Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 4, 2025

522 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $299.61/cwt +47.11 vs last sale · ≈ $2,158/hd at 720 lb · 93 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $318.07/cwt ≈ $2,116/hd at 665 lb · 43 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $383.17/cwt +33.17 vs last sale · ≈ $2,272/hd at 593 lb · 30 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	522	249	580
Feeder cattle	410	152	475
Slaughter cattle	58	74	77
Replacement cattle	54	23	28

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers very good demand in a limited comparison with last week's lite test. Feeder heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 7.00 higher with very good demand for featherweights. Very good demand for weaned and preconditioned calf packages; softer undertone for fleshy and average quality offerings. Yearling steers lightly tested. Very good demand for yearling heifers in a limited comparison.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–215	210	2	402.50–410.00	$406.34	$853	—
215 fancy	215	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,075	—
337 fancy	337	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,516	-9.85
346	346	3	397.00	$397.00	$1,374	-38.00
430	430	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,698	+5.00
515–540 value added	534	24	376.00–396.00	$380.91	$2,034	—
545	545	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,962	-5.55
580	580	2	357.50	$357.50	$2,074	+7.50
594 value added	594	28	385.00	$385.00	$2,287	—
650	650	1	312.50	$312.50	$2,031	—
700–740	720	2	292.50–302.00	$297.12	$2,139	-8.00
770	770	1	297.00	$297.00	$2,287	—
875	875	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,538	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	382.50	$382.50	$1,128	—
395	395	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,462	—
430–445	438	3	325.00–370.00	$348.23	$1,525	+13.23
570–580	573	4	335.00–350.00	$346.20	$1,984	+21.20
610	610	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,800	-12.00
660–685	673	2	270.00–272.50	$271.23	$1,825	—
770	770	3	274.00	$274.00	$2,110	+7.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	340.00	$340.00	$731	—
255 thin fleshed	255	7	440.00	$440.00	$1,122	—
322–328 fancy	326	6	409.00–415.00	$410.98	$1,340	—
365 thin fleshed	365	5	402.00	$402.00	$1,467	—
365–370 value added	368	2	375.00–387.50	$381.29	$1,403	-14.80
365–391	386	5	377.00–387.50	$378.99	$1,463	+28.99
418–445	429	5	340.00–375.00	$354.53	$1,521	+7.94
460–480	467	3	350.00–354.00	$351.37	$1,641	+3.37
471–490 value added	476	5	363.00–365.00	$363.81	$1,732	—
501–542	515	6	327.00–328.00	$327.35	$1,686	+2.35
500–545 value added	521	10	331.00–372.50	$344.61	$1,795	+8.97
567–595 value added	574	21	322.00–340.00	$332.67	$1,910	-7.00
625–635	630	4	290.00–302.50	$293.75	$1,851	-4.81
605–641 value added	632	10	316.00–326.00	$323.17	$2,042	—
665 value added	665	42	318.50	$318.50	$2,118	—
680	680	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,040	—
708–722 value added	720	91	293.50–302.00	$300.53	$2,164	—
710–745	728	2	251.00–265.00	$257.83	$1,877	+5.33

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	350.00	$350.00	$910	—
335	335	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,189	—
400	400	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,320	—
460–475	470	3	327.00–336.00	$333.06	$1,565	+7.91
507–536	522	6	285.00–317.00	$306.29	$1,599	+21.29
575–590	583	6	270.00–310.00	$294.12	$1,715	—
605–645	633	4	240.00–255.00	$246.16	$1,558	—
662	662	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,787	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,225	—
590	590	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,800	+10.00
600	600	1	274.00	$274.00	$1,644	—
690	690	1	258.00	$258.00	$1,780	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–540	520	2	250.00–255.00	$252.40	$1,312	—
625	625	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,375	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	377.50	$377.50	$1,284	—
355–390	375	6	335.00–387.50	$365.25	$1,370	+5.11
405–430	417	3	335.00–362.50	$345.85	$1,442	+3.35
475	475	2	335.00–340.00	$337.50	$1,603	-2.50
505–545	537	6	297.50–340.00	$325.73	$1,749	+5.73
552–580	561	3	325.00–348.00	$340.08	$1,908	+10.94
650	650	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,690	—
740	740	3	224.00	$224.00	$1,658	—
755	755	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,774	—
1050	1050	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,869	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290 value added	290	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,320	—
310–335	327	3	385.00–402.50	$395.66	$1,294	—
355	355	2	390.00–422.00	$406.00	$1,441	+8.08
355 fancy	355	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,562	—
400–402	401	3	370.00–375.00	$371.66	$1,490	-25.84
505–525	515	2	347.00–365.00	$355.83	$1,833	—
632–645	636	3	280.00–282.50	$280.84	$1,786	-44.16
660–695	671	4	260.00–277.50	$270.12	$1,813	—
960	960	1	219.00	$219.00	$2,102	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	317.00	$317.00	$808	—
365	365	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,104	—
470	470	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,292	—
565	565	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,554	—
625	625	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,562	—
660	660	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,650	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,150	—
715	715	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,823	—
1050	1050	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,785	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995–1125	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	3,050.00–3,500.00	$3,261.20	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1745	1361	75-80%	10	154.00–162.00	$157.37	$2,142	-10.77
1485–1775	1619	75-80%	8	165.00–174.00	$167.97	$2,719	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–915	855	85-90%	2	120.00–127.00	$123.25	$1,054	—
945	945	85-90%	1	98.00	$98.00	$926	—
835–1130	1003	85-90%	11	132.00–150.00	$139.62	$1,400	-1.68
950–1090	1005	85-90%	3	154.00–164.00	$158.50	$1,593	+17.20

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1240	1190	80-85%	3	155.00–162.00	$159.57	$1,899	—
1085–1405	1213	80-85%	4	146.00–153.00	$149.37	$1,812	-17.98
1125–1565	1259	80-85%	9	166.00–179.50	$171.13	$2,155	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1890	1427	3	145.00–172.00	$162.47	$2,318	—
1335–1800	1513	6	178.00–202.00	$194.80	$2,947	—
1460–2070	1872	7	204.00–230.00	$217.54	$4,072	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025–1075	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	171.00–176.00	$173.56	$1,822

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1030	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	156.50	$156.50	$1,612

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1125	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,950.00–2,350.00	$2,160.28
910–1285	1114	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,050.00–2,650.00	$2,340.18
1185–1340	1271	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,050.00–2,400.00	$2,207.40

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
890–1080	976	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,450.00–1,925.00	$1,744.94

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
752	752	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,825.00	$1,825.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
60	60	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00

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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
1155–1625	1276	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	3,300.00–3,500.00	$3,382.25	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

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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.