Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, November 6, 2021

753 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $141.00/cwt -3.07 vs last sale · ≈ $808/hd at 573 lb · 31 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.77/cwt -0.46 vs last sale · ≈ $655/hd at 521 lb · 26 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $136.41/cwt +1.41 vs last sale · ≈ $855/hd at 627 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	753	605	587
Feeder cattle	614	461	439
Slaughter cattle	75	94	75
Replacement cattle	64	50	73

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Lightweight feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, while all other feeders sold 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
335	335	1	170.00	$170.00	$570	—
350–392	372	6	173.00–182.00	$175.57	$653	—
418 value added	418	3	175.00	$175.00	$732	—
420–445	439	4	157.00–161.00	$157.96	$693	+0.96
450	450	1	169.00	$169.00	$760	—
518–521	519	8	151.00–155.00	$153.49	$797	-2.89
560–585	573	4	143.00–147.00	$144.96	$831	-2.25
605–645	621	13	139.00–144.00	$142.08	$882	-1.92
700–727	718	6	131.00–138.00	$134.53	$966	-9.47
795	795	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,137	—
840	840	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,084	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	152.00	$152.00	$730	+19.95
520–530	525	2	114.00–142.00	$128.13	$673	-4.87
570–590	580	2	140.00–142.00	$140.98	$818	+4.98
685–690	688	3	124.00–135.00	$128.99	$887	+21.99

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–233	229	4	137.00–141.00	$137.94	$316	+4.94
295	295	2	133.00	$133.00	$392	—
355–385	370	12	131.00–138.00	$134.86	$499	-0.92
435–443	441	4	126.00–132.00	$130.52	$576	-0.48
450–493	477	22	124.00–136.00	$127.52	$608	-0.92
500–540	521	26	120.00–134.00	$125.77	$655	-0.46
550–592	561	13	120.00–133.00	$127.77	$717	—
665	665	1	128.00	$128.00	$851	—
910	910	1	87.00	$87.00	$792	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	263	4	120.00–139.00	$131.61	$346	+8.06
305–340	320	5	121.00–134.00	$125.94	$403	-0.04
375–392	389	5	125.00–128.00	$127.42	$496	+14.70
405–435	423	10	110.00–145.00	$131.47	$556	+10.80
450–470	463	7	116.00–125.50	$122.23	$566	+2.92
500–540	519	6	111.00–145.00	$122.60	$636	+6.60
575–590	584	4	109.00–129.00	$120.49	$704	-0.38
600–610	605	2	118.00	$118.00	$714	+2.39
675	675	1	115.00	$115.00	$776	+10.20
707–728	718	7	89.00–108.00	$104.47	$750	—
752–760	754	4	98.00–100.00	$98.50	$743	-5.94
865	865	1	90.00	$90.00	$778	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	269	4	160.00–167.50	$165.10	$444	+5.10
305–315	310	4	176.00–188.00	$182.51	$566	+0.99
360–390	383	10	166.00–181.00	$173.40	$664	+15.18
400–443	431	15	145.00–185.00	$170.24	$734	+10.53
453–475 value added	464	6	165.00–175.00	$169.88	$788	—
470–497	489	7	147.00–153.00	$150.60	$736	-0.15
505–546	521	10	144.00–151.00	$146.67	$764	-2.69
550–598	573	31	135.00–146.00	$141.00	$808	-3.07
610–645	627	24	131.00–138.00	$136.41	$855	+1.41
660–695	684	10	128.50–132.50	$130.54	$893	—
722–732	727	4	122.00–128.00	$125.02	$909	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	265	2	140.00–142.00	$141.04	$374	+7.04
320	320	1	150.00	$150.00	$480	+20.00
370–380	373	3	125.00–153.00	$134.50	$502	-11.84
400–435	420	3	122.00–157.00	$143.01	$601	-3.99
460–497	478	12	118.00–147.00	$128.42	$614	-6.10
505–542	524	4	126.00–139.00	$131.72	$690	+2.16
558–585	567	8	105.00–127.00	$117.90	$668	-10.27
603–605	604	6	102.00–125.00	$116.15	$702	+19.04
650–685	670	7	115.00–126.00	$117.52	$787	+1.27
710–747	736	11	105.00–129.00	$118.89	$875	+16.37
750–772	761	5	101.00–112.00	$108.20	$823	+9.20
805–810	808	2	97.00–130.00	$113.55	$917	+17.55
860–870	865	2	95.00–105.00	$99.97	$865	—
980	980	1	81.00	$81.00	$794	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1190	1093	80-85%	2	41.00–45.00	$42.82	$468	—
990–1520	1278	80-85%	28	50.00–60.00	$55.36	$708	+9.82
1220–1615	1393	80-85%	3	60.00–62.00	$61.09	$851	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–990	933	85-90%	2	22.00–25.00	$23.59	$220	—
890–975	933	85-90%	3	35.00–39.00	$37.27	$348	—
1025	1025	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$461	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1595	1409	75-80%	4	58.00–60.00	$58.92	$830	—
1505	1505	75-80%	1	62.00	$62.00	$933	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1535	1397	3	68.00–74.00	$70.20	$981	—
1150–2260	1825	5	75.00–89.00	$82.56	$1,507	—
1890	1890	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,814	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1120–1155	1138	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	535.00–550.00	$542.62
1045–1265	1176	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	700.00–850.00	$750.17
1360–1470	1415	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	660.00–775.00	$719.73

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
1440	1440	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00
855–1080	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	550.00–990.00	$795.58
1095–1320	1208	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00	$600.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–770	750	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	610.00–740.00	$689.53
925	925	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	620.00	$620.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1660	1660	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	985.00	$985.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–270	265	5	100.00–116.00	$108.09	$286	—
305–332	324	14	100.00–120.00	$109.95	$356	-0.05
430–446	441	5	109.00–113.00	$110.37	$487	-6.91
463–492	469	15	100.00–112.00	$109.53	$514	—
510–526	523	5	94.00–105.00	$102.85	$538	—
702	702	2	90.00	$90.00	$632	-6.00
791	791	2	125.00	$125.00	$989	+26.60
927	927	9	100.00	$100.00	$927	+7.00
993	993	8	91.00	$91.00	$904	—
1251	1251	25	98.25	$98.25	$1,229	—

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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.