Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 13, 2021

747 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $128.36/cwt -0.93 vs last sale · ≈ $794/hd at 618 lb · 51 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $118.16/cwt -2.68 vs last sale · ≈ $683/hd at 578 lb · 35 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.40/cwt +1.59 vs last sale · ≈ $644/hd at 530 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	747	535	924
Feeder cattle	650	477	846
Slaughter cattle	66	41	56
Replacement cattle	31	17	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady 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
390	390	1	155.00	$155.00	$604	+4.00
405–430 value added	422	3	151.00–157.00	$152.92	$645	-4.03
405–445	430	6	140.00–147.00	$141.96	$610	-3.37
456–485	462	5	145.00	$145.00	$670	+1.51
455–492 value added	480	3	149.00–151.00	$149.63	$718	-4.34
510–535 value added	520	10	147.50–155.00	$149.55	$778	-2.97
505–545	522	20	136.00–144.00	$138.22	$722	-1.00
575–592	580	16	135.00–139.00	$137.01	$795	+2.52
600–640	617	26	121.00–129.00	$124.64	$769	-4.65
604–639 value added	620	25	130.00–137.00	$132.22	$820	—
669–678 value added	674	15	127.00–130.00	$128.61	$867	—
716 value added	716	4	124.00	$124.00	$888	—
700–745	729	16	114.00–119.00	$118.53	$864	-1.47
755–770	760	6	114.00–117.00	$115.51	$878	—
771 value added	771	11	123.75	$123.75	$954	—
825	825	2	116.00	$116.00	$957	-2.50
960	960	6	113.50	$113.50	$1,090	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–485	476	4	126.00–135.00	$128.80	$613	+3.80
505–530	520	3	127.00–131.00	$129.71	$674	+0.21
593	593	3	130.00	$130.00	$771	—
605–610	608	2	116.00	$116.00	$705	-0.67
665–680	669	4	115.00	$115.00	$769	—
735	735	1	112.00	$112.00	$823	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	139.00	$139.00	$653	—
516	516	6	126.50	$126.50	$653	-11.50
647	647	2	116.00	$116.00	$751	—
695	695	1	116.00	$116.00	$806	-5.00
730	730	1	115.00	$115.00	$840	-4.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	126.00	$126.00	$447	—
465	465	1	112.00	$112.00	$521	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268 fancy	268	3	142.50	$142.50	$382	—
305–345	327	5	120.00–130.00	$126.09	$412	+4.21
355–365 fancy	360	4	134.00–137.50	$136.61	$492	—
350–397	379	8	120.00–129.00	$123.10	$467	-6.56
400–445 value added	417	17	127.00–134.00	$128.61	$536	-3.09
407–445	420	4	120.00–126.00	$123.44	$518	-0.56
450–477 value added	462	10	126.00–129.00	$127.58	$589	-5.42
458–495	478	17	119.00–126.00	$123.42	$590	+1.79
505–545	526	4	111.00–117.00	$113.98	$600	-1.42
505–545 value added	531	29	119.00–128.00	$122.42	$650	+1.55
550–597 value added	577	30	118.00–122.00	$120.59	$696	-2.66
575–585	583	5	103.00–106.00	$103.59	$604	-9.72
608–618 value added	611	13	121.00–123.25	$122.55	$749	—
600–640	620	15	103.00–114.00	$108.57	$673	-3.43
650–698 value added	669	18	118.50–122.00	$120.41	$806	—
657–695	676	13	101.00–115.00	$104.89	$709	-3.59
706–727	722	14	112.00–118.00	$116.38	$840	—
738	738	4	99.00	$99.00	$731	—
751–790	766	10	106.00–115.00	$111.42	$853	+3.92
785–787	786	3	91.00–104.00	$95.33	$749	-12.17
810	810	1	93.00	$93.00	$753	+8.00
865	865	1	89.00	$89.00	$770	—
935	935	1	90.00	$90.00	$842	—
985	985	1	87.00	$87.00	$857	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	105.00	$105.00	$310	—
360–370	365	2	115.00–117.50	$116.23	$424	+1.23
425–445	435	2	117.00–117.50	$117.26	$510	+9.47
475–490	483	2	113.00–116.00	$114.52	$553	—
545	545	1	93.00	$93.00	$507	-12.00
585	585	2	102.00–104.00	$103.00	$603	+4.50
635	635	1	102.00	$102.00	$648	+11.51
676	676	3	89.00	$89.00	$602	-11.00
700	700	1	82.00	$82.00	$574	—
770	770	1	87.00	$87.00	$670	+8.00
890	890	1	73.00	$73.00	$650	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	121.00	$121.00	$478	—
485–490	487	3	101.00–110.00	$104.02	$507	+14.02
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	—
625–632	630	3	94.00–101.00	$98.68	$622	—
740	740	2	101.00	$101.00	$747	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	100.00	$100.00	$325	—
365	365	1	92.50	$92.50	$338	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	374	4	138.00–145.00	$141.51	$529	-3.48
420–435	428	2	140.00	$140.00	$599	+1.63
470–490	484	7	133.00–138.00	$135.73	$657	—
520–547	533	10	125.00–139.00	$131.63	$702	+2.49
555–592	576	11	128.00–135.00	$129.07	$743	+1.74
600–627	606	15	110.00–130.00	$119.82	$726	+1.98
650–680	662	5	111.00–119.00	$115.37	$764	-1.96
715–745	733	4	106.00–108.00	$106.99	$784	+2.04
755–790	765	4	100.00–107.00	$103.22	$790	—
830–840	833	4	98.00–99.00	$98.25	$818	+0.74
850	850	1	95.00	$95.00	$808	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	318	4	129.00–137.50	$131.62	$419	-2.86
376	376	3	132.00	$132.00	$496	+2.00
405	405	1	126.00	$126.00	$510	—
450–490	465	4	125.00–130.00	$127.54	$593	—
500–540	517	5	115.00–124.00	$119.54	$618	-4.46
565–590	571	5	118.00–123.00	$121.18	$692	—
630	630	1	109.00	$109.00	$687	—
665	665	1	102.00	$102.00	$678	-8.51

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–597	579	10	115.00–128.00	$122.31	$708	—
640	640	1	110.00	$110.00	$704	—
650–695	661	4	105.00–112.00	$106.84	$706	—
711	711	3	106.00	$106.00	$754	+5.25
755–760	758	2	99.00	$99.00	$750	—
810	810	1	98.00	$98.00	$794	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	125.00	$125.00	$350	+5.00
405–445	425	2	110.00–112.50	$111.31	$473	+11.31
510	510	1	110.00	$110.00	$561	+5.12
575	575	1	115.00	$115.00	$661	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1610	1610	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1485	1342	80-85%	6	38.00–48.00	$44.82	$601	-14.24
1255–1515	1375	80-85%	10	50.00–54.50	$52.44	$721	—
1110–1590	1414	80-85%	9	55.00–59.00	$56.20	$795	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1655	1416	75-80%	8	52.50–54.50	$53.48	$757	—
1485	1485	75-80%	1	44.00	$44.00	$653	-14.26
1135–1875	1560	75-80%	6	54.50–57.00	$55.94	$873	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1120	986	85-90%	5	37.00–41.00	$39.59	$390	—
1035–1205	1120	85-90%	3	43.00–49.00	$46.82	$524	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420	1420	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,108	—
1310–1985	1730	6	82.00–93.00	$89.20	$1,543	—
1555–1995	1845	5	94.00–98.00	$95.67	$1,765	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	860.00	$860.00
1005–1530	1262	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	795.00–1,000.00	$910.61
1220–1555	1436	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	775.00–875.00	$829.40

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105–1145	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	720.00	$720.00
1165	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020–1150	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	585.00–600.00	$592.95	—

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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.