430	5	375.00–385.00	$378.14	$1,626	-4.19
463–490	470	6	339.00–349.00	$343.07	$1,612	+3.80
480–492 value added	489	6	350.00–356.00	$351.82	$1,720	-16.98
505–545	523	7	292.50–317.00	$307.36	$1,607	-10.68
507–541 value added	528	7	321.00–352.50	$343.75	$1,815	+4.03
550–570	562	5	310.00–319.00	$313.65	$1,763	-1.95
557–590 value added	576	14	328.00–335.00	$330.15	$1,902	-3.38
607–635 value added	610	167	329.00–339.75	$334.98	$2,043	+19.70
610	610	1	307.00	$307.00	$1,873	+21.97
655–685	670	2	290.00–299.00	$294.60	$1,974	+20.80
700	700	1	273.00	$273.00	$1,911	+19.96
730–735 value added	731	4	279.00–281.00	$280.50	$2,050	+4.94
760	760	3	262.50	$262.50	$1,995	-1.76
800–820	806	4	237.50–245.00	$241.64	$1,948	-48.36
850–860	855	2	212.50–220.00	$216.27	$1,849	—
860–882	875	3	232.50–239.00	$236.87	$2,073	—
960	960	2	220.00	$220.00	$2,112	+7.50
990	990	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,881	-22.50
1040	1040	2	221.00	$221.00	$2,298	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	361.00	$361.00	$1,245	—
385	385	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,270	-10.00
435	435	1	321.00	$321.00	$1,396	—
470–495	483	4	287.50–332.00	$311.87	$1,506	-1.94
570–590	582	3	235.00–281.00	$261.85	$1,524	-28.15
610–630	620	2	231.00–242.50	$236.84	$1,468	-10.66
650–690	670	2	243.00–265.00	$254.33	$1,704	—
770	770	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,702	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,218	—
675	675	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,431	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	271.00	$271.00	$1,626	-4.52

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360	1360	1	197.50	$197.50	$2,686	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,017	—
340	340	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,343	-2.50
350–385	372	3	390.00–417.50	$408.00	$1,518	+12.72
402–420	408	3	362.50–393.00	$372.97	$1,522	-12.03
450	450	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,868	—
501–505	502	6	382.50–397.50	$392.47	$1,970	+32.28
575	575	1	393.00	$393.00	$2,260	+77.41
600–643	615	12	310.00–320.00	$312.74	$1,923	+11.13
657–660 value added	659	4	331.00	$331.00	$2,181	—
700–705	704	4	282.50–292.00	$289.64	$2,039	+29.64
865–875	870	2	181.00–199.00	$189.95	$1,653	—
950	950	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,995	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	393.00	$393.00	$1,120	+38.00
330	330	1	407.50	$407.50	$1,345	+46.50
370–385	378	2	360.00–385.00	$372.75	$1,409	—
435	435	1	389.00	$389.00	$1,692	—
465–480	473	2	331.00–350.00	$340.65	$1,611	-9.96
540	540	1	329.00	$329.00	$1,777	+26.50
550–595	579	8	325.00–335.00	$330.32	$1,913	+44.20
700	700	1	261.00	$261.00	$1,827	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1575	1410	75-80%	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,889	—
1365–1780	1519	75-80%	15	149.00–159.00	$152.28	$2,313	—
1265–1810	1535	75-80%	11	141.00–148.00	$145.91	$2,240	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1395	1250	80-85%	7	140.00–149.00	$144.31	$1,804	—
1255–1475	1385	80-85%	3	135.00–139.00	$137.45	$1,904	—
1130–1665	1404	80-85%	11	150.00–166.00	$156.34	$2,195	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	85-90%	1	104.00	$104.00	$775	—
880–1170	1045	85-90%	6	119.00–128.00	$122.87	$1,284	-18.70
935–1250	1095	85-90%	10	140.00–147.00	$143.43	$1,571	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1830	1634	6	157.00–177.00	$170.13	$2,780	—
1645–1690	1668	2	183.00–186.00	$184.48	$3,077	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,275.00	$2,275.00
1180–1525	1376	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,775.00–2,450.00	$2,102.21

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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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
1625	1625	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

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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.