Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 10, 2021

1,488 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.82/cwt -1.53 vs last sale · ≈ $793/hd at 615 lb · 130 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $142.16/cwt +4.52 vs last sale · ≈ $880/hd at 619 lb · 90 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.26/cwt -1.88 vs last sale · ≈ $671/hd at 515 lb · 80 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,488	1,580	1,006
Feeder cattle	1,335	1,459	919
Slaughter cattle	117	92	76
Replacement cattle	36	29	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers under 550 lbs sold 3.00 lower under heavy supply with good demand for high quality weaned packages; over 550 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher with good demand. Heifer calves sold 3.00 lower under heavy supply with good demand for weaned packages. Quality not as attractive as last week. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower 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
265 value added	265	3	182.00	$182.00	$482	—
305–330	322	3	156.00–160.00	$157.26	$506	-7.74
375 value added	375	1	175.00	$175.00	$656	-8.82
385	385	1	160.00	$160.00	$616	-11.10
400–447 value added	416	37	157.00–174.00	$163.06	$678	-11.59
412–435	423	13	150.00–153.00	$151.07	$639	-4.54
450–476	470	12	149.50–156.00	$150.92	$709	-1.23
467–498 value added	477	22	157.00–167.00	$164.72	$786	-5.20
500–540	519	12	141.00–150.00	$144.94	$752	-7.56
500–545 value added	533	56	150.00–163.00	$152.59	$813	-5.13
552–585 value added	566	37	149.00–160.00	$151.61	$858	+4.34
565–585	575	2	144.00–147.00	$145.53	$837	+1.53
600–645 value added	616	64	136.00–148.00	$145.40	$896	+3.04
600–638	626	26	131.00–137.00	$134.20	$840	-0.89
663–685	672	14	130.00–135.00	$131.78	$886	+0.36
650–685 value added	674	66	135.75–139.50	$137.59	$927	+1.43
703–715	706	7	119.50–122.00	$120.08	$848	-4.01
700–732 value added	718	15	126.00–134.50	$130.58	$938	+4.78
755–761	760	6	124.50–125.00	$124.58	$947	+1.95
790	790	1	114.00	$114.00	$901	-8.63
830	830	12	124.25	$124.25	$1,031	+2.71
855	855	3	118.00	$118.00	$1,009	+1.35

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	418	3	135.00–140.00	$138.35	$578	-4.15
460–465	462	3	140.00–146.00	$142.01	$656	-2.99
502–507	505	4	127.00–131.00	$128.99	$651	—
555–564	563	17	131.00–138.00	$137.07	$772	—
665	665	1	125.00	$125.00	$831	+3.78
755–796	786	5	113.00–117.00	$114.37	$899	-0.63
820–845	833	2	111.00–112.00	$111.51	$929	-1.75

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	142.50	$142.50	$598	—
460–465	463	6	138.00–145.00	$142.15	$658	+2.15
515	515	1	145.00	$145.00	$747	—
555–580	568	2	130.00–135.00	$132.44	$752	-3.06
625	625	5	136.00	$136.00	$850	+11.00
665–680	673	2	124.00–129.00	$126.53	$852	—
702	702	2	123.00	$123.00	$863	+2.00
780	780	1	100.00	$100.00	$780	—
845	845	1	105.00	$105.00	$887	—
860	860	1	112.00	$112.00	$963	-6.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	142.50	$142.50	$292	+8.50
250–280	263	3	130.00–136.00	$133.75	$352	-3.75
320	320	1	138.00	$138.00	$442	+8.00
300–345 value added	323	11	140.00–152.00	$142.42	$460	—
355–395	373	10	130.00–137.00	$132.87	$496	-3.60
355–390 value added	375	12	139.00–150.00	$143.96	$540	-3.54
400–445 value added	424	37	136.00–150.00	$142.27	$603	+0.01
405–440	426	4	130.00–134.00	$132.37	$564	-0.28
450–488 value added	467	25	135.00–144.00	$137.48	$642	-8.70
450–497	475	21	122.00–135.00	$127.97	$608	-3.65
500–541 value added	515	64	125.00–135.00	$132.28	$681	-0.14
500–540	516	16	120.00–125.00	$122.16	$630	-0.34
550–598 value added	565	51	125.00–134.00	$128.04	$723	-2.93
550–597	566	13	119.00–124.00	$121.39	$687	-2.82
600–640 value added	614	120	121.00–131.10	$129.59	$796	-3.11
610–645	632	10	118.00–121.00	$119.59	$756	-0.87
650–668 value added	659	28	122.00–125.00	$123.83	$816	-4.68
655–675	667	6	110.00–114.00	$111.50	$744	-3.34
708 value added	708	15	122.00	$122.00	$864	—
700–740	717	12	108.00–115.00	$112.86	$809	-0.91
765	765	1	115.00	$115.00	$880	+0.13
770–797	785	8	99.00–105.00	$102.85	$807	-0.55
800–820	810	2	97.00–102.00	$99.53	$806	-7.97
854	854	6	105.00	$105.00	$897	+1.60
860–875	868	2	91.00–93.00	$92.01	$799	-11.39

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	120.00	$120.00	$270	-5.00
265–285	275	2	120.00–127.50	$123.61	$340	—
305–320	313	2	115.00–127.00	$120.86	$378	-1.30
375–395	387	3	123.00–127.50	$125.48	$486	+0.77
425	425	1	121.00	$121.00	$514	+0.45
457–492	469	11	112.00–122.00	$117.11	$549	-5.39
505–540	520	10	108.00–119.00	$116.05	$603	—
565–580	570	3	107.50–110.00	$109.15	$622	-13.75
655	655	2	108.00	$108.00	$707	+5.00
770	770	1	96.00	$96.00	$739	+18.00
810	810	1	82.00	$82.00	$664	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	126.00	$126.00	$605	—
514 value added	514	6	123.00	$123.00	$632	—
625	625	1	116.00	$116.00	$725	—
692	692	2	112.00	$112.00	$775	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	155.00	$155.00	$364	—
300–340	326	12	150.00–160.00	$157.04	$512	—
350–395	369	13	150.00–158.00	$155.62	$574	+0.62
405–413 value added	410	6	158.00–160.00	$159.17	$653	—
400–430	419	8	142.50–151.00	$146.98	$616	+0.64
450 value added	450	1	153.00	$153.00	$688	—
452–490	469	12	138.00–150.00	$145.25	$681	-0.57
500–545	522	16	132.00–146.00	$139.35	$727	-7.10
515–547 value added	533	9	146.00–150.00	$147.21	$785	—
555 value added	555	3	148.00–152.00	$149.33	$829	—
560–595	578	10	138.00–145.00	$143.39	$829	+1.65
600–645	607	8	120.00–131.00	$124.00	$753	-2.63
605–631 value added	619	7	132.00	$132.00	$817	—
660 value added	660	2	130.00	$130.00	$858	—
650–680	666	8	117.00–126.00	$121.89	$812	+2.55
700–732	712	6	99.00–108.00	$103.75	$739	-10.25
755–785	765	5	99.00–111.00	$103.36	$791	-1.64
765	765	1	98.00	$98.00	$750	-7.00
825	825	1	100.00	$100.00	$825	-6.00
850–895	873	2	94.00–101.00	$97.59	$852	-7.41
955	955	1	92.00	$92.00	$879	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	8	130.00–147.50	$140.74	$450	-9.75
385	385	2	135.00–145.00	$140.00	$539	-0.89
470–495	478	4	125.00–130.00	$128.02	$612	-9.98
500–542	527	7	120.00–129.00	$123.80	$652	-9.20
560–580	568	6	126.00–135.00	$130.16	$739	-5.89
612–630	618	3	115.00–117.00	$115.68	$715	+4.23
675–690	683	3	105.00–113.00	$110.03	$752	—
850	850	2	81.00	$81.00	$688	—
910	910	1	80.00	$80.00	$728	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540–545	543	2	134.00–138.00	$136.01	$739	-2.99
645	645	3	104.00	$104.00	$671	—
655	655	1	109.00	$109.00	$714	—
790	790	1	93.00	$93.00	$735	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	125.00	$125.00	$500	—
475	475	1	126.00	$126.00	$598	—
545	545	3	121.00	$121.00	$659	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1320	1008	85-90%	22	34.00–46.50	$40.42	$407	-13.01
905–1240	1078	85-90%	9	48.00–52.50	$50.13	$540	—
895–1270	1149	85-90%	5	54.50–57.00	$55.33	$636	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1425	1216	80-85%	13	53.50–59.00	$55.98	$681	-10.23
1115–1460	1292	80-85%	19	59.50–69.50	$62.51	$808	—
1410	1410	80-85%	1	44.00	$44.00	$620	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1450	1388	75-80%	2	52.00–57.00	$54.61	$758	—
1335–1840	1550	75-80%	14	59.00–68.50	$62.97	$976	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1430	1285	2	68.00–69.00	$68.44	$879	—
1235–1935	1673	5	79.00–88.00	$84.19	$1,408	—
1255–2075	1792	7	90.50–100.00	$94.92	$1,701	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	75.50	$75.50	$710
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	64.00	$64.00	$730
1150–1165 fancy	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	79.00–85.00	$82.02	$950

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1102	1101	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,133.41
1020–1255	1138	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,011.21
1480–1505	1493	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	785.00–925.00	$854.41

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
1370	1370	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035–1530	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	885.00–950.00	$922.38	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1275	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	960.00	$960.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	10	103.00	$103.00	$539	—

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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.