Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 7, 2020

514 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.23/cwt ≈ $581/hd at 468 lb · 33 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $128.09/cwt ≈ $678/hd at 529 lb · 29 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.46/cwt ≈ $697/hd at 579 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	514	643	817
Feeder cattle	467	—	721
Slaughter cattle	40	—	76
Replacement cattle	7	—	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower. Moderate supply of calves with light demand. Slaughter cows were mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. Light supply of slaughter cattle with moderate demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
357–385	366	3	145.00–151.00	$147.10	$538
480	480	1	134.00	$134.00	$643
528–531	529	10	131.00–140.00	$136.69	$723
556–592	575	19	126.00–140.00	$130.13	$748
630	630	7	130.00	$130.00	$819
655–676	672	5	120.00–121.00	$120.19	$808
701–740	707	11	121.00–127.50	$124.32	$879
805	805	1	113.00	$113.00	$910

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
535–540	538	2	121.00–126.00	$123.51	$664
560–595	580	3	119.00–126.00	$122.40	$710
630	630	2	119.00	$119.00	$750

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665	665	1	120.00	$120.00	$798

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
310–345	328	4	122.00–130.00	$125.11	$410
370	370	1	130.00	$130.00	$481
408–425	412	12	122.00–132.00	$129.16	$532
451–485	468	33	121.00–127.00	$124.23	$581
501–535	518	27	120.00–130.00	$125.68	$651
552–591	579	28	117.00–127.50	$120.46	$697
613	613	3	121.00	$121.00	$742
660	660	2	117.00	$117.00	$772
700–733	712	8	116.00–119.00	$117.16	$834

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
195	195	1	113.00	$113.00	$220
245	245	1	121.00	$121.00	$296
250	250	1	127.00	$127.00	$318
325–335	330	2	115.00–120.00	$117.54	$388
360–370	365	2	121.00	$121.00	$442
400–445	434	6	116.00–119.00	$118.20	$513
450–495	468	8	113.00–119.00	$115.39	$540
520	520	1	105.00	$105.00	$546
550–595	578	10	109.00–116.00	$113.46	$656
610	610	2	109.00	$109.00	$665

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
455	455	1	110.00	$110.00	$500
507–510	508	3	115.00–118.00	$116.00	$589

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
310	310	1	136.00	$136.00	$422
395	395	2	138.00	$138.00	$545
403–445	422	16	130.00–141.00	$135.63	$572
450–495	467	8	130.00–136.00	$132.06	$617
510–547	529	29	123.00–133.00	$128.09	$678
555–590	571	7	120.00–135.00	$129.81	$741
600–644	616	20	118.50–125.00	$122.21	$753
680–690	688	5	118.00–120.00	$119.60	$823
705–735	715	12	107.00–122.00	$118.42	$847
770–783	781	8	105.00–108.50	$108.07	$844
845	845	2	99.00	$99.00	$837

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
220	220	1	130.00	$130.00	$286
290	290	1	132.00	$132.00	$383
345	345	1	139.00	$139.00	$480
350–395	386	6	124.00–133.00	$127.40	$492
403–440	413	6	127.00–129.00	$128.16	$529
480	480	2	124.00–129.00	$126.50	$607
547	547	2	119.00	$119.00	$651
560–580	572	8	111.00–120.00	$114.99	$658
600–605	603	3	110.00–114.00	$112.67	$679

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
380	380	1	129.00	$129.00	$490
470	470	1	131.00	$131.00	$616
655	655	1	114.00	$114.00	$747

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1220–1775	1469	75-80%	10	51.50–57.50	$55.45	$815
1575	1575	75-80%	1	57.50	$57.50	$906

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1065	1065	80-85%	1	48.00	$48.00	$511
975–1270	1109	80-85%	7	50.00–55.00	$53.18	$590

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870	870	85-90%	1	44.00	$44.00	$383
975–1095	1018	85-90%	3	48.00–49.00	$48.36	$492
965–1195	1080	85-90%	2	51.50–52.00	$51.72	$559

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1510–1940	1685	3	77.00–81.50	$79.92	$1,347
1645–1800	1723	2	85.50–87.50	$86.54	$1,491

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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.