Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 30, 2023

1,303 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $242.68/cwt +32.68 vs last sale · ≈ $2,050/hd at 845 lb · 134 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $233.00/cwt +52.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,850/hd at 794 lb · 132 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $251.05/cwt +14.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,823/hd at 726 lb · 76 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,303	349	1,044
Feeder cattle	1,228	258	984
Slaughter cattle	69	56	56
Replacement cattle	6	35	4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Feeder calves sold noticeably higher this week with a good quality offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	260.00	$260.00	$806	—
360–390	375	2	257.50–260.00	$258.70	$970	-3.80
420	420	2	247.50–260.00	$253.75	$1,066	+4.73
446 value added	446	3	287.50	$287.50	$1,282	—
450–485	468	11	257.50–274.00	$267.94	$1,254	+3.91
510–547	530	8	245.00–258.00	$252.38	$1,338	-3.62
550–597	577	31	250.00–265.00	$256.06	$1,477	+11.60
600–640	613	24	234.00–247.00	$242.53	$1,487	+5.00
618 value added	618	6	261.00	$261.00	$1,613	—
650–680	665	7	229.00–241.00	$235.28	$1,565	-8.72
701–737	715	5	235.00–241.00	$237.47	$1,698	+0.47
718–737 value added	727	71	250.25–253.00	$252.01	$1,832	—
750–780	769	5	228.00–242.00	$232.80	$1,790	—
815–820	818	2	220.00–223.00	$221.50	$1,812	+11.50
845 value added	845	132	243.00	$243.00	$2,053	—
853 value added	853	65	240.00	$240.00	$2,047	—
860–880	877	7	218.00–225.00	$218.98	$1,920	—
900–935	903	11	191.00–200.00	$199.15	$1,798	—
921 value added	921	63	232.40	$232.40	$2,140	—
1000	1000	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,810	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–490	482	3	230.00–246.00	$240.46	$1,159	+0.46
500–540	510	8	224.00–239.00	$235.79	$1,203	+5.79
580	580	1	244.00	$244.00	$1,415	+15.00
625–645	638	3	210.00–226.00	$220.78	$1,409	—
670	670	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,508	-12.00
725–735	730	2	214.00–220.00	$217.02	$1,584	+6.02
770	770	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,571	—
895	895	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,745	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	12	220.00	$220.00	$1,074	—
555	555	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,260	—
660	660	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,327	—
740	740	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,695	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	3	197.50	$197.50	$780	—
710	710	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,420	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,090	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	160.00	$160.00	$696	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	3	242.50	$242.50	$698	—
300–335	316	4	239.00–241.00	$240.21	$759	—
371–375 fancy	372	9	255.00–260.00	$258.88	$963	—
350–395	374	15	230.00–248.00	$237.88	$890	+2.46
415–425 value added	418	3	255.00–261.00	$258.97	$1,082	—
405–447	425	25	239.00–251.00	$246.50	$1,048	+12.52
452–495	471	36	230.00–248.00	$240.54	$1,133	+9.54
505–525 value added	517	17	245.00–251.00	$248.68	$1,286	—
500–545	522	32	224.00–240.00	$234.71	$1,225	-1.29
551–585	566	16	222.00–236.00	$232.35	$1,315	-7.65
600–640	619	42	227.00–239.00	$233.79	$1,447	+0.98
675–683	680	5	220.00–227.00	$222.78	$1,515	—
684 value added	684	11	246.00	$246.00	$1,683	—
702–725	709	21	201.00–217.00	$207.56	$1,472	+20.56
794 value added	794	132	233.00	$233.00	$1,850	—
805–845	825	3	159.00–160.00	$159.66	$1,317	—
865	865	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,609	—
965	965	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,640	—

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	-5.00
480–490	485	3	212.00–221.00	$217.97	$1,057	-4.11
521	521	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,120	-6.53
590–595	592	3	210.00–215.00	$213.00	$1,261	-0.62
635–645	640	2	219.00	$219.00	$1,402	+3.74
650–685	664	6	211.00–220.00	$215.57	$1,431	+2.27
700–720	714	4	169.00–175.00	$170.97	$1,221	—
752–760	755	3	177.00–187.00	$183.64	$1,386	—
825–840	833	2	137.00–140.00	$138.49	$1,154	-26.51
862	862	2	168.00	$168.00	$1,448	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–495	492	13	211.00–225.00	$221.40	$1,089	+18.40
610	610	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,318	—
695	695	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,390	—
705	705	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,276	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	205.00	$205.00	$943	—
615	615	3	188.00–201.00	$192.33	$1,183	—
665–682	677	4	188.00–200.00	$193.46	$1,310	—
880	880	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,294	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,797	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	270.00	$270.00	$540	—
215 fancy	215	1	315.00	$315.00	$677	—
315–335	330	4	242.50–250.00	$246.19	$812	+8.69
382	382	2	257.50	$257.50	$984	+19.15
405–441	426	8	245.00–260.00	$250.19	$1,066	+20.19
450–490	468	11	236.00–252.50	$239.33	$1,120	—
500–545	520	18	223.00–238.00	$232.36	$1,208	—
560–580	571	5	230.00–234.00	$231.62	$1,323	—
600–640	622	9	211.00–228.00	$221.59	$1,378	—
655–685	670	2	213.00–214.00	$213.51	$1,431	—
720–745	733	2	175.00–176.00	$175.49	$1,286	—
800	800	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,392	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–405	403	3	222.50–237.50	$232.48	$937	+14.25
505	505	1	192.50	$192.50	$972	-10.75
645	645	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,245	+5.27
690–695	693	2	188.00–189.00	$188.50	$1,306	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,112	—
600	600	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,206	—
800	800	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,184	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	180.00	$180.00	$810	—
765	765	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,102	-18.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–890	803	85-90%	2	71.00–80.00	$75.99	$610	—
925–1125	1047	85-90%	9	103.00–113.00	$106.03	$1,110	—
930–1340	1083	85-90%	11	90.00–99.00	$95.11	$1,030	-4.68

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1450	1269	80-85%	11	112.00–123.00	$116.08	$1,473	—
1315–1370	1339	80-85%	4	102.00–108.00	$105.75	$1,416	-2.36

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1555	1555	75-80%	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,508	—
1410–1890	1646	75-80%	7	110.00–117.00	$114.16	$1,879	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255	1255	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,456	—
1445–2045	1689	9	126.00–130.00	$128.20	$2,165	—
1685–2220	2011	6	133.00–141.00	$136.23	$2,740	+2.23

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1315	1315	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,610.00	$1,610.00
1445	1445	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,460.00	$1,460.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,170.00	$1,170.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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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.