Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, January 23, 2021

465 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $132.13/cwt ≈ $839/hd at 635 lb · 23 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.76/cwt -0.20 vs last sale · ≈ $543/hd at 415 lb · 14 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $159.99/cwt +11.13 vs last sale · ≈ $621/hd at 388 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	465	259	279
Feeder cattle	357	197	229
Slaughter cattle	58	39	31
Replacement cattle	50	23	19

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher . Feeder steers over 500 lbs sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers 600 lbs and over steady to 2.00 higher. 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
225	225	1	177.00	$177.00	$398	—
265	265	1	180.00	$180.00	$477	+18.00
310–318	316	5	181.00–185.00	$184.01	$581	—
370	370	1	170.00	$170.00	$629	—
417 value added	417	8	165.00	$165.00	$688	—
405–435	420	2	146.00–155.00	$150.34	$631	+7.34
460	460	4	157.00	$157.00	$722	+23.00
520–530	525	2	136.00–144.00	$139.96	$735	—
582	582	4	140.00	$140.00	$815	—
607–642	635	23	130.00–135.00	$132.13	$839	—
660–670	663	3	120.00–128.00	$122.65	$813	+6.65
770–775	773	2	120.00–121.00	$120.50	$931	—
812	812	2	119.00	$119.00	$966	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–730	728	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$834	—
805–835	815	3	117.00	$117.00	$954	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	316	4	139.00–141.00	$140.02	$442	—
363–365	364	4	137.00–143.00	$138.51	$504	+2.48
402–427	415	14	125.00–135.00	$130.76	$543	-0.20
450–475	463	2	124.00–125.00	$124.51	$576	+1.51
525–545	533	3	120.00–124.00	$122.31	$652	+1.98
560–580	574	7	120.00–122.00	$121.14	$695	+8.14
600–607	605	9	110.00–119.00	$116.02	$702	+6.02
673	673	9	112.50	$112.50	$757	—
710	710	1	100.00	$100.00	$710	—
755	755	2	100.00	$100.00	$755	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	135.00	$135.00	$392	—
315–330	323	2	120.00–125.00	$122.44	$395	—
370–397	390	4	119.00–129.00	$123.15	$480	-3.41
400–445	420	3	111.00–120.00	$117.14	$492	—
487	487	2	128.00	$128.00	$623	+13.00
550–586	569	8	110.00–114.00	$112.27	$639	+10.28
620	620	1	106.00	$106.00	$657	+1.60
650–690	663	3	88.00–107.00	$100.41	$666	-7.97
705	705	2	91.00–100.00	$95.50	$673	—
815	815	2	95.00	$95.00	$774	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	219	4	180.00–192.00	$186.43	$408	+27.83
265–280	272	3	170.00–180.00	$173.25	$471	+14.51
310–337	329	6	160.00–179.00	$173.60	$571	+16.14
382–395	388	12	157.00–165.00	$159.99	$621	+11.13
400–417 value added	411	6	160.00–165.00	$163.38	$671	—
405–420	416	4	145.00–155.00	$148.69	$619	+16.16
462–475	467	6	135.00–146.00	$138.85	$648	+4.96
500–545	520	8	127.00–136.00	$131.83	$686	+8.24
560–590	575	7	124.00–127.00	$125.42	$721	+10.42
602–645	622	10	116.00–123.00	$118.25	$736	+2.91
650–682	671	5	110.00–119.00	$113.74	$763	+3.74
700–730	716	6	105.00–115.00	$112.55	$806	-0.45
765	765	1	109.00	$109.00	$834	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	142.00	$142.00	$447	—
365–380	373	2	145.00–150.00	$147.55	$550	+12.55
420–425	423	2	120.00–140.00	$129.94	$550	+17.91
470–485	478	2	110.00–115.00	$112.54	$538	-4.99
501–545	517	7	110.00–126.00	$121.08	$626	+6.08
565–590	577	5	109.00–121.00	$114.41	$660	-0.73
605–645	626	6	90.00–113.00	$101.46	$635	-7.54
715–730	723	2	101.00–110.00	$105.45	$762	—
765–795	780	2	96.00–100.00	$98.04	$765	-1.33
815–835	825	2	99.00–104.00	$101.47	$837	—
880–890	883	3	86.00–90.00	$87.34	$771	—
925	925	1	85.00	$85.00	$786	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1580	1209	80-85%	18	49.00–57.00	$52.43	$634	+1.67
1260	1260	80-85%	1	35.00	$35.00	$441	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–950	892	85-90%	3	34.00–40.00	$36.45	$325	—
925	925	85-90%	1	47.00	$47.00	$435	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1675	1553	75-80%	3	53.50–55.50	$54.39	$845	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1054–2255	1639	11	74.00–90.00	$80.68	$1,322	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1135	968	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	56.50–75.00	$65.04	$630

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
900–1395	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	750.00–1,070.00	$869.03
925–1415	1199	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	754.00–1,110.00	$920.63
1180–1570	1363	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	700.00–940.00	$799.20
1140–1485	1376	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	975.00–1,170.00	$1,041.54
1415	1415	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	980.00	$980.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–995	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00–670.00	$648.82

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–785	747	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	720.00–740.00	$733.35
750	750	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1005	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	740.00–960.00	$856.37
1075	1075	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
607–641	638	23	86.00–91.50	$91.05	$581	—
704	704	11	87.00	$87.00	$612	—

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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.