Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 19, 2022

702 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $155.06/cwt +8.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,195/hd at 771 lb · 49 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $147.69/cwt +5.49 vs last sale · ≈ $709/hd at 480 lb · 42 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.82/cwt +15.33 vs last sale · ≈ $886/hd at 616 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	702	583	715
Feeder cattle	546	420	522
Slaughter cattle	106	123	102
Replacement cattle	50	40	91

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday steer calves 400-600 lbs sold sharply higher with good buyer participation and active farmer participation for weaned packages. Yearling steers lightly tested. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady with good demand. Yearling heifers 5.00 higher in a light test. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower with light demand under heavy supply. Slaughter bulls limited comparison.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	165.00	$165.00	$487	—
345	345	1	167.50	$167.50	$578	+12.50
355–380	373	6	162.50–187.50	$170.27	$635	+16.27
378–385 value added	379	11	192.00–196.00	$192.74	$730	—
400–430	415	4	165.00	$165.00	$685	-2.52
415–435 value added	425	7	181.00–200.00	$192.57	$818	+15.55
460–490 value added	472	25	181.00–196.00	$192.85	$910	+19.32
500–545 value added	532	20	167.00–192.00	$182.44	$971	+17.63
555	555	1	158.00	$158.00	$877	+10.50
555–596 value added	583	20	166.00–181.00	$177.98	$1,038	+19.98
605–648 value added	631	16	150.00–172.00	$158.87	$1,002	—
690	690	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,000	—
680–695 value added	691	20	152.00–165.50	$163.55	$1,130	—
707	707	2	139.00	$139.00	$983	+0.06
770	770	47	156.00	$156.00	$1,201	+9.02
785	785	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,044	-13.98
811 thin fleshed	811	5	162.00	$162.00	$1,314	—
863	863	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,294	-1.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	3	161.00	$161.00	$850	—
595	595	1	141.00	$141.00	$839	—
650	650	1	141.00	$141.00	$916	—
860	860	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,256	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	150.00	$150.00	$308	+12.50
290	290	1	147.00	$147.00	$426	—
615	615	1	133.00	$133.00	$818	-1.99
680	680	1	129.00	$129.00	$877	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	275	2	120.00–122.50	$121.16	$333	—
555	555	1	130.00	$130.00	$722	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	229	5	132.50–149.00	$139.91	$320	+2.41
335–347 value added	343	3	155.00–157.50	$155.81	$534	—
345	345	1	142.00	$142.00	$490	-3.00
372–385 value added	378	7	145.00–157.00	$151.77	$574	—
365–392	383	3	130.00–142.50	$138.53	$531	-5.14
433–440 value added	434	7	146.00–157.00	$155.41	$674	—
450–498	474	14	137.00–145.00	$141.06	$669	-1.14
455–499 value added	483	28	149.00–154.00	$151.00	$729	—
508–545 value added	516	20	145.00–150.00	$147.48	$761	—
507–545	524	11	134.00–145.00	$140.55	$736	-4.11
555–585 value added	577	10	141.00–145.00	$142.90	$825	—
570–590	583	3	138.00–140.00	$139.35	$812	+1.36
600–618 value added	614	27	140.00–148.00	$145.27	$892	—
621–640	628	5	130.00–139.00	$135.96	$854	+7.47
765	765	1	120.00	$120.00	$918	+3.28
840	840	1	100.00	$100.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	142.00	$142.00	$320	—
280	280	1	134.00	$134.00	$375	—
305	305	1	125.00	$125.00	$381	-0.34
350	350	1	127.50	$127.50	$446	-0.84
405	405	2	127.00–130.00	$128.50	$520	+0.88
473–475	474	4	123.00–126.00	$125.25	$594	-1.35
545–547	546	3	130.00–132.00	$130.67	$713	-6.31
595	595	1	117.00	$117.00	$696	-18.21
620–635	628	2	122.00–126.00	$123.98	$779	+8.50
650–662	658	3	101.00–110.00	$107.04	$704	—
727–745	731	6	108.00–110.00	$109.66	$802	+11.58
755	755	1	93.00	$93.00	$702	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	124.00	$124.00	$490	—
605–615	612	3	101.00–120.00	$107.26	$656	—
940	940	1	97.00	$97.00	$912	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	105.00	$105.00	$457	—
480	480	1	110.00	$110.00	$528	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	275	3	157.50–177.50	$170.59	$469	+22.45
305–347	334	6	155.00–174.00	$167.13	$558	+30.29
355	355	1	152.50	$152.50	$541	+9.78
425	425	1	150.00	$150.00	$638	-7.31
450–475 value added	459	5	157.00–171.00	$160.80	$738	—
470–495	483	2	145.00–150.00	$147.44	$712	-11.38
520–540	529	9	141.00–152.00	$147.12	$778	-10.31
560–570	567	3	141.00–144.00	$141.99	$805	-2.97
600–632	611	11	131.00–136.00	$133.02	$813	-6.70
725	725	2	109.00–121.00	$115.00	$834	-18.00
805	805	1	110.00	$110.00	$886	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	152.50	$152.50	$503	+22.50
350–395	369	7	125.00–143.00	$134.90	$498	+7.15
482	482	2	130.00	$130.00	$627	-2.14
505–530	522	3	130.00–132.50	$130.81	$683	-4.40
560–570	565	2	133.00–138.00	$135.48	$765	+4.48
605–640	619	4	103.00–121.00	$109.03	$675	-9.07
660–680	670	2	115.00–124.00	$119.57	$801	+1.07
725–740	733	2	100.00–109.00	$104.55	$766	+4.55

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	131.00	$131.00	$308	—
300	300	1	112.00	$112.00	$336	—
351–375	360	7	120.00–133.00	$123.60	$445	—
410	410	1	124.00	$124.00	$508	—
505–525	515	2	105.00–115.00	$109.90	$566	—
565	565	1	109.00	$109.00	$616	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	2	131.00	$131.00	$710	—
615–617	616	3	117.00–120.00	$119.00	$733	—
775	775	1	106.00	$106.00	$822	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1550	1254	80-85%	18	64.00–70.00	$67.55	$847	-6.35
1075–1480	1256	80-85%	17	70.00–93.00	$76.71	$963	+2.81
1275–1575	1390	80-85%	3	57.50–64.00	$61.33	$852	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1495	1333	75-80%	3	61.00–63.00	$62.05	$827	—
1165–1740	1381	75-80%	13	64.00–69.00	$66.48	$918	—
1255–1820	1468	75-80%	19	70.00–78.50	$72.34	$1,062	+4.91

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1125	992	85-90%	13	53.00–59.00	$56.00	$556	+1.26
820–1210	1036	85-90%	12	42.50–53.00	$48.49	$502	—
945–1410	1145	85-90%	7	59.50–64.50	$61.66	$706	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–2080	1593	2	75.00–88.00	$83.49	$1,330	—
1355–2000	1705	7	96.00–105.00	$100.76	$1,718	—
1855	1855	1	117.50	$117.50	$2,180	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1335	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	825.00–1,085.00	$965.49
1135–1365	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	885.00–910.00	$896.35

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–980	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–760.00	$667.75
865–1045	982	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	675.00–750.00	$704.30
1080	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	785.00	$785.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	485.00	$485.00
835	835	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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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
1405–1605	1495	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	925.00–1,225.00	$1,101.42	—
1740	1740	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
940–1140	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	710.00–735.00	$723.70	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	5	111.00	$111.00	$688	—

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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.