Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 14, 2025

818 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $367.79/cwt ≈ $3,061/hd at 832 lb · 109 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $355.63/cwt ≈ $3,343/hd at 940 lb · 104 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $346.60/cwt +19.10 vs last sale · ≈ $2,563/hd at 739 lb · 74 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	818	320	1,009
Feeder cattle	755	277	874
Slaughter cattle	58	38	125
Replacement cattle	5	5	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers and heifers 650 lbs and under were 3.00 to 8.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and good demand. Yearling steers and heifers appeared sharply higher as well, but with limited head to head comparisons. Double digit gains in the futures market over the past five days, and cooler weather conditions has increased buyers interest and the premiums they are willing to pay for quality cattle. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with a good supply, while slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 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
310	310	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,286	—
355	355	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,580	—
405–435	420	2	410.00–432.50	$420.85	$1,768	—
450–495	473	2	415.00–427.50	$421.55	$1,994	—
461–486 fancy	474	6	450.00–475.00	$462.83	$2,194	—
520–545 value added	531	9	413.00–430.00	$421.31	$2,237	—
535	535	1	402.50	$402.50	$2,153	+22.50
565–570	568	2	367.50–387.00	$377.29	$2,143	—
552–597 value added	583	41	392.00–405.00	$397.58	$2,318	—
621–632 value added	628	22	383.00–397.50	$386.06	$2,424	—
640–641	641	4	370.00–372.50	$370.62	$2,376	—
655–682	666	10	375.00–385.00	$379.55	$2,528	—
725–743	739	5	329.00–354.00	$349.10	$2,580	-10.90
763 value added	763	40	389.50	$389.50	$2,972	—
800–840	817	5	320.00–351.00	$332.09	$2,713	—
808–849 value added	833	104	365.50–371.90	$369.51	$3,078	—
860–880	863	8	323.00–353.00	$349.17	$3,013	+1.17
939–941 value added	940	104	353.75–357.50	$355.63	$3,343	—
955	955	14	321.00	$321.00	$3,066	—
1020	1020	1	328.00	$328.00	$3,346	—
1050	1050	2	328.00	$328.00	$3,444	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	352.50	$352.50	$1,727	—
597	597	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,030	—
660–695	678	2	332.50–335.00	$333.72	$2,263	—
715	715	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,216	+10.00
775	775	1	313.00	$313.00	$2,426	—
800	800	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,320	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,120	-10.00
520	520	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,560	—
630	630	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,827	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,152	—
945	945	1	279.00	$279.00	$2,637	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	297.50	$297.50	$1,398	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270 fancy	270	1	422.50	$422.50	$1,141	—
275	275	1	407.50	$407.50	$1,121	—
420	420	3	385.00	$385.00	$1,617	+20.00
427–440 fancy	431	3	397.50–410.00	$405.75	$1,749	—
482	482	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,808	+7.16
480–495 fancy	483	6	387.50–407.50	$397.44	$1,920	—
500–530	517	16	345.00–370.00	$359.26	$1,857	+9.91
500–537 value added	524	19	377.50–400.00	$395.75	$2,074	+21.27
545	545	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,635	-49.35
563–594 value added	578	22	370.00–390.00	$383.90	$2,219	+18.90
570–585	578	2	345.00–362.50	$353.64	$2,044	+2.94
600–640	622	6	317.50–337.50	$329.98	$2,052	+6.65
627	627	2	357.50	$357.50	$2,242	+34.17
655–696	686	4	300.00–312.50	$309.52	$2,123	-0.33
710–745	715	7	300.00–325.00	$321.28	$2,297	—
742 value added	742	67	349.25	$349.25	$2,591	—
852	852	2	287.00	$287.00	$2,445	-13.00
990–995	993	2	242.50–260.00	$251.23	$2,495	—
1030	1030	1	267.50	$267.50	$2,755	—
1140	1140	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,679	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	360.00	$360.00	$954	+37.50
367–390	375	3	360.00–365.00	$361.73	$1,356	+61.73
415	415	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,515	+31.33
475	475	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,568	—
630	630	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,953	+10.00
720	720	1	292.50	$292.50	$2,106	—
943	943	4	231.00	$231.00	$2,178	+6.00
970–975	973	2	219.00–235.00	$227.02	$2,209	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,155	—
545	545	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,499	—
605	605	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,392	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
917	917	2	267.00	$267.00	$2,448	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,136	—
620	620	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,302	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400 fancy	400	2	432.50	$432.50	$1,730	—
405–440	432	7	380.00–402.50	$392.37	$1,695	—
468	468	4	377.50	$377.50	$1,767	+5.00
520–535 fancy	522	8	377.50–385.00	$384.04	$2,005	—
523–527	525	5	340.00–355.00	$348.97	$1,832	+3.97
557–560 fancy	559	4	362.50–367.50	$364.99	$2,040	—
580	580	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,943	-19.19
627–635	629	11	315.00–335.00	$329.29	$2,071	—
685	685	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,124	—
745	745	3	310.00	$310.00	$2,310	+10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–485	470	2	347.50–350.00	$348.71	$1,639	—
540	540	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,728	—
585	585	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,814	-10.00
605	605	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,815	—
760–770	765	2	290.00	$290.00	$2,218	—
830	830	1	267.50	$267.50	$2,220	—
995	995	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,990	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,582	—
950	950	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,090	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,380	—
890	890	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,602	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,066	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–930	865	85-90%	3	111.00–125.00	$119.26	$1,032	—
885–895	890	85-90%	2	192.50–207.50	$199.96	$1,780	—
745–1095	917	85-90%	6	137.00–153.00	$145.69	$1,336	+1.04
995–1365	1172	85-90%	9	156.00–172.00	$161.00	$1,887	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1130	1098	80-85%	3	197.00–213.00	$203.69	$2,237	—
1000–1270	1151	80-85%	7	154.00–167.00	$162.50	$1,870	-7.50
1205–1360	1260	80-85%	6	170.00–172.00	$170.69	$2,151	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475–1515	1492	75-80%	3	153.00–167.00	$161.60	$2,411	-10.91
1580	1580	75-80%	1	147.00	$147.00	$2,323	—
1645	1645	75-80%	1	178.00	$178.00	$2,928	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1895	1578	4	167.00–179.00	$171.06	$2,699	—
1320–1754	1602	4	182.00–195.00	$185.79	$2,976	—
1910–2150	2030	2	196.00–206.00	$201.30	$4,086	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1625	1625	1	215.00	$215.00	$3,494	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155	1155	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,350.00	$3,350.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655–935	814	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,850.00–2,125.00	$1,975.75
880–895	887	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,800.00–1,850.00	$1,825.14

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,675.00	$2,675.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00

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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.