Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 26, 2025

559 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $268.00/cwt ≈ $1,819/hd at 679 lb · 114 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $280.86/cwt +42.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,628/hd at 580 lb · 27 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $301.45/cwt +34.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,439/hd at 477 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	559	48	255
Feeder cattle	467	31	223
Slaughter cattle	78	13	27
Replacement cattle	14	4	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

No market comparison with last week due to winter weather closure; however feeder market has noticeably improved over the last two bad weather weeks. Market active today with good buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440 value added	415	13	350.00–412.00	$387.48	$1,608	—
445	445	1	331.00	$331.00	$1,473	—
452–490 value added	480	8	347.00–387.50	$357.68	$1,717	—
500–520 value added	505	9	315.00–340.00	$330.50	$1,669	—
502–512	507	4	307.00–312.00	$309.52	$1,569	+42.52
565	565	2	314.00–315.00	$314.50	$1,777	—
591–595 value added	594	12	318.00–335.00	$325.43	$1,933	—
603–635 value added	611	21	276.00–329.00	$313.61	$1,916	—
620–625	623	2	254.00–260.00	$256.99	$1,601	—
665 value added	665	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,995	—
700–733 value added	707	23	270.00–285.00	$281.44	$1,990	—
740	740	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,961	—
775–788 value added	786	7	257.50–260.50	$260.08	$2,044	—
814	814	6	241.00	$241.00	$1,962	—
890	890	1	236.00	$236.00	$2,100	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–447	433	6	295.00–318.00	$308.09	$1,334	—
460–480	470	2	291.00–300.00	$295.40	$1,388	—
545	545	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,472	—
562	562	2	267.50	$267.50	$1,503	—
640	640	1	234.00	$234.00	$1,498	+34.00
810	810	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,742	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–520	515	2	262.50–281.00	$271.84	$1,400	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	262.50	$262.50	$774	—
385	385	1	258.00	$258.00	$993	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345 value added	345	1	321.00	$321.00	$1,107	—
365–380 value added	373	2	322.50–334.00	$328.13	$1,224	—
375–395	385	2	290.00–310.00	$300.26	$1,156	—
402–435 value added	419	12	291.00–327.00	$314.94	$1,320	+39.94
455–497 value added	466	16	292.00–318.00	$302.20	$1,408	—
490–495	493	2	270.00–282.00	$275.97	$1,361	+8.97
499 fancy	499	7	307.00	$307.00	$1,532	—
500–540 value added	521	10	280.00–287.00	$280.67	$1,462	—
510–542	531	3	270.00–278.00	$272.56	$1,447	—
557–585 value added	578	21	280.00–289.00	$283.20	$1,637	—
582–590	586	6	272.00–273.00	$272.66	$1,598	+34.66
600–610	605	2	244.00–246.00	$245.01	$1,482	—
617 value added	617	2	257.50	$257.50	$1,589	—
660–685	667	11	240.00–245.00	$242.65	$1,618	—
677–695 value added	680	103	269.50–271.00	$270.71	$1,841	—
733 value added	733	4	245.00	$245.00	$1,796	—
768–796	788	11	228.00–238.00	$230.66	$1,818	—
820	820	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,771	—
980	980	1	206.00	$206.00	$2,019	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	270	2	250.00–282.50	$265.65	$717	—
380	380	1	237.50	$237.50	$902	-2.50
500–515	505	5	250.00–260.00	$254.02	$1,283	—
555–580	565	4	240.00–250.00	$245.55	$1,387	+15.55
630	630	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,386	-4.00
740	740	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,606	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	280.00	$280.00	$840	—
635	635	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,530	—
660	660	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,492	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	225.00	$225.00	$630	—
440	440	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,003	—

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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	387.00	$387.00	$1,296	—
395	395	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,462	—
415–445 value added	423	4	332.50–352.50	$346.01	$1,464	—
450 value added	450	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,485	—
450–460	455	2	295.00–300.00	$297.53	$1,354	—
515–531 value added	528	7	287.00–294.00	$289.42	$1,528	—
528	528	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,452	—
565	565	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,526	—
607 value added	607	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,669	—
607–637	621	6	251.00–258.00	$254.12	$1,578	—
675	675	2	232.50	$232.50	$1,569	—
791	791	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,780	—
805	805	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,747	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	2	300.00–315.00	$307.62	$969	+37.62
385	385	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,068	—
465–470	468	2	265.00–287.50	$276.31	$1,293	—
505–547	530	5	240.00–265.00	$251.31	$1,332	—
560	560	2	261.00–265.00	$263.00	$1,473	—
675–685	679	4	227.00–232.50	$229.73	$1,560	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	264.00	$264.00	$1,544	—
785	785	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,821	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	240.00	$240.00	$924	—
510	510	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,158	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1310	1046	85-90%	12	112.50–121.00	$115.07	$1,204	+7.07
800–1220	1049	85-90%	8	104.00–109.00	$106.99	$1,122	-1.01
860–1330	1095	85-90%	2	90.00–92.00	$90.79	$994	—
1025–1260	1130	85-90%	6	124.50–130.50	$127.30	$1,438	+11.64

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1390	1246	80-85%	7	132.50–137.00	$134.06	$1,670	—
1105–1420	1300	80-85%	4	118.00–130.00	$124.69	$1,621	—
1170–1490	1345	80-85%	9	140.00–154.50	$146.47	$1,970	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1620	1382	75-80%	7	126.00–132.00	$129.71	$1,793	-6.29
1315–1595	1455	75-80%	2	141.00–142.50	$141.82	$2,063	—
1355–1595	1459	75-80%	4	135.00–139.50	$137.42	$2,005	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310	1310	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,821	—
1290–1805	1574	4	155.00–158.00	$156.46	$2,463	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–1160	1012	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	141.00–157.50	$148.67	$1,505

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1380	1380	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
786	786	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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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
1215	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755	755	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1015	928	85-90%	2	98.00–104.00	$100.72	$935	—
1215	1215	80-85%	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,555	—

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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.