Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) Market Report

Campbellsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 26, 2025

757 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $310.44/cwt +32.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,908/hd at 614 lb · 45 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $319.08/cwt +37.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,538/hd at 482 lb · 42 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $275.93/cwt ≈ $2,110/hd at 765 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	757	82	706
Feeder cattle	672	67	646
Slaughter cattle	74	13	59
Replacement cattle	11	2	1

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available due to no sale last week because of winter weather. However, very good demand was shown for all feeder classes. There was moderate to good demand noted for slaughter classes.

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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 fancy	345	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,346	—
350	350	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,190	—
375 fancy	375	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,425	—
415–420 fancy	416	4	395.00–401.00	$396.51	$1,649	—
400–435	422	3	340.00–357.50	$351.48	$1,483	+48.48
455–475 fancy	458	10	371.00–392.50	$389.87	$1,786	—
475	475	1	352.50	$352.50	$1,674	+62.50
500–520	507	3	300.00–320.00	$308.49	$1,564	—
520–540 value added	522	13	334.00–349.00	$346.58	$1,809	—
555–580	572	6	300.00–326.00	$312.62	$1,788	+28.64
601–621	612	8	260.00–275.00	$266.78	$1,633	+2.76
603–645 value added	615	37	289.00–329.00	$319.88	$1,967	+36.38
655–697 value added	674	10	288.00–300.00	$294.89	$1,988	—
665–695	680	4	265.00–270.00	$268.23	$1,824	—
705–742	733	23	250.00–268.50	$264.34	$1,938	—
757–758	757	12	255.50–262.50	$260.75	$1,974	—
768 value added	768	30	282.00	$282.00	$2,166	—
805–845	821	5	234.00–246.00	$238.94	$1,962	+14.94
821 value added	821	12	262.00	$262.00	$2,151	—
888–895	891	15	246.50–252.00	$249.08	$2,219	—
910–947	944	11	231.00–240.00	$239.21	$2,258	—
995	995	11	226.50	$226.50	$2,254	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,350	—
570	570	1	254.00	$254.00	$1,448	-15.00
710–745	730	3	227.00–230.00	$229.03	$1,672	—
830	830	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,602	—
960	960	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,862	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585–595	590	2	280.00–290.00	$284.96	$1,681	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115	1115	1	214.00	$214.00	$2,386	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	315.00	$315.00	$866	—
315–325	320	2	302.50	$302.50	$968	—
310–345 fancy	337	7	350.00–393.00	$383.26	$1,292	—
355–388 fancy	376	12	350.00–385.00	$368.58	$1,386	—
400–445 fancy	426	10	326.00–353.00	$344.86	$1,469	—
425–442	434	5	303.00–318.00	$308.65	$1,340	—
455–493 fancy	475	21	325.00–335.00	$330.18	$1,568	—
460–499	489	21	300.00–321.00	$307.99	$1,506	+26.26
505–537 value added	523	9	297.00–314.00	$304.27	$1,591	—
500–546	525	18	275.00–294.00	$284.70	$1,495	—
555–598	580	23	275.00–289.00	$280.28	$1,626	+26.80
605–630	618	17	254.00–262.00	$259.24	$1,602	+16.01
621–637 value added	628	11	267.00–271.00	$269.46	$1,692	—
662–685	666	9	237.00–254.00	$251.17	$1,673	—
690 value added	690	19	269.00	$269.00	$1,856	—
710–733	723	13	222.00–242.50	$233.92	$1,691	+15.86
722–737 value added	735	12	246.00–249.00	$248.51	$1,827	—
750–794	790	11	226.00–238.00	$236.96	$1,872	+19.96
806	806	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,781	—
841–846 value added	845	16	237.00	$237.00	$2,003	—
895	895	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,871	—
945	945	11	220.00	$220.00	$2,079	+40.00
1005	1005	5	205.00	$205.00	$2,060	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	297.50	$297.50	$729	+26.50
425–435	430	2	253.00–272.00	$262.61	$1,129	—
460–470	465	2	270.00–278.00	$273.96	$1,274	—
525–530	528	2	251.00–270.00	$260.45	$1,375	—
592	592	6	263.00	$263.00	$1,557	—
650	650	1	224.00	$224.00	$1,456	—
720–735	727	3	187.00–210.00	$199.03	$1,447	—
750–785	768	2	201.00–211.00	$206.11	$1,583	—
900	900	2	172.50	$172.50	$1,552	—
1065	1065	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,832	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–475	458	6	280.00–299.00	$292.11	$1,338	—
670	670	1	234.00	$234.00	$1,568	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110	1110	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,610	—
1130–1238	1216	5	170.00–199.00	$175.39	$2,133	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–305	303	3	340.00–352.50	$344.12	$1,043	+38.12
315 fancy	315	3	377.50	$377.50	$1,189	—
375–395	385	3	330.00–350.00	$339.83	$1,308	+48.30
385–397 fancy	391	7	365.00–378.00	$370.84	$1,450	—
425	425	2	320.00–322.50	$321.25	$1,365	—
405–440 fancy	433	5	391.00–392.50	$391.28	$1,694	—
455–460	459	5	320.00–341.00	$336.84	$1,546	—
450–472 fancy	462	6	355.00–377.50	$367.18	$1,696	—
515 fancy	515	2	352.00	$352.00	$1,813	—
515–540	526	7	299.00–310.00	$307.00	$1,615	—
555–560 fancy	557	4	316.00–320.00	$318.00	$1,771	—
590–599	597	26	292.00–303.00	$300.03	$1,791	+38.80
605–615 fancy	610	2	287.50–299.00	$293.20	$1,789	—
626	626	3	267.00	$267.00	$1,671	+18.00
671	671	6	266.50	$266.50	$1,788	—
700–722	715	3	240.00–249.00	$246.06	$1,759	—
710–735 fancy	723	2	251.00–255.00	$253.03	$1,829	—
765–787	780	14	240.00–243.00	$241.73	$1,885	+5.73
815–845	841	10	194.00–225.50	$221.26	$1,861	—
860	860	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,711	—
910	910	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,002	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	287.50	$287.50	$963	—
367–390	375	3	285.00–287.50	$285.87	$1,072	—
467	467	5	273.00	$273.00	$1,275	—
510–545	533	3	260.00–280.00	$270.22	$1,440	—
570–590	578	5	260.00–271.00	$268.21	$1,550	—
630–645	638	2	240.00–244.00	$242.02	$1,544	—
690–695	693	2	246.00–247.50	$246.75	$1,710	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	300.00	$300.00	$735	—
345	345	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,070	—
460	460	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,380	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1440	1226	80-85%	7	115.00–129.50	$120.88	$1,482	—
1140–1505	1300	80-85%	4	91.00–113.00	$105.25	$1,368	—
1025–1690	1337	80-85%	14	130.00–144.00	$136.43	$1,824	—
1180–1490	1387	80-85%	6	145.00–150.00	$146.67	$2,034	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1260	1040	85-90%	5	70.00–103.00	$88.60	$921	—
1005–1110	1052	85-90%	3	114.00–116.00	$115.36	$1,214	—
1045–1160	1103	85-90%	2	138.00–139.00	$138.47	$1,527	+17.46
895–1420	1138	85-90%	5	122.00–133.00	$128.35	$1,461	+7.34

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445–1530	1488	75-80%	2	140.00–141.00	$140.49	$2,090	—
1480–1930	1663	75-80%	4	145.00–153.00	$148.22	$2,465	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1790	1558	3	154.00–166.00	$160.27	$2,497	—
1710–2115	1915	7	170.00–179.00	$173.70	$3,326	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
975	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1020	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1005–1250	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,500.00–1,700.00	$1,601.21
1110	1110	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
875–1050	977	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,600.00–2,225.00	$1,957.72

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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.