Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 13, 2021

732 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.33/cwt -6.75 vs last sale · ≈ $626/hd at 525 lb · 54 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.82/cwt -6.88 vs last sale · ≈ $694/hd at 579 lb · 37 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $127.85/cwt -1.36 vs last sale · ≈ $816/hd at 638 lb · 37 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	732	906	777
Feeder cattle	682	850	742
Slaughter cattle	44	49	25
Replacement cattle	6	7	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and heifer calves were 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and 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	Δ last sale
345	345	1	165.00	$165.00	$569	—
385	385	3	160.00	$160.00	$616	-9.00
405–420	415	3	147.00–156.00	$151.28	$628	—
450–485	471	7	141.00–151.50	$148.97	$702	-11.01
510–542	532	25	133.00–143.00	$137.65	$732	-7.78
532 value added	532	11	149.00	$149.00	$793	-3.80
550–590	568	27	129.00–140.00	$135.19	$768	-0.62
602–647	638	37	122.00–130.00	$127.85	$816	-1.36
650–680	658	21	120.50–127.50	$124.81	$821	-6.76
700–743	729	23	114.00–122.00	$119.16	$869	-5.12
755	755	1	120.00	$120.00	$906	±0.00
820–845	833	7	111.00–115.00	$112.28	$935	-14.37
880	880	1	111.00	$111.00	$977	-9.00
907	907	2	106.00	$106.00	$961	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–392	383	3	144.00–150.00	$148.09	$567	—
432–445	436	3	138.00–141.00	$139.02	$606	—
487–490	488	3	130.00–140.00	$133.35	$651	—
502–535	522	9	125.00–131.00	$128.31	$670	—
565–590	583	6	121.00–133.00	$127.45	$743	-2.84
610–640	625	3	119.00–122.00	$120.66	$754	-0.34
675–685	678	3	111.00–119.50	$116.64	$791	—
735–740	738	2	111.00–112.00	$111.50	$823	—
755	755	1	111.00	$111.00	$838	-6.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	3	129.50	$129.50	$662	—
690	690	4	118.00	$118.00	$814	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	155.00	$155.00	$356	—
260–293	285	9	140.00–151.00	$145.38	$414	—
320–335	329	5	135.00–140.00	$137.41	$452	+2.38
353–395	371	24	130.00–139.00	$134.99	$501	-5.19
400–445	427	25	120.00–130.00	$126.58	$540	-8.37
450–490	477	17	121.00–127.00	$123.09	$587	-9.22
502–547	525	54	116.00–122.00	$119.33	$626	-6.75
557–596	579	37	115.00–122.00	$119.82	$694	-6.88
600–645	618	6	109.00–118.00	$114.93	$710	-7.07
650–696	671	28	111.50–116.50	$114.04	$765	-10.81
701–730	710	6	105.00–110.00	$108.82	$773	+0.45
805–810	807	12	101.00–109.50	$104.55	$844	+0.05

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	125.00	$125.00	$406	—
391–395	392	4	125.00–128.00	$125.76	$493	+1.77
423	423	3	120.00	$120.00	$508	-3.71
455–487	476	6	115.00–120.00	$117.33	$558	-5.04
520–540	526	4	111.00–115.00	$112.49	$592	-7.19
575–595	587	3	110.00–111.00	$110.67	$650	-5.68
622–625	623	3	101.00–110.00	$104.01	$648	-5.99
650–660	657	3	100.00–105.00	$101.65	$668	—
715–730	719	4	90.00	$90.00	$647	-13.00
775–792	784	4	90.00–96.00	$94.01	$737	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
567	567	5	119.75	$119.75	$679	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–292	281	3	170.00–178.00	$172.46	$485	—
315	315	1	162.00	$162.00	$510	—
355–395	369	7	160.00–164.00	$161.60	$596	—
445	445	3	145.00	$145.00	$645	-7.96
465–485	472	5	141.00–150.00	$144.21	$681	-1.99
505–547	535	12	127.00–133.00	$129.30	$692	-8.20
560	560	1	137.00	$137.00	$767	+2.77
645	645	3	110.00–112.00	$110.67	$714	-14.66
667	667	2	110.00	$110.00	$734	-15.67
728	728	3	90.00	$90.00	$655	-32.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	272	3	151.00–169.00	$161.62	$440	+9.62
365–395	380	4	137.00–150.00	$144.98	$551	-5.02
462	462	2	131.00	$131.00	$605	-0.50
535	535	1	124.00	$124.00	$663	+1.00
560–592	582	4	116.00–128.00	$120.89	$704	+1.89
645	645	1	106.00	$106.00	$684	—
650–695	678	3	100.00–110.00	$103.42	$701	-14.58

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1870	1532	75-80%	9	45.50–50.50	$47.98	$735	-2.02
1750	1750	75-80%	1	44.00	$44.00	$770	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1265	1188	80-85%	2	46.00–47.50	$46.80	$556	—
1200	1200	80-85%	1	42.50	$42.50	$510	-11.49

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1440	1265	2	67.00–75.50	$71.84	$909	—
1620–1855	1752	3	78.50–86.00	$83.01	$1,454	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	3	84.00	$84.00	$638	—

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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.