Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) Market Report

Stanford, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 3, 2020

1,964 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.98/cwt +21.60 vs last sale · ≈ $896/hd at 689 lb · 462 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $136.15/cwt -0.95 vs last sale · ≈ $992/hd at 729 lb · 177 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.60/cwt +2.54 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 575 lb · 94 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,964	1,948	2,824
Feeder cattle	1,857	1,819	2,671
Slaughter cattle	101	121	147
Replacement cattle	6	8	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends due to being closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285 fancy	285	1	177.50	$177.50	$506	—
290	290	2	155.00	$155.00	$450	-20.00
305 fancy	305	1	172.50	$172.50	$526	-10.00
325	325	1	150.00	$150.00	$488	-27.50
360–390	383	11	160.00–173.00	$168.00	$643	+0.72
400–445	425	15	150.00–162.50	$156.63	$666	+7.00
455–497	480	25	150.00–163.00	$158.97	$763	+13.71
506–545	520	26	144.00–159.00	$152.27	$792	+10.84
556 value added	556	43	152.00	$152.00	$845	—
553–590	560	36	138.00–149.00	$142.69	$799	+7.87
600–641	623	67	124.00–136.00	$132.69	$827	+5.56
655–695	677	42	120.00–132.00	$127.47	$863	+1.51
700–745	715	32	119.00–126.00	$123.25	$881	-2.59
732 value added	732	145	139.00	$139.00	$1,017	-1.00
755–796	779	16	118.00–125.00	$120.43	$938	-3.57
816–830	823	6	117.00	$117.00	$963	-9.01
857–883	865	10	116.00–120.50	$119.12	$1,030	—
900	900	3	114.00	$114.00	$1,026	—
903 value added	903	62	135.00	$135.00	$1,219	—
960	960	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,152	—
1023	1023	12	115.00	$115.00	$1,176	—
1036 value added	1036	54	127.00	$127.00	$1,316	+3.75

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–390	381	4	130.00–137.00	$134.27	$512	—
422–431	427	5	145.00–148.00	$146.82	$627	—
450–490	464	6	143.00–147.00	$144.65	$671	+14.65
502–540	526	13	133.00–141.00	$135.75	$714	—
555–581	573	9	125.00–135.00	$130.64	$749	+9.64
600–645	621	4	113.00–121.00	$117.30	$728	+6.30
661–696	676	7	112.00–118.00	$114.65	$775	+4.19
700–745	727	3	115.00–117.00	$116.32	$846	+6.94
750–777	768	3	115.00	$115.00	$883	+1.52
830	830	1	106.00	$106.00	$880	±0.00
950	950	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,064	—
1035	1035	2	105.00	$105.00	$1,087	—
1060–1064	1064	8	101.00–105.00	$104.50	$1,112	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	289	5	126.00–131.00	$128.34	$371	+0.73
315–330	324	9	125.00–138.00	$130.86	$424	+0.63
381–392	385	7	127.00–131.00	$128.59	$495	-0.51
406 fancy	406	18	140.00–146.00	$145.00	$589	—
401–445	426	28	120.00–131.00	$127.54	$543	-2.14
450–496	477	34	118.00–129.00	$125.54	$599	-1.17
500–549	526	86	114.00–129.00	$124.01	$652	+0.89
550–597	575	94	117.00–128.50	$123.60	$711	+2.54
600–647	623	58	110.00–123.00	$118.07	$736	+3.56
654–676	661	16	110.00–118.00	$115.44	$763	+7.06
690 value added	690	446	130.50	$130.50	$900	—
701 value added	701	21	120.00	$120.00	$841	—
705–749	733	32	112.00–120.00	$117.34	$860	+17.34
782 value added	782	68	122.25	$122.25	$956	-4.14
910	910	11	109.50	$109.50	$996	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	115.00	$115.00	$339	+5.00
420–435	423	5	116.00–118.00	$117.19	$496	+12.19
470	470	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$538	+2.00
555–585	575	3	110.00–111.00	$110.68	$636	+1.31
615–645	638	4	104.00–107.00	$106.28	$678	+10.28
650–680	658	5	100.00–103.00	$101.01	$665	+1.01
710–745	728	6	101.00–108.00	$106.35	$774	+18.67
780–790	787	3	101.00	$101.00	$795	+13.53
820	820	1	100.00	$100.00	$820	+17.23
920–925	922	3	92.00–96.00	$93.34	$861	—
975	975	3	94.00–98.00	$96.67	$943	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252	252	2	164.00	$164.00	$413	+6.48
305–340	323	3	145.00–152.50	$148.91	$481	-17.51
370 fancy	370	1	169.00	$169.00	$625	—
380–390	385	3	150.00–162.50	$155.80	$600	-8.01
405 fancy	405	1	164.00	$164.00	$664	—
435–445	444	7	135.00–141.00	$140.16	$622	-12.99
450–471	467	6	138.00–144.00	$139.49	$651	-6.94
500–520	507	3	124.00–125.00	$124.66	$632	-15.55
550–595	571	21	123.00–135.00	$129.50	$739	+2.02
615–640	634	16	110.00–115.00	$113.57	$720	-8.29
720–732	728	3	110.00–113.00	$112.01	$815	-0.56

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	132.50	$132.50	$450	—
360	360	2	142.00	$142.00	$511	+0.56
455–495	483	6	125.00–133.00	$127.65	$617	-4.07
502–523	515	5	112.50–115.00	$113.48	$584	-6.86
555–565	560	2	116.00–120.00	$118.02	$661	-0.93
655–680	668	3	103.00–106.00	$105.02	$702	+7.02
705	705	1	102.00	$102.00	$719	—
830	830	1	93.00	$93.00	$772	+2.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1295	1238	80-85%	4	56.00–57.00	$56.49	$699	—
1100–1535	1264	80-85%	27	48.00–55.00	$50.25	$635	+3.19
1120–1455	1282	80-85%	10	40.00–47.00	$44.16	$566	-2.90

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1125	987	85-90%	6	38.00–43.00	$41.01	$405	—
875–1105	990	85-90%	2	55.00–57.00	$55.88	$553	—
810–1165	1054	85-90%	6	45.00–52.00	$48.32	$509	+2.17

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525–1615	1570	75-80%	2	47.00–48.00	$47.51	$746	—
1585–1640	1613	75-80%	2	58.00	$58.00	$936	+4.00
1490–1895	1657	75-80%	10	50.00–55.00	$52.82	$875	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1615	1385	2	70.00–71.00	$70.42	$975	—
1185–2230	1807	7	80.00–87.00	$83.76	$1,514	—
1815–2525	2108	3	89.00–92.00	$90.51	$1,908	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1260	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	66.00	$66.00	$832

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
1240	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1145–1355	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	475.00–875.00	$691.80

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
207	207	2	92.50	$92.50	$191	+15.00

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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.