Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 23, 2022

880 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $151.56/cwt -4.52 vs last sale · ≈ $890/hd at 587 lb · 93 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $136.75/cwt +1.52 vs last sale · ≈ $907/hd at 663 lb · 64 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $156.95/cwt +2.09 vs last sale · ≈ $735/hd at 468 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	880	927	582
Feeder cattle	775	737	442
Slaughter cattle	75	157	99
Replacement cattle	30	33	41

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages. Feeder heifers sold steady with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady 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
315 value added	315	1	200.00	$200.00	$630	—
400–403	402	5	170.00	$170.00	$683	—
427–445 value added	440	25	187.50–214.00	$201.35	$886	+0.94
450–475 value added	462	5	190.00–197.50	$194.48	$898	-3.87
470–485	477	4	160.00–185.00	$177.17	$845	+11.11
500–525 value added	511	18	173.00–194.00	$186.85	$955	+8.18
500–535	514	6	159.00–172.00	$163.22	$839	+2.57
572	572	2	169.00	$169.00	$967	+9.21
579–585 value added	580	15	171.00–180.00	$178.19	$1,034	+4.99
605–614	614	22	149.50–153.00	$149.66	$919	—
602–645 value added	620	14	154.00–175.00	$170.38	$1,056	-4.11
656–671 value added	661	31	157.50–164.50	$161.15	$1,065	+4.55
690	690	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,035	+3.00
700–710 value added	704	5	144.00–149.00	$146.98	$1,035	-3.43
750	750	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,050	-3.00
802–810 fancy	807	6	150.00–152.50	$150.83	$1,217	—
885	885	2	140.50	$140.50	$1,243	+0.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	4	163.00	$163.00	$738	+5.00
555–585	575	3	151.00–159.00	$156.43	$899	—
605	605	1	143.00	$143.00	$865	—
970	970	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,251	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	155.00	$155.00	$318	—
335	335	1	160.00	$160.00	$536	+5.00
405	405	1	160.00	$160.00	$648	—
890	890	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,175	-1.32

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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	157.50	$157.50	$315	-17.38
250	250	2	140.00–147.50	$143.75	$359	-21.16
260–285 value added	271	4	167.50–177.50	$172.52	$468	-4.87
300	300	1	140.00	$140.00	$420	-7.96
350–385	359	16	137.50–159.00	$149.96	$538	+2.11
360–375 value added	368	18	162.00–177.50	$173.29	$638	+6.77
410–435	427	3	141.00–145.00	$142.96	$610	-1.15
410–437 value added	427	17	151.00–160.00	$156.97	$670	+1.43
451–485	465	8	140.00–146.00	$144.50	$672	+1.84
457–485 value added	469	52	153.00–165.00	$158.86	$745	+0.15
502–510	506	4	139.00–140.00	$139.50	$706	+3.50
505–542 value added	528	41	150.00–160.00	$157.47	$831	+1.84
555–597 value added	587	93	149.00–155.50	$151.56	$890	-6.95
622–632	625	6	132.00–136.00	$133.35	$833	+0.35
600–647 value added	629	13	136.00–147.00	$141.18	$888	-0.10
657–690 value added	661	51	140.00	$140.00	$925	+0.75
673	673	13	124.00	$124.00	$835	-6.53
705–730	717	3	120.00–124.00	$122.34	$877	-4.66
805	805	19	121.50	$121.50	$978	—
820	820	1	102.00	$102.00	$836	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	130.00	$130.00	$273	—
252–275	260	3	125.00–137.00	$132.76	$345	-2.24
360	360	1	120.00	$120.00	$432	—
470–482	478	3	125.00–139.00	$134.41	$642	—
511	511	3	126.00	$126.00	$644	-6.03
550–565	558	2	133.00–139.00	$135.96	$759	+10.96
607–640	625	9	121.00–124.00	$122.22	$764	—
650	650	1	125.00	$125.00	$812	±0.00
725	725	1	117.00	$117.00	$848	—
817	817	2	92.00	$92.00	$752	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	131.00	$131.00	$655	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	3	170.00	$170.00	$510	+1.37
360–390	375	16	170.00–172.50	$170.58	$640	+1.96
403–440 value added	412	4	175.00–177.50	$176.83	$729	-19.17
400–445	419	6	160.00–172.00	$163.71	$686	+0.08
450–490	471	10	158.00–178.00	$167.55	$789	+13.55
480 value added	480	1	161.00	$161.00	$773	—
509–547 value added	523	24	159.50–160.00	$159.80	$836	-1.75
508–545	525	8	140.00–153.00	$150.58	$791	-0.09
565	565	1	165.00	$165.00	$932	+13.00
560–585 value added	577	3	156.00–160.00	$157.29	$908	—
610 value added	610	1	142.00	$142.00	$866	-8.00
635	635	3	137.00	$137.00	$870	—
650–687	674	4	130.00–135.00	$131.46	$886	-1.81
683 value added	683	3	144.00	$144.00	$984	-4.00
700–745	713	9	122.00–137.00	$128.25	$914	-1.75
770–785	780	3	120.00–122.00	$121.34	$946	—
850–895	881	5	103.00–119.00	$113.51	$1,000	—
910	910	1	105.00	$105.00	$956	-4.01

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	338	2	144.00–160.00	$151.94	$514	-5.56
355	355	1	155.00	$155.00	$550	+4.77
531–540	533	5	131.00–140.00	$132.82	$708	-9.18
555–577	570	6	128.00–145.00	$136.63	$779	—
600	600	1	121.00	$121.00	$726	+1.00
910	910	1	91.00	$91.00	$828	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	2	180.00	$180.00	$706	—
452	452	2	147.00	$147.00	$664	—
560	560	1	149.00	$149.00	$834	—
650	650	2	139.50	$139.50	$907	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	132.50	$132.50	$457	—
468	468	3	134.00	$134.00	$627	—
645	645	1	115.00	$115.00	$742	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1185	1033	85-90%	6	75.00–84.50	$79.73	$824	+37.23
950–1170	1044	85-90%	7	53.00–62.00	$57.61	$601	+15.11
985–1145	1065	85-90%	2	47.00–48.00	$47.46	$505	—
850–1275	1104	85-90%	13	63.00–71.50	$67.03	$740	+0.81

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1360	1278	80-85%	6	78.00–89.50	$81.87	$1,046	—
1105–1635	1311	80-85%	8	71.00–77.00	$74.27	$974	-6.14
1290–1470	1381	80-85%	5	58.00–69.50	$66.46	$918	-0.81

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1465	1383	75-80%	7	75.00–77.00	$76.20	$1,054	—
1415–1735	1558	75-80%	4	77.00–82.50	$80.64	$1,256	—
1580	1580	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$1,027	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155	1155	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,028	-5.50
1105–2030	1510	4	92.00–98.00	$95.29	$1,439	—
1460–1860	1715	10	100.00–120.00	$110.04	$1,887	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1125	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	675.00–820.00	$752.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
866	866	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,035.00	$1,035.00
881	881	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615	615	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
780–837	818	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	710.00–750.00	$737.29

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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
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—

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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.