Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, October 10, 2020

395 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.49/cwt ≈ $702/hd at 560 lb · 16 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.14/cwt ≈ $647/hd at 521 lb · 14 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $117.14/cwt ≈ $726/hd at 620 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	395	377	526
Feeder cattle	280	—	460
Slaughter cattle	58	—	66
Replacement cattle	57	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Saturday: Steer and heifer calves were mostly steady. Light supply of feeder cattle with moderate demand. Slaughter cows were mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
425–445	434	5	141.00–148.00	$146.63	$636
550–595	564	6	126.00–139.00	$134.42	$758
600–645	615	8	126.00–132.00	$130.97	$805
667	667	4	129.00	$129.00	$860
715–740	722	6	120.00–129.00	$125.48	$906
815–845	825	3	116.00–126.00	$119.98	$990

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
635	635	1	120.00	$120.00	$762

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
265–295	285	3	134.00–135.00	$134.31	$383
355–390	369	4	129.00–131.00	$129.99	$480
402–426	413	11	127.00–136.00	$133.25	$550
473	473	3	129.00	$129.00	$610
500–537	521	14	117.00–127.00	$124.14	$647
550–565	555	13	120.00–126.00	$122.83	$682
580	580	3	137.00	$137.00	$795
605–645	620	13	110.00–119.00	$117.14	$726
685	685	1	109.00	$109.00	$747
757–770	761	4	101.00–106.00	$104.24	$793

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
460	460	2	122.00	$122.00	$561
530–535	532	3	113.00–114.00	$113.34	$603
670	670	1	105.00	$105.00	$704

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
290	290	2	141.00	$141.00	$409
345	345	1	140.00	$140.00	$483
395–397	396	4	146.00–147.00	$146.50	$580
450–485	463	9	135.00–146.00	$141.60	$656
515–540	528	10	125.00–138.00	$132.27	$698
565–597	585	12	126.00–136.00	$130.72	$765
630–645	638	2	120.00–128.00	$123.95	$791
660	660	1	120.00	$120.00	$792
720	720	2	115.00	$115.00	$828
805	805	2	105.00	$105.00	$845

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
185	185	1	141.00	$141.00	$261
275	275	4	126.00	$126.00	$346
310	310	1	131.00	$131.00	$406
375	375	2	132.00–135.00	$133.50	$501
475	475	1	121.00	$121.00	$575
540	540	1	122.00	$122.00	$659
565	565	1	122.00	$122.00	$689
682–685	683	3	110.00–111.00	$110.33	$754

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–1065	985	80-85%	3	42.00–47.00	$44.30	$436
965–1270	1134	80-85%	9	48.00–54.00	$52.12	$591

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1235–1615	1389	75-80%	7	52.00–55.00	$53.36	$741
1510–1645	1578	75-80%	2	57.00	$57.00	$899

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1015	954	85-90%	4	44.00–48.00	$46.00	$439
975–1045	1004	85-90%	4	40.00–42.00	$40.75	$409

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1520	1520	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,201
1580–2010	1811	5	82.00–85.00	$83.51	$1,512

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1135	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00	$750.00
1090–1115	1103	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,300.00	$1,274.72
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
805–1440	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	875.00–925.00	$906.25
930–1345	1197	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–875.00	$840.42
1240	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110–1285	1198	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	925.00–950.00	$936.59
1355–1380	1365	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,016.73
1150–1640	1393	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,242.73

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
393	393	3	126.00	$126.00	$495
405	405	1	120.00	$120.00	$486
487	487	10	115.00	$115.00	$560
505	505	2	102.00	$102.00	$515
675–698	697	23	90.00–94.25	$94.07	$656
780	780	14	99.00	$99.00	$772
890	890	1	86.00	$86.00	$765

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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.