Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 9, 2025

532 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $339.46/cwt ≈ $1,953/hd at 575 lb · 35 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $338.85/cwt +18.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,755/hd at 518 lb · 32 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $344.15/cwt +0.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,631/hd at 474 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	532	173	600
Feeder cattle	376	144	526
Slaughter cattle	56	19	50
Replacement cattle	100	10	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

No market comparison with last week due to holiday closure: however good demand for weaned calves.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,490	—
400–410	405	2	365.00–400.00	$382.28	$1,548	-7.72
450–475	463	7	352.50–395.00	$375.09	$1,737	—
510	510	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,326	—
500–516 value added	512	4	372.50–375.00	$373.11	$1,910	—
581	581	8	351.00	$351.00	$2,039	+11.00
595 value added	595	8	360.00	$360.00	$2,142	—
610 value added	610	1	352.50	$352.50	$2,150	—
645	645	1	326.00	$326.00	$2,103	—
652 value added	652	2	359.00	$359.00	$2,341	—
660–678	674	4	330.00–337.50	$335.66	$2,262	—
708–722	715	6	293.00–316.00	$304.27	$2,176	—
765 fancy	765	18	337.75	$337.75	$2,584	—
1005	1005	1	217.00	$217.00	$2,181	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	325.00	$325.00	$942	—
380–395	388	2	313.00–350.00	$331.86	$1,288	—
410	410	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,414	-32.50
515	515	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,725	—
585	585	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,989	—
685	685	1	288.00	$288.00	$1,973	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	3	337.00	$337.00	$1,971	—
625	625	1	318.00	$318.00	$1,988	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	225	2	355.00–390.00	$373.67	$841	—
255	255	1	357.50	$357.50	$912	—
300 fancy	300	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,260	—
320–327	325	3	377.50–390.00	$381.61	$1,240	+29.11
375 value added	375	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,388	—
355–387	376	3	350.00–357.50	$355.14	$1,335	+12.64
404–434 value added	419	11	370.00–377.00	$370.64	$1,553	—
415–445	430	4	330.00–337.50	$335.04	$1,441	-17.74
450–495	470	18	335.00–349.00	$339.39	$1,595	-4.60
452–488 value added	480	11	350.00–360.00	$351.94	$1,689	—
500–547 value added	516	26	335.00–345.00	$340.90	$1,759	—
505–531	527	6	329.00–335.00	$329.96	$1,739	+9.96
550–580	569	7	320.00–335.00	$328.72	$1,870	—
558–590 value added	577	28	338.00–349.00	$342.15	$1,974	—
600–645	615	17	300.00–330.00	$322.81	$1,985	+43.59
665–680	672	12	295.00–326.00	$317.94	$2,137	—
705	705	1	311.00	$311.00	$2,193	+74.00
715–730 value added	728	16	319.00–322.00	$321.63	$2,341	—
770–775	773	2	265.00–301.00	$283.06	$2,188	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,224	—
410	410	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,250	-6.00
500–530	515	2	300.00–319.00	$309.78	$1,595	+13.78
570	570	2	312.00	$312.00	$1,778	—
700	700	2	246.00	$246.00	$1,722	+46.00
795	795	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,868	—
800	800	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,520	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,596	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,169	±0.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,040	—
358–385	365	4	350.00–362.50	$359.20	$1,311	+9.20
405–445	425	3	330.00–351.00	$340.86	$1,449	-13.08
482	482	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,615	-0.13
502–540	514	5	325.00–340.00	$332.06	$1,707	+1.06
560–590	575	6	324.00–345.00	$334.04	$1,921	—
607–647	629	10	283.00–314.00	$306.51	$1,928	+20.51
655–678	669	7	292.00–325.00	$306.51	$2,051	—
695 fancy	695	2	331.00	$331.00	$2,300	—
722–730	725	3	290.00–309.00	$302.62	$2,194	—
790	790	2	297.00	$297.00	$2,346	—
820–830	825	2	214.00–215.00	$214.50	$1,770	—
995	995	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,861	—
1000	1000	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,860	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,154	—
355	355	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,118	—
440	440	1	311.00	$311.00	$1,368	—
457–475	464	12	286.00–347.50	$317.71	$1,474	—
505–535	519	8	311.00–327.00	$318.20	$1,651	+15.69
550	550	1	313.00	$313.00	$1,722	—
620	620	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,550	—
750–760	755	2	215.00–220.00	$217.52	$1,642	—
760	760	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,581	—
932	932	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,491	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–545	533	3	310.00–328.00	$315.74	$1,683	—
600–637	630	5	302.50–313.00	$311.00	$1,959	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	255.00	$255.00	$969	—
435	435	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,077	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1125	940	85-90%	6	141.00–149.00	$145.06	$1,364	—
900–1185	1018	85-90%	8	122.00–130.00	$126.89	$1,292	-39.61
1025–1175	1083	85-90%	6	153.00–179.50	$161.05	$1,744	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1385	1194	80-85%	8	160.00–168.50	$162.81	$1,944	—
1030–1485	1219	80-85%	5	152.50–159.50	$155.93	$1,901	-3.25
1235–1415	1325	80-85%	2	183.50–184.00	$183.77	$2,435	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1770	1452	75-80%	6	159.00–165.50	$162.27	$2,356	+1.96
1245–1650	1480	75-80%	3	172.50–173.50	$172.78	$2,557	+12.47
1410–1630	1520	75-80%	2	155.00	$155.00	$2,356	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190	1190	1	175.00	$175.00	$2,082	—
1430–2315	1753	9	181.00–205.00	$195.71	$3,431	—
1700–2100	1941	6	205.50–230.50	$220.46	$4,279	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,555

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1325	1172	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,925.00–2,275.00	$2,075.42
1050–1425	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,450.00–2,825.00	$2,652.22
1050–1560	1262	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	1,925.00–2,600.00	$2,334.44
1277 fancy	1277	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,910.00	$2,910.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1060	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,535.00–1,700.00	$1,621.16
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00

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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
1337	1337	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,900.00	$3,900.00	—
1485	1485	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	4,000.00	$4,000.00	—
1205–1765	1488	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	2,975.00–3,500.00	$3,266.88	—
1550–1625	1580	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,400.00–3,900.00	$3,573.66	—
1590	1590	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,725.00	$3,725.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020–1425	1254	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	2,300.00–2,900.00	$2,646.25	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430	1430	85-90%	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,916	—

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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.