Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) Market Report

Stanford, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 20, 2021

2,042 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $126.56/cwt -1.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,160/hd at 917 lb · 183 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $129.98/cwt -1.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,149/hd at 884 lb · 171 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $143.18/cwt +10.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,058/hd at 739 lb · 160 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,042	1,641	2,008
Feeder cattle	1,932	1,551	1,898
Slaughter cattle	94	84	105
Replacement cattle	16	6	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was 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
250 fancy	250	1	200.00	$200.00	$500	—
290	290	1	162.50	$162.50	$471	-19.50
337–342	340	4	154.00	$154.00	$524	+5.00
360 fancy	360	1	170.00	$170.00	$612	—
365–386	377	6	154.00–163.00	$156.94	$592	-8.91
400–442	430	19	153.00–169.00	$162.15	$697	+5.73
460–487	482	12	150.00–163.00	$156.06	$752	-8.71
505–542	528	42	149.00–161.00	$155.39	$820	+11.77
555–584	570	19	151.00–160.00	$156.11	$890	+16.09
602 value added	602	26	158.50	$158.50	$954	+8.49
600–645	627	16	130.00–146.00	$141.31	$886	+4.69
650–677	662	36	137.00–149.00	$141.44	$936	+9.96
700–747	715	25	123.00–134.50	$132.80	$950	+7.80
743 value added	743	135	145.10	$145.10	$1,078	+11.10
753–790	767	46	126.00–139.50	$134.58	$1,032	+11.48
805–836	821	9	117.00–129.00	$125.72	$1,032	—
840 value added	840	57	131.00	$131.00	$1,100	-3.90
855–867	862	7	118.00–123.00	$121.14	$1,044	+1.14
854–898 value added	885	164	128.80–133.50	$130.36	$1,154	-1.00
910–915	913	2	122.00–125.00	$123.50	$1,128	—
907–935 value added	917	181	125.10–127.75	$126.59	$1,161	-1.83
960 value added	960	58	123.10	$123.10	$1,182	+4.10
980	980	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,088	—
1000–1026	1025	20	111.25–126.00	$111.97	$1,148	+5.97
1062–1070	1065	3	111.00–117.00	$113.01	$1,204	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	149.00	$149.00	$440	—
400–440	419	7	144.00–150.00	$146.95	$616	+10.88
460–480	467	3	131.00–137.00	$134.29	$627	+10.87
505–535	515	3	139.00–147.00	$141.77	$730	+15.77
555–595	572	11	133.00–141.00	$136.67	$782	+6.67
640	640	2	120.00–124.00	$122.00	$781	—
650–662	658	5	130.00–132.00	$131.20	$863	+10.20
740	740	1	109.00	$109.00	$807	—
775	775	1	121.00	$121.00	$938	—
880	880	1	109.00	$109.00	$959	—
930	930	1	105.00	$105.00	$976	—
1007	1007	2	104.00	$104.00	$1,047	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	1	200.00	$200.00	$300	—
315–322	320	3	140.00–141.00	$140.67	$450	-0.17
355–392	377	17	134.00–146.00	$140.06	$528	-7.67
400–445	430	19	131.00–146.00	$138.32	$595	+2.56
470 value added	470	87	158.00	$158.00	$743	—
450–495	475	40	134.00–148.00	$142.84	$678	-2.19
507–549	532	28	131.00–144.00	$139.12	$740	+5.74
551–591 value added	573	31	140.00–141.50	$141.05	$808	—
555–594	580	30	127.00–136.00	$130.54	$757	-1.85
605–648	634	33	119.00–131.50	$128.83	$817	+5.71
650–685	663	32	114.00–122.00	$119.99	$796	-3.20
670–681 value added	673	101	128.00–134.00	$132.56	$892	-2.34
705–740	727	13	104.00–112.00	$109.27	$794	-0.71
707–731 value added	728	82	125.00–129.85	$129.46	$942	-4.54
750–760	753	5	114.00–120.00	$118.39	$891	—
751–793 value added	775	89	121.00–122.00	$121.10	$939	—
800–845	812	5	93.00–100.00	$98.54	$800	—
839 value added	839	133	123.00	$123.00	$1,032	—
930–945	938	2	97.00–98.00	$97.50	$915	+3.50
945 value added	945	10	106.00	$106.00	$1,002	—
960	960	1	91.00	$91.00	$874	—
1005	1005	1	98.00	$98.00	$985	—
1088	1088	4	95.00	$95.00	$1,034	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	111.00	$111.00	$377	-4.00
380–395	388	2	120.00–124.00	$122.04	$474	-0.96
445	445	1	118.00	$118.00	$525	-5.25
450–480	467	3	124.00–131.00	$126.69	$592	+19.01
515	515	1	128.00	$128.00	$659	+9.48
560–595	576	6	120.00–124.00	$121.65	$701	+0.65
625	625	1	115.00	$115.00	$719	+10.00
675–692	684	4	110.00–113.00	$111.48	$763	+19.48
760	760	2	105.00	$105.00	$798	+7.00
855–875	865	2	83.00–85.00	$84.01	$727	—
945	945	1	88.00	$88.00	$832	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	165.00	$165.00	$487	—
330	330	1	157.00	$157.00	$518	—
350–395	385	7	150.00–165.00	$154.19	$594	+8.74
405–435	425	3	149.00–156.00	$151.22	$643	-3.47
450–495	473	9	150.00–161.00	$154.60	$731	+7.57
515–548	540	14	141.00–150.00	$146.02	$789	+0.28
560–590	574	9	135.00–141.00	$137.89	$791	+0.75
615–645	622	7	120.00–133.00	$129.69	$807	+0.90
700–737	725	4	102.00–116.00	$110.08	$798	-0.44
757–765	760	3	116.00–123.00	$120.65	$917	+6.65
860–880	867	3	112.00–120.00	$117.29	$1,017	—
906–930	911	5	104.00–107.00	$106.39	$969	+7.39

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	123.00	$123.00	$387	—
370	370	1	145.00	$145.00	$536	+10.00
440	440	1	141.00	$141.00	$620	±0.00
460–480	470	2	144.00	$144.00	$677	—
520–540	533	3	135.00–136.00	$135.68	$723	+14.17
550–585	569	5	127.00–130.00	$128.84	$733	+5.57
605	605	2	98.00–100.00	$99.00	$599	—
665	665	1	105.00	$105.00	$698	—
900	900	1	82.00	$82.00	$738	—
1055	1055	1	83.00	$83.00	$876	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1260	1153	80-85%	3	56.00–61.00	$58.62	$676	—
1015–1420	1205	80-85%	28	62.00–71.00	$67.73	$816	—
1135–1420	1293	80-85%	11	72.00–74.00	$72.77	$941	+3.84

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	85-90%	1	68.00	$68.00	$605	—
885–1040	964	85-90%	8	58.00–65.00	$61.26	$591	+1.80
1005	1005	85-90%	1	54.00	$54.00	$543	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–1645	1578	75-80%	2	73.00–75.00	$74.04	$1,168	—
1585–1725	1637	75-80%	3	63.00–71.00	$67.75	$1,109	-2.70

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140	1140	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,015	—
1460–1720	1590	2	108.00–109.00	$108.46	$1,725	—
1585–2375	1974	4	103.00–107.00	$104.56	$2,064	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	490.00	$490.00
970–1155	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	730.00–850.00	$810.99
1710	1710	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,090.00	$1,090.00

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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	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
792	792	2	90.00	$90.00	$713	—
815	815	1	80.00	$80.00	$652	—
861 value added	861	69	94.70	$94.70	$815	—

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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.