Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 22, 2025

637 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $387.73/cwt +27.73 vs last sale · ≈ $2,630/hd at 678 lb · 48 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $336.34/cwt ≈ $2,253/hd at 670 lb · 31 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $372.06/cwt -19.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,964/hd at 528 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	637	460	678
Feeder cattle	528	391	560
Slaughter cattle	96	62	89
Replacement cattle	13	7	29

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Cattle futures went in a downward trend today. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 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
320	320	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,408	-30.00
380	380	1	485.00	$485.00	$1,843	+19.90
410	410	4	442.50	$442.50	$1,814	-5.00
424 value added	424	10	487.50	$487.50	$2,067	—
465–495	482	7	420.00–430.00	$426.45	$2,055	-7.02
484 value added	484	5	447.50	$447.50	$2,166	-4.55
500–544	516	25	400.00–425.00	$415.11	$2,142	+10.61
555–590	576	24	382.50–407.50	$389.29	$2,242	-1.79
620–630	627	3	370.00–387.50	$377.54	$2,367	-5.79
643 value added	643	8	406.00	$406.00	$2,611	+3.50
676–685 value added	678	41	390.00–394.00	$390.89	$2,650	—
655–691	680	7	367.50–372.50	$369.24	$2,511	+9.24
705–740	713	5	352.50–362.50	$357.55	$2,549	-13.70
718–724 value added	721	9	380.00	$380.00	$2,740	—
763 value added	763	6	377.00	$377.00	$2,877	—
806–815	807	18	343.00–345.00	$343.11	$2,769	-1.89
850–895	882	10	322.50–332.50	$329.52	$2,906	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–437	432	5	392.50–400.00	$398.58	$1,722	—
460	460	1	402.50	$402.50	$1,852	—
515–545	530	2	392.50	$392.50	$2,080	—
575–584	583	7	362.50–375.00	$364.26	$2,124	-3.24
610–637	621	6	340.00–357.50	$351.17	$2,181	-5.72
685	685	1	362.50	$362.50	$2,483	-5.00
855	855	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,693	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	382.50	$382.50	$1,702	—
485	485	2	387.50	$387.50	$1,879	—
505–545	525	2	375.00–385.00	$379.81	$1,994	—
650	650	2	352.50	$352.50	$2,291	—
745	745	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,235	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,891	—
673	673	3	337.50	$337.50	$2,271	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
597	597	2	352.50	$352.50	$2,104	—
600	600	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,010	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,693	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	315	3	417.50–420.00	$418.29	$1,318	—
395	395	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,600	-22.76
405–440	430	8	372.50–392.50	$379.26	$1,631	-23.72
467–481	474	15	367.50–385.00	$376.44	$1,784	-25.44
507–538	528	26	362.50–380.00	$372.06	$1,964	-11.90
555–567	560	6	357.50–372.50	$363.80	$2,037	-10.14
600–630	613	19	312.50–357.50	$333.18	$2,042	-28.07
670	670	5	322.50	$322.50	$2,161	—
670 value added	670	26	339.00	$339.00	$2,271	—
712–735	720	3	300.00–320.00	$306.81	$2,209	—
770–772	771	13	302.50–321.00	$315.32	$2,431	-3.41
800–820	810	2	282.50–297.50	$290.09	$2,350	+5.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,020	—
380	380	1	372.50	$372.50	$1,416	-27.50
435	435	2	352.50	$352.50	$1,533	-32.50
455–495	466	5	355.00–362.50	$359.56	$1,676	-7.95
500–545	516	10	340.00–352.50	$347.02	$1,791	-12.03
555–597	570	11	342.50–347.50	$343.39	$1,957	-5.02
605–612	610	3	305.00–307.50	$305.83	$1,866	-12.07
715	715	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,038	—
775	775	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,170	-10.00
835–840	838	2	260.00–267.50	$263.76	$2,210	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,015	—
370	370	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,202	—
465	465	1	347.50	$347.50	$1,616	—
520–540	530	3	320.00–327.50	$322.50	$1,709	-10.62
573–590	577	6	280.00–300.00	$292.85	$1,690	-38.86
610–640	625	2	280.00–282.50	$281.28	$1,758	-4.72
680	680	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,904	+8.88
707	707	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,803	-8.12
770	770	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,925	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,726	—
610	610	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,647	—
690	690	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,880	+10.00
730	730	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,752	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,650	—
750	750	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,062	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	2	445.00	$445.00	$1,233	+15.00
315–340	323	3	440.00–452.50	$444.94	$1,437	—
330–340 fancy	335	4	460.00–470.00	$464.96	$1,558	—
375–380	378	2	435.00–440.00	$437.48	$1,654	-9.50
400–440	421	5	410.00–435.00	$417.89	$1,759	-17.11
498	498	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,942	-33.10
500–545	510	10	370.00–385.00	$381.66	$1,946	+21.72
555–570	563	2	357.50–367.50	$362.43	$2,040	+8.56
600–610	605	4	320.00–347.50	$334.90	$2,026	-4.64
690	690	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,070	—
730	730	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,154	-31.25
750–782	771	3	270.00–295.00	$278.10	$2,144	-18.67
905	905	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,308	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	422.50	$422.50	$1,394	+18.72
380–385	383	2	400.00–410.00	$404.97	$1,551	-10.03
420	420	1	407.50	$407.50	$1,712	-5.00
495	495	1	382.50	$382.50	$1,893	-12.50
500–545	534	5	350.00–367.50	$359.08	$1,917	—
565–580	573	2	342.50–347.50	$345.03	$1,977	+0.03
660–670	665	2	295.00–305.00	$299.96	$1,995	-7.54

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–472	462	4	352.50–357.50	$355.05	$1,640	—
540–545	543	2	300.00–337.50	$318.84	$1,731	—
670–680	676	5	277.50–285.00	$280.50	$1,896	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	4	332.50	$332.50	$1,054	—
420–425	423	2	390.00–405.00	$397.54	$1,682	—
450	450	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,462	-2.50
505	505	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,768	+46.22
630	630	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,843	—
705	705	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,904	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,564	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	2	327.50	$327.50	$1,353	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1065	925	85-90%	4	104.00–116.00	$110.70	$1,024	—
920–1075	1003	85-90%	4	119.00–128.00	$122.56	$1,229	-1.12
855–1240	1075	85-90%	13	146.00–156.00	$149.94	$1,612	—
875–1210	1078	85-90%	15	134.00–144.00	$139.88	$1,508	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1540	1281	80-85%	14	150.00–161.00	$156.23	$2,001	+8.23
1105–1595	1332	80-85%	3	138.00–148.00	$143.18	$1,907	-24.84
1125–1660	1386	80-85%	10	163.00–171.00	$166.49	$2,308	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–1520	1465	75-80%	2	158.00–159.00	$158.48	$2,322	—
1480–1735	1593	75-80%	6	166.00–173.00	$168.64	$2,686	-0.47

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1565–1845	1754	4	162.00–182.00	$171.45	$3,007	—
1650–2340	1981	7	184.00–195.00	$189.03	$3,745	-6.69
1925–2340	2170	4	200.00–213.00	$207.26	$4,498	-6.74

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940 thin fleshed	940	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1020–1180	1082	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,575.00–1,950.00	$1,783.82
1200–1285	1257	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,900.00–2,350.00	$2,101.13

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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
1230	1230	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

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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.