Bluegrass Stockyards  - ( Richmond, KY )  - May 1, 2026

Frankfort, KY Fri May, 01 2026 Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY Weighted Average Report for 5/01/2026 Current Previous Year Ago —————————— —————————— —————————— Total 819 787 410 Feeder Cattle 670 678 225 Replacement Cattle 114 69 116 Slaughter Cattle 35 40 69 Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher with some instances of sharply higher. Yearling steers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady with slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 240 240 680.00 680.00 Fancy 2 280-295 288 660.00-670.00 665.13 Fancy 1 380 380 540.00 540.00 22 392 392 600.00 600.00 Fancy 5 456-487 468 502.50-507.50 505.42 19 472 472 528.00 528.00 Fancy 5 513-530 520 477.50-485.00 480.56 21 530 530 519.00 519.00 Fancy 9 612-630 614 445.00-447.50 447.21 Value Added 3 610-640 620 425.00-442.50 434.84 3 690 690 400.00-410.00 403.33 2 742 742 377.50 377.50 1 825 825 357.50 357.50 Value Added 2 880 880 345.00 345.00 Value Added 1 915 915 342.50 342.50 297 956-991 977 339.25-343.00 340.39 Value Added Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 475 475 485.00 485.00 Steers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 485 485 462.50 462.50 2 510 510 442.50 442.50 Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 305-327 323 512.50-525.00 514.86 24 365-394 389 490.00-515.00 493.71 2 400 400 510.00 510.00 Value Added 9 400-432 428 460.00-480.00 470.25 3 460-470 463 440.00-445.00 443.31 14 473 473 461.00 461.00 Value Added 40 486 486 454.00 454.00 Fancy 6 500-545 523 405.00-425.00 417.46 21 551-552 551 414.00-415.00 414.10 11 617-630 624 360.00-375.00 367.32 2 665-670 668 355.00-357.50 356.25 2 725 725 320.00 320.00 4 755 755 325.00 325.00 2 822 822 325.00 325.00 1 965 965 315.00 315.00 Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 405 405 455.00 455.00 4 565-598 590 382.50-385.00 383.10 1 615 615 347.50 347.50 Heifers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 440 440 432.50 432.50 2 592 592 362.50 362.50 1 620 620 327.50 327.50 Heifers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 465 465 442.50 442.50 1 500 500 385.00 385.00 1 555 555 360.00 360.00 1 770 770 312.50 312.50 Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 255 255 690.00 690.00 Fancy 1 280 280 560.00 560.00 2 310 310 585.00 585.00 4 380-386 385 570.00 570.00 7 415-443 435 487.50-500.00 496.59 6 525-543 540 450.00-465.00 462.57 1 590 590 432.50 432.50 14 600-633 631 422.00-432.50 422.71 Fancy 8 635-645 642 380.00-400.00 385.89 7 652-690 666 395.00-410.00 407.78 1 735 735 375.00 375.00 1 1040 1040 265.00 265.00 1 1615 1615 3,975.00 3,975.00 Young Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 425 425 460.00 460.00 5 585 585 400.00 400.00 1 680 680 350.00 350.00 Bulls Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 455 455 430.00 430.00 Bulls Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 495 495 460.00 460.00 2 595 595 435.00 435.00 4 722 722 350.00 350.00 3 780-792 788 335.00-337.50 336.68 1 1130 1130 255.00 255.00 Bulls Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 590 590 405.00 405.00 Slaughter Bulls Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 1255-1280 1268 187.00-194.00 190.53 Low Dressing 8 1210-2100 1591 196.00-207.00 201.39 4 1725-2125 1851 211.00-236.00 217.74 High Dressing Slaughter Cows Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 835-1050 920 141.00-149.00 145.82 Lean 3 930-1265 1117 156.00-170.00 162.12 High Dressing, Lean 4 1105-1325 1201 170.00-179.00 174.52 Boner 1 1215 1215 160.00 160.00 Low Dressing, Boner 9 1130-1420 1255 181.00-189.00 184.60 High Dressing, Boner 1 1465 1465 174.00 174.00 Breaker 1 1570 1570 182.00 182.00 High Dressing, Breaker 2 1395-1785 1590 158.00-161.00 159.32 Low Dressing, Breaker Bred Cows Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1060 1060 2,825.00 2,825.00 Middle Aged, 1st Stage 3 1015-1212 1146 2,400.00-3,200.00 2,963.88 Middle Aged, 2nd Stage 1 1165 1165 2,850.00 2,850.00 Aged, 2nd Stage 2 960-1435 1198 2,900.00-3,700.00 3,379.33 Middle Aged, 3rd Stage 9 1015-1540 1211 2,200.00-3,550.00 2,921.75 Middle Aged/Aged, 2nd Stage 1 1230 1230 2,750.00 2,750.00 Young, 2nd Stage 1 1240 1240 3,250.00 3,250.00 Middle Aged, 2nd/3rd Stage 12 900-1605 1276 2,700.00-3,600.00 3,327.74 Middle Aged/Aged, 3rd Stage 3 1080-1490 1287 2,550.00-2,950.00 2,821.37 Middle Aged/Aged, 1st Stage Cow-Calf Pairs Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1165 1165 2,850.00 2,850.00 Middle Aged/Aged, Open, >300 lb calf Cow-Calf Pairs Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1295 1295 3,250.00 3,250.00 Aged, Open, 150-300 lb calf 7 1225-1445 1337 3,500.00-4,800.00 4,221.58 Middle Aged/Aged, Open, 150-300 lb calf 1 1380 1380 3,525.00 3,525.00 Aged, Open, >300 lb calf 4 1300-1520 1389 3,750.00-4,400.00 4,006.62 Middle Aged/Aged, Open, <150 lb calf 1 1445 1445 4,500.00 4,500.00 Middle Aged, Open, 300 lb calf 1 1500 1500 3,875.00 3,875.00 Middle Aged, Open, 150-300 lb calf 2 1530 1530 5,300.00 5,300.00 Middle Aged/Aged, 1st/2nd Stage, >300 lb calf 1 1540 1540 5,400.00 5,400.00 Middle Aged, 2nd Stage, >300 lb calf 2 1435-1695 1565 5,200.00-5,400.00 5,308.31 Middle Aged, 1st Stage, >300 lb calf 4 1430-1745 1598 4,100.00-5,200.00 4,828.79 Middle Aged/Aged, 1st Stage, >300 lb calf 1 1635 1635 5,100.00 5,100.00 Middle Aged, 1st Stage, 150-300 lb calf