Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 12, 2023

920 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $238.95/cwt +36.95 vs last sale · ≈ $2,093/hd at 876 lb · 64 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $273.06/cwt +25.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,585/hd at 580 lb · 58 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $233.82/cwt -1.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,220/hd at 522 lb · 45 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	920	709	892
Feeder cattle	806	644	817
Slaughter cattle	68	59	55
Replacement cattle	46	6	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend due to being closed last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255 fancy	255	2	266.00	$266.00	$678	—
290	290	1	245.00	$245.00	$710	—
323 fancy	323	3	270.00	$270.00	$872	—
345	345	2	254.00	$254.00	$876	+13.34
355–385	370	2	250.00–255.00	$252.40	$934	-3.84
380 fancy	380	2	272.50	$272.50	$1,036	—
400–430	418	4	252.00–272.50	$259.58	$1,085	+3.63
405–421 value added	418	6	279.00–285.00	$280.64	$1,173	—
453–485 value added	461	4	270.00–277.50	$271.97	$1,254	+14.49
455–490	474	10	246.00–261.00	$255.51	$1,211	+18.45
500–515 value added	514	12	272.50–281.00	$280.31	$1,441	+14.90
500–545	519	19	248.00–265.00	$255.76	$1,327	+14.36
550–590	572	21	250.00–270.00	$259.71	$1,486	+24.21
561–590 value added	585	37	277.50–282.50	$280.64	$1,642	+24.96
605–640	615	4	246.00–265.00	$255.35	$1,570	+6.60
637 value added	637	11	274.00–282.50	$280.95	$1,790	+25.95
650 value added	650	17	270.00	$270.00	$1,755	—
658–675	668	15	245.00–260.00	$253.75	$1,695	+14.75
700–745	722	22	237.00–247.00	$244.91	$1,768	+23.48
790	790	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,778	+5.00
810–845	830	3	210.00–222.00	$214.07	$1,777	+15.07
876 value added	876	64	238.95	$238.95	$2,093	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	245.00	$245.00	$760	—
590	590	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,357	—
600–632	621	3	233.00–235.00	$233.64	$1,451	+28.01
675	675	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,357	-5.11
720–725	723	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,634	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	234.00	$234.00	$1,451	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,188	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1620	1620	1	144.00	$144.00	$2,333	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	4	230.00	$230.00	$460	+25.00
293	293	3	227.50	$227.50	$667	+17.50
312–340	327	13	220.00–225.00	$223.72	$732	+3.72
350–390	372	8	220.00–235.00	$227.18	$845	-1.10
390 fancy	390	10	255.00	$255.00	$994	—
405–445	412	22	225.00–241.00	$234.45	$966	+5.41
441 value added	441	21	260.00	$260.00	$1,147	—
450–485 value added	470	10	244.00–251.00	$246.97	$1,161	—
452–498	475	34	225.00–242.00	$234.60	$1,114	+6.72
500–545	521	40	220.00–246.00	$231.67	$1,207	+2.36
528 value added	528	5	251.00	$251.00	$1,325	—
550–593	568	25	220.00–240.00	$234.47	$1,332	+7.54
600–640	628	19	212.00–232.00	$228.99	$1,438	+16.81
658	658	4	224.00	$224.00	$1,474	+18.37
705	705	2	177.00	$177.00	$1,248	—
775–785	777	7	178.00–187.00	$185.57	$1,442	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	200.00	$200.00	$480	—
305–345	328	4	200.00–210.00	$207.67	$681	—
360–395	376	7	202.50–215.00	$210.31	$791	+3.42
400–435	410	13	210.00–220.00	$218.30	$895	+8.45
470–485	478	2	200.00–215.00	$207.38	$991	+1.24
500–535	518	5	200.00–215.00	$208.64	$1,081	+4.96
595	595	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,220	+8.21
600–645	617	12	198.00–213.00	$207.04	$1,277	+25.71
675–695	685	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,370	+26.00
780	780	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,365	-7.00
810	810	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,288	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	191.00	$191.00	$993	+1.00
660–695	683	3	175.00–184.00	$177.90	$1,215	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	181.00	$181.00	$751	-48.00
685	685	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,192	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220 fancy	220	3	300.00	$300.00	$660	—
285	285	3	275.00	$275.00	$784	+37.60
325	325	3	242.50–245.00	$244.17	$794	—
341 fancy	341	3	267.50	$267.50	$912	—
375–380	376	5	242.50–257.50	$248.52	$934	+15.09
415–445	427	12	242.50–252.50	$249.97	$1,067	+23.02
436 fancy	436	11	282.50	$282.50	$1,232	—
450 fancy	450	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,238	—
470–495	477	5	240.00–257.50	$249.63	$1,191	+14.53
505–545	520	23	230.00–247.50	$238.75	$1,242	+11.38
550–595	572	18	226.00–239.00	$231.38	$1,323	+11.11
605–640	614	13	220.00–235.00	$225.97	$1,387	+21.51
650–690	664	8	218.00–227.00	$222.76	$1,479	-0.74
715–735	725	2	203.00–209.00	$206.04	$1,494	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–398	396	9	230.00	$230.00	$911	—
430–433	432	5	215.00–220.00	$219.01	$946	+13.83
500–540	522	3	214.00–226.00	$221.48	$1,156	+18.07
550–595	573	2	210.00–216.00	$213.12	$1,221	+13.12
620–646	637	6	203.00–210.00	$208.87	$1,331	+8.71
680	680	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,428	+18.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	180.00	$180.00	$729	+8.00
572	572	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,133	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835	835	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,303	—
980	980	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,372	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1365	1238	80-85%	16	100.00–108.00	$103.40	$1,280	-1.97
1110–1455	1288	80-85%	14	88.00–99.00	$95.88	$1,235	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905	905	85-90%	1	40.00	$40.00	$362	-37.02
860–1035	935	85-90%	5	65.00–74.00	$69.88	$653	-7.14
810–1125	1010	85-90%	9	82.00–89.00	$87.46	$883	—
975–1200	1066	85-90%	11	91.00–104.00	$95.47	$1,018	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1550	1501	75-80%	6	101.00–110.00	$105.12	$1,578	—
1560–1825	1735	75-80%	3	90.00–98.00	$93.80	$1,627	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1670	1494	5	109.00–114.00	$112.24	$1,677	—
1925–1950	1938	2	125.00–131.00	$128.02	$2,481	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,180.00	$1,180.00
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,320.00	$1,320.00
1005–1560	1254	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,510.00	$1,299.83
1255	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	930.00	$930.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
932	932	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00
967–1220	1051	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,320.00–1,360.00	$1,344.53

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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
1045–1315	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,000.00–1,430.00	$1,233.60	—
1240	1240	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,460.00	$1,460.00	—
1230–1265	1248	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,310.00–1,330.00	$1,319.86	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
880–925	898	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,220.00–1,330.00	$1,273.08	—

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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.