Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, January 17, 2026

643 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $492.64/cwt +21.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,740/hd at 353 lb · 11 head

light 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $446.27/cwt +5.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,499/hd at 336 lb · 11 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $397.97/cwt +7.86 vs last sale · ≈ $2,129/hd at 535 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	643	418	1,061
Feeder cattle	581	354	958
Slaughter cattle	38	55	76
Replacement cattle	24	9	27

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Strong demand for all classes of feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady .

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
672	672	2	385.00	$385.00	$2,587	+13.08
757–790	773	9	200.00–347.50	$289.25	$2,236	—
800–838	830	6	327.00–344.00	$340.60	$2,827	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,340	—
532	532	2	387.50	$387.50	$2,062	—
585–595	590	2	310.00–377.50	$343.46	$2,026	-24.06
610	610	1	362.50	$362.50	$2,211	+42.50
760–790	770	3	289.00–312.50	$297.04	$2,287	—
1001	1001	3	297.00	$297.00	$2,973	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
187	187	2	680.00	$680.00	$1,272	—
215	215	4	565.00	$565.00	$1,215	—
277	277	2	480.00	$480.00	$1,330	+57.00
300–345	336	11	425.00–453.00	$446.27	$1,499	+20.55
352–395	374	4	400.00–432.00	$416.92	$1,559	-18.22
400–435	413	7	427.00–441.00	$436.15	$1,801	+28.58
477–483	481	5	407.00	$407.00	$1,958	+8.48
510–538	527	9	375.00–393.00	$386.15	$2,035	-0.72
562–585	574	4	365.00–380.00	$372.65	$2,139	+0.11
605	605	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,208	+33.66
695	695	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,259	+6.02
700	700	1	317.00	$317.00	$2,219	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,001	+25.00
310–325	318	2	310.00–325.00	$317.68	$1,010	-78.98
355	355	1	352.50	$352.50	$1,251	-27.50
420–435	430	3	300.00–350.00	$333.72	$1,435	-51.28
480–490	485	2	372.50–397.00	$384.62	$1,865	+4.62
500–540	522	3	310.00–365.00	$341.23	$1,781	-26.27
645	645	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,161	+35.00
665	665	2	347.00	$347.00	$2,308	+41.01
770	770	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,272	—
1005	1005	1	251.00	$251.00	$2,523	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	1	280.00	$280.00	$3,612	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	665.00	$665.00	$1,031	—
230–240	235	3	505.00–535.00	$523.37	$1,230	+63.37
250	250	1	525.00	$525.00	$1,312	+88.00
305–325	318	5	431.00–480.00	$461.39	$1,467	+0.05
351 value added	351	10	500.00	$500.00	$1,755	—
375	375	1	419.00	$419.00	$1,571	-48.95
400–440	409	5	430.00–460.00	$442.73	$1,811	-1.41
415 value added	415	2	477.00	$477.00	$1,980	—
460–470 value added	465	2	460.00–467.50	$463.79	$2,157	—
455–490	467	7	419.00–455.00	$434.15	$2,027	-0.43
525–545	535	10	395.00–400.00	$397.97	$2,129	+11.28
553–575	558	10	394.00–407.50	$397.62	$2,219	+13.08
600–632	623	8	365.00–387.00	$379.96	$2,367	+22.91
672	672	2	367.50	$367.50	$2,470	—
810	810	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,673	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	265	4	405.00–495.00	$471.23	$1,249	—
345	345	2	400.00–410.00	$405.00	$1,397	±0.00
385	385	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,732	+85.00
410–435	423	2	360.00–470.00	$413.37	$1,749	+38.37
450–478	468	5	390.00–425.00	$407.16	$1,906	+32.16
503–510	505	4	350.00–380.00	$357.58	$1,806	+22.51
565	565	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,624	—
620	620	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,860	—
765	765	1	311.00	$311.00	$2,379	—
900	900	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,520	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1540	1318	80-85%	8	108.00–149.00	$128.39	$1,692	—
1330	1330	80-85%	1	165.00	$165.00	$2,194	—
1240–1425	1340	80-85%	3	150.00–156.00	$153.14	$2,052	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955	955	85-90%	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,318	—
970	970	85-90%	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,067	—
975–1035	1005	85-90%	2	125.00–133.00	$128.88	$1,295	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1690	1690	1	192.00	$192.00	$3,245	—
2230–2280	2255	2	204.00–206.00	$204.99	$4,623	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00
1335	1335	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00
1380	1380	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,475.00	$2,475.00
1260–1570	1415	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,225.00–2,885.00	$2,591.15
1375–1485	1430	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,675.00–3,075.00	$2,867.31

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1210	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,850.00–2,600.00	$2,274.07

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015	1015	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,233	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	305.00	$305.00	$625	—
260	260	1	330.00	$330.00	$858	—
730	730	1	327.00	$327.00	$2,387	—
870	870	1	237.00	$237.00	$2,062	—
945	945	1	223.00	$223.00	$2,107	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	237.00	$237.00	$1,185	—

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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
1640–1690	1665	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,450.00–3,700.00	$3,573.12	—
1665	1665	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
1680	1680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970	970	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,351	—
815	815	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,589	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,195	—
300	300	3	431.00	$431.00	$1,293	—
410–440	425	2	355.00–357.50	$356.21	$1,514	—
450–484	468	21	250.00–395.00	$355.95	$1,666	—
500–543	531	13	349.00–377.50	$363.99	$1,933	—
542 value added	542	25	339.00	$339.00	$1,837	—
552–590	561	36	199.00–346.00	$334.83	$1,878	—
625–645	630	17	318.00–326.00	$324.07	$2,042	—
665–695	674	14	233.00–313.00	$304.96	$2,055	—
685 value added	685	70	305.50	$305.50	$2,093	—
700–735	704	17	232.50–315.00	$308.71	$2,173	—
785	785	11	284.00	$284.00	$2,229	—
813	813	3	247.50	$247.50	$2,012	—
875	875	10	232.50	$232.50	$2,034	—
920–940	936	5	221.00–245.00	$225.72	$2,113	—
970	970	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,940	—
1000	1000	2	137.50	$137.50	$1,375	—
1020 value added	1020	44	239.50	$239.50	$2,443	—
1120	1120	1	201.00	$201.00	$2,251	—

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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.