Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, December 7, 2024

483 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $253.31/cwt -20.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,489/hd at 588 lb · 16 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $220.45/cwt ≈ $1,488/hd at 675 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	483	294	327
Feeder cattle	422	232	266
Slaughter cattle	50	49	55
Replacement cattle	11	13	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend due to being closed for last weeks thanksgiving holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	2	327.00	$327.00	$1,396	+39.00
487	487	4	313.00	$313.00	$1,524	—
511 value added	511	5	292.00	$292.00	$1,492	—
515	515	1	274.00	$274.00	$1,411	-10.12
558–595	588	16	251.00–264.00	$253.31	$1,489	-20.89
602	602	2	248.00	$248.00	$1,493	—
735	735	4	245.00	$245.00	$1,801	+15.00
910	910	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,729	—
985	985	1	192.00	$192.00	$1,891	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	3	258.00	$258.00	$1,259	—
690	690	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,594	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,236	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	275	2	262.50–285.00	$274.36	$754	+4.36
310–320	315	2	270.00–277.00	$273.44	$861	+22.44
360–395	378	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,002	+4.91
405–430	418	4	250.00–264.00	$256.05	$1,070	+8.46
450–478	475	8	266.00–269.00	$266.36	$1,265	+14.37
510–515	512	5	250.00–253.00	$251.20	$1,286	+21.20
551–561	556	8	231.00–240.00	$237.99	$1,323	+8.85
605–620	611	4	224.00–237.00	$230.06	$1,406	—
666–695	675	13	213.00–234.00	$220.45	$1,488	—
710–720	715	2	220.00–222.00	$221.01	$1,580	—
820	820	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,542	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
267	267	2	237.50	$237.50	$634	—
380	380	1	240.00	$240.00	$912	—
400–445	423	2	235.00–237.50	$236.32	$1,000	—
500–526	520	4	210.00–225.00	$221.39	$1,151	—
570–585	578	2	210.00–212.00	$211.01	$1,220	—
605	605	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,295	—
660–675	671	4	200.00–213.00	$209.80	$1,408	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–440	433	2	210.00–211.00	$210.51	$912	-20.04
510–540	521	5	184.00–199.00	$189.07	$985	-26.72
620	620	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,178	-12.57
650	650	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,183	-20.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	320.00	$320.00	$640	—
405–415	410	2	300.00–310.00	$304.94	$1,250	+15.94
417 fancy	417	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,397	—
480–495	488	2	280.00–285.00	$282.54	$1,379	-4.46
510–545	523	5	269.00–282.50	$276.15	$1,444	+13.78
557	557	2	257.50	$257.50	$1,434	-25.59
601–645	616	6	249.00–265.00	$259.41	$1,598	+12.63
656–675	662	6	225.00–241.00	$234.93	$1,555	—
715–732	726	4	223.00–225.00	$223.50	$1,623	-0.31
765	765	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,606	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	285.00	$285.00	$969	—
420–435	425	3	271.00–285.00	$275.61	$1,171	—
470	470	1	274.00	$274.00	$1,288	—
505	505	2	248.00	$248.00	$1,252	—
570	570	5	249.00	$249.00	$1,419	—
640	640	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,414	—
665	665	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,390	—
725	725	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,501	—
825	825	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,547	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,260	—
680	680	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,360	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,152	+10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1555–1885	1717	75-80%	5	121.00–129.00	$124.46	$2,137	—
1555–1925	1746	75-80%	6	109.00–118.00	$114.64	$2,002	—
1385–2700	1869	75-80%	5	102.00–108.00	$104.06	$1,945	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1100	997	85-90%	5	70.00–90.00	$82.12	$819	-15.00
1090	1090	85-90%	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,210	—
1030–1235	1118	85-90%	6	98.00–108.00	$101.83	$1,138	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1195	1178	80-85%	2	120.00–124.00	$122.03	$1,438	+28.80
1155–1350	1253	80-85%	2	107.00–118.00	$112.93	$1,415	+3.86
1305	1305	80-85%	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,409	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1590	1413	3	127.00–131.00	$129.09	$1,824	—
1185–1885	1535	2	154.00–156.00	$154.77	$2,376	—
1210–2220	1697	9	138.00–148.00	$142.02	$2,410	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00
980	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	860.00	$860.00
1235	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
491	491	3	170.00	$170.00	$835	—
710	710	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,037	—
805–835	825	3	140.00–144.00	$142.65	$1,177	-7.35

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–365	358	2	238.00–242.50	$240.20	$860	—
355–361 value added	361	28	273.00–274.00	$273.96	$989	—
405–420	410	3	231.00–234.00	$232.02	$951	-6.41
424–435 value added	430	32	291.00–294.00	$292.52	$1,258	—
452–494 value added	475	33	276.00–278.00	$276.87	$1,315	—
495	495	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,148	—
520–538	534	4	232.00–249.00	$244.86	$1,308	—
585	585	2	225.00–237.50	$231.25	$1,353	—
615–620	618	2	217.00–231.00	$223.97	$1,384	-6.53
700	700	2	221.00	$221.00	$1,547	—
760	760	2	203.00	$203.00	$1,543	-10.00
920	920	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,500	—
1025–1041	1029	11	169.00–176.50	$171.07	$1,760	—
1097	1097	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,810	—
1165	1165	5	162.50	$162.50	$1,893	—
1277	1277	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,979	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–645	630	2	192.50–202.00	$197.14	$1,242	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1620	1620	1	150.00	$150.00	$2,430	—

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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.