Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 12, 2022

1,205 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $147.37/cwt +7.46 vs last sale · ≈ $876/hd at 594 lb · 205 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $139.97/cwt +32.97 vs last sale · ≈ $1,125/hd at 804 lb · 83 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $156.09/cwt -3.88 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 583 lb · 78 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,205	711	747
Feeder cattle	1,089	615	650
Slaughter cattle	92	80	66
Replacement cattle	24	16	31

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with good demand; few featherweights under 400 lbs sharply higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher with good 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
335–347	343	3	164.00–165.00	$164.33	$564	—
355–375 value added	362	3	191.00–204.00	$195.49	$708	+12.99
375	375	1	176.00	$176.00	$660	+7.74
400–415 value added	405	8	160.00–190.00	$170.74	$691	+2.69
400–423	413	6	150.00–158.00	$152.73	$631	-2.27
465–477	471	7	151.00–159.00	$154.84	$729	-2.30
450–491 value added	479	57	160.00–175.00	$165.93	$795	-7.96
510	510	1	151.00	$151.00	$770	-3.34
500–545 value added	531	55	154.00–170.00	$162.85	$865	-0.92
550–595 value added	583	78	153.25–161.00	$156.09	$910	-6.02
605	605	1	139.00	$139.00	$841	—
600–615 value added	610	18	142.00–153.00	$148.67	$907	+2.67
663–685 value added	669	11	145.00–149.00	$146.21	$978	+0.29
708 value added	708	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,062	+4.28
762–785 value added	774	8	145.00–149.50	$147.28	$1,140	—
781–795	785	4	139.00–140.00	$139.75	$1,097	-0.25
815	815	5	145.75	$145.75	$1,188	—
884	884	5	144.00	$144.00	$1,273	—
1000	1000	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,130	—
1053	1053	4	111.00	$111.00	$1,169	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	150.00	$150.00	$495	—
565–570	567	3	126.00–141.00	$135.01	$766	+4.01
645	645	1	127.00	$127.00	$819	-5.68
705–740	723	2	121.00–131.00	$126.12	$912	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	2	131.00	$131.00	$779	—
803	803	3	132.00	$132.00	$1,060	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	136.00	$136.00	$313	—
295	295	3	132.50–144.00	$140.17	$414	+0.68
302 fancy	302	2	155.00	$155.00	$468	—
305–340	318	7	137.50–142.00	$139.76	$444	+5.40
360–370	365	2	145.00–147.00	$145.99	$533	+9.95
375–395 value added	391	5	150.00–159.00	$156.61	$612	+13.36
400–447 value added	416	46	140.00–154.50	$150.22	$625	+6.52
406–445	417	8	132.00–139.00	$135.88	$567	-0.84
450–495 value added	476	48	139.00–149.00	$143.20	$682	+0.07
460–493	484	18	127.00–139.00	$131.44	$636	-7.24
500–515	510	3	135.00–138.00	$135.98	$693	+1.01
510–545 value added	519	34	138.00–142.00	$141.17	$733	-3.52
573–595	579	9	132.00–136.00	$133.02	$770	-3.47
570–598 value added	595	196	137.00–150.75	$148.03	$881	+4.70
611–635 value added	623	14	133.50–144.50	$138.89	$865	+0.47
605–642	631	12	119.00–131.00	$124.82	$788	-3.41
660–690	677	8	121.00–131.00	$126.48	$856	-0.20
700–738 value added	715	27	125.00–135.00	$130.24	$931	-3.51
716–745	723	4	111.00–121.00	$118.42	$856	-9.73
801 value added	801	72	142.25	$142.25	$1,139	—
812–831	821	11	121.00–128.50	$125.05	$1,027	+18.05
885	885	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,018	-1.00
895	895	3	118.00	$118.00	$1,056	+2.00
900	900	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,125	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	131.00	$131.00	$347	+1.00
300–345	318	3	112.50–131.00	$121.21	$385	—
377–395	381	5	121.00–127.50	$126.15	$481	+3.15
490	490	1	120.00	$120.00	$588	-12.37
520–545	531	5	115.00–129.00	$123.53	$656	+1.53
550–570	564	6	121.00–129.00	$127.20	$717	—
612–645	632	5	113.00–118.00	$115.45	$730	—
670	670	2	113.00	$113.00	$757	-7.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	2	130.00	$130.00	$633	—
505	505	2	131.00	$131.00	$662	—
620–640	630	2	120.00–122.00	$120.98	$762	—
710	710	3	118.00	$118.00	$838	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	102.50	$102.50	$477	—

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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	161.00	$161.00	$378	—
300–345	324	8	150.00–165.00	$159.59	$517	-10.41
400–445	417	5	146.00–156.00	$150.25	$627	+0.25
459 value added	459	8	163.00	$163.00	$748	—
460–470	467	3	141.00–155.00	$150.40	$702	-2.66
526–546	540	10	146.00–151.00	$147.46	$796	+0.26
507–548 value added	542	13	155.00–161.00	$158.97	$862	—
563–592	573	16	140.00–153.00	$147.65	$846	+2.49
601–617 value added	609	11	134.00–137.00	$135.37	$824	—
600–633	617	6	125.00–126.00	$125.49	$774	-4.51
665 value added	665	2	135.00	$135.00	$898	—
650–685	668	6	122.50–129.00	$127.23	$850	+0.62
705–748	738	14	120.00–124.00	$122.55	$904	+2.55
777–785	780	3	117.00–124.00	$121.65	$949	—
800	800	1	112.00	$112.00	$896	—
875–895	885	2	94.00–106.00	$99.93	$884	-3.05
920–935	928	3	95.00–111.00	$100.37	$931	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	142.50	$142.50	$349	—
310	310	1	142.50	$142.50	$442	+3.57
400–425	410	4	134.00–145.00	$140.67	$577	+5.24
455–495	475	2	131.00–135.00	$133.08	$632	-4.67
510–515	512	3	129.00–131.00	$130.33	$667	+6.33
586–590	587	4	125.00–133.00	$127.01	$746	—
635	635	1	120.00	$120.00	$762	—
660	660	1	121.00	$121.00	$799	+6.04
755	755	1	111.00	$111.00	$838	+8.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	123.00	$123.00	$283	—
470	470	1	127.50	$127.50	$599	—
505	505	1	121.00	$121.00	$611	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	157.50	$157.50	$496	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1380	1223	80-85%	13	64.00–70.00	$67.36	$824	—
1050–1370	1228	80-85%	6	52.00–62.00	$56.93	$699	—
1175–1575	1372	80-85%	10	70.00–78.00	$72.43	$994	+6.20

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1510	1338	75-80%	8	64.50–69.00	$67.50	$903	—
1335–1950	1546	75-80%	15	69.00–77.00	$73.26	$1,133	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1155	954	85-90%	5	47.00–52.00	$49.78	$475	—
990	990	85-90%	1	38.00	$38.00	$376	—
1015–1190	1101	85-90%	4	61.00–64.00	$62.78	$691	—
920–1235	1104	85-90%	5	52.00–55.00	$53.84	$594	-6.53

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1545	1435	2	77.50–78.00	$77.73	$1,115	—
1220–1935	1629	8	88.00–96.00	$91.50	$1,491	—
1345–2205	1797	10	98.00–115.00	$104.55	$1,879	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1157–1390	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	975.00–1,150.00	$1,084.33
1215–1330	1287	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00–1,125.00	$1,001.83

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–965	883	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	620.00–675.00	$644.93
1035–1255	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00–700.00	$654.80

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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
1420	1420	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1680	1680	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,390.00	$1,390.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135–1315	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–930.00	$892.94	-17.06

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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.