Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, January 18, 2025

1,061 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $274.63/cwt ≈ $1,689/hd at 615 lb · 15 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $246.13/cwt ≈ $1,548/hd at 629 lb · 13 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $294.83/cwt ≈ $1,692/hd at 574 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,061	109	239
Feeder cattle	958	—	196
Slaughter cattle	76	105	43
Replacement cattle	27	4	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available on feeders due to no comparison from last Saturday. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to firm.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	369.00	$369.00	$1,365	—
410–448	436	6	320.00–360.00	$332.54	$1,450	—
455–480	474	4	312.50–321.00	$318.96	$1,512	—
500	500	5	295.00–306.00	$297.20	$1,486	—
567–577	574	10	285.00–298.00	$294.83	$1,692	—
611–620	614	6	283.00–290.00	$287.64	$1,766	—
650	650	1	279.00	$279.00	$1,814	—
880	880	1	241.00	$241.00	$2,121	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–492	483	3	257.50–287.00	$277.53	$1,340	—
500–532	521	3	266.00–305.00	$278.47	$1,451	—
565	565	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,582	—
670	670	1	247.00	$247.00	$1,655	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	322.00	$322.00	$1,063	—
370–385	378	2	302.00–305.00	$303.47	$1,147	—
415–431	427	4	290.00–309.00	$294.62	$1,258	—
470–480	475	2	282.50–296.00	$289.18	$1,374	—
511–530	520	7	260.00–271.00	$268.96	$1,399	—
572	572	2	261.00	$261.00	$1,493	—
581 value added	581	3	286.00	$286.00	$1,662	—
602–630	619	8	239.00–247.00	$243.40	$1,507	—
645 value added	645	5	250.50	$250.50	$1,616	—
685	685	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,610	—
715	715	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,502	—
765	765	2	220.00–230.00	$225.00	$1,721	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	285.00	$285.00	$684	—
350	350	1	285.00	$285.00	$998	—
450–495	477	9	262.00–302.00	$274.17	$1,308	—
525–540	537	5	247.50–254.00	$250.28	$1,344	—
565–575	572	6	215.00–240.00	$231.83	$1,326	—
620	620	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,432	—
700	700	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,470	—
770	770	4	200.00–206.00	$204.50	$1,575	—
870–875	873	2	201.00–212.00	$206.52	$1,803	—
940	940	2	290.00	$290.00	$2,726	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	315.00	$315.00	$756	—
302–345	316	8	320.00–360.00	$344.38	$1,088	—
395	395	1	341.00	$341.00	$1,347	—
406–421	414	8	315.00–329.00	$321.87	$1,333	—
455–480	465	3	310.00–322.00	$314.26	$1,461	—
510 value added	510	4	320.00–321.00	$320.75	$1,636	—
515–520	518	2	291.00–293.00	$292.00	$1,513	—
555–577	571	5	281.00–290.00	$286.17	$1,634	—
605–645	615	15	250.00–284.00	$274.63	$1,689	—
665–695	673	5	228.00–262.00	$238.85	$1,607	—
735	735	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,676	—
765–770	768	5	238.00–241.00	$239.80	$1,842	—
885	885	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,894	—
945	945	1	206.00	$206.00	$1,947	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	427	3	250.00–289.00	$273.30	$1,167	—
465	465	1	301.00	$301.00	$1,400	—
502–510	505	3	270.00–274.00	$271.35	$1,370	—
563–572	569	9	257.00–294.00	$270.77	$1,541	—
625	625	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,300	—
790	790	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,746	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1920	1319	80-85%	7	91.00–117.00	$103.74	$1,368	-34.71
915–1785	1331	80-85%	24	120.00–144.00	$134.53	$1,791	-3.92
1360–1845	1556	80-85%	13	147.00–163.00	$153.58	$2,390	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1835	1606	75-80%	5	145.00–162.00	$153.01	$2,457	—
1635–1955	1773	75-80%	5	135.50–141.00	$138.04	$2,447	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1015	975	85-90%	3	90.00–108.00	$97.57	$951	—
1065	1065	85-90%	1	85.00	$85.00	$905	+15.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1990	1990	1	155.00	$155.00	$3,084	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1020	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1195	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,860.00	$1,860.00
1300–1465	1383	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,125.00–2,500.00	$2,323.69

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–805	803	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,600.00–1,620.00	$1,610.03

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	200.00	$200.00	$700	—
1000	1000	12	172.50	$172.50	$1,725	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	3	238.00	$238.00	$1,035	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
646	646	9	239.00	$239.00	$1,544	—
653–667	659	5	195.00–235.00	$211.20	$1,392	—
800	800	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,440	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
683	683	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,632	—
824	824	5	204.00	$204.00	$1,681	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	5	299.00	$299.00	$1,495	—

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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
1301	1301	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1470	1470	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,675.00	$2,675.00	—
1565	1565	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
1825	1825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,525.00	$3,525.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–676	674	9	175.00–188.00	$186.60	$1,258	—
867	867	12	178.00	$178.00	$1,543	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	1	177.00	$177.00	$2,000	—
1450	1450	5	164.00	$164.00	$2,378	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	211.00	$211.00	$675	—
353	353	12	251.00	$251.00	$886	—
400–425	417	29	219.00–300.00	$251.98	$1,051	—
450–496	477	37	237.50–272.00	$258.29	$1,232	—
515–547	524	33	237.50–269.00	$260.59	$1,365	—
551–570	564	10	271.00–282.00	$278.78	$1,572	—
613–645	623	63	221.00–250.50	$242.83	$1,513	—
625 value added	625	26	260.00	$260.00	$1,625	—
665–682	673	22	222.00–254.00	$247.15	$1,663	—
705–745	726	52	223.50–240.00	$232.91	$1,691	—
755–789	760	46	219.00–240.00	$234.21	$1,780	—
815–825	815	64	210.00–222.25	$221.33	$1,804	—
850–898	892	8	155.00–187.00	$158.81	$1,417	—
1001–1018	1016	35	187.50–196.50	$195.49	$1,986	—
1183	1183	3	179.00	$179.00	$2,118	—
1300	1300	10	164.50	$164.50	$2,138	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200	1200	1	186.00	$186.00	$2,232	—
1100–1476	1350	23	160.50–175.00	$163.99	$2,214	—

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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.