Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 1, 2025

525 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $352.00/cwt +24.48 vs last sale · ≈ $2,915/hd at 828 lb · 60 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $328.46/cwt ≈ $3,192/hd at 972 lb · 56 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $339.50/cwt ≈ $3,123/hd at 920 lb · 55 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	525	579	493
Feeder cattle	467	495	400
Slaughter cattle	47	65	88
Replacement cattle	11	19	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold on a lighter test with low comparable receipts. Weaned, Preconditioned feeders still bringing premiums, with fleshy, bawling feeder calves facing large discounts. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,298	±0.00
445	445	2	452.50	$452.50	$2,014	+1.99
455–461	459	6	447.50–452.50	$451.67	$2,073	+17.73
510–525	518	2	387.50–392.50	$390.04	$2,020	-7.97
557 value added	557	2	402.50	$402.50	$2,242	—
555–565	558	4	372.50–385.00	$378.16	$2,110	-15.70
606–625	610	5	350.00–352.50	$351.99	$2,147	-35.51
672	672	2	342.50	$342.50	$2,302	-41.24
700–745	724	14	335.00–345.00	$342.36	$2,479	—
755–795	768	3	330.00–340.00	$333.45	$2,561	—
828 value added	828	60	352.00	$352.00	$2,915	—
920 value added	920	55	339.50	$339.50	$3,123	—
953	953	3	310.00	$310.00	$2,954	—
973 value added	973	53	329.50	$329.50	$3,206	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–385	373	2	415.00–420.00	$417.58	$1,558	—
415	415	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,722	-3.94
485–490	488	5	387.50–402.50	$396.52	$1,935	+1.52
540	540	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,944	-18.75
550–590	582	7	350.00–372.50	$363.86	$2,118	+3.04
635–645	640	2	332.50–340.00	$336.22	$2,152	-5.44
660–663	662	4	327.50–340.00	$330.61	$2,189	-31.89
705–725	717	3	322.50–325.00	$323.34	$2,318	—
775	775	2	315.00	$315.00	$2,441	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,206	—
440	440	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,694	+5.00
550–595	580	3	307.50–320.00	$316.05	$1,833	-13.95
645	645	1	322.50	$322.50	$2,080	+12.50
650–690	674	6	315.00–322.50	$320.89	$2,163	—
735	735	2	286.00	$286.00	$2,102	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,932	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,781	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,224	+30.00
353–397	363	12	385.00–397.50	$388.29	$1,409	+10.11
405–430	418	4	352.50–355.00	$353.79	$1,479	-1.90
455–490	473	2	332.50–342.50	$337.31	$1,595	-2.69
500–530	511	4	332.50–342.50	$335.59	$1,715	-6.66
550–572	558	6	330.00–347.50	$336.57	$1,878	+0.72
615–635	629	4	307.50–325.00	$313.17	$1,970	—
660–677	671	3	320.00–322.50	$321.68	$2,158	+9.18
720	720	1	302.50	$302.50	$2,178	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,058	-18.82
405–447	422	10	360.00–375.00	$366.38	$1,546	-5.80
455–498	489	5	372.50–377.50	$373.43	$1,826	+2.39
502–520	511	9	357.50–370.00	$363.84	$1,859	+1.10
512 value added	512	7	382.50	$382.50	$1,958	-18.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	367.50	$367.50	$1,396	+27.50
435	435	3	325.00–337.50	$330.00	$1,436	—
460	460	2	315.00–325.00	$320.00	$1,472	-5.00
540	540	2	292.50–302.50	$297.50	$1,606	-16.13
565–585	575	2	302.50–315.00	$308.64	$1,775	+8.64
605	605	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,739	+2.50
655	655	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,867	+7.50
780	780	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,950	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–485	475	3	322.50–330.00	$327.61	$1,556	—
625–630	628	2	310.00–315.00	$312.49	$1,962	+9.99

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,431	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,095	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–275	270	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,134	—
305–330	324	6	415.00–445.00	$428.19	$1,387	+18.19
360–395	378	2	400.00–415.00	$407.85	$1,542	—
440–443	443	6	400.00	$400.00	$1,772	+12.76
505–535	514	4	330.00–340.00	$335.09	$1,722	-49.91
553–570	559	11	330.00–347.50	$337.96	$1,889	-13.71
612	612	3	312.50	$312.50	$1,912	-8.63
682	682	2	315.00	$315.00	$2,148	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	440.00	$440.00	$946	—
335–345	341	6	400.00	$400.00	$1,364	—
395	395	4	380.00–385.00	$382.50	$1,511	-17.50
415–425	422	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,604	+40.00
475–495	487	6	352.50–367.50	$361.35	$1,760	-11.15
550–566	560	10	315.00–325.00	$320.97	$1,797	-16.53
620–640	633	3	292.50–295.00	$294.18	$1,862	-4.67
680	680	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,074	+7.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	365	2	347.50–357.50	$352.29	$1,286	-25.14
420–435	428	2	340.00–352.50	$346.14	$1,481	-13.86
477	477	3	327.50	$327.50	$1,562	-26.20
545	545	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,635	—
560–590	575	2	282.50–290.00	$286.35	$1,647	—
680–690	683	3	275.00–280.00	$278.32	$1,901	+35.82
715	715	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,716	—
785	785	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,962	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–432	431	3	320.00–335.00	$330.02	$1,422	—
545	545	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,635	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1140	941	85-90%	7	112.50–119.00	$116.49	$1,096	—
945–1255	1025	85-90%	8	124.00–133.00	$128.54	$1,318	—
1035–1255	1105	85-90%	5	145.00–156.00	$149.50	$1,652	+29.90
1060–1180	1120	85-90%	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,568	+20.40

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1470	1191	80-85%	8	151.00–159.00	$156.08	$1,859	—
1360	1360	80-85%	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,312	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1565–1600	1585	75-80%	3	166.00–173.00	$169.64	$2,689	+1.42

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1440	1342	3	166.00–179.00	$172.71	$2,318	—
1545–2035	1755	7	180.00–196.00	$186.30	$3,270	-22.74
2375–2415	2395	2	203.00–211.00	$206.97	$4,957	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1085–1185	1123	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,650.00–2,000.00	$1,821.36
1280	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,125.00	$3,125.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00

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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
1160	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,775.00	$2,775.00	—

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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.