Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, July 29, 2023

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light 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $219.34/cwt ≈ $726/hd at 331 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	214	455	373
Feeder cattle	171	312	292
Slaughter cattle	38	91	65
Replacement cattle	5	52	16

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available on Feeder Cattle due to noncomparable receipts. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold mostly steady. Extreme heat limited the movement of livestock.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,056	—
516	516	3	229.00	$229.00	$1,182	—
560	560	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,221	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	2	206.00	$206.00	$632	—
520	520	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,123	-9.00
620	620	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,147	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	1	223.00	$223.00	$1,472	-16.00
785	785	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,664	-13.00
830	830	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,668	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,023	—
535	535	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,016	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–339	331	13	217.00–228.00	$219.34	$726	—
365–390	378	2	220.00–231.00	$225.68	$853	—
402–435	413	3	217.00–225.00	$222.19	$918	—
450–490	462	6	206.00–211.00	$209.13	$966	—
607	607	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,214	—
655	655	2	201.00	$201.00	$1,317	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	4	214.00	$214.00	$520	—
300–325	313	2	200.00–216.00	$207.68	$650	-0.85
355–380	370	3	205.00–210.00	$207.99	$770	-24.72
450–475	463	2	171.00–199.00	$185.38	$858	-32.76
550–595	578	3	177.00–185.00	$181.62	$1,050	-26.38
640	640	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,088	-25.04
720	720	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,008	-20.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	4	229.00	$229.00	$998	-14.38
480–495	490	5	220.00–226.00	$221.97	$1,088	-22.38
520–535	525	4	216.00–220.00	$218.48	$1,147	-9.20
570	570	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,191	-3.00
620	620	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,302	-14.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	202.50	$202.50	$496	—
265	265	1	207.50	$207.50	$550	—
375	375	1	185.00	$185.00	$694	—
420	420	1	171.00	$171.00	$718	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	3	247.50	$247.50	$856	—
366	366	3	230.00	$230.00	$842	-45.55
435–437	436	3	228.00	$228.00	$994	-25.80
470	470	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,039	-40.17
505–545	520	8	217.00–231.00	$224.42	$1,167	-22.88
605	605	1	224.00	$224.00	$1,355	-2.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	420	4	209.00–222.00	$216.76	$910	—
457–481	471	5	200.00	$200.00	$942	—
555–590	578	3	200.00–206.00	$204.08	$1,180	—
600	600	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,206	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	202.50	$202.50	$648	-30.50
365–390	375	4	172.50–200.00	$193.03	$724	-79.22
480	480	1	190.00	$190.00	$912	-25.60
625–630	628	2	179.00–190.00	$184.52	$1,159	-25.36
720	720	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,354	+6.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	172.50	$172.50	$888	—
560	560	1	161.00	$161.00	$902	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	80-85%	1	86.00	$86.00	$813	—
945–1150	1039	80-85%	9	91.00–104.00	$98.16	$1,020	—
1060–1510	1277	80-85%	8	108.00–119.00	$115.14	$1,470	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–980	943	85-90%	2	82.00–84.00	$83.04	$783	—
1030	1030	85-90%	1	91.00	$91.00	$937	-3.00
1065	1065	85-90%	1	73.00	$73.00	$777	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1520	1493	75-80%	2	100.00–108.00	$103.93	$1,552	—
1450–1785	1618	75-80%	2	111.00–113.00	$111.90	$1,811	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1775	1291	6	115.00–123.00	$118.95	$1,536	—
1670–1800	1735	2	126.00–134.00	$130.15	$2,258	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
895–1120	1008	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00–1,225.00	$958.50
1127	1127	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,135.00	$1,135.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
237–245	240	3	132.50–157.00	$148.65	$357	—
381	381	3	176.00	$176.00	$671	+26.00
477	477	2	157.00	$157.00	$749	—
562	562	2	157.00	$157.00	$882	—
746	746	5	125.50	$125.50	$936	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	120.00	$120.00	$564	—
540	540	1	109.00	$109.00	$589	—

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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.