Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 1, 2024

437 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $219.74/cwt ≈ $1,725/hd at 785 lb · 69 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $267.54/cwt -28.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,257/hd at 470 lb · 16 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $297.06/cwt -4.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,675/hd at 564 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	437	514	491
Feeder cattle	373	420	423
Slaughter cattle	43	85	58
Replacement cattle	21	9	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: No trend on feeders due to low receipts. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 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
300–325	317	3	315.00–325.00	$318.16	$1,009	—
405 fancy	405	1	323.00	$323.00	$1,308	—
400–440	414	12	305.00–317.50	$312.00	$1,292	+2.81
450–497	480	12	295.00–309.00	$300.03	$1,440	+6.60
500–545	532	10	292.00–306.00	$300.93	$1,601	+5.08
550–590	564	16	288.00–301.00	$297.06	$1,675	+3.94
610 value added	610	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,830	—
645	645	1	281.00	$281.00	$1,812	-3.28
655	655	2	265.00–275.00	$270.00	$1,768	-7.00
725	725	1	251.00	$251.00	$1,820	+1.00
750–777	764	4	250.00–253.00	$251.47	$1,921	—
800–825	813	2	230.00–232.00	$230.98	$1,878	-4.80
905–912	910	3	211.00–220.00	$213.98	$1,947	—
1070	1070	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,808	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,110	-7.50
400–448	439	6	289.00–300.00	$297.86	$1,308	—
455–475	465	2	283.00–285.00	$283.98	$1,321	—
520–537	531	3	270.00–278.00	$272.61	$1,448	+12.61
575	575	3	266.00–281.00	$271.00	$1,558	-9.00
625	625	1	252.00	$252.00	$1,575	-10.27
692	692	4	259.00	$259.00	$1,792	+12.57

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	291.00	$291.00	$1,295	—
555	555	1	286.00	$286.00	$1,587	—
815	815	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,785	—
867	867	2	214.00	$214.00	$1,855	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,469	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	295.00	$295.00	$988	±0.00
360–398	384	13	290.00–310.00	$301.69	$1,158	+12.22
413 value added	413	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,322	+16.00
405–430	421	4	290.00–307.50	$295.20	$1,243	+17.03
450–490	470	16	260.00–280.00	$267.54	$1,257	-2.48
507–525 value added	513	3	273.00	$273.00	$1,400	-1.15
501–540	519	10	256.00–271.00	$265.18	$1,376	+8.21
550–575	568	12	254.00–264.00	$261.40	$1,485	+7.14
602–615	606	3	238.00–239.00	$238.34	$1,444	-6.09
620 value added	620	1	256.00	$256.00	$1,587	+1.75
680–682	681	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,600	-6.64
737	737	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,621	+9.00
785 value added	785	66	220.00	$220.00	$1,727	—
790	790	3	214.00	$214.00	$1,691	—
810	810	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,523	—
940	940	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,579	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–385	382	3	275.00–280.00	$276.64	$1,057	+4.14
420–445	438	5	270.00–273.00	$272.33	$1,193	+13.08
450–487	473	9	245.00–259.00	$253.73	$1,200	-4.07
520–535	528	2	245.00–251.00	$247.96	$1,309	—
570–580	575	3	224.00–239.00	$233.30	$1,341	—
615	615	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,353	—
651	651	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,367	—
765	765	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,446	-5.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,184	-5.00
590	590	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,310	-25.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	257.00	$257.00	$1,054	—
495	495	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,188	+13.23

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,243	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	2	300.00–307.50	$303.95	$982	-11.03
370	370	2	310.00–311.00	$310.50	$1,149	-7.93
410–445	428	6	285.00–299.00	$293.29	$1,255	-17.56
460–495	472	10	286.00–300.00	$295.92	$1,397	+3.42
505–545	534	7	277.00–280.00	$278.99	$1,490	+2.88
552–575	561	4	269.00–280.00	$275.67	$1,547	+4.44
600–645	622	11	249.00–258.00	$253.60	$1,577	-3.46
755–780	765	3	215.00–227.00	$221.61	$1,695	—
800–840	820	2	193.00–195.00	$193.98	$1,591	-4.98
855	855	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,539	-5.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,284	—
610	610	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,464	—
687	687	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,649	—
885	885	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,504	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,299	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,206	-39.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	180.00	$180.00	$585	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1365	1250	80-85%	7	115.00–119.00	$116.97	$1,462	—
1125–1350	1259	80-85%	7	124.00–135.00	$129.74	$1,633	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–900	863	85-90%	2	90.00–100.00	$94.78	$818	+15.78
940	940	85-90%	1	46.00	$46.00	$432	-49.35
875–1185	1008	85-90%	8	106.00–115.00	$110.57	$1,115	—
1015	1015	85-90%	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,228	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430	1430	75-80%	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,745	—
1510–1535	1523	75-80%	2	130.00–142.00	$136.05	$2,072	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–2255	1589	9	138.00–146.00	$143.01	$2,272	—
1690–1970	1850	4	150.00–164.00	$155.31	$2,873	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–1000	898	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,850.00	$1,641.37
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00
1295	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1320	1320	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00

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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
785–990	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,800.00–1,975.00	$1,897.61	—
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,375.00	$2,375.00	—
1410	1410	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	-575.00

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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.