Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report, Mt. Sterling, KY

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 30, 2022

1,122 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.04/cwt -0.20 vs last sale · ≈ $761/hd at 521 lb · 43 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.13/cwt -0.42 vs last sale · ≈ $833/hd at 574 lb · 33 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.49/cwt +6.28 vs last sale · ≈ $553/hd at 373 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,122	836	1,307
Feeder cattle	892	719	1,134
Slaughter cattle	185	67	118
Replacement cattle	45	50	55

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends due to stockyards closed last week for Holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	2	161.00	$161.00	$551	-16.50
365–390 value added	378	2	172.50–207.00	$190.32	$719	-9.68
375–388	385	5	166.00–182.50	$179.29	$690	+9.29
400–445 value added	424	26	177.50–208.00	$194.28	$824	+0.13
405–445	430	5	167.00–172.50	$169.02	$727	+8.70
462	462	4	164.00	$164.00	$758	-1.19
450–494 value added	473	20	166.00–187.00	$177.50	$840	-3.54
503	503	3	160.00	$160.00	$805	+2.03
500–545 value added	524	25	166.00–185.00	$174.65	$915	+4.08
555	555	1	160.00	$160.00	$888	-4.28
560–585 value added	572	5	162.00–168.00	$164.96	$944	-6.44
605–616	612	10	143.00–151.00	$148.90	$911	-2.39
602–638 value added	618	13	155.00–166.00	$161.01	$995	+1.55
660–692 value added	680	4	152.00–158.00	$155.05	$1,054	-6.96
722 value added	722	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,191	—
730	730	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,037	-4.51
757–765	760	3	126.00–141.00	$135.96	$1,033	—
825	825	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,320	+19.00
855	855	1	158.00	$158.00	$1,351	+13.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	164.00	$164.00	$623	—
517–530	520	5	130.00–151.00	$146.72	$763	+6.72
620–643	625	14	145.00–147.00	$145.44	$909	—
655	655	1	145.00	$145.00	$950	+2.67

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	140.00	$140.00	$427	—
370	370	1	160.00	$160.00	$592	—
455–470	460	3	145.00–151.00	$148.96	$685	+3.96
600	600	1	144.00	$144.00	$864	—
710	710	1	137.50	$137.50	$976	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	111.00	$111.00	$616	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	163.00	$163.00	$293	—
230	230	1	155.00	$155.00	$356	+13.10
235–245 value added	240	2	160.00–169.00	$164.41	$395	—
275 value added	275	1	155.00	$155.00	$426	—
255–295	279	4	141.00–148.00	$143.93	$402	+6.43
330–335	333	3	144.00–150.00	$146.34	$487	+2.16
337 value added	337	2	162.50	$162.50	$548	+2.50
351–398 value added	372	11	150.00–170.00	$155.52	$579	—
350–395	373	20	140.00–150.00	$144.62	$539	+2.41
410–418 value added	415	5	150.00–157.00	$152.77	$634	-1.11
400–445	425	15	138.00–148.00	$142.83	$607	+1.09
460–485	479	6	135.00–142.00	$138.14	$662	-4.64
452–497 value added	480	20	151.00–160.00	$153.14	$735	+1.25
505–533 value added	520	16	150.00–154.00	$152.13	$791	+3.04
500–547	522	27	136.00–149.00	$142.43	$743	-1.77
550–597	570	17	135.00–147.00	$141.13	$804	-1.36
555–588 value added	578	16	147.00–153.00	$149.39	$863	-0.46
600–640	608	5	130.00–140.00	$137.51	$836	+4.73
600–611 value added	609	6	140.00–141.00	$140.16	$854	-0.21
655–658 value added	657	4	141.00–144.00	$143.25	$941	-23.68
651–665	658	8	134.00–138.00	$135.01	$888	—
700	700	1	114.00	$114.00	$798	-10.00
760	760	1	115.00	$115.00	$874	—
840	840	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,000	+24.00
850–860	852	5	113.00–120.00	$114.41	$975	+7.94
920	920	2	112.00	$112.00	$1,030	—
1067	1067	2	118.00	$118.00	$1,259	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
232	232	2	132.00	$132.00	$306	—
270–295	283	2	131.00–137.00	$133.87	$379	—
300–340	326	11	120.00–135.00	$127.74	$416	+3.74
353–390	369	12	121.00–139.00	$132.53	$489	—
410–447	426	14	123.00–137.50	$128.92	$549	-9.08
450–490	466	20	120.00–134.00	$126.03	$587	-7.44
500–545	528	13	121.00–134.00	$129.32	$683	-6.04
555–595	575	8	118.00–134.00	$128.13	$737	-8.47
620	620	2	121.00	$121.00	$750	+1.00
650–680	661	4	113.00–122.00	$116.71	$771	-1.29
736–745	738	5	108.00–110.00	$109.60	$809	+4.60
780	780	1	110.00	$110.00	$858	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	3	131.00	$131.00	$479	—
400	400	1	135.00	$135.00	$540	—
475–477	476	3	138.00	$138.00	$657	—
505	505	1	136.00	$136.00	$687	—
551–594	580	15	129.00–140.00	$131.70	$764	—
630–632	631	3	121.00–126.00	$124.34	$785	-3.90
700	700	2	122.00	$122.00	$854	+2.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	114.00	$114.00	$462	+13.00
507–535	516	3	104.00–110.00	$106.07	$547	—
585	585	1	108.00	$108.00	$632	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125	125	1	195.00	$195.00	$244	—
205–225	213	5	167.50–181.00	$177.66	$378	+16.16
297	297	4	160.00	$160.00	$475	+1.19
300–342	331	10	160.00–182.50	$168.62	$558	+8.01
355–395	375	7	160.00–187.50	$170.40	$639	+14.56
400–435 value added	413	14	162.50–179.00	$171.41	$708	—
405–440	420	5	144.00–162.50	$157.20	$660	+1.20
460–475 value added	465	3	170.00–171.00	$170.66	$794	—
450–495	467	7	149.00–170.00	$161.79	$756	+6.32
507–540 value added	526	8	161.00–172.00	$164.18	$864	+6.66
505–547	537	10	146.00–159.00	$149.57	$803	+3.12
550–575	564	13	143.00–158.00	$147.33	$831	+6.54
600–635 value added	619	10	140.00–144.00	$140.99	$873	—
600–637	623	13	128.00–139.00	$135.08	$842	-0.92
650–690	664	15	126.00–137.00	$129.89	$862	-2.07
700–735	728	6	121.00–130.00	$124.12	$904	-10.74
753–780	767	7	116.00–124.00	$120.35	$923	—
805–845	827	6	111.00–123.00	$117.73	$974	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	274	8	140.00–155.00	$146.49	$401	—
305–345	330	4	142.00–155.00	$149.77	$494	+11.77
355–375	363	3	132.50–153.00	$142.32	$517	+3.32
440	440	1	132.50	$132.50	$583	—
495–496	496	5	137.00	$137.00	$680	+3.10
500–545	520	13	127.00–137.00	$131.22	$682	-2.79
570–571	571	4	125.00–137.00	$134.00	$765	+1.08
610–630	620	2	120.00–125.00	$122.46	$759	+2.46
665	665	1	115.00	$115.00	$765	+1.52
742	742	2	113.00	$113.00	$838	-0.06
795	795	2	107.00	$107.00	$851	—
965	965	1	89.00	$89.00	$859	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	3	145.00	$145.00	$638	—
596	596	6	139.00	$139.00	$828	—
647	647	2	131.00	$131.00	$848	+9.00
670–695	682	3	122.00–131.00	$127.71	$871	—
775	775	1	108.00	$108.00	$837	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	132.50	$132.50	$391	—
345	345	1	126.00	$126.00	$435	—
415	415	1	127.00	$127.00	$527	—
450–487	475	3	109.00–120.00	$116.52	$553	-5.98
500–515	507	3	110.00–115.00	$112.48	$570	-9.27
645	645	1	103.00	$103.00	$664	—
660–670	665	2	110.00–112.50	$111.24	$740	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1500	1011	85-90%	24	40.00–54.00	$48.65	$492	—
740–1365	1058	85-90%	22	59.50–66.00	$63.07	$667	+4.79
840–1340	1116	85-90%	13	54.00–59.00	$56.95	$636	—
1010–1270	1174	85-90%	9	67.00–82.00	$71.94	$845	-0.06

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1310	1240	80-85%	4	59.00–64.00	$61.68	$765	-5.19
1075–1590	1248	80-85%	22	64.00–70.00	$67.66	$844	+0.79
1040–1715	1322	80-85%	22	72.50–92.00	$77.69	$1,027	-4.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245	1245	75-80%	1	63.00	$63.00	$784	—
1240–1565	1430	75-80%	12	63.50–72.00	$68.56	$980	-1.20
1295–1760	1474	75-80%	14	72.00–79.50	$74.33	$1,096	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–2495	1454	7	75.00–91.00	$83.62	$1,216	—
1280–2135	1597	8	91.00–106.50	$98.55	$1,574	—
1320–1990	1703	10	108.00–116.50	$110.57	$1,883	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1010–1030	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	80.00–84.00	$82.02	$837

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995–1270	1137	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	850.00–1,035.00	$908.83
920–1540	1179	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	800.00–1,000.00	$903.05

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1360	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	675.00–750.00	$724.04
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
1150–1200	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–775.00	$762.77

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–795	770	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	525.00–625.00	$582.58

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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
945–1380	1168	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,150.00	$1,089.37	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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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.