Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 20, 2024

565 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $249.75/cwt +14.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,931/hd at 773 lb · 66 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $234.18/cwt -13.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,897/hd at 810 lb · 34 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $263.43/cwt -6.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,102/hd at 418 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	565	937	789
Feeder cattle	513	884	707
Slaughter cattle	45	49	82
Replacement cattle	7	4	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Good demand for all feeder classes. 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
310	310	1	310.00	$310.00	$961	-24.62
305–335 fancy	320	2	340.00–345.00	$342.62	$1,096	—
350 fancy	350	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,172	—
410–430	418	3	305.00–327.50	$318.97	$1,333	-10.05
421 value added	421	3	342.50	$342.50	$1,442	-12.50
481	481	3	307.50	$307.50	$1,479	+3.50
503–546	520	12	280.00–300.00	$286.72	$1,491	-8.50
510–537 value added	521	8	310.00–312.50	$312.18	$1,626	+5.65
557–595	573	18	270.00–285.00	$277.64	$1,591	+0.26
620–621	621	6	270.00–275.00	$274.17	$1,703	+12.25
652–680	670	20	255.00–265.00	$260.62	$1,746	-4.31
733–745	738	7	244.00–246.00	$244.87	$1,807	+5.65
773 value added	773	66	249.75	$249.75	$1,931	—
804–826	810	34	226.00–237.50	$234.18	$1,897	+17.11
875–896	880	12	227.00–229.00	$228.49	$2,011	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,077	-12.50
415	415	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,183	-7.50
487	487	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,315	-8.68
570–595	581	5	250.00–262.50	$255.99	$1,487	-6.51
610–640	628	5	242.50–247.50	$245.04	$1,539	+6.45
660–695	685	11	237.50–245.00	$240.37	$1,647	+0.37
710–740	725	2	222.50	$222.50	$1,613	+2.50
780	780	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,778	+14.98

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,431	+18.77
700	700	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,505	—
825	825	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,691	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,410	+1.50
755	755	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,586	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,197	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	250.00	$250.00	$550	-25.00
265–295	280	2	252.50–270.00	$261.72	$733	-4.41
305 fancy	305	1	290.00	$290.00	$884	—
335	335	1	252.50	$252.50	$846	-11.31
351–381	366	6	265.00–275.00	$269.80	$987	+3.64
395 fancy	395	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,146	—
400–448	418	30	257.50–272.50	$262.63	$1,098	+2.58
430 value added	430	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,236	+6.74
450–495	475	16	252.50–270.00	$262.92	$1,249	+9.85
490 value added	490	2	277.50	$277.50	$1,360	-0.88
500–525	515	13	240.00–252.50	$244.90	$1,261	-2.89
542 value added	542	15	268.00	$268.00	$1,453	+3.00
581 value added	581	4	252.50	$252.50	$1,467	-17.50
560–598	589	8	232.50–247.50	$240.41	$1,416	+2.30
600–625	613	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,471	+6.11
616–637 value added	632	29	249.50–257.50	$251.38	$1,589	+13.54
722	722	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,408	-9.36
730–748 value added	744	4	220.00–222.50	$221.89	$1,651	—
750–777	766	5	190.00–202.00	$198.44	$1,520	-18.56
800–840	820	2	180.00–182.50	$181.22	$1,486	—
855	855	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,633	—
942	942	2	187.00	$187.00	$1,762	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	242.50	$242.50	$824	+12.50
350–380	365	2	232.50–240.00	$236.40	$863	-1.10
430–445	435	3	227.50–242.50	$233.44	$1,015	-14.06
495	495	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,213	+7.85
500–537	521	6	230.00–235.00	$232.92	$1,214	+0.81
560–595	577	8	210.00–220.00	$218.11	$1,258	-8.12
655–675	666	4	210.00–218.00	$212.66	$1,416	-2.34
725	725	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,305	-4.88

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	212.50	$212.50	$892	+12.50
457–475	463	3	210.00	$210.00	$972	-6.98
545	545	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,104	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	237.50	$237.50	$938	-5.00
430	430	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,043	—
495	495	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,188	+5.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	152.50	$152.50	$694	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,016	+2.50
415–420	418	3	285.00–290.00	$287.50	$1,202	-7.42
425 fancy	425	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,339	-12.06
450–470	460	3	280.00–295.00	$289.89	$1,333	+17.44
480 fancy	480	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,440	—
500 fancy	500	2	292.50	$292.50	$1,462	+12.62
548	548	4	265.00	$265.00	$1,452	+7.94
550–590	566	15	250.00–267.50	$258.54	$1,463	+11.04
605–647	631	7	232.50–240.00	$236.59	$1,493	+14.10
663	663	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,492	—
710	710	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,470	—
830	830	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,577	+13.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,361	+26.67
500	500	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,225	+7.32
561–595	570	4	237.50–245.00	$243.04	$1,385	+11.35
640	640	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,328	-2.72
765	765	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,415	—
930	930	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,418	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	380	2	285.00–295.00	$290.20	$1,103	-4.80
475	475	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,378	—
715	715	1	206.00	$206.00	$1,473	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,172	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,232	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–915	892	85-90%	3	69.00–88.00	$81.28	$725	—
905–1345	1076	85-90%	7	97.00–101.00	$99.32	$1,069	-0.19
1045–1140	1093	85-90%	2	109.00–110.00	$109.52	$1,197	+10.01

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135	1135	80-85%	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,441	—
1195–1330	1263	80-85%	2	106.00–107.00	$106.47	$1,345	+1.87
1275–1410	1348	80-85%	5	114.00–119.00	$116.23	$1,567	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1650	1550	75-80%	3	112.00–117.00	$114.21	$1,770	—
1545–1750	1630	75-80%	3	124.00–128.00	$125.62	$2,048	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1685	1685	1	155.00	$155.00	$2,612	—
1190–2080	1693	4	128.00–134.00	$131.56	$2,227	—
1190–2265	1783	6	136.00–144.00	$141.42	$2,522	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1140	1095	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	950.00–1,500.00	$1,215.07
1090–1145	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,800.00–2,050.00	$1,928.08
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,175.00	$2,175.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00

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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.