Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, September 25, 2021

581 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) report →

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.74/cwt -8.88 vs last sale · ≈ $601/hd at 471 lb · 17 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $141.53/cwt +2.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,160/hd at 819 lb · 17 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.08/cwt -5.23 vs last sale · ≈ $676/hd at 524 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	581	593	692
Feeder cattle	478	505	447
Slaughter cattle	83	66	132
Replacement cattle	20	22	113

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower with instances of 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–386	377	4	161.00–170.00	$167.03	$630	—
465	465	1	154.00	$154.00	$716	—
525–540	536	4	135.00–149.00	$145.57	$780	-10.43
590–597	595	5	134.00–140.00	$136.41	$812	-18.79
648	648	3	147.00	$147.00	$953	—
702–703	703	5	132.00–137.00	$134.00	$942	+9.00
818 value added	818	16	142.00	$142.00	$1,162	—
840	840	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,126	-5.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	152.00	$152.00	$616	-1.44
465–490	478	2	135.00–142.00	$138.41	$662	—
570	570	1	135.00	$135.00	$770	+4.00
730	730	1	134.00	$134.00	$978	+13.00
905	905	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,059	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	141.00–142.00	$141.51	$344	—
270	270	1	148.00	$148.00	$400	-3.00
333	333	3	136.00	$136.00	$453	—
355–391	377	10	131.00–142.00	$137.83	$520	+6.11
415–440	423	7	123.00–130.00	$128.28	$543	-5.01
455–490	469	11	120.00–129.00	$125.42	$588	-11.20
474 value added	474	6	132.00	$132.00	$626	—
500–545	524	16	125.00–133.50	$129.08	$676	-5.23
560–593	585	4	126.00–127.00	$126.76	$742	-5.71
600–643	632	6	127.00–128.50	$128.10	$810	-2.90
710	710	1	115.00	$115.00	$816	—
790	790	1	114.00	$114.00	$901	—
945	945	3	100.00	$100.00	$945	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	131.00	$131.00	$347	—
340	340	1	131.00	$131.00	$445	-1.00
385–390	388	2	124.00–128.00	$126.01	$489	—
400–436	418	2	130.00–131.00	$130.48	$545	+0.25
477–490	481	6	125.00–126.00	$125.34	$603	+4.84
517–545	532	6	113.00–127.50	$118.70	$631	-7.28
575–590	583	2	110.00–120.00	$115.06	$671	—
610	610	3	123.00	$123.00	$750	+1.00
660–680	675	4	115.00–120.00	$118.78	$802	+0.29
870–897	888	3	80.00–102.00	$94.82	$842	-8.18

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	170.00	$170.00	$408	-9.00
255	255	1	160.00	$160.00	$408	-1.00
335–342	340	3	177.00–181.00	$178.32	$606	—
370–385	378	2	161.00–170.00	$165.59	$626	+11.59
400–429	419	8	160.00–164.50	$163.60	$685	-1.25
456 fancy	456	2	153.00	$153.00	$698	—
450–495	475	6	138.00–149.00	$141.88	$674	-16.78
505–535	513	5	135.00–139.00	$137.58	$706	-5.03
560–587	572	10	128.00–139.00	$132.42	$757	-5.06
628–635	630	10	124.00–134.00	$128.10	$807	-10.86
662	662	2	123.00	$123.00	$814	±0.00
720–735	724	4	114.00–116.50	$115.87	$839	-1.13

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	129.00	$129.00	$419	—
370–385	375	3	120.00–129.00	$125.92	$472	-27.08
400–445	420	6	134.00–149.00	$139.37	$585	—
460–485	470	5	130.00–143.00	$136.44	$641	-0.22
515–545	530	2	116.00–132.00	$123.77	$656	-24.23
550–585	563	10	110.00–126.00	$117.92	$664	-15.08
620–625	623	2	115.00–120.00	$117.51	$732	-9.23
665–695	683	4	105.00–116.00	$111.18	$759	—
715–725	720	2	110.00	$110.00	$792	+3.00
782–790	785	3	99.00–104.00	$102.32	$803	—
800–810	805	2	105.00–106.00	$105.50	$849	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1245	1094	80-85%	6	51.00–53.00	$52.22	$571	—
915–1430	1186	80-85%	23	54.00–62.00	$57.71	$684	—
1150–2040	1421	80-85%	4	64.00–70.00	$66.90	$951	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1640	1488	75-80%	4	60.00–62.00	$61.33	$913	—
1175–1735	1524	75-80%	8	63.00–70.50	$67.57	$1,030	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–945	888	85-90%	2	31.00–45.00	$37.55	$333	—
930–1040	985	85-90%	3	48.00–52.00	$50.67	$499	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,054	—
1415–2065	1687	5	91.00–97.00	$93.37	$1,575	—
1630–2025	1839	7	100.00–102.00	$100.85	$1,855	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00
1080–1285	1214	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	700.00–900.00	$805.42
1255	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	840.00	$840.00
1270	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1145–1655	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00–1,050.00	$957.99

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	670.00	$670.00

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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
1520	1520	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1635	1635	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	3	128.50	$128.50	$251	—
237	237	2	120.50	$120.50	$286	+30.50
292	292	2	115.00	$115.00	$336	+1.00
345	345	2	101.00	$101.00	$348	-13.49
440	440	1	106.00	$106.00	$466	-14.25
458–461	459	18	106.00–123.00	$118.26	$543	+4.59
528	528	4	113.50	$113.50	$599	+3.91
560–592	585	9	110.00–114.50	$113.54	$664	-0.46
600–646	620	7	107.50–112.50	$109.73	$680	-2.27
655–666	665	8	105.00–109.50	$108.95	$725	-3.17
765	765	2	103.50	$103.50	$792	—
840	840	2	100.00	$100.00	$840	+9.00
860	860	1	113.50	$113.50	$976	+13.00
1120	1120	2	92.00	$92.00	$1,030	—

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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.