Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 8, 2021

1,025 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $164.50/cwt +26.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,215/hd at 739 lb · 141 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $157.08/cwt +0.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,201/hd at 765 lb · 111 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.83/cwt +2.86 vs last sale · ≈ $752/hd at 512 lb · 79 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,025	563	674
Feeder cattle	902	487	588
Slaughter cattle	80	57	60
Replacement cattle	43	19	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower with more new crop fleshy offerings on the market compared to last week. Very good demand for yearling packages. Heifers sold unevenly steady with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 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
327–345	333	3	160.00–161.00	$160.65	$535	—
387	387	2	155.00	$155.00	$600	-12.50
400–420	410	2	151.00–157.50	$154.33	$633	+3.33
405–435 value added	418	6	160.00–169.00	$162.37	$679	-13.19
450–485 value added	462	9	156.00–170.00	$162.15	$749	-3.91
450–485	470	7	150.00–155.00	$152.13	$715	—
500–540	523	14	145.00–154.00	$148.53	$777	+1.29
525–540 value added	528	24	154.50–158.00	$156.32	$825	-4.25
555–585	574	9	140.00–149.00	$144.64	$830	-3.48
600–635	619	4	138.00–140.00	$139.50	$864	—
600–638 value added	622	16	141.00–151.00	$147.83	$920	-10.33
682 value added	682	2	144.00	$144.00	$982	-12.79
710–720	715	2	131.00–136.00	$133.52	$955	-4.16
739 thin fleshed	739	139	164.95	$164.95	$1,219	—
759 thin fleshed	759	58	164.00	$164.00	$1,245	—
771	771	53	149.50	$149.50	$1,153	—
820	820	17	144.50	$144.50	$1,185	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	150.00	$150.00	$458	-2.50
385	385	1	149.00	$149.00	$574	+6.50
400	400	1	135.00	$135.00	$540	—
484	484	5	140.00	$140.00	$678	—
535	535	1	141.00	$141.00	$754	—
553–580	559	8	136.00–140.00	$139.10	$778	—
600–637	627	4	125.00–131.00	$129.48	$812	+3.48
660–675	668	3	129.00–137.00	$134.03	$895	—
860	860	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,084	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–515	512	3	132.00–135.00	$132.99	$681	—
643	643	3	140.00	$140.00	$900	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	130.00	$130.00	$526	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	135.00	$135.00	$270	—
255	255	1	140.00	$140.00	$357	—
300–333	319	6	137.50–145.00	$139.64	$445	-7.86
350–382 value added	363	7	146.00–150.00	$147.39	$535	-11.25
405–430	422	3	132.50–143.00	$136.92	$578	+2.02
400–446 value added	429	20	143.00–152.00	$146.76	$630	+3.28
450–482	468	12	130.00–135.00	$132.44	$620	-7.56
455–487 value added	468	14	141.00–147.50	$144.93	$678	-1.58
500–525	511	6	130.00–135.00	$131.33	$671	-2.67
500–538 value added	512	73	140.00–151.50	$148.10	$758	+2.38
552–567 value added	553	69	139.00–153.00	$151.18	$836	+7.12
575–593	589	4	133.00	$133.00	$783	-2.00
600–613 value added	607	7	138.00–141.00	$139.87	$849	—
615	615	2	134.00	$134.00	$824	+5.50
605–637	626	3	125.00–126.00	$125.68	$787	-2.82
655	655	4	130.00	$130.00	$852	+1.00
680	680	1	128.00	$128.00	$870	-6.54
750	750	1	110.00	$110.00	$825	—
805–820	813	2	101.00–106.00	$103.52	$842	-13.48
820	820	1	92.00	$92.00	$754	-25.00
1030	1030	1	80.00	$80.00	$824	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	129.00	$129.00	$484	+13.00
460–485	478	4	131.00–133.00	$131.75	$630	—
500–540	520	2	120.00–124.00	$121.92	$634	-2.58
555–585	570	4	111.00–128.00	$121.91	$695	+1.43
615–645	623	4	118.00–119.00	$118.26	$737	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	130.00	$130.00	$429	—
412	412	2	138.00	$138.00	$569	—
477	477	2	131.00	$131.00	$625	—
566–570	567	4	122.00–131.00	$128.74	$730	—
745	745	1	113.00	$113.00	$842	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	2	112.50	$112.50	$430	—
485	485	2	117.50	$117.50	$570	—
530	530	1	104.00	$104.00	$551	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	150.00	$150.00	$360	—
255–285	270	2	142.50–147.00	$144.63	$391	—
325–345	336	7	151.00–163.00	$156.47	$526	-6.03
360–395	376	12	152.00–162.50	$157.18	$591	-8.34
402–416 fancy	410	6	152.00–161.00	$157.89	$647	-8.25
400–435	419	5	142.00–147.50	$143.94	$603	-16.06
455–470 fancy	459	7	153.00–161.00	$158.66	$728	—
455–492	480	8	142.00–150.00	$144.77	$695	-9.87
500–545	530	17	131.00–144.00	$138.47	$734	-0.48
550–595	587	13	134.00–140.00	$137.42	$807	+3.42
600–640	612	8	125.00–135.00	$129.59	$793	—
631 fancy	631	3	135.50	$135.50	$855	—
655–685	673	10	123.00–126.00	$124.03	$835	-9.97
700–730	720	3	109.00–113.00	$110.30	$794	—
810–842	829	7	102.50–108.00	$104.80	$869	-6.18
925	925	1	90.00	$90.00	$832	-11.00
970	970	1	99.00	$99.00	$960	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–262	261	4	129.00–142.50	$135.78	$354	—
350–395	372	8	140.00–150.00	$145.74	$542	+8.24
400–435	418	2	137.50–143.00	$140.13	$586	-4.87
455–475	461	4	132.00–137.00	$135.21	$623	—
515–545	525	3	122.00–130.00	$126.08	$662	-0.92
567–580	571	3	123.00–128.00	$126.31	$721	+4.97
650–685	666	5	117.00–125.00	$119.55	$796	+17.05
725	725	1	106.00	$106.00	$768	—
765–776	773	4	103.00–107.00	$106.01	$819	—
920–945	933	2	83.00–85.00	$84.01	$784	—
980	980	1	76.00	$76.00	$745	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	142.50	$142.50	$542	—
465	465	1	137.00	$137.00	$637	—
555–577	566	4	129.00–130.00	$129.49	$733	—
707–730	715	3	114.00–117.00	$115.98	$829	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	122.50	$122.50	$441	—
440	440	1	122.50	$122.50	$539	—
475	475	1	126.00	$126.00	$598	+4.00
515–532	526	3	110.00–121.00	$113.59	$597	-8.41

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1540	1241	80-85%	20	64.00–68.00	$66.48	$825	+0.12
1070–1330	1251	80-85%	4	57.50–61.00	$59.45	$744	—
1205–1520	1368	80-85%	12	69.50–75.50	$72.34	$990	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1530	1407	75-80%	7	69.00–71.00	$69.94	$984	—
1305–1630	1453	75-80%	10	64.00–68.00	$66.38	$965	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1230	1059	85-90%	6	57.00–61.00	$59.58	$631	-8.85
870–1495	1080	85-90%	8	46.00–56.00	$50.90	$550	-17.53
1115	1115	85-90%	1	64.50	$64.50	$719	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–1935	1656	7	94.50–100.50	$97.74	$1,619	—
1420–1910	1662	5	88.00–93.50	$90.41	$1,503	—
1340–2075	1708	2	81.00–83.00	$81.78	$1,397	-22.45

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–975	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	75.00–78.00	$76.36	$680

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005–1330	1212	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	825.00–880.00	$862.96
880–1465	1216	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	810.00–990.00	$902.89

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1260	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00–750.00	$736.27
1095–1295	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	675.00–775.00	$729.18

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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
1240–1510	1361	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00–1,325.00	$1,139.69	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	760.00	$760.00	—
1300	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	860.00	$860.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	86.00	$86.00	$348	—
520	520	1	81.00	$81.00	$421	—

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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.