Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 3, 2021

492 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $107.03/cwt ≈ $868/hd at 811 lb · 50 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.28/cwt +1.74 vs last sale · ≈ $689/hd at 517 lb · 24 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $115.87/cwt ≈ $991/hd at 855 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	492	569	726
Feeder cattle	443	511	682
Slaughter cattle	39	52	37
Replacement cattle	10	6	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter 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
340	340	5	173.50–199.00	$178.60	$607	+12.10
395	395	1	177.50	$177.50	$701	-1.50
414–448	425	9	170.00–174.00	$171.40	$728	-0.60
457 value added	457	2	176.00	$176.00	$804	—
477–491	483	7	165.50–171.00	$167.90	$811	+5.52
505–510 value added	507	3	158.00–160.00	$159.33	$808	+2.33
500–535	521	5	144.00–153.00	$148.51	$774	-3.85
550–596 value added	565	10	154.00–158.00	$156.81	$886	-2.38
555–596	585	9	142.00–146.50	$144.98	$848	-0.08
605–620 value added	613	2	148.00–155.00	$151.46	$928	—
600–645	626	13	133.50–145.00	$137.08	$858	-5.85
650	650	1	131.00	$131.00	$852	-5.50
707–737	717	6	127.00–130.00	$128.03	$918	+2.10
755–783	779	16	119.00–125.00	$119.55	$931	-3.45
815	815	1	112.00	$112.00	$913	-10.14
850–855	855	20	114.50–120.00	$115.87	$991	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–440	435	2	140.00–150.00	$144.94	$630	-3.06
455–475	465	2	100.00–150.00	$124.46	$579	-25.54
530	530	1	132.00	$132.00	$700	—
550	550	1	134.00	$134.00	$737	+5.00
605	605	1	154.00	$154.00	$932	—
825–845	830	4	105.00–110.00	$108.73	$902	—
1026	1026	11	102.00	$102.00	$1,047	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	382	11	140.00–155.00	$147.31	$563	+10.31
415–447	439	6	144.00–149.00	$146.47	$643	+7.86
450–490	479	13	115.00–145.00	$139.33	$667	+5.81
500–512 value added	505	5	140.00–143.00	$141.22	$713	—
502–540	520	19	125.00–139.00	$131.19	$682	-0.35
555–580	564	5	130.00–134.00	$130.82	$738	+4.39
606 value added	606	3	132.50	$132.50	$803	—
602–630	614	12	120.00–127.00	$123.64	$759	-0.12
651–653	652	8	121.00–123.00	$121.75	$794	—
768–782	775	7	100.00–109.50	$106.13	$823	-9.87
800	800	5	114.00–115.00	$114.20	$914	+1.69

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	140.00	$140.00	$322	—
325	325	1	134.00	$134.00	$436	—
375	375	1	128.00	$128.00	$480	-0.10
400–427	418	3	117.00–134.00	$128.58	$537	+3.58
450–490	466	5	118.00–134.00	$122.55	$571	-3.45
540	540	5	115.00–124.00	$120.00	$648	—
567–590	578	11	114.50–121.00	$118.81	$687	—
640	640	2	116.00	$116.00	$742	—
653–690	670	6	104.00–115.00	$110.68	$742	+4.17
705–745	719	5	105.00–108.50	$106.78	$768	—
805–830	818	3	96.00–111.00	$101.59	$831	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	103.00	$103.00	$474	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	128.00	$128.00	$838	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	180.00	$180.00	$288	—
250	250	1	169.00	$169.00	$422	-2.00
315	315	1	164.00	$164.00	$517	—
385	385	1	161.00	$161.00	$620	-10.16
425	425	1	155.00	$155.00	$659	—
465 value added	465	1	168.00	$168.00	$781	—
455–490	466	4	143.00–150.00	$148.16	$690	—
515–527	523	3	132.00–149.00	$143.42	$750	-4.31
550–585	576	5	132.00–141.00	$137.16	$790	—
607	607	2	125.00	$125.00	$759	+1.00
661–667	662	16	124.50–128.00	$125.56	$831	+5.23
740	740	1	121.00	$121.00	$895	+1.98
751	751	3	120.00	$120.00	$901	—
805–820	811	5	106.50–108.50	$107.31	$870	—
811 value added	811	45	107.00	$107.00	$868	—
890	890	1	94.00	$94.00	$837	—
940	940	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,034	+24.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	152.00	$152.00	$464	—
425–438	435	4	132.00–148.00	$144.09	$627	+2.09
470–475	472	3	128.00–135.00	$132.65	$626	—
668	668	3	114.00	$114.00	$762	+1.54
790	790	1	104.00	$104.00	$822	-3.00
800	800	2	105.00	$105.00	$840	—
875	875	1	99.00	$99.00	$866	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1390	1390	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095	1095	80-85%	1	35.00	$35.00	$383	—
980–2881	1368	80-85%	14	53.00–65.00	$59.26	$811	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1075	961	85-90%	6	40.00–57.00	$48.12	$462	+1.62

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1620	1532	75-80%	3	54.00–60.00	$57.27	$877	-6.48

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1705–2050	1874	6	89.00–98.00	$95.79	$1,795	—
2160	2160	1	104.00	$104.00	$2,246	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1130	1130	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	$904

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140–1345	1228	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	660.00–820.00	$725.78
1530	1530	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	840.00	$840.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	780.00	$780.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	85.00	$85.00	$484	—
960	960	2	90.00	$90.00	$864	—

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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.