Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 5, 2023

614 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $214.13/cwt +7.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,015/hd at 474 lb · 29 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $221.29/cwt +1.34 vs last sale · ≈ $923/hd at 417 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $232.00/cwt +0.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,219/hd at 526 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	614	741	453
Feeder cattle	538	662	346
Slaughter cattle	64	61	51
Replacement cattle	12	18	56

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with feeder steers over 700lbs steady. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher with feeder heifers over 500lbs steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 fancy	300	1	260.00	$260.00	$780	—
330–345	341	6	225.00–242.50	$236.42	$806	+4.54
360 fancy	360	1	260.00	$260.00	$936	+15.00
355–378	370	11	240.00–252.50	$242.76	$898	+14.09
400–425	416	6	225.00–241.00	$232.33	$966	-4.52
450–495	477	19	220.00–232.00	$225.24	$1,074	-11.76
515–517 value added	517	6	236.00–247.50	$245.59	$1,270	+6.10
510–545	529	15	215.00–231.00	$226.57	$1,199	+6.64
555–557 value added	556	3	234.00–248.00	$243.34	$1,353	+14.81
571–591	581	10	215.00–225.00	$219.88	$1,278	+9.20
605–617	612	4	215.00–225.00	$221.53	$1,356	+11.55
674–688	677	15	202.00–207.00	$205.98	$1,394	+7.86
705–740	728	3	174.00–184.00	$177.23	$1,290	-0.77
765–777	774	6	170.00–180.00	$178.18	$1,379	-1.34
885	885	2	169.00	$169.00	$1,496	-4.50
920	920	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,380	—
980	980	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,588	—
1035	1035	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,594	—
1120	1120	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,714	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	209.00	$209.00	$815	—
515–540	532	5	199.00–207.00	$201.19	$1,070	—
590	590	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,074	-7.92
630	630	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,203	+11.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,040	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203	203	2	202.00	$202.00	$410	—
265–285	275	2	202.50–217.50	$209.73	$577	+39.73
290 fancy	290	2	220.00	$220.00	$638	—
310–347	328	8	214.00–224.00	$218.23	$716	+14.93
355–395	379	6	200.00–212.00	$206.58	$783	-2.50
380–395 fancy	390	3	229.00–230.00	$229.68	$896	+7.68
406–407 fancy	406	5	230.00–242.00	$237.19	$963	+9.79
400–440	420	21	210.00–227.00	$217.51	$914	+5.00
450–476 fancy	472	11	225.00–234.00	$232.43	$1,097	+13.43
455–487	475	18	196.00–207.00	$202.94	$964	-3.16
512–530 value added	520	4	202.00–206.00	$203.51	$1,058	-1.84
500–545	526	15	185.00–197.00	$194.72	$1,024	-0.57
552–587	568	16	188.00–199.00	$195.22	$1,109	+6.09
600	600	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,074	+0.92
655–695	677	12	155.00–164.00	$159.57	$1,080	-17.43
710–715 value added	713	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,105	—
725	725	1	130.00	$130.00	$942	—
806–820	809	5	139.00–140.00	$139.20	$1,126	—
951	951	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,189	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	265	2	177.50–190.00	$183.51	$486	+2.52
310–340	325	2	184.00–190.00	$186.86	$607	-2.23
365–385	374	4	190.00–197.00	$193.34	$723	+13.34
410–440	429	5	197.00–207.00	$201.36	$864	+14.24
480–497	492	4	185.00–196.00	$190.55	$938	+8.58
530	530	1	174.00	$174.00	$922	-0.50
647	647	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,035	+8.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	172.50	$172.50	$621	—
445	445	1	184.00	$184.00	$819	—
490	490	1	185.00	$185.00	$906	—
544	544	5	163.00	$163.00	$887	—
660–685	673	3	139.00–146.00	$143.29	$964	—
750	750	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,012	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	135.00	$135.00	$918	-2.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	2	230.00–246.00	$237.72	$678	—
305–345	331	7	230.00–241.00	$235.82	$781	+19.97
380–395	390	4	224.00–232.50	$226.07	$882	-3.83
400–445	422	7	215.00–225.00	$220.66	$931	-23.03
447 fancy	447	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,118	—
455–492	472	17	208.00–225.00	$212.93	$1,005	-12.95
500–545	525	7	200.00–210.00	$203.48	$1,068	-10.90
555 fancy	555	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,221	—
560–587	578	9	201.00–211.00	$208.79	$1,207	-6.17
625–635	630	3	177.00–193.00	$185.65	$1,170	-3.22
670–675	673	2	177.00–191.00	$183.97	$1,238	-0.33
700	700	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,309	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	202.50	$202.50	$597	—
335	335	2	210.00–212.50	$211.25	$708	+13.75
375	375	3	212.50–216.00	$214.83	$806	+0.66
400	400	1	207.00	$207.00	$828	-10.18
530	530	1	186.00	$186.00	$986	±0.00
570–575	573	2	191.00–193.00	$192.00	$1,100	-1.00
720	720	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,188	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	167.00	$167.00	$910	—
580	580	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,050	+7.99

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	180.00	$180.00	$828	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–860	810	85-90%	2	53.00–58.00	$55.65	$451	+6.40
725–1310	912	85-90%	17	64.00–75.00	$69.39	$633	-0.15
865–1275	1075	85-90%	9	76.00–85.00	$80.00	$860	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1170	1163	80-85%	2	81.00–82.00	$81.50	$948	-12.97
1055–1395	1244	80-85%	7	87.00–90.00	$88.54	$1,101	—
1065–1390	1261	80-85%	6	91.00–96.00	$93.74	$1,182	+5.31

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1700	1450	75-80%	4	80.00–89.00	$83.24	$1,207	-5.19
1460–1545	1513	75-80%	3	92.00–104.00	$97.56	$1,476	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1930	1498	8	104.00–114.00	$110.63	$1,657	+2.70
1860–2440	2142	3	119.00–131.00	$124.37	$2,664	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,240.00	$1,240.00
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,160.00	$1,160.00
1020–1365	1193	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,180.00–1,300.00	$1,248.68
1395	1395	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,190.00	$1,190.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	630.00	$630.00

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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
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,490.00	$1,490.00	+310.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	4	149.00	$149.00	$817	—
675	675	1	137.00	$137.00	$925	—
764 value added	764	69	149.75	$149.75	$1,144	—

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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.