Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) Market Report

Stanford, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 13, 2022

1,977 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $163.64/cwt +29.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,178/hd at 720 lb · 217 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $165.31/cwt -5.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,465/hd at 886 lb · 186 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $174.83/cwt -8.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,259/hd at 720 lb · 166 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,977	2,327	1,359
Feeder cattle	1,855	2,210	1,270
Slaughter cattle	111	111	87
Replacement cattle	11	6	2

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers over 500 sold steady. Feeder calves sold with moderate demand. Yearling steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	175.00	$175.00	$516	—
350–388	376	8	150.00–160.00	$152.46	$573	-22.63
385 fancy	385	2	184.00	$184.00	$708	—
415–445	433	10	152.00–167.00	$163.03	$706	-2.65
450–473	470	8	170.00–181.00	$179.68	$844	+12.67
476 fancy	476	3	184.00	$184.00	$876	-4.00
503–526 value added	512	25	180.00–186.00	$182.37	$934	-6.63
505–546	529	14	155.00–169.00	$160.46	$849	-12.41
554–597	575	58	160.00–170.00	$165.12	$949	+5.23
565–592 value added	590	57	179.75–180.00	$179.77	$1,061	—
615–641	630	19	140.00–152.00	$147.42	$929	-15.87
655 value added	655	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,015	—
650–690	664	12	138.00–150.00	$146.22	$971	-7.95
706–728	713	15	160.00–167.00	$162.64	$1,160	+15.07
713–730 value added	721	151	173.00–178.80	$176.04	$1,269	-7.59
750	750	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,088	-10.47
765 value added	765	13	171.00	$171.00	$1,308	—
841–842 value added	841	48	166.50–167.00	$166.83	$1,403	—
845	845	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,234	—
875	875	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,339	-2.00
881–889 value added	886	185	160.60–167.60	$165.38	$1,465	-5.34
916	916	3	158.00	$158.00	$1,447	—
940 value added	940	58	156.90	$156.90	$1,475	-10.50
965 value added	965	55	156.40	$156.40	$1,509	-9.50
987	987	6	138.50	$138.50	$1,367	—
1005	1005	3	132.00	$132.00	$1,327	—
1036 value added	1036	53	158.90	$158.90	$1,646	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	4	160.00	$160.00	$757	+8.32
528	528	3	146.00	$146.00	$771	+22.85
585	585	1	147.00	$147.00	$860	-0.07
645	645	1	135.00	$135.00	$871	—
702–720	708	8	146.00–149.00	$146.89	$1,040	—
905	905	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,086	±0.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540–545	543	3	137.50–140.00	$138.33	$751	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
227–245	233	3	140.00–150.00	$143.51	$334	—
326–342	331	7	131.00–141.00	$138.04	$457	—
356–388	377	19	141.00–157.00	$151.44	$571	+2.33
413–447	431	27	129.00–143.00	$137.61	$593	-11.15
465–495	475	35	134.00–150.00	$147.93	$703	+3.89
502–545	528	35	135.00–149.00	$141.77	$749	+2.18
557 value added	557	92	172.30	$172.30	$960	—
570–587	581	9	130.00–139.00	$136.35	$792	+1.21
626 value added	626	80	174.10	$174.10	$1,090	+1.60
605–644	631	17	132.00–145.00	$137.84	$870	-0.74
674–688 value added	676	92	154.00–167.20	$165.01	$1,115	-5.94
675–691	685	10	124.00–131.00	$127.82	$876	+3.15
710	710	2	135.00	$135.00	$958	+0.78
701–741 value added	720	215	159.50–167.75	$163.91	$1,180	—
756 value added	756	28	140.00	$140.00	$1,058	—
765–780	775	3	128.00–134.00	$129.97	$1,007	+6.24
816	816	16	133.50	$133.50	$1,089	—
885	885	1	111.00	$111.00	$982	—
915	915	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,052	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	368	2	132.50–136.00	$134.29	$494	+14.47
452–455	453	6	125.00–130.00	$129.16	$585	+11.77
510–530	514	5	130.00–131.00	$130.21	$669	+16.68
565–592	586	6	110.00–116.00	$112.99	$662	-9.03
617–645	627	5	101.00–125.00	$117.99	$740	-2.34
650–680	665	2	119.00–120.00	$119.51	$795	+19.22
700–705	703	2	115.00–119.00	$117.01	$823	+0.01

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	122.50	$122.50	$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
230	230	1	172.50	$172.50	$397	—
270	270	1	162.50	$162.50	$439	+10.25
330–335	332	3	162.50–172.50	$165.87	$551	-5.48
375–385	380	12	161.00–175.00	$165.70	$630	-0.11
407–449	433	13	150.00–165.00	$154.78	$670	-2.94
453–498	475	11	143.00–154.00	$147.61	$701	-18.15
502–545	519	22	144.00–160.00	$151.21	$785	-11.77
550–592	565	31	131.00–149.00	$144.28	$815	-0.11
563–587 fancy	570	7	164.00–172.50	$166.50	$949	—
605–620	612	6	125.00–137.00	$130.82	$801	-12.55
655–697	685	10	110.00–125.00	$117.37	$804	-18.06
690 fancy	690	7	132.00	$132.00	$911	—
715–720	717	3	124.00–131.00	$126.66	$908	-0.77
755–795	771	8	120.00–133.00	$125.89	$971	-1.73
820	820	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,025	+1.51
875–885	880	2	110.00–125.00	$117.46	$1,034	-7.94
910	910	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,074	-1.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–490	476	10	129.00–136.00	$132.12	$629	+5.29
515	515	1	134.00	$134.00	$690	-5.26
615–620	618	2	100.00–110.00	$105.02	$649	-23.90
715	715	1	110.00	$110.00	$786	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	110.00	$110.00	$434	—
575–585	580	2	117.00–119.00	$118.01	$684	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1335	1208	80-85%	9	55.00–61.00	$58.61	$708	—
1125–1460	1298	80-85%	17	62.00–71.00	$64.89	$842	—
1150–1715	1325	80-85%	12	72.00–78.00	$73.25	$971	-2.62

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1585	1455	75-80%	3	52.00–60.00	$56.16	$817	—
1385–1645	1506	75-80%	13	73.00–82.00	$75.24	$1,133	—
1345–1815	1520	75-80%	20	63.00–72.00	$69.12	$1,051	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1225	1038	85-90%	9	43.00–49.00	$46.04	$478	-9.96
1035–1155	1088	85-90%	3	59.00–63.00	$61.27	$667	-11.43
1065–1125	1095	85-90%	2	51.00–53.00	$51.97	$569	-20.73

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1450	1277	3	76.00–80.00	$78.18	$998	—
1335–1745	1521	7	90.00–97.00	$93.62	$1,424	-0.79
1565–2210	1876	5	101.00–104.00	$103.07	$1,934	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1140–1220	1177	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	975.00–1,025.00	$1,000.21

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

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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
1425	1425	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
1485	1485	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1465–1925	1695	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,550.00	$1,387.94	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

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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.