Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 12, 2023

476 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $246.24/cwt +3.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,428/hd at 580 lb · 31 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $221.69/cwt +5.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,069/hd at 482 lb · 17 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $217.82/cwt +11.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,115/hd at 512 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	476	631	624
Feeder cattle	370	489	474
Slaughter cattle	69	107	89
Replacement cattle	37	35	61

Market comments — USDA reporter

No market comparison with last week due to 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
360–375 value added	369	5	239.00–240.00	$239.61	$884	—
395	395	1	227.00	$227.00	$897	—
411	411	3	232.50	$232.50	$956	—
440 value added	440	1	236.00	$236.00	$1,038	-9.00
450	450	1	221.00	$221.00	$994	—
460–495 value added	476	10	230.00–260.00	$242.94	$1,156	+11.90
507–530 value added	512	12	240.00–270.00	$260.33	$1,333	+27.45
555–580	562	7	220.00–230.00	$226.81	$1,275	—
563–592 value added	585	24	237.00–264.00	$251.91	$1,474	+9.55
601–647 value added	632	11	245.00–252.00	$247.58	$1,565	+21.07
667–673 value added	669	8	238.00–250.00	$242.53	$1,623	+10.96
740 value added	740	12	236.00	$236.00	$1,746	+3.83
780–783	782	4	218.00	$218.00	$1,705	±0.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	200.00	$200.00	$590	—
395	395	1	215.00	$215.00	$849	+20.00
416	416	3	180.00	$180.00	$749	—
462	462	2	200.00	$200.00	$924	±0.00
500–520	510	2	180.00–192.00	$185.88	$948	—
610–635	627	3	208.00–219.00	$211.57	$1,327	+19.57
650–667	661	3	190.00–215.00	$206.81	$1,367	+36.81
935	935	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,253	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,303	—
750	750	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,530	—
830	830	1	183.00	$183.00	$1,519	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370	1370	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,808	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	333	2	200.00–206.00	$202.93	$676	-14.57
352–390 value added	362	7	207.50–230.00	$222.91	$807	—
355–370	365	3	200.00–202.50	$200.84	$733	-7.27
400–445 value added	418	11	222.50–228.00	$224.89	$940	+2.39
435	435	2	215.00	$215.00	$935	+0.82
460–498 value added	481	14	220.00–231.00	$223.64	$1,076	+1.14
475–495	488	3	207.50–215.00	$212.57	$1,037	+2.27
500–540	509	5	200.00–210.00	$207.61	$1,057	+1.39
500–531 value added	513	12	214.00–230.00	$222.07	$1,139	—
550–580	570	3	201.00–207.00	$205.07	$1,169	+2.24
565–580 value added	573	2	214.00–217.50	$215.77	$1,236	-0.23
635–647	643	3	182.50–185.00	$183.32	$1,179	-1.29
655 value added	655	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,326	+9.81
720 value added	720	1	183.00	$183.00	$1,318	-7.33
715–740	728	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,238	-7.00
820	820	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,238	-27.00
1017–1020	1018	3	130.00–148.00	$141.99	$1,445	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	268	6	160.00–181.00	$174.11	$467	-0.89
405–422	416	3	200.00–205.00	$203.38	$846	+14.29
465–485	474	5	175.00–195.00	$180.17	$854	+3.01
530	530	1	170.00	$170.00	$901	-8.11
555–590	577	3	160.00–181.00	$170.12	$982	+7.58
605	605	1	153.00	$153.00	$926	-2.69
695	695	1	147.50	$147.50	$1,025	—
740	740	1	131.00	$131.00	$969	-23.56

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
236	236	4	190.00	$190.00	$448	—
345	345	1	195.00	$195.00	$673	—
370	370	1	190.00	$190.00	$703	—
410	410	2	192.00	$192.00	$787	—
545	545	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,074	+13.54
560	560	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,131	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	2	152.50–162.50	$157.73	$505	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	192.50	$192.50	$645	-23.68
350–385	372	5	224.00–232.50	$228.27	$849	+13.87
420–445 value added	433	2	240.00–245.00	$242.43	$1,050	—
430–440	433	4	220.00–227.00	$225.22	$975	+10.35
450–480	471	4	220.00–232.50	$223.62	$1,053	+10.27
502–505	503	3	215.00–218.00	$216.00	$1,086	+3.77
508–515 value added	510	6	223.00–225.00	$223.84	$1,142	-4.16
552–555 value added	553	5	220.00–226.00	$224.79	$1,243	+4.79
555	555	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,110	+2.50
617 value added	617	2	224.00	$224.00	$1,382	+8.68
605–635	623	3	180.00–206.00	$189.50	$1,181	-3.17
670–690	676	4	185.00–197.50	$189.44	$1,281	—
700–731	723	4	181.00–196.00	$184.63	$1,335	+5.90

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	3	190.00–205.00	$199.70	$555	—
305–325	317	3	182.50–192.50	$188.45	$597	-1.10
365–390	378	2	183.00–192.00	$187.35	$708	+6.35
435	435	1	201.00	$201.00	$874	+19.70
452–485	470	5	200.00–215.00	$207.16	$974	+23.60
500	500	2	162.50	$162.50	$812	-29.21
600–615	608	2	167.50–174.00	$170.79	$1,038	-6.11
700–735	718	2	152.50–162.50	$157.62	$1,132	—
860	860	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,144	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	213.00	$213.00	$820	—
551	551	4	177.50	$177.50	$978	-11.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170–1210	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,275.00–1,575.00	$1,427.52	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	152.50	$152.50	$679	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1490	1196	80-85%	8	94.00–104.00	$99.56	$1,191	—
1125–1465	1291	80-85%	10	105.50–121.50	$110.38	$1,425	+14.10
1310	1310	80-85%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,179	-16.87

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1490	1322	75-80%	7	97.50–104.00	$100.95	$1,335	—
1175–1710	1523	75-80%	9	107.00–118.50	$113.04	$1,722	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–920	830	85-90%	2	64.00–78.00	$71.76	$596	—
845–1140	1041	85-90%	4	84.00–94.00	$91.45	$952	-4.91
990–1255	1123	85-90%	2	80.00–81.00	$80.44	$903	—
985–1215	1126	85-90%	6	95.00–104.50	$99.10	$1,116	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1715	1395	5	94.00–109.00	$100.85	$1,407	—
1315–1780	1618	8	111.00–126.00	$121.24	$1,962	—
1685–2255	1930	5	128.50–136.50	$131.80	$2,544	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,094

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1115	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00
1055–1322	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,025.00–1,300.00	$1,230.33

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–1105	953	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	625.00–1,010.00	$909.22
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

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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
1070–1745	1333	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,310.00–2,010.00	$1,688.71	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790	790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—

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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.