Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) Market Report

Stanford, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, November 11, 2021

2,340 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.73/cwt +0.38 vs last sale · ≈ $963/hd at 680 lb · 247 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $139.75/cwt +13.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,072/hd at 767 lb · 247 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $147.73/cwt -2.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,220/hd at 826 lb · 238 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,340	2,107	2,194
Feeder cattle	2,192	2,014	2,078
Slaughter cattle	141	82	105
Replacement cattle	7	11	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 lower on a mostly plain to average quality offering. Moderate demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower, 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
305–340	321	8	150.00–172.50	$162.48	$522	-2.23
350–395	379	16	151.00–176.00	$168.39	$638	+1.22
400–445	438	20	145.00–168.00	$163.12	$714	+3.07
460–495	483	33	143.00–160.00	$151.67	$733	-5.26
510–548	527	39	131.00–155.00	$142.01	$748	-8.08
504–541 value added	529	19	156.00–163.50	$161.24	$853	+0.80
553–595	568	36	130.00–155.00	$141.34	$803	-7.29
592 value added	592	14	158.00	$158.00	$935	+1.78
601–635	617	21	125.00–140.00	$134.86	$832	-5.93
610–646 value added	644	71	142.50–143.00	$142.52	$918	—
654–687	669	29	124.00–139.00	$132.63	$887	-7.97
687 value added	687	40	140.00	$140.00	$962	-18.72
705–742	715	12	129.00–135.00	$130.53	$933	-5.80
741 value added	741	56	149.00	$149.00	$1,104	-5.98
760–785	776	12	126.00–135.00	$132.05	$1,025	-7.55
805–847 value added	826	230	146.75–149.50	$148.11	$1,223	-2.46
815–835	830	8	129.00–138.00	$136.87	$1,136	-1.01
851 value added	851	60	140.25	$140.25	$1,194	-11.92
855–886	878	9	125.00–133.00	$131.22	$1,152	-7.93
900	900	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,170	+3.04
919 value added	919	57	144.25	$144.25	$1,326	-10.05
955–975	965	2	122.00–128.00	$124.97	$1,206	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
497	497	4	126.00	$126.00	$626	-13.65
542	542	2	122.00	$122.00	$661	-9.00
655–680	668	2	120.00–121.00	$120.51	$805	-0.49
765	765	2	115.00–124.00	$119.50	$914	-3.52
860–875	868	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,042	+10.99

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	116.00	$116.00	$679	—
622	622	2	117.00	$117.00	$728	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	2	122.50	$122.50	$263	—
292	292	2	125.00	$125.00	$365	-5.00
308–345	319	5	121.00–134.00	$128.75	$411	-2.03
355–393	381	23	119.00–137.00	$128.69	$490	-9.31
400–447	426	34	120.00–133.00	$127.60	$544	-5.79
451–495	483	74	120.00–131.00	$128.55	$621	-0.56
503–547	528	31	119.00–131.00	$123.94	$654	-2.48
537 value added	537	10	137.00	$137.00	$736	-2.27
552–598	571	22	123.00–132.00	$128.79	$735	-0.04
618–640 value added	622	62	130.00–140.00	$138.34	$860	+5.75
612–638	624	13	116.00–126.00	$122.41	$764	-1.75
650–690	677	18	110.00–127.50	$122.22	$827	+1.73
667–692 value added	680	229	141.00–144.70	$143.26	$974	-4.04
730–735	731	4	111.00–115.00	$113.99	$833	-5.60
734 value added	734	72	142.25	$142.25	$1,044	+1.23
763–775	764	10	109.00–111.00	$110.80	$847	-12.83
758–769 value added	767	237	136.00–142.00	$140.97	$1,081	+8.47
813–847	823	7	114.00–118.50	$117.18	$964	-0.99
858	858	3	104.00	$104.00	$892	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	107.50–116.00	$111.75	$330	—
315	315	1	119.00	$119.00	$375	—
355	355	3	116.00–117.50	$116.50	$414	—
446	446	3	113.00	$113.00	$504	—
462–495	474	4	100.00–116.00	$106.19	$503	+5.19
505–540	526	4	110.00–116.00	$114.00	$600	—
565–595	574	4	100.00–114.00	$110.28	$633	-2.47
615–620	619	4	111.00–113.00	$111.50	$690	—
680–695	689	4	101.00–109.00	$104.50	$720	-6.52
705	705	1	100.00	$100.00	$705	+1.70

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	92.00	$92.00	$354	—
455–485	470	2	92.50–110.00	$100.97	$475	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–397	387	8	150.00–160.00	$154.67	$599	-5.11
400–445	435	12	142.00–166.00	$153.96	$670	-4.32
470–498	485	17	132.00–150.00	$140.90	$683	-6.76
500–545	527	22	134.00–149.00	$139.97	$738	-4.03
555–590	567	8	130.00–145.00	$139.25	$790	-5.93
600–639	620	31	111.00–131.00	$124.65	$773	-5.82
655–695	669	14	109.00–124.00	$118.48	$793	-5.52
707–731	724	10	109.00–122.00	$117.58	$851	+0.58
765	765	2	119.00	$119.00	$910	+4.00
820	820	1	109.00	$109.00	$894	+9.00
875–890	883	2	96.00–103.00	$99.47	$878	—
960	960	1	90.00	$90.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	125.00	$125.00	$544	-13.00
465	465	3	130.00–131.00	$130.33	$606	-3.33
540	540	4	114.00–125.00	$120.25	$649	—
560–595	575	4	113.00–125.00	$117.70	$677	-10.20
620	620	1	103.00	$103.00	$639	-11.00
685	685	2	105.00	$105.00	$719	-7.01

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1465	1271	80-85%	10	57.00–63.00	$59.55	$757	+11.57
1125–1495	1290	80-85%	26	50.00–56.00	$53.13	$685	+5.15
1220–1425	1323	80-85%	5	40.00–47.00	$44.92	$594	-15.05

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1170	1081	85-90%	17	49.00–55.00	$52.18	$564	—
1010–1180	1085	85-90%	5	44.00–47.00	$45.39	$492	—
1110–1185	1148	85-90%	2	57.00–59.00	$58.03	$666	-0.47

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560	1560	75-80%	1	45.00	$45.00	$702	-16.06
1490–1740	1561	75-80%	8	52.00–56.00	$53.98	$843	-7.08
1510–1945	1648	75-80%	12	57.00–62.00	$58.72	$968	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1590–2000	1795	2	72.00–84.00	$78.69	$1,412	—
1590–2095	1847	4	96.00–105.00	$100.99	$1,865	+0.83
1665–2235	1903	6	89.00–91.00	$89.66	$1,706	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–895	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	72.00–87.00	$76.82	$645

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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
1615	1615	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	2	85.00	$85.00	$405	—

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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.