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

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 30, 2025

678 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $352.50/cwt ≈ $2,446/hd at 694 lb · 82 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $354.82/cwt -11.83 vs last sale · ≈ $2,860/hd at 806 lb · 36 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $335.76/cwt +6.76 vs last sale · ≈ $3,042/hd at 906 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	678	1,254	953
Feeder cattle	607	1,180	912
Slaughter cattle	71	74	41

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was spotty with a wide rage of quality, kind, and price throughout the sale. Feeder steers and heifers 600 lbs and under were steady to 4.00 lower with a moderate supply and spotty demand, while the yearling steers and heifers appeared stronger, but with limited comparisons. The above average weather temperatures and the increasing number of fat bawling calves entering the market has limited buyers interest and increased the discounts on plainer, off colored and bawling calves severely. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher with a good supply and slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 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 $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	6	413.00	$413.00	$1,528	+10.50
435 fancy	435	3	467.00	$467.00	$2,031	—
445	445	8	409.00	$409.00	$1,820	—
482 fancy	482	4	445.00	$445.00	$2,145	—
531 value added	531	3	397.00	$397.00	$2,108	—
557–595 value added	570	6	393.00–400.00	$395.44	$2,254	-2.03
575	575	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,156	+2.72
602–634	624	14	345.00–370.00	$361.31	$2,255	-17.65
655	655	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,605	-102.50
671–690 value added	679	5	365.00–382.50	$372.12	$2,527	-7.63
683	683	15	340.00	$340.00	$2,322	-7.50
705–710	708	2	312.50–330.00	$321.28	$2,275	-26.22
800–840	806	36	337.50–357.75	$354.82	$2,860	—
904–932	906	35	332.00–336.00	$335.76	$3,042	+6.76
950–995	989	7	294.00–300.00	$294.82	$2,916	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,080	—
715	715	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,109	-2.45
785	785	1	281.00	$281.00	$2,206	—
815	815	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,404	±0.00
940	940	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,162	—
1055	1055	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,532	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,536	—
535	535	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,605	+17.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,144	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	240	3	395.00–400.00	$398.40	$956	—
390	390	1	357.00	$357.00	$1,392	-18.00
400–445	422	14	330.00–355.00	$335.16	$1,414	-37.67
452–492	476	14	344.00–355.00	$348.44	$1,659	-9.30
495	495	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,559	-42.74
500–542	519	18	330.00–353.00	$343.34	$1,782	-5.53
540	540	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,404	-88.87
555–595	573	7	350.00–361.00	$355.83	$2,039	+11.70
602	602	7	355.00	$355.00	$2,137	+123.00
622–641	629	13	327.50–347.50	$341.66	$2,149	+109.66
651	651	5	345.00	$345.00	$2,246	—
680	680	2	277.50	$277.50	$1,887	—
697 value added	697	75	355.00	$355.00	$2,474	—
768	768	4	305.00	$305.00	$2,342	+20.00
872	872	6	307.50	$307.50	$2,681	—
925	925	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,821	+12.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	325.00	$325.00	$942	+15.00
305–335	323	4	320.00–355.00	$331.34	$1,070	-28.66
355–390	370	3	304.00–337.50	$321.21	$1,188	-35.54
436–445	439	5	309.00–322.50	$311.91	$1,369	-24.15
497	497	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,516	-29.31
505	505	2	297.50–305.00	$301.25	$1,521	-29.75
655–670	663	2	275.00–282.50	$278.79	$1,848	+2.84
700	700	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,872	—
820	820	1	283.00	$283.00	$2,321	+43.00
912	912	2	230.00	$230.00	$2,098	—
1035	1035	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,863	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	305.00	$305.00	$808	—
315–320	318	3	285.00–300.00	$295.05	$938	—
405	405	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,073	-22.50
570	570	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,553	—
635	635	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,588	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	310.00	$310.00	$868	—
425	425	1	271.00	$271.00	$1,152	—
610	610	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,738	—

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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	392.50	$392.50	$962	—
320	320	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,312	—
400 fancy	400	1	457.00	$457.00	$1,828	—
440	440	2	412.50	$412.50	$1,815	-2.50
480	480	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,896	±0.00
521–546	533	11	350.00–360.00	$352.86	$1,881	-7.59
557–591	576	21	321.00–343.00	$332.43	$1,915	-19.50
610–645	625	9	300.00–325.00	$306.57	$1,916	-9.66
660–685	666	5	302.50–311.00	$304.55	$2,028	+11.88
700	700	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,855	—
755	755	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,850	—
800	800	2	247.50	$247.50	$1,980	—
935	935	2	220.00–222.50	$221.25	$2,069	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	2	345.00–370.00	$358.09	$1,146	+8.09
405–446	434	14	340.00–379.00	$356.61	$1,548	+15.61
450–497	484	12	327.50–356.00	$341.54	$1,653	-18.46
515–520	518	4	300.00–311.00	$305.47	$1,582	-7.03
711	711	4	300.00	$300.00	$2,133	+40.00
927	927	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,669	+20.00
1005	1005	2	201.00	$201.00	$2,020	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	320.00	$320.00	$928	—
360	360	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,188	—
445	445	1	317.50	$317.50	$1,413	—
465–493	486	4	302.50–307.00	$305.92	$1,487	—
805	805	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,530	—
1000	1000	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,875	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	2	309.00	$309.00	$1,808	—
602	602	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,776	+15.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,300	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	225.00	$225.00	$945	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1370	1249	80-85%	11	165.00–171.00	$167.92	$2,097	—
1100–1495	1285	80-85%	17	151.00–164.00	$158.97	$2,043	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	85-90%	1	100.00	$100.00	$615	—
1070	1070	85-90%	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,359	-30.49
880–1290	1076	85-90%	10	151.00–165.00	$158.30	$1,703	+0.81
1215	1215	85-90%	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,737	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485–1575	1528	75-80%	5	156.00–164.00	$161.85	$2,473	—
1400–1800	1633	75-80%	5	167.00–172.00	$169.54	$2,769	+14.20

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–2235	1751	5	196.00–209.00	$202.60	$3,548	—
1725–1980	1853	2	184.00–192.00	$188.28	$3,489	-12.65
1975	1975	1	175.00	$175.00	$3,456	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2155	2155	1	213.00	$213.00	$4,590	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940 value added	940	56	294.25	$294.25	$2,766	—

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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.