Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 17, 2022

504 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $190.95/cwt +32.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,541/hd at 807 lb · 63 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $169.53/cwt +4.67 vs last sale · ≈ $802/hd at 473 lb · 30 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $195.69/cwt +10.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,135/hd at 580 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	504	690	587
Feeder cattle	411	587	422
Slaughter cattle	63	75	88
Replacement cattle	30	28	77

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers 400-600 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages. Very good demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 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
330 value added	330	1	205.00	$205.00	$676	—
340	340	1	195.00	$195.00	$663	—
355–395	382	6	182.50–196.00	$187.93	$718	+1.62
370–398 value added	384	6	199.00–205.00	$202.91	$779	—
415	415	1	177.00	$177.00	$735	-3.50
455–460	458	2	180.00–184.00	$182.01	$834	+5.57
463–495 value added	482	9	187.50–204.00	$197.75	$953	-4.25
500–520	507	3	180.00–182.00	$181.32	$919	+14.32
505–546 value added	531	17	186.00–204.00	$196.22	$1,042	+7.63
550–587 value added	580	21	186.00–199.00	$197.10	$1,143	+5.00
580	580	1	166.00	$166.00	$963	-5.37
610–645 value added	621	10	159.00–185.00	$172.27	$1,070	-11.73
655–695 value added	681	5	163.00–169.00	$167.23	$1,139	+4.47
707 value added	707	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,131	-4.94
755–757 value added	756	4	166.00–168.00	$167.00	$1,263	-0.79
807 thin fleshed	807	63	190.95	$190.95	$1,541	—
945	945	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,521	—
967	967	2	158.50	$158.50	$1,533	—
1045	1045	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,254	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	170.00	$170.00	$935	—
572 value added	572	7	179.00	$179.00	$1,024	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	155.00	$155.00	$480	—
385	385	1	175.00	$175.00	$674	—
485	485	1	171.00	$171.00	$829	—
562–580	568	3	145.00–151.00	$148.96	$846	—
600	600	1	144.00	$144.00	$864	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645 value added	645	1	158.00	$158.00	$1,019	—

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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	159.00	$159.00	$318	—
331 value added	331	3	185.00	$185.00	$612	+12.89
387 value added	387	4	171.00–174.00	$172.50	$668	+1.44
400–442 value added	424	10	169.00–174.00	$171.91	$729	+2.99
415–435	425	2	162.50	$162.50	$691	+0.20
455–471	467	4	158.00–163.00	$159.22	$744	+1.22
450–497 value added	474	26	166.00–177.00	$171.12	$811	+5.45
505–540	517	3	150.00–156.00	$153.91	$796	-0.59
510–535 value added	524	10	161.00–175.00	$168.56	$883	+2.95
555–585 value added	570	6	154.00–166.00	$160.50	$915	-27.18
560–592	572	6	149.00–150.00	$149.83	$857	+7.83
600–640 value added	613	4	148.00–156.00	$153.22	$939	+2.58
600–645	638	8	139.50–145.00	$140.34	$895	-1.60
650–662 value added	658	3	140.00–145.00	$143.35	$943	-7.65
700–705 value added	702	6	140.00–144.00	$142.66	$1,001	—
700–747	731	3	135.00–138.00	$137.04	$1,002	—
750	750	1	126.00	$126.00	$945	—
805–842	831	7	135.00–139.50	$138.26	$1,149	—
855	855	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,154	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	143.00	$143.00	$372	—
470	470	1	142.50	$142.50	$670	—
550	550	1	141.00	$141.00	$776	+5.00
637	637	2	134.00	$134.00	$854	+13.17
675	675	1	134.00	$134.00	$904	+7.00
720	720	1	110.00	$110.00	$792	±0.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	144.00	$144.00	$792	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	111.00	$111.00	$633	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	203.00	$203.00	$589	+30.00
360–380	370	2	182.50–201.00	$191.50	$709	+10.66
403–412 value added	407	5	186.00–189.00	$187.22	$762	+1.41
427–435	430	3	179.00–181.00	$180.33	$775	+1.13
465 value added	465	2	192.00	$192.00	$893	—
450–491	477	14	167.00–181.00	$173.35	$827	+6.82
500–536	526	5	162.00–171.00	$164.31	$864	+4.91
580	580	2	150.00	$150.00	$870	-6.78
615–620	618	2	141.00–150.00	$145.48	$899	+3.48
650	650	3	152.00	$152.00	$988	—
730	730	1	131.00	$131.00	$956	-2.00
755–791	782	4	139.00–144.00	$140.21	$1,096	+4.21
805	805	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,111	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	162.00	$162.00	$551	—
395	395	1	160.00	$160.00	$632	—
410	410	1	155.00	$155.00	$636	+10.00
482	482	2	159.00	$159.00	$766	—
522	522	2	143.00	$143.00	$746	+8.00
562–590	571	16	146.00–155.00	$152.28	$870	+14.22
605–645	625	2	130.00–137.00	$133.61	$835	—
820–825	823	2	107.00–115.00	$110.99	$913	-17.01
925	925	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,018	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–505	502	3	162.50–168.00	$166.15	$834	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350–1480	1415	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,685.00–1,775.00	$1,732.07	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1420	1211	80-85%	7	81.00–89.00	$86.71	$1,050	—
1075–1670	1314	80-85%	14	90.00–106.00	$98.17	$1,290	—
1365	1365	80-85%	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,078	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1200	924	85-90%	7	32.50–59.50	$49.79	$460	-4.28
1075–1220	1123	85-90%	5	71.50–77.00	$75.37	$846	—
1130	1130	85-90%	1	70.00	$70.00	$791	—
1050–1210	1132	85-90%	5	80.50–84.50	$82.27	$931	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1330	1298	75-80%	2	84.50–85.50	$84.99	$1,103	—
1165–1750	1476	75-80%	14	89.50–104.00	$95.85	$1,415	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1370	1290	2	109.00–114.00	$111.66	$1,440	—
1545–2245	1827	8	125.00–138.00	$129.83	$2,372	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
965–1252	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	885.00–1,120.00	$1,034.96
1110–1460	1232	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,250.00	$1,139.49

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	885.00	$885.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	735.00	$735.00

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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
1230–1375	1303	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00–1,295.00	$1,258.05	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870–985	928	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00	$700.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	985.00	$985.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	104.00	$104.00	$473	—
576	576	3	102.00	$102.00	$588	—
683 fancy	683	14	128.00	$128.00	$874	—

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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.