Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, October 17, 2020

593 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $142.73/cwt +12.01 vs last sale · ≈ $804/hd at 563 lb · 30 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.16/cwt +0.91 vs last sale · ≈ $558/hd at 416 lb · 23 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.95/cwt +10.95 vs last sale · ≈ $822/hd at 685 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	593	395	422
Feeder cattle	434	280	338
Slaughter cattle	82	58	60
Replacement cattle	77	57	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Moderate demand for feeders .Slaughter cows and slaughter 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
340	340	2	154.00	$154.00	$524	—
395	395	1	141.00	$141.00	$557	—
420–445	426	4	146.00–151.00	$147.30	$627	+0.67
457–497	478	8	143.00–150.00	$146.22	$699	—
530–541	537	6	139.00–146.00	$143.70	$772	—
550–560	556	6	139.00–145.00	$143.18	$796	+8.76
600–635	626	10	131.00–136.00	$132.45	$829	+1.48
660–670	667	5	125.00–127.50	$126.91	$846	-2.09
705–730	718	2	120.00–123.00	$121.53	$873	-3.95

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–495	467	3	134.00–137.00	$135.29	$632	—
572	572	2	127.00	$127.00	$726	—
620–640	635	4	120.00–125.00	$122.48	$778	+2.48
650	650	1	125.00	$125.00	$812	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	155.00	$155.00	$364	—
320–340	327	5	129.00–138.00	$134.95	$441	—
350	350	2	126.00–135.00	$130.50	$457	+0.51
400 fancy	400	11	137.00	$137.00	$548	—
400–445	430	12	125.00–134.00	$131.56	$566	-1.69
450–495	479	13	124.00–133.00	$129.81	$622	+0.81
515 fancy	515	2	128.00–131.00	$129.50	$667	—
515–535	527	3	122.00–124.00	$123.01	$648	-1.13
565–580	569	11	118.00–123.50	$122.30	$696	-14.70
600	600	7	119.00–120.00	$119.71	$718	+2.57
672–692	685	14	118.00–121.00	$119.95	$822	+10.95
720	720	1	107.00	$107.00	$770	—
770	770	1	112.00	$112.00	$862	+7.76

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–315	310	2	119.00–120.00	$119.51	$370	—
360–395	370	4	121.00–127.00	$124.42	$460	—
420–445	435	3	116.00–126.00	$122.27	$532	—
470–495	482	12	110.00–125.00	$119.57	$576	-2.43
500–545	509	11	105.00–125.00	$116.10	$591	+2.76
560–590	575	8	108.00–118.00	$113.28	$651	—
608–640	616	4	116.00–117.00	$116.26	$716	—
655–662	660	3	112.00	$112.00	$739	+7.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	160.00	$160.00	$360	—
285	285	1	152.00	$152.00	$433	+11.00
338–340	339	5	143.00–150.00	$147.19	$499	+7.19
390–395	393	4	146.00–148.00	$146.99	$578	+0.49
420–441	432	6	138.00–149.00	$146.71	$634	—
475–490	486	4	131.00	$131.00	$637	-10.60
508–520	511	4	140.00–142.00	$141.49	$723	+9.22
555–570	563	30	136.00–144.00	$142.73	$804	+12.01
600–610	605	2	123.00–128.00	$125.48	$759	+1.53
650–655	654	7	120.00–125.00	$123.71	$809	+3.71
730	730	1	110.00	$110.00	$803	-5.00
772	772	2	110.00	$110.00	$849	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	265	4	129.00–154.00	$145.79	$386	+19.79
331	331	3	148.00	$148.00	$490	+17.00
365–392	379	4	123.00–140.00	$129.27	$490	-4.23
415	415	1	135.00	$135.00	$560	—
465–485	475	2	120.00–129.00	$124.59	$592	+3.59
500–535	518	3	111.00–122.00	$117.63	$609	-4.37
555–575	563	9	110.00–122.00	$118.45	$667	-3.55
605–645	633	5	108.00–115.00	$109.38	$692	—
660–690	678	4	110.00–115.00	$113.73	$771	+3.40
720	720	1	107.00	$107.00	$770	—
765	765	1	100.00	$100.00	$765	—
815	815	1	100.00	$100.00	$815	—
850	850	1	95.00	$95.00	$808	—
900–905	903	2	88.00–90.00	$89.00	$804	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1160	1090	80-85%	2	42.00–47.00	$44.66	$487	—
915–1530	1231	80-85%	26	45.00–56.00	$51.46	$633	—
1395	1395	80-85%	1	56.50	$56.50	$788	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	85-90%	1	48.00	$48.00	$473	+2.00
810–1155	1038	85-90%	3	34.00–46.00	$42.51	$441	+1.76

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1685	1458	75-80%	2	50.00–54.00	$51.69	$754	—
1770	1770	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$1,062	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1870	1573	3	65.00–69.50	$67.83	$1,067	—
1385–1945	1708	7	74.00–79.00	$77.02	$1,316	—
1795–1915	1855	2	82.00–83.00	$82.52	$1,531	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	770.00	$770.00
1195–1265	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00–810.00	$732.28
1125–1420	1257	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	700.00–1,225.00	$974.17
1065–1440	1329	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	600.00–800.00	$750.88
1045–1580	1396	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	770.00–850.00	$812.82
1210–1625	1439	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	710.00–975.00	$857.18

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00
1130–1270	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	675.00–700.00	$686.77

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
755	755	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	885.00	$885.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	930.00	$930.00

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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
1110–1335	1248	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,100.00	$993.52	—
1170–1525	1348	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–925.00	$892.44	—
1235–1555	1377	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	875.00–1,125.00	$1,029.90	+13.17

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
915	915	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	720.00	$720.00	—
955	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	610.00	$610.00	—
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
167	167	2	120.00	$120.00	$200	—
252–286	272	5	101.00–110.00	$106.67	$290	—
315–342	335	6	101.00–106.00	$105.22	$352	—
355–390	383	5	103.00–105.00	$104.63	$401	-21.37
436–445	442	9	104.00–109.00	$107.36	$475	—
460–486	482	7	100.00–103.00	$100.41	$484	-14.59
505–515	510	2	99.00–106.00	$102.47	$523	+0.47
562	562	2	105.00	$105.00	$590	—
610	610	1	98.00	$98.00	$598	—
995	995	1	80.00	$80.00	$796	—
1045	1045	1	83.00	$83.00	$867	—

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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.