Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, October 31, 2020

468 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $132.32/cwt -9.80 vs last sale · ≈ $635/hd at 480 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.47/cwt +3.11 vs last sale · ≈ $643/hd at 529 lb · 16 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.43/cwt +4.96 vs last sale · ≈ $546/hd at 425 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	468	386	531
Feeder cattle	362	289	480
Slaughter cattle	70	43	40
Replacement cattle	36	54	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Saturday: Feeders steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. 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
295	295	1	156.00	$156.00	$460	-9.00
365	365	1	147.00	$147.00	$537	—
465–485	472	3	137.00–138.00	$137.66	$650	—
525	525	1	140.00	$140.00	$735	+7.70
555–597	576	4	125.00–126.00	$125.48	$723	+2.48
614 value added	614	10	130.00	$130.00	$798	—
830	830	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,038	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	150.00	$150.00	$345	—
290	290	1	130.00	$130.00	$377	—
350–395	365	3	124.00–128.00	$126.56	$462	—
495	495	1	122.00	$122.00	$604	-10.00
500–510	507	3	125.00–129.00	$126.32	$640	+5.32
620–625	622	3	100.00–112.00	$104.02	$647	-11.98

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	126.00	$126.00	$365	—
300–320	312	3	125.00–126.00	$125.32	$391	-5.63
365–370	368	2	126.00–131.00	$128.52	$473	-2.48
410–428	425	10	123.00–131.00	$128.43	$546	+4.96
452–490	466	4	121.00–124.00	$121.79	$568	+1.23
505–545	521	9	116.00–123.00	$118.72	$619	+3.58
540 value added	540	7	125.00	$125.00	$675	—
566 value added	566	3	120.50	$120.50	$682	—
595	595	3	111.50	$111.50	$663	-2.50
616	616	4	111.50	$111.50	$687	+5.50
688	688	3	105.00	$105.00	$722	-2.00
753	753	3	98.00	$98.00	$738	—
933	933	3	102.00	$102.00	$952	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	3	117.00	$117.00	$343	—
385–395	392	3	100.00–120.00	$110.33	$432	-5.67
405–445	429	4	111.00–120.00	$115.77	$497	-0.75
450–495	477	8	114.00–120.00	$116.33	$555	+16.01
510–530	517	6	93.00–116.00	$109.33	$565	+4.33
550–580	565	2	101.00–115.00	$107.81	$609	+3.82
600–640	620	9	101.00–109.00	$103.73	$643	—
650–697	672	5	91.00–109.00	$99.27	$667	—
920	920	1	102.00	$102.00	$938	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	149.00	$149.00	$410	—
345	345	1	166.00	$166.00	$573	—
360–380	371	4	155.00–164.00	$159.77	$593	+16.53
420–438	434	4	125.00–132.00	$130.30	$566	-5.37
457–496	480	24	124.00–138.00	$132.32	$635	-9.80
500–535	523	9	120.00–131.00	$125.10	$654	-18.90
593	593	3	118.00	$118.00	$700	-6.48
605–640	619	8	110.00–116.00	$113.88	$705	-8.12
675	675	3	103.00	$103.00	$695	-12.00
738–745	742	8	111.50–118.50	$115.02	$853	—
825	825	1	107.00	$107.00	$883	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	287	5	127.00–140.00	$129.49	$372	-29.51
300–340	325	3	124.00–138.00	$130.40	$424	—
350–390	369	6	121.00–143.00	$133.01	$491	+4.13
415–435	425	2	116.00–121.00	$118.56	$504	+3.98
455–497	487	7	101.00–116.00	$108.64	$529	-12.59
520	520	1	113.00	$113.00	$588	+6.57
632–640	635	3	95.00–110.00	$100.04	$635	+2.12
650	650	2	112.00	$112.00	$728	—
705	705	1	101.00	$101.00	$712	—
760–765	763	2	70.00–111.00	$90.43	$690	+5.43
840	840	1	91.00	$91.00	$764	—
940	940	1	81.00	$81.00	$761	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1121–1160	1141	80-85%	2	46.00–48.00	$46.98	$536	—
1015–1635	1323	80-85%	29	45.00–59.50	$51.53	$682	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1335	1044	85-90%	9	33.00–48.00	$41.59	$434	+2.44
1070	1070	85-90%	1	51.00	$51.00	$546	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445–1655	1593	75-80%	6	50.50–54.50	$52.55	$837	—
1705–1820	1763	75-80%	3	56.50–61.50	$58.45	$1,030	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1590–1860	1755	6	71.00–83.00	$76.14	$1,336	—
2085	2085	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,751	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1095	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	60.00	$60.00	$657

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1330	1187	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	650.00–950.00	$812.18
1145–1335	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	630.00–750.00	$689.21
1455	1455	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	720.00	$720.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
828	828	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
828–879	854	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	830.00–900.00	$866.05

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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
1255	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1560	1560	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,230.00	$1,230.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	4	108.00	$108.00	$320	+10.00
375	375	1	105.00	$105.00	$394	+1.72
402–416	410	5	102.00	$102.00	$418	—
460	460	2	97.00	$97.00	$446	-2.97
505	505	3	90.00	$90.00	$454	—
630	630	14	95.00	$95.00	$598	—
665–695	669	7	91.00–95.50	$94.83	$634	—
705	705	4	95.00	$95.00	$670	-0.50
825–836	830	7	88.00–93.00	$90.84	$754	-1.39
900	900	5	83.50	$83.50	$752	—

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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.