Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 24, 2021

582 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.95/cwt +16.59 vs last sale · ≈ $778/hd at 623 lb · 50 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.95/cwt +12.30 vs last sale · ≈ $827/hd at 683 lb · 41 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $123.39/cwt +5.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,011/hd at 819 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	582	231	463
Feeder cattle	442	200	378
Slaughter cattle	99	28	76
Replacement cattle	41	3	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

No market comparison with last week -stockyards were closed due to inclement weather.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–392	390	6	162.00–170.00	$164.63	$642	—
407	407	2	150.00	$150.00	$610	—
420–432 value added	427	4	155.00–160.00	$156.85	$670	—
457	457	2	150.50	$150.50	$688	—
452–490 value added	477	10	155.50–172.00	$161.92	$772	-3.83
510–520 value added	515	2	150.00	$150.00	$772	-10.18
540	540	1	148.00	$148.00	$799	—
554–595 value added	569	10	152.00–159.25	$155.53	$885	—
571–586	578	9	142.00–146.00	$144.79	$837	+3.68
600–640	628	10	127.50–134.25	$132.32	$831	+8.07
610–648 value added	639	11	136.00–146.50	$141.71	$906	+11.11
655–671 value added	668	8	135.25–140.00	$135.93	$908	—
660–686	676	6	129.50–133.00	$130.57	$883	—
703–715 value added	707	9	125.50–127.00	$126.49	$894	—
750–772	757	9	122.00–124.00	$123.43	$934	+11.43
812–824	819	27	120.50–124.75	$123.39	$1,011	+5.20
868	868	4	120.25	$120.25	$1,044	—
975	975	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,072	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	2	139.00	$139.00	$778	—
760 value added	760	12	124.75	$124.75	$948	—
833	833	4	118.25	$118.25	$985	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	138.00	$138.00	$662	—
622	622	2	125.00	$125.00	$778	—
665	665	2	112.00	$112.00	$745	—
745	745	5	116.00	$116.00	$864	—
862	862	2	110.00	$110.00	$948	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	120.00	$120.00	$540	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	140.00	$140.00	$357	+6.54
325–345 fancy	335	2	140.00–141.00	$140.49	$471	—
352–375	366	5	135.00–136.00	$135.41	$496	+5.03
390 fancy	390	1	144.00	$144.00	$562	—
405–438 value added	434	18	129.25–140.00	$132.69	$576	+0.69
450 value added	450	2	130.00	$130.00	$585	—
460–485	472	18	124.00–127.00	$125.17	$591	-0.83
510–520	515	4	113.00–118.00	$114.74	$591	-0.94
500–535 value added	521	19	120.00–131.75	$128.21	$668	+5.68
550–595	568	3	115.00–116.00	$115.35	$655	+1.55
555–579 value added	570	22	121.00–129.50	$126.63	$722	—
601–632 value added	623	43	121.00–127.60	$126.33	$787	—
618–632	623	7	115.00–118.00	$116.44	$725	+8.08
665–685	672	5	111.00–118.00	$115.56	$777	+6.91
656–695 value added	685	36	120.75–124.50	$121.70	$834	—
717–738	730	5	111.50–119.00	$114.45	$835	—
751–775	757	4	101.00–104.00	$103.23	$781	+2.23
773	773	6	114.00	$114.00	$881	+13.00
800–835	809	7	100.00–112.00	$102.87	$832	+9.08
945	945	1	103.50	$103.50	$978	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
561–585	571	6	106.00–108.00	$106.98	$611	+15.98
640	640	1	100.00	$100.00	$640	+4.90
650	650	1	100.00	$100.00	$650	+9.00
745	745	1	92.00	$92.00	$685	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	106.00	$106.00	$716	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	100.00	$100.00	$360	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	157.50	$157.50	$386	—
265 fancy	265	1	167.50	$167.50	$444	—
265–295	280	2	156.00–157.50	$156.79	$439	—
452–475	460	3	140.50–145.00	$142.05	$653	-5.95
490 fancy	490	1	153.00	$153.00	$750	±0.00
507–545	529	5	135.00–145.00	$139.10	$736	-3.40
560–565	563	2	131.00–135.00	$133.01	$749	+5.51
645	645	1	125.00	$125.00	$806	+6.00
687–690	688	3	120.00–121.50	$121.00	$832	+8.00
712–740	721	3	112.00–116.00	$113.37	$817	-0.63
790	790	1	102.00	$102.00	$806	-7.00
830–840	835	2	102.00–110.00	$106.02	$885	+15.02

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	1	101.00	$101.00	$722	—
785	785	1	100.00	$100.00	$785	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	2	127.50	$127.50	$740	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	103.00	$103.00	$561	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1420	1156	80-85%	8	56.50–62.50	$59.62	$689	—
1245–1445	1299	80-85%	4	49.00–56.00	$53.95	$701	-7.20
1170–1645	1356	80-85%	18	64.00–72.00	$66.66	$904	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1435	1093	85-90%	9	49.00–56.00	$52.31	$572	—
1090–1105	1097	85-90%	3	57.00–60.00	$58.34	$640	—
785–1360	1154	85-90%	8	35.00–46.00	$40.79	$471	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1635	1436	75-80%	13	56.00–63.50	$59.86	$860	-10.00
1430–1600	1530	75-80%	4	65.00–69.50	$67.26	$1,029	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1740	1492	3	81.00–94.00	$90.14	$1,345	-4.86
1470–2170	1835	7	99.00–104.00	$100.89	$1,851	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985–1175	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	61.00–66.00	$63.42	$666
1075–1125	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	61.00–63.00	$61.98	$682

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1070–1240	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	68.00–70.00	$69.07	$798

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1183–1570	1311	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	825.00–1,125.00	$917.02
1130–1495	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–975.00	$903.81
1245–1515	1336	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	825.00–860.00	$837.07

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	785.00	$785.00
1245–1353	1326	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	725.00–800.00	$782.40

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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
1385–1450	1418	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00–1,500.00	$1,316.80	—

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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.