Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, October 30, 2021

605 head sold ·Official USDA report

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

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.78/cwt -5.22 vs last sale · ≈ $500/hd at 368 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $159.71/cwt -3.54 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 421 lb · 21 head

light 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.33/cwt +2.38 vs last sale · ≈ $425/hd at 314 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	605	549	468
Feeder cattle	461	386	362
Slaughter cattle	94	76	70
Replacement cattle	50	87	36

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher 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
415	415	1	157.00	$157.00	$652	-10.50
490	490	4	162.00	$162.00	$794	+5.45
505–538	525	5	156.00–157.00	$156.38	$821	+25.38
550–595	582	7	144.00–156.00	$147.21	$857	+2.89
635	635	1	144.00	$144.00	$914	-6.00
651–675	655	11	140.00–144.00	$143.25	$938	—
733	733	3	144.00	$144.00	$1,056	+0.23
960	960	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,181	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	130.00	$130.00	$338	-10.00
305	305	1	141.00	$141.00	$430	+10.00
385	385	1	130.00	$130.00	$500	—
430	430	1	122.00	$122.00	$525	—
470–495	483	2	130.00–134.00	$132.05	$638	—
543	543	3	133.00	$133.00	$722	-7.00
550	550	1	136.00	$136.00	$748	—
610	610	1	135.00	$135.00	$824	+5.00
660	660	1	107.00	$107.00	$706	—
750–755	753	2	117.00–125.00	$120.99	$911	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	133.00	$133.00	$326	—
304–337	314	19	131.00–138.00	$135.33	$425	+2.38
367–380	368	24	131.00–136.00	$135.78	$500	-5.22
401 value added	401	4	140.00	$140.00	$561	—
400–447	436	10	130.00–134.00	$131.00	$571	-5.28
462–476	470	7	127.00–131.00	$128.44	$604	-1.20
505–527	515	8	124.00–127.00	$126.23	$650	-3.77
620–624	623	9	125.00–131.50	$129.34	$806	+9.34
712	712	4	123.00	$123.00	$876	+7.72
813	813	3	113.00	$113.00	$919	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	223	2	130.00	$130.00	$290	—
265–285	275	2	122.00–125.00	$123.55	$340	+1.37
325–345	330	5	120.00–128.00	$125.98	$416	-0.02
365–395	382	6	105.00–115.00	$112.72	$431	-12.53
410–435	428	11	101.00–125.00	$120.67	$516	-0.55
450–495	470	11	90.00–129.00	$119.31	$561	-6.46
545	545	1	116.00	$116.00	$632	-4.00
555–595	575	3	116.00–127.00	$120.87	$695	+3.44
600–645	633	6	110.00–122.00	$115.61	$732	+5.61
660–690	683	6	100.00–109.00	$104.80	$716	-1.20
760–785	773	2	101.00–108.00	$104.44	$807	-12.56
987	987	2	90.00	$90.00	$888	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	155.00–162.50	$158.71	$386	-20.29
275–285	283	5	160.00	$160.00	$453	-8.99
315–342	336	15	172.00–183.00	$181.52	$610	+9.76
364 fancy	364	5	171.00	$171.00	$622	—
380–397	389	9	157.00–159.00	$158.22	$615	-12.97
415–437	421	21	156.00–160.00	$159.71	$672	+13.71
465–497	491	6	143.00–154.00	$150.75	$740	+5.04
500–545	521	9	142.00–153.00	$149.36	$778	+8.60
555–595	580	13	139.00–149.00	$144.07	$836	+11.98
630	630	1	135.00	$135.00	$850	+2.79

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	150.00	$150.00	$300	—
265	265	1	134.00	$134.00	$355	-8.00
335	335	2	130.00	$130.00	$436	—
368–380	375	10	140.00–150.00	$146.34	$549	-15.77
435	435	5	147.00	$147.00	$639	+9.23
470–480	475	2	133.00–136.00	$134.52	$639	+15.09
510–533	527	8	120.00–138.00	$129.56	$683	-4.44
555–590	582	5	121.00–133.00	$128.17	$746	+14.17
620–640	630	2	90.00–104.00	$97.11	$612	-13.21
660–690	677	5	107.00–123.00	$116.25	$787	—
730–740	735	2	100.00–105.00	$102.52	$754	-6.16
755–790	776	5	88.00–104.00	$99.00	$768	—
805	805	1	96.00	$96.00	$773	+3.05
915–945	930	2	85.00–105.00	$95.16	$885	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1795	1206	80-85%	33	48.00–59.00	$55.68	$672	+2.52
1185–1375	1280	80-85%	2	45.00–46.00	$45.54	$583	—
1130–1525	1320	80-85%	13	60.00–65.00	$63.14	$833	+2.64

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1510	1300	75-80%	2	55.00–57.00	$55.84	$726	-1.16
1305–1890	1566	75-80%	4	62.00–67.00	$64.76	$1,014	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–835	818	85-90%	2	39.00–40.00	$39.51	$323	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1800	1427	8	57.00–88.00	$76.78	$1,096	+3.88
1760–1805	1783	2	90.00–91.00	$90.51	$1,614	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1085–1155	1114	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	600.00–740.00	$647.53
1160–1385	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	600.00–850.00	$712.57
1335–1415	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–830.00	$815.44

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00
1230	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 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 $
725–840	783	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	660.00–770.00	$719.04
940–1060	1000	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	785.00–950.00	$862.55
1005–1140	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	880.00–900.00	$889.37

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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
1000–1280	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–925.00	$914.04	—
1165	1165	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	110.00	$110.00	$368	—
425–435	428	9	110.00–121.00	$117.28	$502	-0.96
550–591	561	16	105.00–110.00	$106.63	$598	+1.63
725	725	4	96.00	$96.00	$696	—
766–775	768	5	98.00–100.00	$98.40	$756	—
807	807	2	90.00	$90.00	$726	—
860–888	879	3	83.00–90.00	$87.72	$771	—
945	945	7	93.00	$93.00	$879	—
1287	1287	2	102.00	$102.00	$1,313	—
1639	1639	6	83.50	$83.50	$1,369	—

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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.