Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, June 22, 2024

307 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $267.75/cwt -4.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,411/hd at 527 lb · 11 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $254.80/cwt ≈ $1,516/hd at 595 lb · 10 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $239.71/cwt ≈ $1,534/hd at 640 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	307	196	415
Feeder cattle	241	127	294
Slaughter cattle	41	63	91
Replacement cattle	25	6	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady. feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. There was good demand for slaughter classes. Market and demand affected by extremely hot and dry weather conditions.

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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	337.50	$337.50	$1,131	—
355	355	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,118	—
470–480	477	3	318.00–321.00	$320.01	$1,526	+12.01
515–540	530	4	279.00–294.00	$283.22	$1,501	-12.77
615	615	1	276.00	$276.00	$1,697	+6.00
650	650	2	269.00	$269.00	$1,748	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,368	-2.50
600–648	638	5	220.00–224.00	$223.25	$1,424	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,330	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	274.00	$274.00	$1,466	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–241	240	4	300.00–302.50	$300.61	$721	—
255	255	1	300.00	$300.00	$765	-15.00
306 fancy	306	4	302.00	$302.00	$924	—
310–340	322	3	282.50–291.00	$287.13	$925	-57.87
382–385	383	3	281.00–290.00	$286.98	$1,099	—
435	435	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,174	-22.28
460–475	465	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,302	-16.44
502–525 value added	508	4	275.00–280.00	$276.29	$1,404	—
533–543	538	7	250.00–265.00	$262.87	$1,414	-9.00
555–565	560	2	257.00–260.00	$258.51	$1,448	-22.18
625–647	640	10	231.00–243.00	$239.71	$1,534	—
678	678	3	223.00	$223.00	$1,512	—
725	725	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,479	-6.00
915	915	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,556	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	269.00	$269.00	$928	+33.39
365	365	1	260.00	$260.00	$949	-12.00
420	420	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,050	-30.00
465	465	2	262.00	$262.00	$1,218	-8.37
515	515	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,236	+20.00
585	585	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,404	-14.82
685	685	3	211.00	$211.00	$1,445	—
800	800	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,448	+1.00
895	895	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,530	—
970	970	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,368	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405	1405	1	163.00	$163.00	$2,290	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	300.00	$300.00	$690	—
250	250	1	315.00	$315.00	$788	—
292 fancy	292	2	342.50	$342.50	$1,000	—
310 fancy	310	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,085	—
340	340	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,020	—
385	385	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,270	-5.00
410–447	434	8	321.00–332.50	$323.34	$1,403	+8.69
470–490	476	4	285.00–287.50	$286.12	$1,362	-31.88
500–545	514	7	268.00–282.00	$278.65	$1,432	-1.35
585–596	595	8	251.00	$251.00	$1,493	—
595 fancy	595	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,606	—
610–615	613	2	256.00–260.00	$258.01	$1,582	+4.01
690	690	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,484	—
700–720	708	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,593	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–385	378	2	286.00	$286.00	$1,081	-13.75
435	435	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,262	—
460	460	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,012	-50.00
520	520	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,352	—
580	580	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,398	-2.68

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1525	1525	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,286	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115	1115	80-85%	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,316	—
885–1325	1161	80-85%	7	139.00–148.00	$143.97	$1,671	—
1065–1300	1174	80-85%	6	129.00–137.00	$133.78	$1,571	—
990–1380	1210	80-85%	7	150.00–156.00	$154.01	$1,864	+5.95

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505	1505	75-80%	1	151.00	$151.00	$2,273	—
1465–1565	1515	75-80%	2	135.00–138.00	$136.45	$2,067	—
1465–2000	1691	75-80%	8	141.00–149.00	$146.48	$2,477	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	85-90%	1	115.00	$115.00	$759	—
880	880	85-90%	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,091	—
970	970	85-90%	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,271	+27.67

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1114	1114	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,504	—
1790	1790	1	170.00	$170.00	$3,043	—
2150	2150	1	169.00	$169.00	$3,634	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
960–1450	1174	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,410.00–2,100.00	$1,733.21
1105–1470	1326	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,625.00–2,150.00	$1,886.26

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	242.50	$242.50	$594	—
350–390	370	2	196.00–201.00	$198.64	$735	—
615	615	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,199	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	262.50	$262.50	$512	—
311	311	3	230.00	$230.00	$715	—
415	415	1	248.00	$248.00	$1,029	—
460	460	1	195.00	$195.00	$897	—
630	630	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,140	—

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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
1010–1485	1325	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,425.00–2,675.00	$2,529.74	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	160.00	$160.00	$600	—
815	815	1	118.00	$118.00	$962	—
885	885	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,080	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
227	227	4	272.50	$272.50	$619	-60.00
337	337	2	250.00	$250.00	$842	—
465	465	1	202.50	$202.50	$942	-93.50
523 value added	523	11	265.00	$265.00	$1,386	—
535	535	2	221.00	$221.00	$1,182	—
560–575	570	3	201.00–209.00	$203.62	$1,161	—
640	640	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,248	-31.00
648 value added	648	23	226.25	$226.25	$1,466	—
653 value added	653	19	224.50	$224.50	$1,466	—
670	670	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,273	—
765	765	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,155	—
812	812	4	184.00	$184.00	$1,494	—
850	850	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,275	—

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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.