Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 21, 2023

518 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $207.93/cwt -15.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,091/hd at 525 lb · 28 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $223.84/cwt -4.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,043/hd at 466 lb · 23 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $221.77/cwt -1.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,366/hd at 616 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	518	726	509
Feeder cattle	394	546	348
Slaughter cattle	95	131	128
Replacement cattle	29	49	33

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady on similar quality with good demand for weaned packages. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady 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
350–395 value added	368	3	220.00–225.00	$221.79	$816	-30.71
425	425	1	225.00	$225.00	$956	—
405–447 value added	439	9	229.00–250.50	$244.24	$1,072	+0.98
450–463	460	7	211.00–226.00	$217.10	$999	-2.90
457–492 value added	481	13	229.00–253.00	$245.97	$1,183	+7.00
502	502	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,029	-15.00
500–535 value added	524	10	220.00–228.00	$223.30	$1,170	-16.32
555	555	2	219.00	$219.00	$1,215	+7.70
570 value added	570	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,268	-3.98
600–625 value added	612	15	220.00–232.00	$225.92	$1,383	+2.32
618–645	625	7	204.00–216.00	$212.88	$1,330	—
657–680	665	3	204.00–212.50	$206.90	$1,376	+16.90
671 value added	671	8	222.50	$222.50	$1,493	+0.57
706 value added	706	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,553	—
740–746	745	4	196.00–203.00	$197.74	$1,473	+1.97
915	915	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,766	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	210.00	$210.00	$872	—
505–540	522	3	186.00–202.50	$195.46	$1,020	+10.46
650–690	670	2	179.00–195.00	$186.76	$1,251	—
710	710	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,314	+1.00
855	855	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,402	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–397	382	4	215.00–220.00	$217.60	$831	—
560	560	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,204	—
825	825	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,526	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270 value added	270	1	220.00	$220.00	$594	-13.24
335 value added	335	3	221.00	$221.00	$740	-4.07
347	347	2	190.00	$190.00	$659	-20.00
355–395	374	5	190.00–207.50	$201.82	$755	-5.89
350–395 value added	381	7	211.00–247.00	$224.35	$855	-4.65
410–440	425	7	207.00–216.00	$213.52	$907	+4.41
402–445 value added	426	11	219.00–244.00	$231.16	$985	+0.88
450–472 value added	463	12	230.00–241.00	$235.97	$1,093	+5.73
457–490	469	11	203.00–216.00	$210.60	$988	-1.12
500–540 value added	522	12	211.00–219.00	$215.36	$1,124	-9.15
503–545	527	16	189.00–207.00	$202.35	$1,066	-2.27
556–586 value added	570	11	209.00–219.00	$214.42	$1,222	-2.66
555–595	575	5	188.00–197.00	$191.15	$1,099	-3.39
610–645 value added	621	15	195.00–209.50	$207.38	$1,288	+18.61
600–647	627	4	181.00–185.00	$181.96	$1,141	+7.79
655–680	667	5	169.00–179.00	$173.39	$1,157	-10.93
695 value added	695	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,293	+5.03
720	720	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,260	—
770	770	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,186	-13.22
765–785	775	3	162.00–163.00	$162.67	$1,261	-4.55
825	825	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,361	—
830 value added	830	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,494	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–265	255	4	170.00–185.00	$176.15	$449	-8.85
317	317	2	172.50	$172.50	$547	-12.63
365–373	371	4	185.00–186.00	$185.75	$689	+4.99
420	420	1	200.00	$200.00	$840	+31.65
530–535	533	2	142.00–160.00	$150.96	$805	-34.09
590	590	1	164.00	$164.00	$968	—
610–620	615	2	152.00–154.00	$153.01	$941	-6.03
652–690	665	4	155.00–167.00	$162.18	$1,078	+8.23
710–722	718	7	151.00–161.00	$157.01	$1,127	+6.01
830–845	838	2	142.00–145.00	$143.49	$1,202	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–540	520	2	203.00–204.00	$203.48	$1,058	—
700–705	703	2	151.00–157.00	$154.01	$1,083	-12.99
775	775	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,256	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095	1095	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,522	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	157.00	$157.00	$597	—

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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	1	205.00	$205.00	$594	—
320–345 value added	333	2	223.00–230.00	$226.37	$754	—
370	370	1	217.50	$217.50	$805	—
375 value added	375	1	227.50	$227.50	$853	-13.83
411–430	416	4	220.00	$220.00	$915	—
420–435 value added	425	3	225.00–240.00	$234.88	$998	+5.12
450–495	466	7	203.00–220.00	$217.20	$1,012	-0.30
470–475 value added	473	5	225.00–227.00	$225.79	$1,068	-8.20
500–545	518	12	210.00–220.00	$215.51	$1,116	+14.67
550–585	574	7	187.00–215.00	$206.34	$1,184	+3.84
605	605	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,228	+5.93
606 value added	606	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,303	—
660–662	661	3	188.00–190.00	$189.33	$1,251	+3.01
700–705	703	2	185.00–188.00	$186.49	$1,311	-5.51
820–845	835	4	140.00–168.00	$157.98	$1,319	-25.02

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	162.50	$162.50	$349	—
255	255	1	197.50	$197.50	$504	—
390	390	1	170.00	$170.00	$663	—
455–495	473	5	164.00–195.00	$183.80	$869	—
535	535	1	170.00	$170.00	$910	-9.46
565–595	577	3	167.00–190.00	$180.08	$1,039	-1.32
662	662	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,125	+4.21
855	855	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,206	+38.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	192.50	$192.50	$934	—
655–670	663	2	185.00–188.00	$186.52	$1,237	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	135.00	$135.00	$378	—
370	370	1	145.00	$145.00	$536	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1525	1525	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,735.00	$1,735.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1465	1228	80-85%	9	90.00–97.50	$93.01	$1,142	—
1035–1495	1269	80-85%	20	98.00–111.00	$103.60	$1,315	+24.60
1150–1450	1284	80-85%	4	84.00–88.00	$86.02	$1,104	+7.02

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1545	1349	75-80%	7	92.00–97.50	$95.36	$1,286	—
1305–2030	1538	75-80%	19	97.50–107.50	$101.80	$1,566	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–965	942	85-90%	3	67.00–71.00	$69.31	$653	—
745–1195	981	85-90%	7	82.00–87.50	$84.31	$827	+4.64
895–1090	1004	85-90%	5	90.00–97.50	$93.58	$940	—
975–1175	1045	85-90%	5	72.00–80.00	$76.66	$801	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1245	1195	3	101.00–104.00	$103.02	$1,231	—
1345–1785	1598	4	112.00–117.00	$113.50	$1,814	+9.50
1500–1735	1610	4	123.00–133.50	$127.46	$2,052	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945–1080	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	102.00–109.00	$105.27	$1,066

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1197	1197	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1070–1190	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	885.00–925.00	$906.06

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	910.00	$910.00	—
1075–1205	1132	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,160.00–1,210.00	$1,184.04	—
1230	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,285.00	$1,285.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1160	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	145.00	$145.00	$732	—

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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.