Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 8, 2025

363 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $418.45/cwt -33.22 vs last sale · ≈ $2,011/hd at 481 lb · 36 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $397.26/cwt +23.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,842/hd at 464 lb · 13 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $350.59/cwt ≈ $2,160/hd at 616 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	363	525	698
Feeder cattle	306	467	600
Slaughter cattle	43	47	73
Replacement cattle	14	11	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Weaned, preconditioned feeders still bringing premiums. 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
322 fancy	322	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,610	—
366	366	8	455.00	$455.00	$1,665	—
390 fancy	390	1	467.50	$467.50	$1,823	—
472 value added	472	10	452.50	$452.50	$2,136	—
460–485	484	26	400.00–420.00	$405.36	$1,962	-46.31
501–540	526	13	380.00–400.00	$390.43	$2,054	+0.39
555–590	571	8	387.50–395.00	$389.64	$2,225	+11.48
615 value added	615	1	402.50	$402.50	$2,475	—
640–645	642	3	387.50	$387.50	$2,488	+35.51
650–692	668	5	362.50–385.00	$374.21	$2,500	+31.71
720	720	1	367.50	$367.50	$2,646	+25.14

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–475	473	2	372.50–377.50	$375.01	$1,774	-21.51
540	540	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,890	-10.00
604	604	7	347.50	$347.50	$2,099	—
665	665	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,261	+9.39

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	2	387.50	$387.50	$1,887	—
580	580	1	347.50	$347.50	$2,016	—
615–620	618	2	310.00–312.50	$311.24	$1,923	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,734	—
610	610	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,845	—
760	760	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,204	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,855	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	332.50	$332.50	$2,012	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–395	385	5	402.50–422.50	$417.39	$1,607	—
403 value added	403	4	415.00	$415.00	$1,672	—
435–446	442	7	370.00–382.50	$376.08	$1,662	+9.70
460–470	463	8	377.50–397.50	$392.42	$1,817	+18.99
465 value added	465	5	405.00	$405.00	$1,883	—
525 value added	525	6	400.00	$400.00	$2,100	+17.50
505–545	533	6	367.50–380.00	$374.56	$1,996	+10.72
565–570	567	3	367.50–370.00	$368.34	$2,088	—
600–630	616	13	340.00–360.00	$350.59	$2,160	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–377	370	4	340.00–370.00	$357.83	$1,324	-30.46
400–430	414	7	350.00–357.50	$355.06	$1,470	+1.27
495	495	2	340.00–350.00	$345.00	$1,708	+7.69
503–537	519	10	350.00–362.50	$354.47	$1,840	+18.88
550–585	562	9	342.50–357.50	$345.80	$1,943	+9.23
642	642	2	327.50	$327.50	$2,103	+14.33
675	675	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,092	-11.68
710	710	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,988	-22.50
795	795	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,186	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,170	-42.50
412–420	415	3	315.00–330.00	$324.94	$1,349	-5.06
485	485	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,552	±0.00
502–530	514	4	332.50–340.00	$338.06	$1,738	+40.56
585	585	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,872	+11.36
600	600	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,860	+22.50
690	690	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,811	-22.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,088	—
305	305	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,128	—
390	390	1	362.50	$362.50	$1,414	—
420	420	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,470	—
462–495	473	3	345.00–357.50	$349.36	$1,652	+21.75
520	520	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,794	—
577	577	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,904	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,312	—
452	452	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,379	+10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	292	6	420.00–450.00	$442.59	$1,292	+22.59
340	340	1	422.50	$422.50	$1,436	-5.69
400–405	401	7	410.00–417.50	$413.93	$1,660	—
475	475	2	417.50	$417.50	$1,983	—
500	500	3	385.00	$385.00	$1,925	+49.91
610–630	620	2	317.50	$317.50	$1,968	+5.00
720	720	1	302.50	$302.50	$2,178	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,387	-2.50
455–480	468	2	375.00–380.00	$377.57	$1,767	+16.22
560–595	583	6	320.00–322.50	$320.80	$1,870	-0.17
670	670	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,010	-5.00
810	810	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,802	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,138	—
525	525	3	317.50	$317.50	$1,667	+17.50
730	730	1	282.50	$282.50	$2,062	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,332	-21.14
600–625	613	2	280.00–287.50	$283.83	$1,740	—
670	670	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,910	+6.68

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–995	949	85-90%	4	124.00–129.00	$127.20	$1,207	+10.71
985	985	85-90%	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,093	—
720–1240	1019	85-90%	12	134.00–144.00	$139.58	$1,422	+11.04
815–1120	1042	85-90%	6	146.00–150.00	$148.13	$1,544	+19.59

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1405	1274	80-85%	9	149.00–164.00	$156.50	$1,994	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455	1455	75-80%	2	153.00–154.00	$153.50	$2,233	—
1530–1590	1560	75-80%	2	162.00–167.00	$164.45	$2,565	-5.19

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220	1220	1	179.00	$179.00	$2,184	—
1435–2005	1591	6	184.00–195.00	$188.92	$3,006	—
1985	1985	1	199.00	$199.00	$3,950	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165	1165	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1375–1640	1461	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,200.00–3,025.00	$2,531.65

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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
1375	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—
1410	1410	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—

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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.