Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 11, 2023

700 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $242.88/cwt ≈ $2,087/hd at 859 lb · 133 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $223.40/cwt ≈ $2,183/hd at 977 lb · 53 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $245.42/cwt -9.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,407/hd at 573 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	700	660	498
Feeder cattle	622	574	414
Slaughter cattle	53	75	79
Replacement cattle	25	11	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Good demand for weaned packages of feeder calves. 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
440	440	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,122	—
455–485	470	2	242.50–250.00	$246.13	$1,157	-5.89
460–488 value added	480	20	262.50–273.00	$266.79	$1,281	—
501–515 value added	508	6	255.00–272.50	$263.63	$1,339	-9.83
507–545	527	14	237.50–250.00	$244.31	$1,288	-4.00
568–590	573	34	237.50–252.50	$242.77	$1,391	+8.64
565–580 value added	576	6	257.50–265.00	$260.41	$1,500	-6.33
610–645	622	6	219.00–232.50	$227.49	$1,415	-21.52
610–645 value added	633	3	247.00–247.50	$247.34	$1,566	-20.33
712–741	735	13	221.00–234.00	$230.62	$1,695	-2.56
785	785	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,711	-9.46
820–832	826	9	219.00–230.00	$224.03	$1,850	—
859 value added	859	132	242.95	$242.95	$2,087	—
880	880	1	233.00	$233.00	$2,050	—
935–942	938	5	194.00–209.00	$202.97	$1,904	—
977 value added	977	53	223.40	$223.40	$2,183	—
1060	1060	2	171.00	$171.00	$1,813	—
1165	1165	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,980	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	220.00	$220.00	$858	—
495	495	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,126	+23.50
505	505	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,162	-1.65
602	602	2	223.00	$223.00	$1,342	-5.47
715	715	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,530	—
890	890	2	181.00	$181.00	$1,611	—
990	990	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,742	+3.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	200.00	$200.00	$840	—
490	490	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,164	—
580	580	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,363	—
630	630	1	196.00	$196.00	$1,235	—
700	700	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,295	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,056	—
635	635	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,254	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,379	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	337	3	187.50–190.00	$188.33	$635	-41.67
375	375	6	187.00–204.00	$198.33	$744	—
410–435	423	2	201.00–215.00	$207.79	$879	+4.79
450–465	457	3	203.00–212.50	$206.45	$943	+0.01
482 value added	482	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,109	—
525–542	531	12	201.00–212.00	$205.11	$1,089	-6.83
535 fancy	535	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,177	—
556–580	562	8	201.00–217.00	$212.87	$1,196	+20.36
563 value added	563	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,351	+6.67
613–635	619	4	205.00–212.00	$210.20	$1,301	+16.86
663–682	668	8	196.00–200.00	$198.98	$1,329	+15.98
693 value added	693	22	221.75	$221.75	$1,537	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	190.00	$190.00	$712	-15.00
455	455	1	194.00	$194.00	$883	+7.79
510–541	522	10	190.00–196.00	$193.87	$1,012	+9.39
550–590	566	10	184.00–195.00	$192.37	$1,089	+11.54
600–637	622	5	180.00–189.00	$185.52	$1,154	+4.14

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	3	171.00	$171.00	$728	+8.50
450	450	1	174.00	$174.00	$783	+8.41
522–545	530	3	162.00–170.00	$164.74	$873	-2.96
580–595	588	2	171.00–175.00	$173.03	$1,017	+23.03
600–630	620	3	170.00–172.00	$171.35	$1,062	+11.30
657–692	675	4	165.00–175.00	$169.87	$1,147	+12.84

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	189.00	$189.00	$850	+12.00
500	500	1	187.00	$187.00	$935	—
735	735	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,323	—
758–795	764	6	194.00–199.00	$198.13	$1,514	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	160.00	$160.00	$656	+25.00
470	470	2	150.00	$150.00	$705	—
620	620	1	148.00	$148.00	$918	—
950	950	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,235	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	165.00	$165.00	$817	—
515	515	1	170.00	$170.00	$876	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	5	255.00	$255.00	$997	+27.69
400–445	412	6	240.00–252.50	$243.92	$1,005	+31.40
420 fancy	420	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,092	—
465	465	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,081	-5.00
525–535	530	4	212.00–225.00	$218.44	$1,158	+17.22
556	556	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,229	—
600–640	619	9	199.00–204.00	$203.03	$1,257	+18.28
695	695	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,355	+16.11
722–735	725	5	190.00–196.00	$193.59	$1,404	+21.97
770	770	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,440	+39.00
805–822	816	3	182.00–185.00	$184.01	$1,502	—
855	855	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,436	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	192.50	$192.50	$635	—
355–360	358	2	200.00–207.50	$203.78	$730	-8.22
405–420	413	2	210.00–217.50	$213.68	$882	+7.60
495	495	1	199.00	$199.00	$985	+0.47
505–507	506	3	191.00–205.00	$200.35	$1,014	+16.51
575	575	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,196	+22.76

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	220.00	$220.00	$946	—
550	550	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,023	—
615–620	618	2	177.00–177.50	$177.25	$1,095	+8.25
650	650	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,186	—
720	720	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,310	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	174.00	$174.00	$896	—
595	595	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	180.00	$180.00	$891	±0.00
570	570	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,015	+13.98

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–995	890	85-90%	3	47.00–55.00	$50.65	$451	—
825–1035	958	85-90%	6	60.00–73.00	$67.47	$646	—
900–1120	1023	85-90%	4	87.00–96.00	$89.93	$920	—
945–1265	1063	85-90%	7	76.00–85.00	$80.88	$860	+9.34

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1300	1213	80-85%	4	94.00–99.00	$95.44	$1,158	—
1185–1430	1271	80-85%	9	84.00–93.00	$88.93	$1,130	-0.33
1350	1350	80-85%	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,026	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505	1505	75-80%	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,430	—
1450–1810	1609	75-80%	8	80.00–92.00	$87.48	$1,408	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1595–1670	1633	2	110.00–112.00	$111.02	$1,813	—
1635–2210	1930	5	116.00–124.00	$118.42	$2,286	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–1260	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	970.00–1,070.00	$1,030.14

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1375	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,630.00	$1,297.15
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
980–1505	1261	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,220.00–1,450.00	$1,341.63
1470–1500	1485	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,270.00–1,360.00	$1,315.45

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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
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,730.00	$1,730.00	—
1340	1340	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,410.00	$1,410.00	—
1475	1475	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,990.00	$1,990.00	—
1495	1495	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

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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.