Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Stanford, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 26, 2020

511 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $117.66/cwt -3.18 vs last sale · ≈ $674/hd at 573 lb · 22 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $112.04/cwt +2.27 vs last sale · ≈ $701/hd at 626 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.91/cwt +0.48 vs last sale · ≈ $595/hd at 469 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	511	426	490
Feeder cattle	411	345	383
Slaughter cattle	77	58	99
Replacement cattle	23	23	8

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 lower, Moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	167.50	$167.50	$544	+20.00
365	365	3	166.00–168.00	$167.33	$611	+23.83
450	450	2	140.00	$140.00	$630	-17.00
500–545	519	10	135.00–141.00	$139.29	$723	+9.29
605–617	613	3	130.00	$130.00	$797	-4.35
660–672	662	11	118.00–126.00	$124.52	$824	-0.97
680	680	1	92.00	$92.00	$626	-33.49
715–718	717	4	115.00–127.00	$124.01	$889	-0.99
764–765	764	6	110.00–120.00	$111.67	$853	-3.33
805	805	1	84.00	$84.00	$676	—
955	955	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,041	—
1005	1005	1	97.00	$97.00	$975	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523–525	524	4	120.00	$120.00	$629	-7.00
565–572	571	6	119.00	$119.00	$679	+2.62
665–685	672	3	97.50–106.00	$101.46	$682	-16.88
705	705	1	86.00	$86.00	$606	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	120.00	$120.00	$456	-1.32
440	440	1	126.00	$126.00	$554	+0.35
450–480	469	15	124.00–130.00	$126.91	$595	+0.48
502–545	531	15	116.00–120.00	$118.42	$629	-3.31
561–597	573	22	115.00–120.00	$117.66	$674	-3.18
600–638	626	18	100.00–116.00	$112.04	$701	+2.27
655–688	673	14	101.00–116.00	$109.80	$739	+7.38
700–715	708	2	95.00–99.00	$97.02	$687	—
760–775	767	3	90.00–100.00	$95.02	$729	-9.09

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	114.00	$114.00	$331	+4.00
305	305	1	112.50	$112.50	$343	+7.84
460–485	481	6	100.00–111.00	$103.44	$498	-9.06
500–545	522	10	91.00–111.00	$98.35	$513	-12.99
550–595	577	3	106.00–107.00	$106.34	$614	-3.69
620–630	625	3	90.00–100.00	$93.67	$585	+4.67
655–660	658	2	85.00–95.00	$89.98	$592	+5.59
700–722	715	3	61.00–71.00	$67.74	$484	—
780	780	1	70.00	$70.00	$546	-16.00
825	825	1	71.00	$71.00	$586	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	87.50	$87.50	$372	—
530	530	1	81.00	$81.00	$429	—
565	565	1	80.00	$80.00	$452	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	4	160.00	$160.00	$544	—
385–390	388	2	152.00–153.00	$152.50	$592	+9.61
400–420	410	2	151.00–154.00	$152.54	$625	+6.54
475–495	481	4	135.00–150.00	$140.85	$677	+4.07
540	540	1	128.00	$128.00	$691	-7.11
554–580	561	10	125.00–141.00	$135.57	$761	-1.11
605–645	618	6	109.00–125.00	$111.99	$692	-13.98
658–675	663	5	105.00–110.00	$106.00	$703	-14.28
730–745	736	6	98.00–109.00	$101.02	$744	-5.11
760	760	2	105.00–108.00	$106.50	$809	+6.50
975	975	2	63.00	$63.00	$614	—
995	995	1	74.00	$74.00	$736	—
1122	1122	2	73.00	$73.00	$819	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	115.00	$115.00	$437	—
435	435	2	129.00	$129.00	$561	-0.64
475	475	3	120.00	$120.00	$570	+4.83
500–523	518	5	100.00–116.00	$103.09	$534	-12.66
560–595	587	5	102.00–115.00	$109.77	$644	-2.62
605–640	620	6	92.00–99.00	$97.31	$603	+7.31
660–671	669	5	92.00–95.00	$94.41	$632	-2.92
725	725	1	91.00	$91.00	$660	+7.51

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–960	898	85-90%	3	36.00–40.00	$37.76	$339	—
930–1195	1054	85-90%	9	47.00–51.00	$49.66	$523	+2.68
1005–1175	1091	85-90%	5	52.00–59.00	$55.14	$602	+8.16

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1475	1323	80-85%	8	52.00–59.00	$54.40	$720	+7.71
1280–1485	1391	80-85%	7	47.00–51.00	$49.82	$693	—
1395	1395	80-85%	1	39.00	$39.00	$544	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570–1585	1578	75-80%	2	48.00–51.00	$49.51	$781	-0.49
1535–1890	1681	75-80%	7	52.00–58.00	$54.27	$912	-0.67

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–2415	1510	4	68.00–71.00	$69.88	$1,055	-0.77
1035–2295	1797	8	72.00–79.00	$75.60	$1,359	—
1680–1950	1815	2	81.00–82.00	$81.46	$1,478	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930–1020	975	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	54.00–69.00	$61.15	$596

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1195	1098	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	760.00–830.00	$798.11
1112–1265	1158	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	780.00–900.00	$871.52
1035–1450	1191	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	700.00–850.00	$799.27
1295	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	890.00	$890.00

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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
1340	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
1460	1460	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	235	3	85.00–102.50	$94.88	$223	—
259–290	263	15	102.00–110.00	$108.62	$286	—
315–340	335	5	90.00–109.00	$105.43	$353	+14.43
355–393	377	9	84.00–108.00	$95.69	$361	—
405–446	434	5	85.00–101.00	$97.25	$422	—
489–490	489	6	95.00–101.00	$100.00	$489	—
520–540	530	22	89.00–104.00	$100.67	$534	—
550–570	560	2	90.00–92.00	$91.02	$510	—
620	620	1	66.00	$66.00	$409	—
690–695	693	3	85.00–91.00	$89.01	$617	—
720	720	5	70.00–86.00	$76.40	$550	+15.40
772–787	776	7	70.00–92.00	$85.63	$664	—
800	800	2	91.00	$91.00	$728	—
905	905	2	81.00–85.00	$83.00	$751	—
955–962	961	9	85.50–86.00	$85.56	$822	—

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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.