Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 12, 2022

583 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.66/cwt -17.86 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 516 lb · 23 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.20/cwt +0.51 vs last sale · ≈ $670/hd at 471 lb · 21 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $162.52/cwt +1.38 vs last sale · ≈ $848/hd at 522 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	583	1,096	559
Feeder cattle	420	912	462
Slaughter cattle	123	144	53
Replacement cattle	40	40	44

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	155.00	$155.00	$480	—
355	355	1	154.00	$154.00	$547	-19.50
410–440 value added	425	3	175.00–179.00	$177.02	$752	—
415–440	425	5	162.50–172.50	$167.52	$712	+4.60
455–465 value added	460	6	171.00–176.00	$173.53	$798	-0.47
455–495	473	9	152.50–170.00	$161.82	$765	-4.87
505–525 value added	517	14	161.00–172.50	$164.81	$852	-5.72
510–545	532	6	151.00–160.00	$157.17	$836	+1.58
553 value added	553	6	158.00	$158.00	$874	—
555–595	583	13	140.00–151.00	$147.50	$860	+4.77
640	640	1	149.00	$149.00	$954	+4.00
650	650	1	147.00	$147.00	$956	—
700–735	724	5	137.00–146.00	$138.94	$1,006	—
725 value added	725	2	158.50	$158.50	$1,149	-3.50
765–770	768	2	141.00–153.00	$146.98	$1,129	+2.91
830	830	2	153.50	$153.50	$1,274	—
865	865	2	151.00	$151.00	$1,306	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	137.50	$137.50	$282	+3.50
360–375	368	2	134.00–142.00	$137.92	$508	-3.10
445	445	2	140.00	$140.00	$623	+0.84
450–460	455	2	140.00–150.00	$144.95	$660	-0.54
500–545	526	4	129.00–148.00	$139.03	$731	+7.03
575	575	1	135.00	$135.00	$776	-2.13
630–640	637	3	129.00–139.00	$134.99	$860	+0.28
715	715	2	132.00–134.00	$133.00	$951	-6.44
750	750	1	128.00	$128.00	$960	—
883	883	3	122.00	$122.00	$1,077	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	137.50	$137.50	$302	—
290	290	1	135.00	$135.00	$392	-4.00
343	343	5	145.00	$145.00	$497	+5.08
355–380	369	4	140.00–152.50	$143.67	$530	-6.28
400–437	430	8	138.00–145.00	$141.85	$610	-5.72
450–490	471	21	138.00–150.00	$142.20	$670	+0.51
500–545	516	23	141.00–151.00	$144.66	$746	+0.83
560–590	580	10	137.50–140.00	$137.99	$800	-4.62
600–637	617	6	123.00–135.00	$128.49	$793	-6.84
670–690	680	3	123.00–132.00	$127.36	$866	-7.14
700	700	2	140.00	$140.00	$980	-1.00
710–735	723	2	110.00–119.00	$114.58	$828	-26.42
760–777	771	3	110.00–120.00	$116.72	$900	—
800	800	2	129.00	$129.00	$1,032	—
862 value added	862	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,069	—
865	865	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,055	—
867–875	870	3	106.00–107.00	$106.34	$925	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	2	122.00–129.00	$125.34	$401	-1.37
350–387	375	6	120.00–136.00	$128.34	$481	-1.75
405–420	413	2	121.00–134.00	$127.62	$527	-0.70
450–490	467	3	120.00–134.00	$126.60	$591	-8.39
505–525	515	2	136.00–138.00	$136.98	$705	+0.65
550–597	567	12	132.00–137.00	$135.21	$767	+4.73
615–647	637	6	110.00–122.00	$115.48	$736	-7.85
695	695	1	101.00	$101.00	$702	—
700–740	720	2	95.00–101.00	$98.08	$706	-21.38
835	835	1	93.00	$93.00	$777	-12.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415	1415	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,656	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	2	145.00	$145.00	$297	-2.50
270–295	283	3	145.00–152.00	$148.14	$419	+3.09
315–347	337	4	132.50–143.00	$136.84	$461	-7.91
365–390	382	3	140.00–144.00	$142.72	$545	+5.38
413–435 fancy	422	5	170.00–175.00	$172.06	$726	—
420–430	425	2	152.00–162.50	$157.31	$669	+16.92
470–485	478	5	152.00–164.00	$158.82	$759	+19.58
505–520	509	7	155.00–164.00	$157.43	$801	+22.69
550–598	578	11	139.00–155.00	$144.96	$838	+3.64
610–620	617	3	129.00–145.00	$139.72	$862	+5.27
660–685	673	2	130.00–133.00	$131.53	$885	+2.54
700	700	1	133.00	$133.00	$931	+10.63
755–785	770	2	101.00–112.00	$106.39	$819	-11.11
855	855	1	91.00	$91.00	$778	—
925	925	2	90.00	$90.00	$832	-14.36
997	997	2	91.00	$91.00	$907	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	115.00	$115.00	$310	-14.20
310	310	1	130.00	$130.00	$403	+17.50
375	375	2	122.50–133.00	$127.75	$479	—
450–480	463	5	130.00–141.00	$132.14	$612	+8.37
510–542	531	5	121.00–143.00	$135.21	$718	+7.21
580	580	1	131.00	$131.00	$760	+5.10
605–635	620	2	114.00–122.00	$118.10	$732	-2.89
665–675	670	2	118.00–119.00	$118.50	$794	-2.85
720	720	1	100.00	$100.00	$720	+6.00
785	785	1	96.00	$96.00	$754	-14.00
895	895	1	72.00	$72.00	$644	—
980	980	1	87.00	$87.00	$853	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1355	1130	80-85%	11	42.00–60.00	$55.73	$630	—
905–1390	1180	80-85%	16	61.00–69.00	$65.71	$775	—
1040–1380	1203	80-85%	6	80.00–93.00	$85.27	$1,026	+14.82
1045–1570	1255	80-85%	30	70.00–78.50	$73.90	$927	-15.27

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–1550	1499	75-80%	6	66.00–69.00	$67.43	$1,011	—
1295–1785	1503	75-80%	6	72.00–74.00	$72.89	$1,096	—
1205–1765	1528	75-80%	8	74.50–79.00	$76.00	$1,161	—
1580–1605	1593	75-80%	2	81.00–82.50	$81.76	$1,302	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–980	894	85-90%	4	61.00–68.00	$64.67	$578	—
920–990	959	85-90%	4	51.00–59.50	$54.74	$525	+1.49
870–1785	1150	85-90%	6	37.00–50.00	$42.59	$490	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1455	1313	5	80.00–89.00	$84.25	$1,106	—
1455–1870	1629	9	90.50–104.00	$96.64	$1,574	—
1525–2150	1837	9	105.00–116.50	$110.20	$2,024	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00
935	935	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00
860–1135	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	625.00–785.00	$716.03
845–1325	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	585.00–1,050.00	$730.43
945–1075	1018	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	560.00–725.00	$659.89
1055	1055	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
980–1375	1148	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	640.00–1,000.00	$798.45
910–1370	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	700.00–1,385.00	$1,067.03
1050–1310	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–900.00	$811.02

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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
895	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—
935	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	-650.00
1322	1322	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1130–1695	1413	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	925.00–1,525.00	$1,285.00	+35.00

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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.