Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 24, 2024

514 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $266.38/cwt +3.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,381/hd at 519 lb · 42 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $301.58/cwt +14.73 vs last sale · ≈ $1,766/hd at 586 lb · 36 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $271.40/cwt +15.39 vs last sale · ≈ $1,539/hd at 567 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	514	733	418
Feeder cattle	420	680	350
Slaughter cattle	85	45	63
Replacement cattle	9	8	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Good demand for weaned preconditioned packages. Fleshy,bawling and off colored calves facing discounts. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady with the exception of one extremely high dressing individual.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–375	371	5	327.50–330.00	$329.52	$1,223	+19.52
414 value added	414	8	330.00	$330.00	$1,366	—
418–437	424	6	300.00–314.00	$309.19	$1,311	+2.24
483 value added	483	8	327.50	$327.50	$1,582	—
460–495	488	8	285.00–295.00	$293.43	$1,432	+0.42
503–545	516	14	288.00–299.00	$295.85	$1,527	+13.12
553–588	570	8	289.00–298.00	$293.12	$1,671	+6.27
590 value added	590	28	304.00	$304.00	$1,794	—
607–620	611	3	277.00–288.00	$284.28	$1,737	+3.45
665 value added	665	15	290.00	$290.00	$1,928	—
674	674	6	277.00	$277.00	$1,867	+7.35
715–745	730	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,825	-4.30
815–830	826	4	229.00–238.00	$235.78	$1,948	+6.06
875	875	4	235.00	$235.00	$2,056	+14.00
1040	1040	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,184	+20.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	307.50	$307.50	$1,215	+28.92
540	540	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,404	—
550	550	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,540	—
600–605	603	2	257.50–267.00	$262.27	$1,581	-3.73
650–685	668	2	244.00–249.00	$246.43	$1,646	+2.38
715	715	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,652	-3.48

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,351	—
550	550	1	248.00	$248.00	$1,364	—
605	605	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,331	-14.50
895	895	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,530	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540–545	543	2	210.00–220.00	$214.98	$1,167	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,401	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	300.00	$300.00	$780	+11.50
325 fancy	325	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,016	—
325	325	2	285.00–305.00	$295.00	$959	+16.05
351 fancy	351	8	310.00	$310.00	$1,088	+16.00
370–385	376	4	285.00–300.00	$289.47	$1,088	+11.19
408 value added	408	3	304.00	$304.00	$1,240	—
400–435	424	10	271.00–286.00	$278.17	$1,179	+3.66
450–465	458	2	269.00–271.00	$270.02	$1,237	-2.51
462 value added	462	14	300.00	$300.00	$1,386	—
502–542 value added	515	23	270.00–279.00	$274.15	$1,412	-3.85
503–545	523	19	253.00–261.00	$256.97	$1,344	-2.13
550–590	566	12	249.00–259.00	$254.26	$1,439	-1.75
555–569 value added	568	15	272.50–286.00	$285.12	$1,619	—
605–610 value added	609	4	253.00–256.00	$254.25	$1,548	-1.15
600–620	610	2	240.00–249.00	$244.43	$1,491	+4.16
657–670	664	5	234.00–249.00	$241.64	$1,604	+0.76
705	705	1	211.00	$211.00	$1,488	+6.80

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	252.50	$252.50	$530	—
260–290	275	2	260.00–275.00	$267.09	$734	+19.59
305–330	322	3	267.50–277.50	$274.34	$883	+14.34
380	380	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,036	+8.34
407–430	420	6	252.00–268.00	$259.25	$1,089	-7.52
450–495	466	6	250.00–265.00	$257.80	$1,201	+4.28
692	692	5	222.00	$222.00	$1,536	+12.00
745	745	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,423	-4.00
765	765	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,484	+19.00
925	925	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,471	+9.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	207.50	$207.50	$664	—
460–465	463	2	222.50–231.00	$226.77	$1,050	-12.23
510	510	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,127	-1.94
560–570	565	2	220.00–223.00	$221.51	$1,252	+10.51
630–635	633	2	208.00–210.00	$209.00	$1,323	+9.00
785	785	1	173.00	$173.00	$1,358	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,200	—
515	515	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,210	-3.39
572	572	2	247.50	$247.50	$1,416	+8.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	355.00	$355.00	$976	+20.00
300–305	303	2	312.50–317.50	$314.98	$954	+10.76
350–395	366	8	310.00–332.50	$318.43	$1,165	+2.27
420–425	423	7	300.00–314.00	$310.85	$1,315	+7.92
480	480	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,404	-10.71
510–545	527	8	270.00–284.00	$276.11	$1,455	+3.55
560–590	579	8	269.00–275.00	$271.23	$1,570	+0.84
600–645	627	3	254.00–262.50	$257.06	$1,612	+6.65
695	695	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,755	+2.50
705–710	708	2	229.00–232.00	$230.51	$1,632	+11.02
805–820	813	2	195.00–203.00	$198.96	$1,618	-7.04
885	885	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,637	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–395	388	4	285.00–305.00	$299.17	$1,161	+6.67
420–445	434	8	280.00–290.00	$285.34	$1,238	+1.03
460	460	1	289.00	$289.00	$1,329	+3.92
530–545	538	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,399	-6.00
560–575	568	6	245.00–258.00	$252.17	$1,432	—
605–620	613	2	230.00–243.00	$236.42	$1,449	-0.58
660–670	666	5	220.00–236.00	$230.79	$1,537	+0.36
700	700	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,470	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	292.50	$292.50	$980	—
390	390	1	297.50	$297.50	$1,160	—
485	485	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,406	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	251.00	$251.00	$1,067	—
480	480	1	264.00	$264.00	$1,267	—
510	510	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,250	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	250.00	$250.00	$888	—
410	410	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,076	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880	880	85-90%	1	79.00	$79.00	$695	-3.49
775–1060	930	85-90%	7	90.00–101.00	$95.35	$887	-0.61
810–1255	1050	85-90%	22	101.00–114.00	$107.89	$1,133	-14.09
1020–1095	1055	85-90%	5	119.00–129.00	$122.84	$1,296	+0.86

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1235	1173	80-85%	7	123.00–128.00	$125.58	$1,473	+6.69
1080–1295	1180	80-85%	11	113.00–121.00	$117.29	$1,384	-1.60

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1395	1355	75-80%	2	118.00–122.00	$119.94	$1,625	—
1320–1820	1496	75-80%	15	124.00–134.00	$128.70	$1,925	-2.03

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1435	1265	2	128.00–131.00	$129.30	$1,636	—
1300–2245	1683	6	138.00–149.00	$145.23	$2,444	—
1380–2260	1911	7	150.00–170.00	$157.18	$3,004	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,185.00	$1,185.00
1095	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,780.00	$1,780.00

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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
1205	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,330.00	$1,330.00	—
1410	1410	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,375.00	$2,375.00	—

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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.