Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) Market Report

Stanford, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 7, 2021

1,600 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $126.66/cwt -5.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,118/hd at 883 lb · 252 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.76/cwt +0.94 vs last sale · ≈ $642/hd at 532 lb · 122 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.22/cwt -5.24 vs last sale · ≈ $765/hd at 626 lb · 118 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,600	1,011	3,296
Feeder cattle	1,520	929	3,107
Slaughter cattle	80	82	189

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparison due to Christmas 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
305	305	2	145.00	$145.00	$442	—
355–392	380	6	149.00–168.00	$165.04	$627	—
400–440	409	14	146.00–158.00	$148.91	$609	-7.26
456–496	477	26	147.00–162.00	$155.11	$740	-2.10
500–540 fancy	514	26	155.00–160.00	$156.97	$807	—
510–548	536	10	139.00–152.00	$145.08	$778	-4.42
550–583	579	69	134.00–152.00	$146.15	$846	+7.70
616–635 value added	617	14	136.00–138.00	$137.85	$851	—
607–647	626	15	126.00–132.00	$130.81	$819	-2.85
650 value added	650	3	134.00	$134.00	$871	—
653–693	672	45	115.00–130.00	$121.97	$820	+0.73
700–742	737	31	119.00–126.00	$120.50	$888	+1.97
748 value added	748	40	132.00	$132.00	$987	—
783 value added	783	64	132.90	$132.90	$1,041	+3.00
755–791	786	14	116.00–118.50	$118.11	$928	—
820 value added	820	20	121.00	$121.00	$992	-13.00
813–836	821	10	118.00–119.00	$118.60	$974	—
875–896 value added	882	181	129.30–129.95	$129.73	$1,144	-2.52
850–897	884	71	112.00–119.80	$118.84	$1,051	+7.84
900–947	924	4	110.00–114.00	$111.95	$1,034	—
1162 value added	1162	92	116.70	$116.70	$1,356	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	125.00	$125.00	$394	—
425–435	430	2	115.00–116.00	$115.51	$497	-24.49
450–490	478	8	117.00–133.00	$129.06	$617	-10.94
530–542	538	3	120.00–129.00	$122.96	$662	—
555–565	560	3	124.00–130.00	$126.32	$707	+0.01
605–625	608	6	107.00–115.00	$108.37	$659	-10.14
650–685	678	6	101.00–114.00	$107.82	$731	—
705–710	708	2	105.00–108.00	$106.49	$754	+10.49
750	750	1	105.00	$105.00	$788	+1.98
805	805	1	106.00	$106.00	$853	+4.99
940	940	1	92.00	$92.00	$865	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	110.00	$110.00	$506	—
560–580	570	2	107.00–110.00	$108.47	$618	—
635	635	1	90.00	$90.00	$572	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	318	2	120.00–122.00	$121.04	$385	-10.05
355–378	370	8	126.00–133.00	$129.00	$477	-7.99
415–447	437	11	114.00–123.00	$117.90	$515	-4.61
450–497	481	23	114.00–125.00	$120.41	$579	-1.83
500–549	532	122	113.00–123.00	$120.76	$642	+0.94
555–595	582	39	112.00–121.00	$117.26	$682	-4.57
600–646	613	34	106.00–113.50	$110.41	$677	-4.09
631 value added	631	84	127.00	$127.00	$801	-3.90
653 value added	653	71	117.50	$117.50	$767	—
650–695	677	35	104.00–114.00	$108.09	$732	—
715 value added	715	75	125.60	$125.60	$898	—
719–720	719	7	94.00–105.00	$103.43	$744	+2.54
763–771	767	9	99.00–111.00	$104.36	$800	—
805–835	825	12	95.00–108.00	$104.57	$863	—
920	920	1	103.00	$103.00	$948	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–277	268	3	100.00–105.00	$103.45	$277	—
330	330	1	101.00	$101.00	$333	-9.71
380	380	1	105.00	$105.00	$399	-6.00
410–420	417	3	109.00–110.00	$109.67	$457	-0.33
455–498	477	15	90.00–113.00	$109.71	$523	-1.29
550–595	564	7	91.00–110.00	$98.12	$553	-13.88
605–615	610	2	90.00–102.00	$95.95	$585	-11.04
650	650	1	99.00	$99.00	$644	-4.47
710–730	720	3	88.00–93.00	$89.69	$646	-1.97
755–775	765	2	89.00	$89.00	$681	-5.00
840	840	1	84.00	$84.00	$706	-7.67

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	105.00	$105.00	$567	—
630	630	1	70.00	$70.00	$441	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–328	321	4	145.00–150.00	$146.17	$469	-13.83
395	395	1	150.00	$150.00	$592	-3.00
408–432	418	8	146.00–152.00	$148.98	$623	—
455–495	465	7	133.00–151.00	$142.55	$663	-5.83
512–537	524	5	136.00–152.00	$142.26	$745	+16.26
552–560	556	5	134.00–152.00	$144.77	$805	+19.86
615–647	635	8	119.00–124.00	$121.89	$774	+7.30
660–685	674	6	103.00–115.00	$111.34	$750	-2.45
705–740	728	3	100.00–117.00	$107.86	$785	—
771	771	3	106.00	$106.00	$817	+1.00
815–840	828	2	99.00–104.00	$101.46	$840	—
855–880	868	2	91.00–96.00	$93.46	$811	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	122.50–125.00	$123.68	$346	-16.32
335	335	2	117.50	$117.50	$394	—
365–385	375	2	124.00–135.00	$129.35	$485	+3.35
402	402	2	114.00	$114.00	$458	-22.00
460–490	475	3	105.00–126.00	$116.74	$555	-9.31
530–540	537	3	123.00–124.00	$123.67	$664	—
550–595	573	6	110.00–128.00	$119.10	$682	+6.10
617–642	630	4	105.00–107.00	$105.98	$668	+3.98
720	720	1	97.00	$97.00	$698	-9.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1475	1310	80-85%	18	49.00–54.00	$51.82	$679	—
1240–1470	1346	80-85%	8	55.00–58.00	$56.25	$757	—
1285–1455	1369	80-85%	5	42.00–48.00	$45.96	$629	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1495–1630	1538	75-80%	7	57.00–58.00	$57.71	$888	—
1500–1735	1592	75-80%	6	51.00–54.00	$52.19	$831	—
1520–1755	1638	75-80%	2	43.00–48.00	$45.32	$742	+1.48

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1035	983	85-90%	6	49.00–52.00	$50.84	$500	-4.16
945–1170	1085	85-90%	6	41.00–48.00	$45.51	$494	—
1135	1135	85-90%	1	56.00	$56.00	$636	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–2040	1754	8	96.00–104.00	$99.90	$1,752	—
1270–2550	1782	3	70.00–79.00	$73.57	$1,311	—
1605–2110	1902	6	85.00–91.00	$88.76	$1,688	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–390	383	2	64.00–80.00	$71.84	$275	—
420	420	1	65.00	$65.00	$273	—
565	565	1	91.00	$91.00	$514	—

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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.