Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 9, 2022

936 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.10/cwt -16.27 vs last sale · ≈ $767/hd at 518 lb · 70 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $178.34/cwt +7.69 vs last sale · ≈ $921/hd at 517 lb · 53 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.50/cwt -1.07 vs last sale · ≈ $691/hd at 475 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	936	1,232	1,164
Feeder cattle	788	1,065	949
Slaughter cattle	117	128	155
Replacement cattle	31	39	60

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday steer and heifer calves sold steady on similar quality; however off-colored, fleshy and bawling calves facing discounts. Buyers showing preference for long-weaned calf packages. Quality was plain through good. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower with moderate 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
300 value added	300	1	190.00	$190.00	$570	—
310–338	331	10	170.00–186.00	$174.47	$577	—
355–380 value added	363	3	185.00–189.00	$186.39	$677	—
350–390	365	12	170.00–181.00	$178.38	$651	-7.15
400–440 value added	420	11	173.00–195.00	$186.55	$784	-1.33
415–425	420	2	157.50–160.00	$158.76	$667	-10.24
450–473 value added	462	17	170.00–180.00	$175.69	$812	-5.96
470–495	485	3	160.00–163.00	$161.35	$783	+1.59
505–535 value added	516	47	173.00–183.75	$180.83	$933	+3.04
502–538	521	6	157.00–160.00	$158.87	$828	-2.87
556–590	568	7	157.00–160.00	$158.43	$900	-0.89
550–593 value added	580	26	162.50–172.00	$168.29	$976	-5.33
600–645	619	14	141.00–149.00	$144.46	$894	+0.46
600–638 value added	626	32	156.50–162.50	$160.47	$1,005	-5.50
655	655	1	142.00	$142.00	$930	-1.81
660–685 value added	663	8	159.50–162.50	$159.89	$1,060	-3.45
745	745	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,118	+10.00
750	750	2	151.00	$151.00	$1,132	+5.00
782 value added	782	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,251	-12.85
843–845	843	6	154.00–162.00	$160.66	$1,354	+3.66

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	167.50	$167.50	$511	—
550–585	569	4	146.00–151.00	$148.71	$846	+15.71
635	635	1	135.00	$135.00	$857	—
850	850	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,114	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	138.00	$138.00	$497	—
520–525	523	2	107.50–122.50	$114.96	$601	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	150.00	$150.00	$870	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	130.00–143.00	$136.50	$321	—
297	297	2	130.00	$130.00	$386	—
305–345	334	9	132.00–145.00	$140.90	$471	-4.98
365–380 value added	371	5	153.00–154.00	$153.59	$570	-7.41
355–398	378	16	141.00–148.00	$143.36	$542	-2.34
405–445	430	14	136.00–145.00	$139.63	$600	-4.06
415–446 value added	432	30	147.00–164.50	$156.82	$677	+2.47
456–482 value added	473	22	144.00–150.00	$147.96	$700	-5.43
455–497	476	27	139.00–146.00	$143.49	$683	-1.37
500–545 value added	517	55	145.50–151.00	$149.76	$774	-20.00
500–545	521	15	135.00–145.00	$142.01	$740	-1.86
553–597 value added	570	37	143.00–153.50	$147.30	$840	-17.41
550–597	589	10	131.00–142.00	$139.28	$820	+1.00
600–626	612	14	130.00–136.00	$134.35	$822	+3.95
600–643 value added	616	13	141.00–150.00	$146.63	$903	-21.19
651–667 value added	659	11	143.00–155.00	$148.14	$976	—
660–685	681	8	134.00–137.00	$136.39	$929	+5.86
705 value added	705	4	140.00	$140.00	$987	—
756–790	775	9	110.00–130.00	$119.00	$922	-5.00
843	843	3	123.50	$123.50	$1,041	—
875	875	1	101.00	$101.00	$884	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
237	237	2	159.00	$159.00	$377	+39.00
350–385	363	4	113.00–136.00	$123.71	$449	+1.89
415–435	427	3	122.00–131.00	$127.41	$544	-2.08
470–485	478	3	120.00–137.00	$129.35	$618	-1.58
500–540	523	11	115.00–135.00	$124.95	$653	+2.32
562–585	572	4	119.00–130.00	$124.91	$714	-2.59
610–645	629	5	113.00–126.00	$120.82	$760	+5.66
663–695	671	5	110.00–115.00	$111.04	$745	-5.71
700	700	1	101.00	$101.00	$707	—
767	767	2	101.00	$101.00	$775	+11.00
955	955	1	96.00	$96.00	$917	+11.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
543	543	5	135.00	$135.00	$733	+1.25
570	570	6	129.00	$129.00	$735	—
637	637	2	124.00	$124.00	$790	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	2	108.00	$108.00	$326	—
460	460	1	107.50	$107.50	$494	—
530	530	1	105.00	$105.00	$556	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–225	218	2	157.00–162.00	$159.59	$348	+14.59
250–295	275	4	157.00–168.00	$162.04	$446	+7.04
305–310	308	2	157.00–167.50	$162.29	$500	+6.41
365–385	379	6	156.00–167.50	$160.29	$607	-13.22
410–430	420	2	146.00–165.00	$155.27	$652	-11.73
415–442 value added	435	6	167.50–186.00	$179.07	$779	—
450–495	466	7	150.00–174.00	$162.73	$758	—
528–549	542	12	141.00–169.00	$149.32	$809	+4.46
580	580	1	140.00	$140.00	$812	-4.88
600–625	605	11	132.00–144.00	$141.69	$857	+4.69
665	665	1	132.00	$132.00	$878	-3.54
705	705	3	123.00–126.00	$125.00	$881	-7.59
920	920	1	101.00	$101.00	$929	-1.98

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	283	2	140.00–141.00	$140.49	$398	+5.99
405–430	418	2	132.00–134.00	$133.03	$556	—
455–490	473	2	132.00–134.00	$132.96	$629	+7.96
515–547	536	3	125.00–131.00	$126.92	$680	-3.57
560–595	581	13	120.00–138.00	$131.64	$765	+0.79
605	605	1	128.00	$128.00	$774	+2.00
670–690	679	5	111.00–123.00	$118.98	$808	-0.03
730	730	1	110.00	$110.00	$803	—
760–785	772	3	107.00–111.00	$109.32	$844	—
825	825	1	102.00	$102.00	$842	+9.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	120.00	$120.00	$342	—
320	320	1	121.00	$121.00	$387	—
460–470	463	3	121.00–125.00	$123.65	$572	+1.65
500	500	1	111.00	$111.00	$555	-6.00
555–585	572	3	100.00–120.00	$111.93	$640	-9.56

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	127.00	$127.00	$775	—
685	685	1	121.00	$121.00	$829	-3.00
727	727	2	114.00	$114.00	$829	—
787	787	2	111.00	$111.00	$874	-4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1425	1258	80-85%	4	59.00–61.00	$60.26	$758	-7.22
1165–1635	1322	80-85%	10	65.00–70.00	$67.47	$892	-10.83
1150–1710	1343	80-85%	16	71.50–83.50	$76.37	$1,026	-1.93

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1135	1047	85-90%	5	57.00–60.00	$58.33	$611	-4.44
1000–1325	1086	85-90%	6	51.00–54.00	$52.96	$575	-3.59
1080–1185	1115	85-90%	5	61.00–64.00	$62.52	$697	+11.76
1150	1150	85-90%	1	73.00	$73.00	$840	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1430	1370	75-80%	2	59.00–60.00	$59.48	$815	—
1255–1645	1425	75-80%	11	64.00–69.00	$66.97	$954	—
1420–1640	1497	75-80%	3	70.00–75.50	$72.29	$1,082	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1880	1413	5	79.00–88.00	$84.99	$1,201	—
1275–2035	1743	10	92.00–104.00	$99.40	$1,733	—
1695–1895	1795	2	106.00–109.50	$107.65	$1,932	-3.10

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1335	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	850.00–925.00	$881.22
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
797	797	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	925.00	$925.00

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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
1090–1390	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00–1,300.00	$1,155.71	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1095	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
1020–1215	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–1,000.00	$931.54	—

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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.