Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 9, 2023

619 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $250.83/cwt +19.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,911/hd at 762 lb · 74 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $244.30/cwt -1.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,392/hd at 570 lb · 39 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $243.84/cwt -0.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,173/hd at 481 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	619	578	510
Feeder cattle	513	514	475
Slaughter cattle	80	62	33
Replacement cattle	26	2	2

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady with weaned preconditioned packages 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with some extremely high dressing individuals.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	280.00	$280.00	$966	+4.15
375 fancy	375	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,088	—
395	395	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,076	+3.87
400 fancy	400	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,150	—
435–445	436	12	250.00–267.50	$260.55	$1,136	+6.20
460–495	473	17	250.00–268.00	$261.27	$1,236	-4.61
460–485 fancy	473	2	285.00–287.50	$286.28	$1,354	—
500–540	521	10	252.50–265.00	$263.20	$1,371	+0.57
530 fancy	530	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,431	—
552–590	571	22	250.00–269.00	$262.77	$1,500	+6.97
575–576 value added	575	8	271.00–275.00	$272.50	$1,567	-3.73
602–645	615	9	240.00–256.00	$243.27	$1,496	-15.74
605–648 value added	632	16	265.00–271.00	$269.73	$1,705	—
670	670	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,621	-20.87
690 value added	690	3	266.00	$266.00	$1,835	—
700–715	709	5	244.00–250.00	$248.41	$1,761	+5.08
760 value added	760	68	252.00	$252.00	$1,915	—
765–790	785	6	230.00–241.00	$237.54	$1,865	+6.15
800–817	811	3	221.00–229.00	$226.37	$1,836	+1.29
930–941	938	4	207.00–219.00	$209.97	$1,970	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	221.00	$221.00	$961	—
537	537	2	244.00	$244.00	$1,310	+13.00
555–595	575	2	237.50–242.50	$240.09	$1,381	—
695	695	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,633	+6.78
795	795	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,534	—
820–835	828	2	190.00–193.00	$191.49	$1,586	—
850–855	853	2	190.00–197.00	$193.51	$1,651	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	227.50	$227.50	$944	—
525	525	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,260	—
730	730	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,482	—
750	750	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,688	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,384	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	320	4	227.50–245.00	$236.09	$755	+0.53
357–366	363	7	240.00–247.00	$245.04	$889	+12.08
400–430	417	14	237.50–247.50	$243.39	$1,015	+5.71
400–430 value added	421	10	250.00–252.00	$250.19	$1,053	+0.98
450–475 value added	467	6	250.00–252.00	$251.35	$1,174	-2.23
455–492	484	30	230.00–247.00	$242.34	$1,173	+4.71
515 value added	515	5	251.00	$251.00	$1,293	+2.22
505–545	525	9	230.00–243.00	$237.17	$1,245	-3.45
553–574 value added	569	14	249.00–250.00	$249.93	$1,422	-7.07
555–585	570	25	230.00–244.00	$241.15	$1,375	+5.33
600–632	618	7	225.00–240.00	$233.52	$1,443	+4.34
615–618 value added	618	8	248.00–253.00	$252.38	$1,560	+10.55
650–697	668	7	216.00–229.00	$221.75	$1,481	-7.25
700	700	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,330	+5.00
757–780	765	3	187.00–195.00	$192.28	$1,471	—
915	915	2	163.00	$163.00	$1,491	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,311	—
675–695	688	8	210.00–215.00	$213.38	$1,468	—
750	750	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,350	—
1005	1005	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,407	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	215.00	$215.00	$559	—
365–370	368	2	220.00–225.00	$222.52	$819	+17.52
525	525	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,102	-10.05
560–585	573	2	220.00–228.00	$223.91	$1,283	—
685	685	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,438	+3.06

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,129	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	240.00	$240.00	$744	—
320 fancy	320	1	280.00	$280.00	$896	—
350–395	366	5	250.00–265.00	$255.37	$935	+6.86
410–430	421	5	245.00–260.00	$250.27	$1,054	+7.85
450 fancy	450	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,170	—
455–490	472	14	230.00–242.50	$235.21	$1,110	-23.90
505–530	516	5	230.00–232.00	$231.40	$1,194	-10.27
550 fancy	550	1	243.00	$243.00	$1,336	-7.00
575	575	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,300	-2.67
605–635	625	3	214.00–230.00	$221.79	$1,386	-3.16
665	665	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,480	-0.78
700–725	713	2	209.00–213.00	$210.96	$1,504	+17.96
750	750	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,462	—
875	875	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,418	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	3	220.00	$220.00	$935	-10.00
495	495	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,138	+0.97
500–530	521	4	219.00–222.50	$221.02	$1,152	+6.49
550–583	565	9	211.00–222.00	$217.07	$1,226	+1.46
615	615	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,230	-6.77

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,067	—
835	835	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,411	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,018	—
510–520	515	2	194.00–202.00	$197.96	$1,019	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	85-90%	1	40.00	$40.00	$314	—
765–1195	899	85-90%	5	71.00–80.00	$75.43	$678	—
845–1190	1049	85-90%	10	83.00–94.00	$90.98	$954	—
735–1295	1093	85-90%	24	95.00–113.00	$100.53	$1,099	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1490	1294	80-85%	15	91.00–106.00	$102.15	$1,322	—
1110–1495	1297	80-85%	15	108.00–117.00	$110.65	$1,435	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1680–1805	1743	75-80%	2	100.00–104.00	$102.07	$1,779	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340	1340	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,367	—
1295–2255	1780	5	121.00–127.00	$123.82	$2,204	—
1695–1985	1819	4	130.00–140.00	$134.92	$2,454	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1250	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	985.00–1,540.00	$1,303.23
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,510.00	$1,510.00
1310–1380	1348	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,500.00–1,580.00	$1,530.04

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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
1125	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—
1220–1425	1323	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	1,560.00–1,675.00	$1,621.96	—
1275–1425	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,750.00–2,150.00	$1,938.89	—
1375	1375	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—
1415	1415	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,840.00	$1,840.00	—
1430	1430	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,920.00	$1,920.00	—
1545	1545	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,030.00	$2,030.00	—

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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.