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Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 14, 2024

1,137 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $242.00/cwt ≈ $2,214/hd at 915 lb · 180 head
light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $267.77/cwt ≈ $1,947/hd at 727 lb · 99 head
light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $251.81/cwt +4.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,559/hd at 619 lb · 59 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 1,137 468 590
Feeder cattle 1,069 403 530
Slaughter cattle 54 49 56
Replacement cattle 14 16 4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher except for feeder heifers under 450lbs they sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. There was a good quality offering of weaned and preconditioned feeders. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with a few extremely high dressing individuals. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
330 330 1 340.00 $340.00 $1,122 —
370 fancy 370 1 340.00 $340.00 $1,258 —
355–397 383 3 317.50–332.50 $327.87 $1,256 -4.58
400–445 428 3 325.00–337.50 $330.60 $1,415 -4.40
450–485 459 6 312.50–332.50 $322.43 $1,480 -0.07
505 value added 505 10 320.00 $320.00 $1,616 —
502–543 531 19 310.00–315.00 $311.59 $1,655 +17.72
555–585 579 16 288.00–307.50 $291.78 $1,689 +0.37
550–587 value added 584 24 310.00–320.00 $310.78 $1,815 —
610–615 value added 611 12 297.00–301.00 $300.33 $1,835 +10.33
610–633 625 22 280.00–293.00 $289.46 $1,809 —
660–687 678 32 277.50–285.00 $280.23 $1,900 +18.55
715–735 725 2 242.50–248.00 $245.29 $1,778 —
700–735 value added 727 97 264.00–272.50 $268.23 $1,950 —
760–761 value added 761 24 260.00–271.00 $266.42 $2,027 +10.72
802–838 825 30 227.50–236.50 $235.22 $1,941 —
855 855 6 220.00 $220.00 $1,881 —
915 value added 915 180 242.00 $242.00 $2,214 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
448 448 3 292.50 $292.50 $1,310 -13.76
455–495 475 2 295.00–310.00 $302.18 $1,435 +4.81
530 530 1 295.00 $295.00 $1,564 +19.00
560–575 570 3 275.00–285.00 $281.73 $1,606 +7.15
605–640 628 3 262.50–277.50 $272.69 $1,712 +42.69
851 851 3 213.00 $213.00 $1,813 —
975–995 985 2 196.00–199.00 $197.48 $1,945 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
467 467 2 290.00 $290.00 $1,354 —
525–540 535 3 280.00 $280.00 $1,498 —
560 560 1 285.00 $285.00 $1,596 +26.97
615–620 618 5 251.00–255.00 $252.59 $1,561 +5.09
650 650 1 260.00 $260.00 $1,690 —
745 745 2 232.00 $232.00 $1,728 —
870 870 2 212.00 $212.00 $1,844 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
580 580 1 267.50 $267.50 $1,552 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
310–340 326 5 250.00–257.50 $254.99 $831 -27.51
352–390 376 16 250.00–267.50 $258.40 $972 -14.10
396 fancy 396 3 287.50 $287.50 $1,138 —
400–436 413 11 265.00–282.50 $272.39 $1,125 -13.92
461 value added 461 3 300.00 $300.00 $1,383 —
460–483 476 9 265.00–287.50 $280.83 $1,337 +7.30
500–536 value added 522 28 282.50–286.50 $285.91 $1,492 +7.99
500–545 528 23 262.00–271.00 $266.94 $1,409 +0.47
551–560 value added 554 12 280.00–306.00 $297.24 $1,647 —
555–596 581 32 250.00–267.50 $260.66 $1,514 +3.93
600–636 value added 617 44 254.00–257.50 $254.15 $1,568 -2.85
605–633 626 15 243.00–250.00 $244.95 $1,533 +2.13
672–697 686 36 230.00–238.00 $235.10 $1,613 —
745 745 1 210.00 $210.00 $1,564 —
800–817 814 5 199.00–216.00 $212.66 $1,731 —
890 890 1 184.00 $184.00 $1,638 —
1010 1010 4 189.00 $189.00 $1,909 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
365–395 380 2 240.00–248.00 $244.16 $928 -13.34
412–432 422 4 250.00–262.50 $256.40 $1,082 +1.03
455–485 478 11 240.00–250.00 $248.48 $1,188 -5.99
501–535 508 5 242.50 $242.50 $1,232 -7.50
600–635 620 3 222.50–225.00 $224.19 $1,390 -8.31
690 690 2 222.50 $222.50 $1,535 +2.50
717 717 2 209.00 $209.00 $1,499 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
435 435 1 262.50 $262.50 $1,142 -2.50
470 470 1 262.50 $262.50 $1,234 —
505–515 508 3 240.00–257.00 $251.26 $1,276 +1.26
585–590 588 3 247.00–257.50 $254.02 $1,494 -0.98
620 620 1 230.00 $230.00 $1,426 -20.00
750 750 1 212.50 $212.50 $1,594 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
430 430 1 242.50 $242.50 $1,043 —
635 635 1 217.50 $217.50 $1,381 +7.45
660–687 672 6 200.00–218.00 $211.84 $1,424 +7.84
Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
425 425 1 245.00 $245.00 $1,041 —
610 610 1 200.00 $200.00 $1,220 -30.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
330–335 332 3 322.50–335.00 $329.20 $1,093 +9.20
355–370 361 5 325.00–330.00 $327.51 $1,182 +14.85
420–438 434 5 300.00–322.50 $304.35 $1,321 +2.48
457–488 472 8 300.00–320.00 $306.89 $1,449 +12.26
505–520 509 7 285.00–294.00 $290.11 $1,477 +12.74
550–590 570 4 265.00–285.00 $275.38 $1,570 +20.53
600–645 620 6 232.50–242.50 $237.44 $1,472 +3.94
655–670 663 9 227.50–237.50 $231.89 $1,537 +1.89
705–730 722 3 215.00–218.00 $216.69 $1,565 -0.81
750–765 758 2 216.00–222.50 $219.28 $1,662 +18.76
835 835 1 198.00 $198.00 $1,653 —
862 862 2 200.00 $200.00 $1,724 +21.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
235 235 1 315.00 $315.00 $740 —
325–340 329 4 297.50–305.00 $303.06 $997 —
360–380 370 2 297.50–312.50 $305.20 $1,129 +25.20
407–425 411 5 297.50–300.00 $299.48 $1,231 +4.48
462–485 473 5 290.00–305.00 $298.94 $1,414 —
531 531 4 260.00 $260.00 $1,381 ±0.00
581 581 3 250.00 $250.00 $1,452 —
623–645 630 5 219.00–227.50 $223.12 $1,406 —
680–690 685 2 212.50 $212.50 $1,456 -7.50
755–760 756 4 204.00–211.00 $209.24 $1,582 +16.74
845 845 1 184.00 $184.00 $1,555 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
435 435 1 302.50 $302.50 $1,316 —
480 480 1 292.50 $292.50 $1,404 +22.50
535 535 1 262.50 $262.50 $1,404 —
560 560 1 242.50 $242.50 $1,358 —
Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
570 570 1 227.50 $227.50 $1,297 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
605 605 1 180.00 $180.00 $1,089 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1130–1330 1243 80-85% 10 136.00–147.00 $142.27 $1,768 +7.45
1165–1720 1344 80-85% 10 151.00–172.00 $158.38 $2,129 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
740–1110 925 85-90% 2 98.00–100.00 $99.20 $918 +5.20
945–1050 1001 85-90% 4 130.00–135.00 $132.81 $1,329 —
1000–1105 1053 85-90% 2 119.00–120.00 $119.52 $1,259 -13.55
1070–1285 1120 85-90% 6 125.00–129.00 $128.04 $1,434 +10.58
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1380 1380 75-80% 1 135.00 $135.00 $1,863 —
1485–1660 1584 75-80% 5 148.00–155.00 $150.64 $2,386 +27.64

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1425–1715 1547 6 162.00–169.00 $165.65 $2,563 —
1545–1935 1750 5 173.00–180.00 $176.39 $3,087 —

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1135–1460 1352 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 3 1,825.00–2,600.00 $2,374.08 —
1075–1525 1360 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 3 1,800.00–2,380.00 $2,223.44 —
1755 1755 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 1 2,925.00 $2,925.00 —

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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.