Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 23, 2023

349 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $222.08/cwt -1.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,062/hd at 478 lb · 19 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $222.17/cwt -4.63 vs last sale · ≈ $951/hd at 428 lb · 16 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $213.62/cwt -9.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,237/hd at 579 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	349	590	1,230
Feeder cattle	258	530	1,080
Slaughter cattle	56	56	104
Replacement cattle	35	4	46

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower due to this weeks weather. Light demand for feeders due to hot and humid conditions. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower with slaughter bulls 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
380	380	1	262.50	$262.50	$998	-7.50
407–420	411	3	248.00–251.00	$249.02	$1,023	-23.38
460–475	465	3	262.50–267.00	$264.03	$1,228	+0.67
540	540	1	256.00	$256.00	$1,382	+3.15
550–580	562	5	240.00–249.00	$244.46	$1,374	-10.64
615–640	628	2	236.00–239.00	$237.53	$1,492	-9.27
685	685	1	244.00	$244.00	$1,671	-9.96
730	730	1	237.00	$237.00	$1,730	+7.00
840	840	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,764	-25.50
1055	1055	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,920	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	227.50	$227.50	$978	-2.50
482	482	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,157	—
505	505	2	229.00–231.00	$230.00	$1,162	—
577–592	585	4	229.00	$229.00	$1,340	-6.00
600	600	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,410	+9.25
695	695	1	237.00	$237.00	$1,647	+36.00
720	720	1	211.00	$211.00	$1,519	-8.68

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,347	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	220.00	$220.00	$627	—
305–315	310	2	220.00	$220.00	$682	—
350–377	368	3	211.00–217.50	$213.06	$784	+0.56
410–445	428	16	212.00–229.00	$222.17	$951	-4.63
455–497	478	19	215.00–228.00	$222.08	$1,062	-1.92
500–535	526	7	220.00–225.00	$221.53	$1,165	+8.10
560–592	579	12	210.00–221.00	$213.62	$1,237	-9.89
622–640	628	3	208.00–219.00	$215.26	$1,352	—
660–685	677	3	212.00–216.00	$213.30	$1,444	+0.01
825	825	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,361	+7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	228	2	240.00–250.00	$244.95	$558	—
360–395	370	4	231.00–238.00	$235.42	$871	+2.75
418–438	428	8	233.00–235.00	$233.98	$1,001	-2.60
495	495	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,143	-11.81
506–533	521	7	236.00	$236.00	$1,230	-7.58
551	551	11	240.00	$240.00	$1,322	-4.36
600–602	602	5	224.00–235.00	$232.81	$1,402	-4.37
702	702	2	187.00	$187.00	$1,313	-9.62
755	755	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,367	-12.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	204.00	$204.00	$867	-16.00
485	485	1	203.00	$203.00	$985	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	185.00	$185.00	$999	—
565	565	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,153	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,032	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–395	390	3	210.00–220.00	$216.75	$845	—
410–445	435	4	212.50–220.00	$218.23	$949	-11.77
460–482	473	8	210.00–226.00	$215.79	$1,021	-5.89
500–520	513	3	200.00–210.00	$203.25	$1,043	-13.20
555–565	562	3	210.00–220.00	$213.29	$1,199	+1.39
615–646	637	6	180.00–190.00	$187.73	$1,196	-11.02
655	655	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,251	-10.02
800	800	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,200	—
880	880	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,267	—
965	965	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,332	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	2	237.50	$237.50	$765	—
350–385	372	11	230.00–247.50	$238.35	$887	—
400	400	1	230.00	$230.00	$920	—
915	915	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,372	+1.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	190.00	$190.00	$798	—
515–540	528	2	178.00–182.50	$180.30	$952	—
595	595	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,086	—
605–610	608	2	187.50–188.00	$187.75	$1,142	—
650	650	2	182.00	$182.00	$1,183	—
740	740	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,228	—
795	795	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,288	—
912	912	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,049	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,070	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	140.00	$140.00	$868	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	85-90%	2	60.00–68.00	$64.00	$550	—
850–1165	1011	85-90%	8	83.00–93.00	$89.81	$908	+0.68
905–1280	1071	85-90%	23	94.00–108.00	$99.79	$1,069	—
1030–1410	1180	85-90%	3	72.00–78.00	$74.16	$875	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1415	1249	80-85%	10	92.00–105.00	$99.68	$1,245	—
1230–1415	1310	80-85%	4	106.00–110.00	$108.11	$1,416	+8.16

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445–1625	1515	75-80%	3	95.00–104.00	$99.71	$1,511	-3.79
1530	1530	75-80%	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,622	+2.50

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1355	1183	3	110.00–118.00	$115.23	$1,363	—
1330–2145	1731	6	122.00–126.00	$123.77	$2,142	—
2010	2010	1	134.00	$134.00	$2,693	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
852	852	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1000	1000	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	880.00	$880.00
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,130.00	$1,130.00
1193	1193	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,340.00	$1,340.00
1193	1193	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,530.00	$1,530.00
1105–1315	1201	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,230.00–1,560.00	$1,429.52
1150–1248	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,290.00–1,725.00	$1,643.55
1235	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1250	1250	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1235–1375	1305	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,380.00–1,430.00	$1,406.34

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00

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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
1035	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,010.00	$1,010.00	—
1540	1540	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00	—

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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.