Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 3, 2021

409 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.23/cwt +9.12 vs last sale · ≈ $689/hd at 529 lb · 28 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $145.91/cwt +9.41 vs last sale · ≈ $867/hd at 594 lb · 22 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $125.48/cwt -5.13 vs last sale · ≈ $961/hd at 766 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	409	371	437
Feeder cattle	374	334	375
Slaughter cattle	28	32	62
Replacement cattle	7	5	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and bull calves were mostly steady. Heifer calves were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Light supply of slaughter cattle with good 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
382	382	2	171.00	$171.00	$653	—
400–425	413	2	164.00–169.00	$166.58	$688	-0.99
490	490	1	156.00	$156.00	$764	-3.54
505–520 value added	513	2	157.00–158.00	$157.51	$808	-0.62
515–542	534	11	143.00–153.00	$146.78	$784	-1.70
565	565	2	132.50	$132.50	$749	-4.00
597 value added	597	20	147.25	$147.25	$879	—
600–635	622	17	129.00–140.50	$133.84	$832	-1.94
665–685	674	7	124.00–130.00	$126.05	$850	-6.34
715	715	1	117.50	$117.50	$840	-2.50
765–766	766	21	115.00–126.00	$125.48	$961	+1.47
835	835	1	114.00	$114.00	$952	—
910	910	1	109.00	$109.00	$992	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–468	464	5	140.00–151.00	$142.13	$659	—
648	648	3	121.00	$121.00	$784	—
696	696	7	125.00	$125.00	$870	—
747	747	2	110.00	$110.00	$822	—
825	825	2	110.00	$110.00	$908	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–495	487	5	141.00–150.00	$145.01	$706	—
515	515	2	125.00–130.00	$127.50	$657	—
550–570	566	5	128.00–134.00	$129.77	$734	-0.23
808	808	5	105.50	$105.50	$852	—
965	965	1	98.00	$98.00	$946	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390–391	391	4	143.00–144.00	$143.75	$562	+13.75
422–445	432	10	136.00–140.00	$138.28	$597	+7.64
452–490	466	15	128.00–140.00	$138.48	$645	+5.48
502–545	529	28	124.50–133.00	$130.23	$689	+9.12
559–585	569	20	120.50–127.00	$124.27	$707	+2.76
610–617	611	12	112.50–118.50	$117.49	$718	+0.86
667–670	668	10	108.50	$108.50	$725	—
720–727	726	6	103.50	$103.50	$751	—
830–837	835	3	97.00	$97.00	$810	—
915	915	1	97.00	$97.00	$888	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	333	2	135.00–136.00	$135.51	$451	—
415	415	1	127.00	$127.00	$527	+7.00
515	515	1	119.00	$119.00	$613	—
570–594	587	10	110.00–117.50	$115.31	$677	+11.81
625–645	635	2	102.00–109.00	$105.44	$670	—
695	695	2	96.00	$96.00	$667	-4.00
785	785	1	91.00	$91.00	$714	—
930	930	1	86.00	$86.00	$800	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	114.00	$114.00	$610	-4.00
578	578	4	119.00	$119.00	$688	—
632	632	2	111.00	$111.00	$702	—
679	679	7	105.50	$105.50	$716	—
753	753	3	102.50	$102.50	$772	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	2	175.00	$175.00	$668	+7.08
420 fancy	420	3	182.00	$182.00	$764	—
415–440	428	2	170.00	$170.00	$728	+17.00
455–460	458	5	163.00–171.00	$166.18	$761	—
543	543	3	140.50	$140.50	$763	—
615–645	630	2	122.00–123.00	$122.51	$772	+9.51
720	720	3	106.50	$106.50	$767	+5.50
815	815	2	100.00	$100.00	$815	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	150.00	$150.00	$450	—
407–435	424	5	138.00–151.00	$141.82	$601	—
470–475	473	2	141.00–143.00	$142.01	$672	—
525	525	1	124.00	$124.00	$651	—
565	565	1	121.00	$121.00	$684	-3.00
698	698	3	107.50	$107.50	$750	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185	1185	75-80%	1	62.50	$62.50	$741	—
1095–1805	1397	75-80%	6	63.50–68.50	$65.24	$911	—
1320–1810	1565	75-80%	2	71.00–76.00	$73.89	$1,156	+16.20

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1475	1146	85-90%	4	55.00–59.00	$56.76	$650	—
1095–1290	1193	85-90%	2	50.00–52.50	$51.35	$613	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120	1120	80-85%	1	67.50	$67.50	$756	—
1130–1295	1213	80-85%	2	64.50–65.00	$64.77	$786	+8.25

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430–1500	1465	2	86.00–90.00	$88.05	$1,290	—
2275	2275	1	108.00	$108.00	$2,457	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1150	1108	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	780.00–840.00	$808.85

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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.