Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 25, 2024

477 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $236.00/cwt ≈ $2,058/hd at 872 lb · 136 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $230.14/cwt -5.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,220/hd at 530 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	477	659	1,159
Feeder cattle	398	605	1,083
Slaughter cattle	63	54	55
Replacement cattle	16	—	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with slaughter bulls 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
340	340	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,003	—
385–395	390	2	290.00–292.50	$291.27	$1,136	+2.54
415–435	425	2	282.50–285.00	$283.72	$1,206	-7.80
450–465	458	2	284.00–285.00	$284.49	$1,303	+1.99
610–647	621	8	254.00–265.00	$259.36	$1,611	+4.32
660	660	1	257.00	$257.00	$1,696	+3.98
700–742	720	8	236.00–250.00	$242.00	$1,742	-1.68
755	755	1	239.00	$239.00	$1,804	±0.00
835	835	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,895	+8.64
866–878 value added	872	136	232.95–239.00	$236.00	$2,058	—
950	950	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,966	—
1073	1073	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,931	-17.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	425	3	260.00–272.50	$263.97	$1,122	—
455–490	482	5	262.50–265.00	$264.53	$1,275	-0.47
515–541	532	9	265.00–279.00	$275.35	$1,465	+6.68
555–581	570	6	250.00–261.00	$255.39	$1,456	+0.76
610–620	615	2	230.00–240.00	$235.04	$1,445	-0.71
965	965	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,805	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–585	575	3	235.00–237.00	$236.01	$1,357	+8.51
600	600	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,332	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	255.00–260.00	$257.50	$760	—
373–393	382	8	242.50–252.50	$247.74	$946	-4.39
410–445	428	5	245.00–255.00	$248.74	$1,065	+7.19
457–485	473	5	241.00–249.00	$245.43	$1,161	-1.33
517–545	530	19	226.00–235.00	$230.14	$1,220	-5.20
550–590	560	8	222.00–230.00	$227.05	$1,271	-6.79
600	600	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,260	-11.14
710–726	724	7	190.00–200.00	$198.57	$1,438	—
785	785	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,594	+9.59
820–830	827	3	187.00–203.00	$192.29	$1,590	+6.61
881	881	8	164.00	$164.00	$1,445	-8.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	232.50	$232.50	$860	+12.50
407–430	415	3	237.50–240.00	$238.36	$989	+8.36
455–480	468	3	227.50–237.50	$234.08	$1,095	-2.17
515–545	531	7	210.00–223.00	$217.85	$1,157	-1.20
585–590	588	2	200.00–204.00	$201.99	$1,188	-18.85
600–625	613	3	194.00–206.00	$199.97	$1,226	+6.97
770–782	776	4	171.00–178.00	$174.53	$1,354	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	240.00	$240.00	$888	—
445	445	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,046	+8.69
485	485	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,057	-2.00
585–595	592	3	215.00–216.00	$215.33	$1,275	—
955	955	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,442	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–485	478	2	210.00–220.00	$214.92	$1,027	-3.82
545	545	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,101	-0.60
550	550	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,100	+2.50
650	650	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,176	—
765	765	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,224	—

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	204.00	$204.00	$1,010	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	297.50	$297.50	$714	—
330	330	1	287.50	$287.50	$949	-14.01
360–390	375	2	282.50–285.00	$283.80	$1,064	-17.66
480–485	483	2	275.00–285.00	$280.03	$1,353	-7.47
505–507	506	5	240.00–253.00	$248.80	$1,259	+14.79
565–575	568	3	229.00–233.00	$231.65	$1,316	+7.65
605–643	636	9	218.00–226.00	$219.71	$1,397	+4.49
650–695	667	6	210.00–224.00	$215.40	$1,437	+4.91
700–745	718	7	192.00–206.00	$198.77	$1,427	-11.35
765	765	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,591	+3.40
860–865	863	2	190.00–200.00	$195.01	$1,683	+10.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,063	-24.00
560	560	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,288	—
600–610	605	2	193.00–200.00	$196.53	$1,189	+8.08
650–690	670	2	200.00–201.00	$200.49	$1,343	+9.49
825	825	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,477	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	240.00	$240.00	$840	-22.60
525	525	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,186	+23.50
550	550	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,023	—
697	697	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,289	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,219	—
685	685	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,329	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,060	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	140.00	$140.00	$903	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–920	871	85-90%	4	80.00–95.00	$86.19	$751	—
935–1260	1073	85-90%	8	98.00–108.00	$102.62	$1,101	-12.28
900–1225	1128	85-90%	4	111.00–118.00	$114.75	$1,294	+8.88
1070–1250	1166	85-90%	4	119.00–127.00	$123.18	$1,436	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455–1545	1500	75-80%	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,875	—
1365–1825	1522	75-80%	10	113.00–120.00	$116.13	$1,767	—
1465–1780	1623	75-80%	2	108.00–109.00	$108.45	$1,760	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	80-85%	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,609	-1.44
1305	1305	80-85%	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,396	—
1210–1510	1313	80-85%	11	119.00–129.00	$122.67	$1,611	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1870	1870	1	129.00	$129.00	$2,412	-14.00
1680–2150	1895	6	147.00–155.00	$150.17	$2,846	+7.17
1900–2115	2008	2	156.00–167.00	$161.21	$3,237	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1225–1465	1345	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,300.00–1,775.00	$1,558.69
1365–1610	1449	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,600.00–1,875.00	$1,755.67

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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
1270	1270	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
1275	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1310–1525	1418	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,400.00–2,475.00	$2,440.34	—
1495	1495	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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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.