Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Stanford, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 8, 2021

934 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.43/cwt -3.31 vs last sale · ≈ $656/hd at 515 lb · 31 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.99/cwt -5.30 vs last sale · ≈ $521/hd at 417 lb · 24 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $166.39/cwt +12.71 vs last sale · ≈ $632/hd at 380 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	934	382	410
Feeder cattle	793	332	361
Slaughter cattle	116	49	45
Replacement cattle	25	1	4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower, over 500 lbs 1.00-2.00 lower, Moderate demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 lower, 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	158.00	$158.00	$514	-17.00
400–410	407	3	160.00–161.00	$160.67	$654	-3.45
500–510	506	5	138.00–153.00	$147.43	$746	+4.41
520 value added	520	7	159.00	$159.00	$827	-10.00
560–598	589	4	139.00–140.00	$139.76	$823	-6.92
600–630	619	4	128.00–142.00	$133.00	$823	-12.00
645 value added	645	1	150.00	$150.00	$968	—
650–695	686	5	140.00–143.00	$142.43	$977	+1.22
704 value added	704	5	144.00	$144.00	$1,014	—
718–745	725	4	136.00–138.00	$136.51	$990	-1.85
765–775	770	2	133.00–143.00	$137.97	$1,062	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485–495	490	2	130.00–131.00	$130.49	$639	+5.49
575	575	1	120.00	$120.00	$690	—
835	835	1	112.00	$112.00	$935	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	130.00	$130.00	$370	+5.00
329	329	12	123.00	$123.00	$405	+3.00
350–395	369	7	120.00–129.00	$127.18	$469	-3.65
404–448	417	24	122.00–127.00	$124.99	$521	-5.30
475–490	483	4	126.00–131.00	$128.54	$621	-3.46
506–545	515	31	118.00–134.00	$127.43	$656	-3.31
560–595	583	14	118.00–132.00	$129.34	$754	+3.01
610 fancy	610	1	132.00	$132.00	$805	—
620–640	630	2	115.00–127.00	$120.90	$762	-5.17
662–690	670	14	101.00–115.00	$108.55	$727	-8.45
718–725	721	5	101.00–106.00	$103.99	$750	-6.01
785	785	1	109.00	$109.00	$856	-1.00
851	851	12	113.50	$113.50	$966	—
907	907	2	89.00	$89.00	$807	—
970	970	1	87.00	$87.00	$844	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	110.00	$110.00	$242	—
420–440	432	3	108.00–116.00	$112.97	$488	—
450–495	468	3	90.00–117.00	$105.20	$492	—
590	590	1	84.00	$84.00	$496	-27.00
610	610	1	108.00	$108.00	$659	+8.00
655–671	668	5	90.00–92.00	$90.60	$605	—
835	835	1	89.00	$89.00	$743	+18.00
925	925	1	80.00	$80.00	$740	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
247	247	2	150.00	$150.00	$370	—
265	265	1	162.50	$162.50	$431	-6.47
305–335	320	2	152.50–165.00	$158.46	$507	+5.96
355–393	380	22	152.50–172.00	$166.39	$632	+12.71
420–445	437	12	145.00–160.00	$151.60	$662	-5.94
457–493	478	15	140.00–154.00	$146.24	$699	-25.76
510 fancy	510	1	156.00	$156.00	$796	-7.44
505–545	514	10	130.00–148.00	$138.20	$710	-5.83
575–590	586	8	132.00–141.00	$138.74	$813	-8.06
615–620	618	13	129.00–141.00	$139.15	$860	+4.46
670–680	676	12	120.00–128.00	$125.84	$851	-1.17
775–787	785	8	110.00–119.00	$111.12	$872	-6.88
802–805	803	3	108.00–111.00	$109.00	$875	—
885	885	1	97.00	$97.00	$858	+12.00
900	900	3	91.00	$91.00	$819	+6.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	122.50	$122.50	$251	—
260	260	1	127.50	$127.50	$332	—
350	350	1	141.00	$141.00	$494	—
495	495	1	131.00	$131.00	$648	-0.96
520–540	533	3	110.00–125.00	$114.88	$612	-15.12
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	-9.87
612–640	624	7	104.00–120.00	$108.28	$676	-11.72
655	655	1	112.00	$112.00	$734	-1.02
815	815	1	90.00	$90.00	$734	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	101.00	$101.00	$500	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1455	1293	80-85%	9	44.00–50.00	$47.90	$619	—
1205–1445	1331	80-85%	10	56.00–63.00	$58.21	$775	-3.99
1245–1455	1344	80-85%	11	51.00–55.00	$53.65	$721	-8.55

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1120	1032	85-90%	9	41.00–50.00	$45.96	$474	—
1030–1175	1098	85-90%	5	51.00–54.00	$52.63	$578	-5.91
1115	1115	85-90%	1	65.00	$65.00	$725	+11.34

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515–1560	1538	75-80%	2	54.00	$54.00	$831	—
1460–1915	1639	75-80%	8	57.00–70.00	$61.65	$1,010	-1.77

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–2045	1682	10	70.00–82.00	$78.91	$1,327	—
1365–2185	1683	8	84.00–90.00	$86.85	$1,462	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1105	1105	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	64.00	$64.00	$707
975–1320	1179	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	61.00–66.00	$63.12	$744

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
990–1230	1134	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	600.00–810.00	$756.76
1125–1605	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	600.00–860.00	$742.07
1325	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1270	1270	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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
1150–1155	1153	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,000.00	$975.05	—
1270	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—
1190–1905	1472	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	800.00–1,050.00	$913.85	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	4	117.50	$117.50	$349	—
350–356	354	5	110.00–111.00	$110.60	$392	—
400–435	415	11	108.00–127.00	$119.63	$496	—
460–496	483	10	95.00–111.00	$106.15	$513	+21.15
515–535	530	102	100.00–110.00	$102.28	$542	—
555–593	573	88	101.00–113.50	$111.63	$640	—
605–610	609	4	102.00–104.00	$102.50	$624	—
650–680	667	20	95.00–103.50	$101.31	$676	—
715–747	723	8	88.00–102.00	$91.62	$662	—
770	770	1	90.00	$90.00	$693	—
810–825	815	3	77.00–93.00	$82.40	$672	—
875–882	879	4	92.00	$92.00	$809	—
975	975	6	92.00	$92.00	$897	+22.00
1045	1045	15	95.50	$95.50	$998	—

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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.