Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, February 24, 2024

514 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $257.13/cwt +7.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,335/hd at 519 lb · 37 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $261.94/cwt +28.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,684/hd at 643 lb · 22 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $245.81/cwt +18.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,408/hd at 573 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	514	253	402
Feeder cattle	350	205	309
Slaughter cattle	115	35	52
Replacement cattle	49	13	41

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,041	-7.50
416	416	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,186	+21.00
403–445 fancy	425	11	290.00–301.00	$295.94	$1,258	—
460–475	470	4	262.50–283.00	$275.45	$1,295	—
471 fancy	471	3	304.00	$304.00	$1,432	—
520	520	1	269.00	$269.00	$1,399	-11.04
505–529 value added	528	17	293.00–303.00	$302.44	$1,597	—
561–571	565	13	261.00–276.00	$271.03	$1,531	+6.03
627–645	639	12	247.50–266.00	$253.55	$1,620	+20.55
648 value added	648	10	272.00	$272.00	$1,763	—
659–665	660	7	255.00–266.50	$264.84	$1,748	+23.84
733–740	735	4	219.00–236.00	$231.72	$1,703	—
837	837	2	224.00	$224.00	$1,875	—
892	892	2	213.00	$213.00	$1,900	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	210.00	$210.00	$724	—
417	417	6	239.00	$239.00	$997	—
510	510	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,262	—
551	551	3	232.50	$232.50	$1,281	—
655	655	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,376	—
765	765	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,369	—
860	860	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,660	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	130.00	$130.00	$416	—

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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	240	1	272.50	$272.50	$654	—
280	280	1	260.00	$260.00	$728	—
320–345	328	3	275.00–287.50	$283.44	$930	—
328 fancy	328	7	290.00	$290.00	$951	—
370–375 fancy	372	4	290.00–295.00	$293.74	$1,093	—
390	390	1	282.50	$282.50	$1,102	+11.68
400 fancy	400	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,200	—
418–440	424	4	272.50–286.00	$282.49	$1,198	+11.82
460–490	472	6	261.00–275.00	$269.38	$1,271	+2.94
516 value added	516	18	264.50	$264.50	$1,365	—
503–536	522	19	235.00–259.00	$250.14	$1,306	+0.87
551–577	573	19	236.00–253.50	$245.81	$1,408	+18.81
628 value added	628	15	239.00	$239.00	$1,501	—
635	635	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,429	+0.33
655–677	668	8	224.00–228.00	$225.74	$1,508	—
702–745	713	8	195.00–210.00	$204.78	$1,460	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	220.00	$220.00	$605	+22.50
345	345	1	237.50	$237.50	$819	—
395	395	2	257.50	$257.50	$1,017	+26.70
410–445	428	2	233.00–235.00	$234.04	$1,002	-15.96
465–480	475	3	229.00–242.50	$233.41	$1,109	+7.03
550	550	1	206.00	$206.00	$1,133	-21.00
645	645	1	213.00	$213.00	$1,374	—
695	695	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,119	—
995	995	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,672	—
1055	1055	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,456	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	287.50	$287.50	$791	—
290 fancy	290	1	302.50	$302.50	$877	—
300–310 fancy	307	10	300.00–327.50	$315.77	$969	—
340	340	1	292.50	$292.50	$994	—
350–352	351	3	272.50–280.00	$277.51	$974	—
365 fancy	365	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,095	—
405–445	431	5	260.00–279.00	$271.51	$1,170	+19.51
445 fancy	445	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,268	—
455 fancy	455	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,274	—
460–485	477	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,192	+5.00
500–540	520	2	240.00–246.00	$243.12	$1,264	+9.16
520 fancy	520	3	267.50–271.00	$268.67	$1,397	+18.67
565	565	1	259.00	$259.00	$1,463	+9.00
607–637	626	10	234.00–256.00	$246.16	$1,541	+14.65
665	665	1	239.00	$239.00	$1,589	—
710 fancy	710	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,598	—
715	715	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,516	+3.00
760–792	776	4	197.00–208.00	$202.39	$1,571	+3.39
850	850	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,538	—
920	920	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,527	—
955	955	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,576	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–490	480	2	220.00–244.00	$231.75	$1,112	+15.45
505–530	518	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,191	+16.00
740	740	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,166	—
865	865	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,427	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1510	929	85-90%	12	61.00–89.00	$78.09	$725	—
855–1320	1033	85-90%	10	90.00–99.00	$93.94	$970	—
955–1290	1080	85-90%	6	111.00–123.00	$114.66	$1,238	—
890–1330	1127	85-90%	18	100.00–110.00	$106.23	$1,197	+28.54

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1245	1186	80-85%	10	105.00–118.50	$112.53	$1,335	+20.53
1205	1205	80-85%	1	82.00	$82.00	$988	—
1240	1240	80-85%	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,228	—
1085–1585	1292	80-85%	27	117.00–136.00	$122.31	$1,580	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1555	1555	75-80%	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,773	—
1330–1975	1584	75-80%	8	120.00–139.00	$129.01	$2,044	+9.91

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1585	1376	5	108.00–121.50	$114.34	$1,573	—
1510–2270	1797	6	124.00–135.00	$129.33	$2,324	—
1670–1940	1822	3	133.00–149.00	$143.43	$2,613	+11.00

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–925	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	142.00–143.00	$142.55	$1,197

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–925	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,435.00	$1,417.74
895–1040	996	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	975.00–1,350.00	$1,243.85
921–1140	1014	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,000.00–1,310.00	$1,093.25
1065	1065	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1085	1085	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
890–1195	1093	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	960.00–1,350.00	$1,225.96
1040–1205	1127	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,335.00	$1,262.69
1105–1185	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,325.00–1,660.00	$1,546.46
1242	1242	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1120–1320	1244	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,475.00–1,975.00	$1,816.00
1045–1345	1271	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,375.00–1,600.00	$1,502.70

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–840	733	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00–1,100.00	$961.35

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
875	875	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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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
1095–1225	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,625.00	$1,453.39	-21.61

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	145.00	$145.00	$428	—
385	385	1	155.00	$155.00	$597	—
430	430	2	139.00–150.00	$144.50	$621	—
575	575	1	134.00	$134.00	$770	—
1000	1000	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,410	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1515	1435	2	139.00–140.00	$139.53	$2,002	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	225.00	$225.00	$461	-2.00
246 fancy	246	3	270.00	$270.00	$664	—
410	410	1	240.00	$240.00	$984	+29.68
460–495	464	8	240.00–249.00	$247.62	$1,149	+21.01
583	583	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,370	+19.67
645	645	1	213.00	$213.00	$1,374	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1565	1565	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,768	—

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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.