Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 14, 2020

1,098 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $137.37/cwt +1.63 vs last sale · ≈ $872/hd at 635 lb · 100 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $136.73/cwt +8.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,052/hd at 769 lb · 59 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.26/cwt -1.81 vs last sale · ≈ $629/hd at 527 lb · 51 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,098	848	998
Feeder cattle	943	713	855
Slaughter cattle	81	98	108
Replacement cattle	74	37	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 lower with moderate demand for good quality weaned packages; light demand for plain, fleshy and bawling calves. Feeder heifers sold steady to 1.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter cows sold steady with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with light 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
342–345	343	3	151.00–157.50	$155.32	$533	+9.47
367	367	4	148.00	$148.00	$543	+2.04
400–445 value added	425	19	150.00–159.00	$155.20	$660	+0.20
403–445	434	14	140.00–149.50	$146.78	$637	+4.57
455–465 value added	463	4	151.00–152.50	$152.13	$704	-0.27
450–495	475	19	137.00–146.00	$141.82	$674	-1.10
525–527 value added	526	3	144.00	$144.00	$757	-4.31
505–549	528	29	134.00–141.00	$138.52	$731	-2.19
550–594	579	43	134.00–142.00	$135.97	$787	-4.05
600–648	619	37	126.00–132.00	$128.21	$794	-3.40
644 value added	644	63	142.75	$142.75	$919	-1.25
685–690	687	3	129.00–132.00	$130.00	$893	+1.96
702	702	5	112.00	$112.00	$786	—
705–720	708	10	121.00–124.00	$123.40	$874	-7.94
710–737 value added	719	6	130.00–132.00	$130.84	$941	—
760–769 value added	769	58	131.00–137.00	$136.90	$1,053	—
790	790	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,003	-1.66
807–845	813	42	127.00–132.00	$131.36	$1,068	+9.36
1045	1045	1	104.50	$104.50	$1,092	-6.50
1055–1075	1065	2	101.00–106.00	$103.48	$1,102	—
1105	1105	2	100.00	$100.00	$1,105	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	132.50	$132.50	$450	—
430	430	1	130.00	$130.00	$559	-0.02
465–475	470	7	120.00–134.00	$129.95	$611	+0.47
510–513	512	4	130.00–133.00	$132.25	$677	—
565–595	580	2	124.00–126.00	$124.97	$725	-6.03
600–645	623	17	115.00–125.00	$121.30	$756	-4.70
650–660	655	2	124.00	$124.00	$812	—
700–745	723	2	101.00–118.00	$109.76	$794	—
770–777	775	3	112.00–113.00	$112.33	$871	—
940	940	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,034	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625–630	626	5	123.00–124.00	$123.80	$775	-2.20
675–690	683	3	118.00–122.00	$120.33	$822	—
825	825	3	115.00	$115.00	$949	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–445	441	4	110.00–115.00	$113.74	$502	—
540	540	1	110.00	$110.00	$594	—
593	593	3	107.00	$107.00	$635	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	127.50	$127.50	$312	—
255–265	260	2	120.00–130.00	$125.10	$325	-5.90
330–331	331	4	120.00–125.00	$123.75	$410	-3.38
330–335 fancy	333	2	135.00	$135.00	$450	±0.00
365–390	374	6	120.00–125.00	$121.80	$456	-8.90
403–445	417	26	117.00–130.00	$126.01	$525	-3.40
433–441 value added	437	6	131.00	$131.00	$572	—
459 value added	459	5	131.00	$131.00	$601	—
450–482	463	21	117.00–129.50	$124.30	$576	+1.69
505–545	527	51	114.00–125.00	$119.26	$629	-1.81
550–590	564	40	114.00–123.00	$120.06	$677	+2.01
605–645	624	21	110.00–120.00	$113.75	$710	-1.25
630	630	2	120.00–127.00	$123.50	$778	+8.50
660	660	1	124.00	$124.00	$818	+10.00
655–682	666	8	110.00–116.00	$114.49	$763	+0.49
708–735	719	10	104.00–109.00	$106.80	$768	-14.53
710–735	720	5	117.00–124.00	$120.78	$870	-0.55
775	775	1	97.00	$97.00	$752	-11.99
815	815	2	104.00	$104.00	$848	—
1075	1075	1	92.00	$92.00	$989	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	110.00	$110.00	$258	—
395	395	1	115.00	$115.00	$454	—
405–440	424	7	110.00–116.00	$113.89	$483	-1.13
455–480	467	5	108.00–115.00	$110.99	$518	-4.46
500–540	519	9	106.00–113.00	$108.88	$565	-2.85
551–585	565	7	107.00–112.00	$108.74	$614	-1.54
610–622	617	8	101.00–107.00	$104.64	$646	+0.50
670–695	684	5	100.00–106.00	$103.17	$706	-1.18

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–315	313	2	102.00–102.50	$102.25	$320	—
350–390	370	2	97.50–105.00	$101.05	$374	-1.95
410	410	1	102.50	$102.50	$420	—
455–461	460	5	99.00–100.00	$99.20	$456	-0.80

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	117.00	$117.00	$567	—
575	575	1	104.00	$104.00	$598	-11.00
635	635	1	107.00	$107.00	$679	+2.00
685	685	1	107.00	$107.00	$733	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–215	208	2	142.50–145.00	$143.70	$299	—
260	260	1	142.50	$142.50	$370	—
300–340	325	3	141.00–150.00	$146.21	$475	-0.06
352–395	366	6	141.00–148.00	$143.64	$526	-0.04
407–448	437	11	136.00–143.00	$139.21	$608	-1.86
455–493	474	16	130.00–141.00	$136.80	$648	-3.77
505–545	528	7	127.00–135.00	$131.86	$696	-7.98
550–595	569	11	125.00–132.00	$127.47	$725	-8.24
600–645	617	16	114.00–126.00	$121.18	$748	-2.07
652–685	661	9	110.00–123.00	$119.29	$789	-5.71
700–742	723	5	104.00–110.00	$106.32	$769	-7.19
760–785	773	2	103.00–106.00	$104.48	$808	-2.52
800–842	822	4	100.00–104.00	$102.00	$838	-10.00
850	850	1	94.00	$94.00	$799	-9.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	227	3	130.00–135.00	$132.37	$300	—
325–335	330	2	124.00–131.00	$127.55	$421	—
355	355	1	130.00	$130.00	$462	—
437	437	2	122.00	$122.00	$533	-5.03
460–495	483	6	119.00–128.00	$123.93	$599	+0.93
505–545	522	12	115.00–125.00	$121.15	$632	-2.85
550–595	570	5	116.00–122.00	$118.42	$675	—
600–630	613	5	105.00–110.00	$107.60	$660	—
660–685	679	9	105.00–108.00	$106.44	$723	-7.01
705–745	722	6	98.00–100.00	$99.00	$715	—
755	755	1	98.00	$98.00	$740	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	122.50	$122.50	$257	+22.50
340	340	1	120.00	$120.00	$408	—
375	375	1	115.00	$115.00	$431	—
490	490	1	104.00	$104.00	$510	-4.61
500–535	512	3	106.00–114.00	$110.74	$567	—
555–585	576	6	104.00–110.00	$106.31	$612	+0.31
635	635	1	94.00	$94.00	$597	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	2	121.00	$121.00	$659	—
735	735	1	102.00	$102.00	$750	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1605	1245	80-85%	10	41.00–49.00	$46.25	$576	—
1070–1485	1249	80-85%	10	50.00–54.00	$52.57	$657	—
1085–1470	1295	80-85%	8	55.00–59.50	$57.74	$748	+0.15

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1165	1014	85-90%	9	39.50–46.50	$42.74	$433	—
880–1195	1042	85-90%	5	47.00–49.00	$47.82	$498	—
1120	1120	85-90%	1	52.00	$52.00	$582	+2.81

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1390	1315	75-80%	4	45.50–49.50	$47.34	$623	—
1290–1400	1333	75-80%	5	58.00–61.00	$59.08	$788	—
1185–1475	1335	75-80%	4	52.00–54.50	$53.30	$712	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1207–2210	1542	13	75.00–80.00	$77.07	$1,188	—
1465–1655	1553	3	64.00–73.50	$69.27	$1,076	—
1860	1860	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,581	+3.55

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00
1075–1605	1261	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	700.00–960.00	$815.19

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1340	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	630.00–660.00	$647.96
1100–1360	1237	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	590.00–670.00	$643.43

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985–1535	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	910.00–1,150.00	$1,013.99	—
1345	1345	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	960.00	$960.00	—
1225–1617	1437	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,100.00–1,375.00	$1,182.13	—
1405–1490 fancy	1448	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,310.00	$1,305.15	—
1590	1590	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035–1185	1097	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	650.00–670.00	$663.50	—

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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.