Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 16, 2023

590 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $235.00/cwt ≈ $2,108/hd at 897 lb · 63 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $244.36/cwt +0.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,405/hd at 575 lb · 39 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $244.71/cwt +1.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,523/hd at 622 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	590	619	991
Feeder cattle	530	513	860
Slaughter cattle	56	80	115
Replacement cattle	4	26	16

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold steady with feeder heifers over 500lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and 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
335	335	1	275.00	$275.00	$921	-5.00
395	395	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,066	-2.50
410–445	428	2	270.00–275.00	$272.40	$1,166	+11.85
452 fancy	452	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,311	+3.72
450–492	471	5	252.00–277.50	$263.36	$1,240	+2.09
502–545 value added	524	4	265.00–275.00	$269.79	$1,414	—
508–545	525	10	246.00–259.00	$252.85	$1,327	-10.35
551–598	572	13	249.00–263.00	$255.10	$1,459	-7.67
616 value added	616	8	261.00	$261.00	$1,608	-8.73
603–645	624	16	242.00–257.00	$246.80	$1,540	+3.53
653–673	664	15	247.50–255.00	$253.96	$1,686	+11.96
735	735	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,690	-18.41
760	760	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,824	+2.46
837	837	5	235.50	$235.50	$1,971	+9.13
897 value added	897	63	235.00	$235.00	$2,108	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	230.00	$230.00	$989	+9.00
585	585	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,375	-5.09
605–645	632	3	220.00–238.00	$225.75	$1,427	—
660	660	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,327	-34.00
705–730	713	3	216.00–222.00	$219.68	$1,566	—
815	815	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,703	+17.51
865	865	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,773	+11.49

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,097	—
640	640	1	224.00	$224.00	$1,434	—
652	652	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,506	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,291	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	2	235.00–245.00	$240.09	$684	—
332–335	334	4	225.00–235.00	$228.14	$762	-7.95
380 fancy	380	2	252.50	$252.50	$960	—
375–395	382	3	225.00–242.50	$232.67	$889	-12.37
405–445	420	12	232.00–246.00	$236.58	$994	-6.81
415–440 value added	435	6	250.00–252.50	$250.73	$1,091	+0.54
450–492	475	23	238.00–248.00	$242.81	$1,153	+0.47
480–485 value added	482	3	250.00–253.00	$251.01	$1,210	-0.34
505–530 value added	525	6	250.00–252.50	$250.75	$1,316	-0.25
505–545	525	20	230.00–248.00	$243.58	$1,279	+6.41
550–597	575	39	230.00–249.00	$244.36	$1,405	+3.21
605–625	618	7	229.00–242.00	$237.18	$1,466	+3.66
610–626 value added	624	20	246.00–247.50	$247.35	$1,543	-5.03
660–675	664	6	222.00–237.00	$233.15	$1,548	+11.40
700–720	713	3	191.00–202.00	$196.62	$1,402	+6.62
765	765	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,476	+0.72
1067	1067	2	159.00	$159.00	$1,697	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	217.50	$217.50	$489	—
380	380	1	212.50	$212.50	$808	-10.02
430–443	440	4	220.00–229.00	$226.80	$998	—
460	460	1	224.00	$224.00	$1,030	—
505–525	515	2	210.00–217.00	$213.43	$1,099	+3.43
585–595	590	2	222.00–225.00	$223.51	$1,319	-0.40
660–695	680	4	206.00–216.00	$213.29	$1,450	+3.29
700	700	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,064	—
785	785	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,319	—
810	810	1	158.00	$158.00	$1,280	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456–480	462	4	200.00–210.00	$207.40	$958	—
615	615	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,156	+13.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	220.00	$220.00	$968	—
530	530	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,097	—
695	695	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,230	-36.38

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	260.00	$260.00	$650	—
310 fancy	310	1	300.00	$300.00	$930	+20.00
400–415 fancy	405	3	275.00–281.00	$277.05	$1,122	—
445	445	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,068	-10.27
450–480	466	7	232.50–247.50	$240.10	$1,119	+4.89
500–543	518	18	221.00–235.00	$229.36	$1,188	-2.04
565–590	577	18	220.00–222.00	$221.28	$1,277	-4.72
600–635	623	3	213.00–221.00	$215.91	$1,345	-5.88
755	755	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,472	±0.00
930	930	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,386	—
1095	1095	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,380	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,024	+10.00
455–467	463	3	220.00–222.50	$221.68	$1,026	-8.32
525–545	535	2	214.00–219.00	$216.45	$1,158	-4.57
552–590	568	5	201.00–217.00	$211.90	$1,204	-5.17
605–635	618	3	193.00–204.00	$198.75	$1,228	-1.25
665–680	673	2	199.00–203.00	$201.02	$1,353	—
710	710	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,314	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	200.00	$200.00	$840	—
555–585	571	4	204.00–217.00	$210.31	$1,201	—
640	640	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,331	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	195.00	$195.00	$868	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–860	813	85-90%	2	60.00–66.00	$62.82	$511	—
775–1085	930	85-90%	2	72.00–75.00	$73.75	$686	—
945–1265	1026	85-90%	5	86.00–91.00	$89.13	$914	-1.85
940–1300	1116	85-90%	14	95.00–110.00	$101.87	$1,137	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1380	1255	80-85%	5	108.00–113.00	$110.24	$1,384	—
1250–1370	1308	80-85%	10	92.00–104.00	$99.95	$1,307	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360	1360	75-80%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,224	—
1400–1665	1505	75-80%	4	102.00–104.00	$103.50	$1,558	—
1685	1685	75-80%	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,854	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–2060	1799	6	120.00–127.00	$122.38	$2,202	-1.44
1845	1845	1	133.00	$133.00	$2,454	-1.92

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1255	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,090.00	$1,090.00

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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.