Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 2, 2020

795 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.82/cwt -0.19 vs last sale · ≈ $644/hd at 520 lb · 59 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $131.69/cwt +9.69 vs last sale · ≈ $906/hd at 688 lb · 47 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $139.84/cwt +6.39 vs last sale · ≈ $808/hd at 578 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	795	230	1,115
Feeder cattle	684	163	976
Slaughter cattle	68	42	106
Replacement cattle	43	25	33

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with good demand for weaned packages. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower 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
330 fancy	330	2	168.00	$168.00	$554	—
340	340	1	151.00	$151.00	$513	—
355	355	1	156.00	$156.00	$554	+13.50
379 fancy	379	5	167.00	$167.00	$633	—
400–435 value added	415	6	151.00–160.00	$155.54	$645	-16.82
415–445	428	11	140.00–149.00	$144.24	$617	-10.76
450–495	457	8	140.00–143.00	$142.43	$651	-10.07
450–493 value added	480	23	149.00–160.00	$155.90	$748	—
500–542 value added	516	19	145.00–153.00	$149.94	$774	-3.56
502–545	521	8	140.00–145.00	$142.44	$742	+2.53
553–555 value added	553	10	143.00–148.00	$147.50	$816	—
560–596	586	32	133.00–142.00	$137.44	$805	+3.99
605–647	626	9	127.00–130.00	$129.03	$808	-1.89
600–647 value added	633	25	131.00–138.00	$133.70	$846	—
665–695	673	9	125.00–130.00	$127.45	$858	+5.45
688–692 value added	692	38	130.00–133.00	$132.69	$918	—
711 value added	711	5	133.00	$133.00	$946	—
700–745	735	6	122.00–124.00	$122.66	$902	+1.71
785	785	1	121.00	$121.00	$950	—
793–796 value added	794	11	130.00–134.25	$132.70	$1,054	—
815–840	832	3	121.00	$121.00	$1,007	+1.00
890	890	1	124.50	$124.50	$1,108	—
905–927	924	8	119.00–126.00	$125.14	$1,156	+25.14
1035	1035	2	112.50	$112.50	$1,164	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	140.00	$140.00	$462	—
395	395	1	137.50	$137.50	$543	—
425	425	1	139.00	$139.00	$591	—
535	535	1	125.00	$125.00	$669	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	2	119.00	$119.00	$904	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225 fancy	225	1	142.50	$142.50	$321	—
260 fancy	260	1	137.50	$137.50	$358	—
280–290	285	2	132.50	$132.50	$378	+2.50
320–345	328	3	131.00–132.50	$131.49	$431	+4.53
365–395	381	4	124.00–128.00	$126.38	$482	+0.09
400–445	422	8	123.00–129.00	$127.07	$536	+3.07
400–442 value added	430	18	130.00–136.00	$132.75	$571	—
450–490	472	26	115.00–128.00	$123.90	$585	-3.40
500–542 value added	519	55	120.00–127.00	$124.37	$645	—
515–545	533	4	115.00–118.00	$116.24	$620	-7.77
550–575	557	5	116.00–119.00	$118.18	$658	-1.06
550–590 value added	563	34	120.00–125.50	$122.79	$691	—
600–627	616	24	119.00–121.75	$121.27	$747	+2.83
615–640	630	3	114.00–118.00	$115.68	$729	-2.76
655	655	1	123.00	$123.00	$806	+17.00
660–695	687	10	104.00–114.00	$111.45	$766	+5.45
725	725	1	116.00	$116.00	$841	+11.77
726–730	727	5	109.00–110.00	$109.20	$794	+4.97
750–795	774	7	99.00–110.00	$104.88	$812	—
816	816	10	96.00	$96.00	$783	+6.00
850–875	862	3	105.00–109.00	$106.32	$916	—
875	875	1	98.00	$98.00	$858	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–380	368	2	115.00–119.00	$116.93	$430	—
410	410	1	110.00	$110.00	$451	+4.00
462	462	2	104.00	$104.00	$480	±0.00
605	605	1	98.00	$98.00	$593	—
690	690	1	95.00	$95.00	$656	—
775	775	1	90.00	$90.00	$698	+24.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–475	465	2	110.00–115.00	$112.45	$523	—
630	630	1	102.00	$102.00	$643	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	2	98.00	$98.00	$412	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–342	335	5	140.00–151.00	$145.90	$489	—
385–390	387	3	145.00–147.00	$145.67	$564	—
390 fancy	390	1	155.00	$155.00	$604	—
415 fancy	415	1	149.00	$149.00	$618	—
440–443	442	4	135.00–138.00	$137.25	$607	—
496	496	3	142.00	$142.00	$704	—
540	540	1	124.00	$124.00	$670	—
555–570	563	9	124.00–138.00	$131.96	$743	-5.54
600–645	616	14	119.00–127.00	$122.03	$752	+0.53
660–675	670	11	114.00–123.00	$115.53	$774	-2.47
701–730	708	4	104.00–110.00	$108.45	$768	+14.45
785–795	788	4	103.00–109.00	$104.76	$826	—
805–840	809	9	97.00–101.50	$100.98	$817	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	140.00	$140.00	$343	—
355–375	372	7	135.00–136.00	$135.86	$505	—
523–540	527	4	121.00–122.00	$121.26	$639	—
550	550	1	116.00	$116.00	$638	—
645	645	2	110.00	$110.00	$710	—
655–687	674	4	102.00–109.00	$104.94	$707	—
735	735	1	101.00	$101.00	$742	+33.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	140.00	$140.00	$560	—
540	540	1	128.00	$128.00	$691	—
580	580	1	129.00	$129.00	$748	—
665–685	680	4	109.00–112.00	$111.27	$757	—
890	890	1	88.00	$88.00	$783	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	2	117.00	$117.00	$544	—
505	505	1	100.00	$100.00	$505	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1215	1037	85-90%	7	34.00–43.50	$39.22	$407	—
835–1195	1043	85-90%	11	44.00–50.00	$46.21	$482	—
975–1145	1060	85-90%	2	50.50–54.00	$52.11	$552	+12.80

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1340	1196	80-85%	8	46.00–50.00	$48.03	$574	—
1055–1440	1238	80-85%	7	52.50–56.00	$53.98	$668	—
1350–1735	1543	80-85%	2	57.00–59.00	$58.12	$897	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1445	1360	75-80%	6	51.50–56.00	$54.01	$735	—
1410–1530	1472	75-80%	3	56.00–59.00	$58.00	$854	+2.57

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–2080	1635	6	79.00–89.00	$85.36	$1,396	—
1810–1980	1875	4	93.00–99.00	$96.68	$1,813	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1155	1056	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	725.00–1,035.00	$837.27
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1100–1285	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	725.00–1,025.00	$848.43

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1000	962	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	475.00–525.00	$492.33
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1185	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	575.00–725.00	$654.13

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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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
1015–1735	1529	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	950.00–1,275.00	$1,093.47	—

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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.