Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 2, 2022

613 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.58/cwt +5.08 vs last sale · ≈ $912/hd at 635 lb · 39 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $154.86/cwt -8.24 vs last sale · ≈ $722/hd at 466 lb · 28 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.77/cwt +11.02 vs last sale · ≈ $950/hd at 665 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	613	483	492
Feeder cattle	527	453	443
Slaughter cattle	67	23	39
Replacement cattle	19	7	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer calves steady to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. Moderate 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
406–445	418	7	203.00–224.00	$214.20	$895	—
462	462	2	195.00	$195.00	$901	+9.85
510–525	522	14	172.00–179.00	$173.64	$906	-5.98
525 fancy	525	1	188.00	$188.00	$987	—
550–585	570	15	164.00–178.00	$174.30	$994	+1.80
610–645	623	26	156.00–174.00	$168.97	$1,053	+3.74
675–691	687	8	145.00–154.00	$152.53	$1,048	-14.59
713–745	718	7	138.00–145.00	$143.11	$1,028	-1.89
763–795	777	19	138.00–149.50	$144.45	$1,122	—
810–838	818	10	138.50–140.00	$139.54	$1,141	-13.96
915–935	927	5	127.00–130.00	$128.18	$1,188	—
985	985	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,212	-13.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	177.00	$177.00	$761	—
480	480	1	160.00	$160.00	$768	-10.00
500–515	504	5	150.00–168.00	$160.23	$808	+7.40
642	642	4	147.00	$147.00	$944	—
790	790	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,051	-11.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	149.00	$149.00	$738	—
555	555	4	160.00	$160.00	$888	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	2	169.00	$169.00	$468	—
305–345	323	7	150.00–161.00	$154.90	$500	-16.33
385–395	390	2	151.00–153.00	$152.01	$593	-15.31
415–445	435	7	151.00–155.00	$152.31	$663	-9.29
453–495	466	28	146.00–161.00	$154.86	$722	-8.24
506–549	525	25	145.00–161.00	$153.33	$805	-6.77
551–581	562	22	145.00–150.00	$148.61	$835	-0.68
605–643	626	14	130.00–143.00	$138.89	$869	+0.39
620–645 value added	640	25	145.00–146.50	$146.21	$936	—
654 value added	654	9	145.00	$145.00	$948	—
660–673	671	18	136.00–143.50	$141.65	$950	+9.90
700–725	705	8	123.00–127.50	$125.62	$886	—
790	790	2	126.00	$126.00	$995	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	283	3	146.00–153.00	$150.00	$424	+20.00
340	340	1	145.00	$145.00	$493	—
350–395	376	4	140.00–146.00	$143.71	$540	-16.29
410–435	418	4	135.00–141.00	$137.05	$573	—
475–480	478	2	138.00–141.00	$139.51	$667	-9.49
505–530	516	6	140.00–144.00	$142.66	$736	-8.34
563–586	576	7	126.00–140.00	$134.62	$775	—
635–645	640	2	126.00–130.00	$127.98	$819	—
655–665	660	2	126.00	$126.00	$832	+16.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	141.00	$141.00	$550	—
480	480	2	129.00–140.00	$134.50	$646	—
600–635	618	2	123.00–130.00	$126.40	$781	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	207.00	$207.00	$393	—
277	277	2	196.00	$196.00	$543	+5.00
320–345	330	5	186.00–213.00	$202.11	$667	+3.66
330 fancy	330	1	226.00	$226.00	$746	—
350–385	373	4	190.00–209.00	$200.10	$746	+6.96
405 fancy	405	2	214.00	$214.00	$867	—
412–445	423	3	180.00	$180.00	$761	-18.03
465	465	2	187.00	$187.00	$870	+7.00
520–540	530	2	170.00–173.00	$171.47	$909	+16.47
550–567	557	7	160.00–163.50	$162.72	$906	—
615–640	624	4	155.00–159.00	$156.74	$978	+21.10
683	683	3	156.50	$156.50	$1,069	—
700–705	703	2	125.00–135.00	$130.02	$914	+10.02
750–780	765	5	120.00–126.00	$123.98	$948	-8.02
875	875	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,032	-4.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	332	3	170.00	$170.00	$564	—
360–385	376	4	170.00–182.00	$175.46	$660	+4.46
400–440	419	4	170.00–171.00	$170.50	$714	—
454–490	466	10	149.00–165.00	$159.70	$744	—
500–520	510	4	134.00–150.00	$143.94	$734	—
575	575	1	150.00	$150.00	$862	—
655–660	658	2	132.00–136.00	$134.01	$882	+5.10

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	130.00	$130.00	$884	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1080	953	85-90%	3	50.00–57.00	$53.69	$512	-1.78
1000–1390	1195	85-90%	7	62.50–67.50	$65.41	$782	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1390	1158	80-85%	3	64.00	$64.00	$741	-26.00
1055–1365	1207	80-85%	5	68.00–76.50	$72.35	$873	—
1200–1385	1293	80-85%	2	77.50	$77.50	$1,002	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195	1195	75-80%	1	65.50	$65.50	$783	—
1195–1610	1377	75-80%	3	78.50–81.50	$80.10	$1,103	—
1250–1740	1502	75-80%	6	68.00–76.50	$73.16	$1,099	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1720	1473	2	95.00–97.00	$96.17	$1,417	—
1375–2115	1819	13	106.00–116.00	$111.77	$2,033	—
1640–2155	1898	2	119.00–129.00	$124.68	$2,366	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1255	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	950.00–960.00	$955.70
1045–1220	1133	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	910.00–920.00	$915.39
1140	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00
970–1495	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,110.00	$1,066.71

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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.