Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, September 11, 2021

500 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.08/cwt -1.31 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 460 lb · 23 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2-3 heifers $135.86/cwt +3.86 vs last sale · ≈ $637/hd at 469 lb · 18 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.99/cwt -5.18 vs last sale · ≈ $800/hd at 620 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	500	258	526
Feeder cattle	431	213	400
Slaughter cattle	57	18	52
Replacement cattle	12	27	74

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Saturday: Steer and heifer calves were mostly steady. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. Moderate supply of slaughter cattle with good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	165.00	$165.00	$503	—
390	390	2	162.00	$162.00	$632	—
407–440	415	5	160.00–166.00	$164.53	$683	-0.47
455–490	472	4	157.00–165.00	$159.93	$755	+4.93
501–510	503	5	154.00	$154.00	$775	-1.28
560	560	1	151.00	$151.00	$846	+2.00
605–637	623	5	146.00–155.50	$150.49	$938	—
670–677	675	3	148.00–151.00	$150.01	$1,013	—
700	700	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,015	—
800–805	803	2	129.00–135.00	$131.99	$1,060	—
862	862	2	137.00	$137.00	$1,181	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	164.00	$164.00	$410	—
360–395	377	3	158.00–160.00	$158.70	$598	—
485	485	1	150.00	$150.00	$728	—
515	515	1	143.00	$143.00	$736	+4.43
645	645	1	136.00	$136.00	$877	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	170.00	$170.00	$314	—
252–267	260	4	158.00–166.00	$161.88	$421	+6.88
310–315	313	2	143.00	$143.00	$448	—
365–390	382	3	143.00	$143.00	$546	-4.65
402–445	417	10	141.00–145.00	$142.16	$593	-1.84
459–463	460	23	138.00–149.00	$146.08	$672	-1.31
510–549	539	7	132.00–138.00	$136.50	$736	—
550–597	568	9	132.00–138.00	$135.45	$769	+0.95
601–645	620	13	125.00–137.00	$128.99	$800	-5.18
665–698	694	8	128.00–129.50	$129.32	$897	—
706–743	734	4	126.00–132.50	$130.94	$961	—
828	828	3	112.50	$112.50	$932	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	145.00	$145.00	$304	+10.00
280–295	288	2	132.00–135.00	$133.46	$384	-6.10
305–330	318	2	130.00–133.00	$131.56	$418	+1.56
380	380	1	138.00	$138.00	$524	—
435–440	437	4	135.00–138.00	$137.25	$600	+6.25
450–495	469	18	130.00–139.00	$135.86	$637	+3.86
515–545	537	6	124.00–128.00	$125.33	$673	—
565	565	1	122.00	$122.00	$689	-3.00
647	647	2	120.00	$120.00	$776	—
655–660	658	2	117.00–120.00	$118.51	$780	—
790	790	1	121.00	$121.00	$956	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	1	113.00	$113.00	$893	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	169.00	$169.00	$499	+4.00
305–335	320	2	165.00–167.00	$165.95	$531	+4.87
365–393	384	6	163.00–170.00	$166.16	$638	+2.49
400–445	420	8	160.00–163.00	$161.99	$680	+11.01
465–495	474	7	146.00–158.00	$154.51	$732	-0.49
510–540	526	7	138.00–147.00	$142.38	$749	-8.14
550–585	563	9	137.00–150.00	$142.06	$800	-2.32
600–620	608	4	136.00–139.00	$137.24	$834	-2.58
702–706	704	5	115.00–120.00	$118.01	$831	-8.99

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326–345	331	4	150.00–162.00	$158.87	$526	—
355–370	365	3	156.00–163.00	$158.27	$578	+8.27
476–497	489	8	143.00–146.00	$144.40	$706	+4.40
500–525	516	8	128.00–140.00	$134.00	$691	+2.38
552–595	567	5	130.00–134.00	$132.40	$751	-2.04
628–645	631	5	121.00–125.00	$121.82	$769	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	157.00	$157.00	$604	—
405–445	425	2	148.00–150.00	$149.05	$633	—
635	635	1	129.00	$129.00	$819	—
650	650	1	128.00	$128.00	$832	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1430	1147	80-85%	12	60.00–68.50	$64.42	$739	—
1135–1230	1183	80-85%	2	72.50–73.50	$73.02	$864	+15.02
1270–1385	1320	80-85%	3	58.00–59.00	$58.35	$770	-4.60

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1165	1123	85-90%	3	62.00–66.00	$63.38	$712	—
1000–1510	1175	85-90%	7	44.00–61.50	$55.62	$654	—
960–1400	1180	85-90%	2	51.00–53.50	$52.02	$614	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230	1230	75-80%	1	59.00	$59.00	$726	—
1180–1565	1356	75-80%	8	64.00–69.50	$67.01	$909	—
1415–1540	1478	75-80%	2	70.50–73.00	$71.70	$1,060	+2.70

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1445	1266	4	75.00–88.00	$82.67	$1,047	—
1455–1700	1567	3	91.00–95.00	$92.93	$1,456	—
1770	1770	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,876	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1280–1445	1363	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	875.00–910.00	$893.56

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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
1245	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1382	1382	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,020.00	$1,020.00	-149.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	5	111.50	$111.50	$388	—
390	390	1	105.00	$105.00	$410	—
424	424	5	116.00	$116.00	$492	-10.00
480–485	484	4	101.00–110.00	$107.77	$522	-13.32
510–525	518	2	101.00–104.50	$102.78	$532	-14.22
572–583	574	15	102.50–113.50	$111.27	$639	—
625–642	634	5	105.00–106.50	$105.71	$670	-8.29
653	653	10	114.00	$114.00	$744	—
997	997	2	97.50	$97.50	$972	—

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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.