Cattle Market Pulse

Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 26, 2022

886 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $166.65/cwt +12.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,095/hd at 657 lb · 60 head
light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $151.84/cwt +8.12 vs last sale · ≈ $797/hd at 525 lb · 40 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.69/cwt -6.78 vs last sale · ≈ $851/hd at 569 lb · 36 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 886 656 918
Feeder cattle 763 502 843
Slaughter cattle 104 132 66
Replacement cattle 19 22 9

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold sharply higher with feeder heifers weighing over 500lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Good demand on all feeder classes with a very good quality offering. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350 350 1 195.00 $195.00 $682 —
423–440 426 14 190.00–197.50 $196.20 $836 +21.20
441 fancy 441 6 206.00 $206.00 $908 +14.00
450–498 477 10 183.00–197.00 $191.39 $913 +6.48
505–510 value added 508 2 193.00–196.00 $194.51 $988 —
520–540 526 7 178.00–180.00 $179.00 $942 +2.31
550–591 value added 571 26 191.00–199.95 $197.00 $1,125 —
560–593 585 9 169.00–183.00 $178.83 $1,046 +6.68
605–619 value added 613 11 180.00–191.00 $186.86 $1,145 +9.86
600–645 629 7 160.00–174.00 $167.22 $1,052 +4.84
653–658 value added 654 24 171.00–186.00 $173.51 $1,135 +6.51
650–685 659 36 150.00–169.00 $162.07 $1,068 +9.86
700–721 value added 712 9 165.50–169.00 $167.47 $1,192 —
700–745 726 11 144.00–160.00 $154.25 $1,120 -8.75
753–797 765 16 140.00–153.00 $150.52 $1,151 -3.48
765 value added 765 1 159.00 $159.00 $1,216 —
805–820 810 6 144.00–149.00 $146.50 $1,187 +5.16
865–895 885 3 142.00–150.00 $147.39 $1,304 +6.39
912–915 913 3 140.00–144.00 $142.66 $1,302 -3.34
1020–1030 1025 2 124.00–134.00 $128.98 $1,322 —
1055–1080 1068 2 126.00–132.00 $129.04 $1,378 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
440 440 1 177.00 $177.00 $779 —
503–525 511 5 155.00–157.00 $155.61 $795 -3.39
560–580 567 3 154.00–158.00 $155.36 $881 +13.61
610–625 617 3 147.00–152.00 $149.98 $925 +17.40
730 730 1 131.00 $131.00 $956 +2.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200 200 1 136.00 $136.00 $272 —
270–280 275 2 140.00–150.00 $145.09 $399 —
300–305 303 2 147.50–157.00 $152.29 $461 +7.29
355–397 372 11 136.00–153.00 $143.63 $534 -15.62
412–445 422 9 146.00–160.00 $151.89 $641 -2.12
400–447 fancy 432 9 163.00–167.00 $164.02 $709 —
450–485 fancy 472 6 162.00–167.00 $164.17 $775 —
450–496 478 17 137.00–154.00 $147.85 $707 -5.58
500–540 524 31 140.00–155.00 $150.24 $787 +9.38
512–543 value added 528 9 157.00–158.00 $157.33 $831 +5.33
558 value added 558 10 158.50 $158.50 $884 -11.50
555–595 573 26 139.00–154.00 $146.30 $838 +11.26
623 value added 623 13 160.50 $160.50 $1,000 +12.47
602–645 630 23 129.00–144.00 $134.65 $848 +7.37
650–665 658 10 128.00–145.00 $138.45 $911 +13.73
677–695 value added 688 25 147.00–148.50 $147.91 $1,018 -19.09
725–745 734 10 113.00–127.00 $117.48 $862 -5.52
790 790 1 104.00 $104.00 $822 -10.45
800 800 1 113.00 $113.00 $904 -20.00
895 895 1 124.00 $124.00 $1,110 +20.00
970 970 1 117.00 $117.00 $1,135 +17.00
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
420–445 430 3 135.00–140.00 $138.35 $595 +1.67
505–545 526 5 134.00–137.00 $136.02 $715 +13.30
570–596 590 4 129.00–132.00 $129.73 $765 +11.75
620–640 630 2 123.00–124.00 $123.49 $778 —
680 680 1 122.00 $122.00 $830 +3.00
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
465–485 475 2 117.00–121.00 $119.04 $565 +3.42

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
320–345 337 3 170.00–185.00 $180.25 $607 -2.25
355–375 fancy 365 2 199.00–202.50 $200.70 $733 -1.80
355–395 377 3 172.50–187.00 $178.80 $674 +8.80
425 fancy 425 1 197.50 $197.50 $839 ±0.00
400–445 426 8 181.00–195.00 $191.18 $814 +6.70
450–480 465 3 163.00–170.00 $166.59 $775 +3.59
465 fancy 465 1 190.00 $190.00 $884 —
507–540 514 13 154.00–163.00 $161.80 $832 +4.10
563 fancy 563 4 159.00 $159.00 $895 —
565–595 584 9 138.00–153.00 $146.89 $858 -0.92
600–640 629 18 135.00–149.00 $144.90 $911 +20.90
657–690 667 10 136.00–143.00 $141.57 $944 +13.98
700–731 714 11 126.00–134.00 $132.82 $948 +14.07
750–785 768 6 116.00–129.00 $124.49 $956 +9.49
800–820 812 7 120.00–125.00 $123.59 $1,004 +22.59
900 900 1 106.00 $106.00 $954 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
425–445 439 8 169.00–170.00 $169.87 $746 +15.86
502–540 517 4 130.00–138.00 $135.15 $699 +10.15
555 555 1 130.00 $130.00 $722 -4.49
645 645 1 130.00 $130.00 $838 +20.00
650–685 668 2 124.00–126.00 $124.97 $835 +11.97
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
320 320 1 140.00 $140.00 $448 —
375 375 1 142.50 $142.50 $534 —
440 440 1 140.00 $140.00 $616 —
465 465 1 149.00 $149.00 $693 —
560 560 1 124.00 $124.00 $694 —
616 616 3 124.00 $124.00 $764 —

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
840–1160 1000 85-90% 7 38.00–48.00 $43.10 $431 -12.04
1015–1025 1020 85-90% 2 66.00–71.00 $68.49 $699 +13.35
840–1265 1046 85-90% 18 50.00–58.00 $55.71 $583 +0.57
945–1265 1126 85-90% 10 59.00–65.00 $62.02 $698 —
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
975–1390 1200 80-85% 9 69.00–84.00 $72.02 $864 —
1075–1465 1221 80-85% 8 54.00–60.00 $57.83 $706 -6.89
1110–1355 1234 80-85% 13 62.00–68.00 $65.48 $808 +0.76
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1310–1400 1369 75-80% 5 63.00–65.00 $64.59 $884 —
1425–1480 1453 75-80% 2 57.00–60.00 $58.47 $850 —
1275–1680 1478 75-80% 10 69.00–74.00 $71.27 $1,053 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1215–1405 1299 5 78.00–88.00 $84.66 $1,100 —
1245–2020 1633 2 94.00–96.00 $94.76 $1,547 —
1480–2010 1704 4 99.00–108.00 $103.22 $1,759 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1010 1010 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 670.00 $670.00
1180 1180 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 810.00 $810.00
1195 1195 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 940.00 $940.00
1200–1240 1220 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 800.00–1,030.00 $913.11
1070–1425 1248 Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 1,030.00–1,050.00 $1,038.58
1280 1280 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 920.00 $920.00
1245–1440 1343 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 740.00–920.00 $836.54

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1155 1155 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 1 970.00 $970.00 —
1195 1195 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 890.00 $890.00 —
1265 1265 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 800.00 $800.00 —
1275 1275 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 1 950.00 $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.