Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock · usually sells Saturdays

Sale of Saturday, July 18, 2026

569 head sold ·Official USDA report · Past reports (268)

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	569	219	844
Feeder cattle	534	158	776
Slaughter cattle	28	54	58
Replacement cattle	7	7	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady on a varied quality offering of feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

→ Feeder cattle: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady on a varied quality offering of feeders
→ Feeder heifers: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady on a varied quality offering of feeders
→ Feeder steers: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady on a varied quality offering of feeders
→ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady
→ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	409.00	$409.00	$2,209	-17.34
570	570	2	389.00	$389.00	$2,217	-30.00
685	685	1	374.00	$374.00	$2,562	-16.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,869	—
577	577	2	370.00	$370.00	$2,135	+20.00
715	715	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,538	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416–440	425	5	404.00–447.50	$420.37	$1,787	-13.41
480	480	3	429.00	$429.00	$2,059	-1.97
510–515	513	2	360.00–391.00	$375.58	$1,927	-20.95
580	580	1	341.00	$341.00	$1,978	-13.96
632	632	2	347.00	$347.00	$2,193	+4.59

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,333	+5.00
390	390	1	367.00	$367.00	$1,431	-68.02
435	435	2	405.00	$405.00	$1,762	-2.50
455–495	468	5	335.00–402.50	$360.60	$1,688	—
590–595	593	2	300.00–321.00	$310.46	$1,841	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	4	530.00	$530.00	$1,542	—
320	320	1	525.00	$525.00	$1,680	-9.59
360–396	387	4	492.00–499.00	$497.37	$1,925	-42.63
400	400	1	488.00	$488.00	$1,952	+45.46
496	496	1	389.00	$389.00	$1,929	—
535	535	1	389.00	$389.00	$2,081	-30.63
550 fancy	550	1	407.00	$407.00	$2,238	—
555–565	562	3	350.00–360.00	$353.29	$1,985	-60.68
630	630	1	373.00	$373.00	$2,350	—
665–672	670	3	340.00–360.00	$353.38	$2,368	-26.62
717–730	721	3	300.00–336.00	$323.86	$2,335	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	370	3	440.00–480.00	$467.03	$1,728	-19.67
420–440	434	4	385.00–440.00	$421.35	$1,829	+1.35
467–495	481	4	383.00–420.00	$403.79	$1,942	-15.21
515–548	537	7	332.00–386.00	$359.95	$1,933	—
565	565	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,949	-7.50
615	615	1	329.00	$329.00	$2,023	—
755	755	1	276.00	$276.00	$2,084	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1860	1487	80-85%	5	160.00–181.00	$172.88	$2,571	—
1490	1490	80-85%	1	145.00	$145.00	$2,160	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1745–1990	1868	75-80%	2	177.00–178.00	$177.47	$3,315	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	85-90%	1	95.00	$95.00	$670	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1670–2005	1838	2	219.00–228.00	$223.91	$4,115	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,325.00	$2,325.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,636	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	2	277.50	$277.50	$1,637	—
677	677	6	290.00	$290.00	$1,963	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,112	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,952	—

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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
920	920	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
654	654	9	243.00	$243.00	$1,589	+6.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
261–295	279	11	450.00–500.00	$472.38	$1,318	—
380–392	390	7	370.00–425.00	$386.25	$1,506	—
445	445	2	375.00–400.00	$387.50	$1,724	+65.00
457	457	2	357.50	$357.50	$1,634	—
459 value added	459	21	373.00	$373.00	$1,712	—
503–512	506	7	325.00–330.00	$328.55	$1,662	-1.45
530–548 value added	535	17	346.00–350.00	$347.20	$1,858	—
551 value added	551	86	346.50	$346.50	$1,909	—
556	556	3	347.50	$347.50	$1,932	—
631 value added	631	19	325.00	$325.00	$2,051	—
605–643	632	21	235.00–331.00	$324.05	$2,048	+34.05
653–697	667	15	250.00–325.00	$302.00	$2,014	—
701–749	716	57	306.00–314.00	$311.36	$2,229	—
752–787	763	7	205.00–291.00	$268.75	$2,051	—
805	805	3	220.00–252.50	$241.67	$1,945	—
882	882	2	217.50	$217.50	$1,918	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1013–1656	1259	15	199.00–229.00	$215.81	$2,717	—
1625	1625	1	192.00	$192.00	$3,120	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
737	737	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,769	—
912	912	2	251.00	$251.00	$2,289	—

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Price trend

500–549 lb Medium and Large 1-2 steers — head-weighted average $/cwt by sale date, last 12 months.

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.

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