Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 5, 2025

660 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $335.11/cwt -21.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,786/hd at 533 lb · 27 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $338.65/cwt -1.37 vs last sale · ≈ $2,417/hd at 714 lb · 20 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $287.46/cwt ≈ $2,029/hd at 706 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	660	235	644
Feeder cattle	551	192	553
Slaughter cattle	70	43	84
Replacement cattle	39	—	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower with some instances of up to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower with some instances of 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Several fleshy bawling calves in todays sale. Weaned, preconditioned feeders with favorable condition still bringing premiums. Cattle futures continued in a downward spiral today. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 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
225	225	1	425.00	$425.00	$956	—
375	375	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,575	-1.42
410	410	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,824	+26.87
470	470	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,950	+1.29
500 value added	500	2	430.00	$430.00	$2,150	—
510–532	529	8	384.00–402.50	$386.23	$2,043	+11.23
560–580	573	3	365.00–370.00	$366.63	$2,101	-3.11
600–645	618	16	320.00–340.00	$327.69	$2,025	-6.41
700–735	710	8	322.50–337.50	$327.62	$2,326	-12.40
716 value added	716	12	346.00	$346.00	$2,477	—
785	785	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,551	—
856	856	14	332.00	$332.00	$2,842	—
930	930	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,744	—
979	979	9	284.50	$284.50	$2,785	—
1000	1000	1	277.50	$277.50	$2,775	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	387.50	$387.50	$1,705	—
455–495	477	10	360.00–380.00	$375.50	$1,791	-4.50
508–540	519	13	360.00–370.00	$367.34	$1,906	—
570–590	578	15	337.50–350.00	$348.33	$2,013	—
610–630	616	6	315.00–330.00	$320.89	$1,977	—
660–675	668	4	312.50–317.50	$314.97	$2,104	—
705–745	720	3	292.50–315.00	$303.52	$2,185	-6.48
905	905	1	277.50	$277.50	$2,511	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	352.50	$352.50	$1,657	—
530	530	1	367.50	$367.50	$1,948	—
645	645	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,935	—
745	745	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,310	—
890	890	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,448	—
961	961	3	257.50	$257.50	$2,475	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,232	—
510	510	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,734	—
720	720	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,016	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,575	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–331	328	4	400.00–405.00	$401.22	$1,316	+21.22
365–395	383	12	350.00–377.50	$358.44	$1,373	-31.56
406–442	418	14	340.00–365.00	$352.14	$1,472	-10.85
450–476	467	13	342.50–350.00	$348.24	$1,626	-12.99
500–545	533	27	325.00–345.00	$335.11	$1,786	-21.62
552–593	582	13	320.00–345.00	$337.90	$1,967	+7.90
600–645	607	12	290.00–315.00	$300.79	$1,826	-20.45
702 value added	702	9	313.00	$313.00	$2,197	—
700–730	710	8	250.00–260.00	$258.73	$1,837	—
796 value added	796	8	313.00	$313.00	$2,491	—
922 value added	922	17	278.00	$278.00	$2,563	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	280	2	355.00–360.00	$357.59	$1,001	—
325	325	1	352.50	$352.50	$1,146	-13.28
395	395	1	342.50	$342.50	$1,353	—
420	420	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,344	—
450–495	473	8	317.50–320.00	$319.40	$1,511	-17.14
500–540	523	5	302.50–320.00	$309.73	$1,620	-16.79
575–590	584	4	297.50–315.00	$308.83	$1,804	-4.85
616–645	633	7	270.00–275.00	$272.91	$1,728	-7.09
650	650	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,771	-9.46
700–745	726	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,742	+5.00
760	760	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,976	+35.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340	1340	14	210.00	$210.00	$2,814	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	305.00	$305.00	$702	—
435	435	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,218	-40.00
450–475	460	4	300.00–302.50	$301.24	$1,386	-21.70
505–545	525	2	270.00–297.50	$284.27	$1,492	-15.73
550	550	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,444	—
600	600	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,530	-2.50
650–685	668	2	250.00–262.50	$256.41	$1,713	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	362.50	$362.50	$1,323	—
585	585	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,696	—
820	820	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,763	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,196	-40.63
655	655	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,539	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,274	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–341	338	4	400.00–422.50	$417.01	$1,409	+25.57
360–379	371	16	400.00–422.50	$405.83	$1,506	-0.49
402–407 fancy	405	4	430.00–452.50	$441.18	$1,787	—
415	415	2	395.00–422.50	$408.75	$1,696	-6.25
450–480	461	4	375.00–395.00	$384.40	$1,772	—
500–530	520	10	350.00–375.00	$358.81	$1,866	+22.28
567–595	576	9	332.50–342.50	$335.01	$1,930	—
605–625	618	7	310.00–330.00	$320.32	$1,980	+17.07
670–680	675	2	290.00–295.00	$292.48	$1,974	+9.98
705–725	715	3	250.00–265.00	$258.29	$1,847	+4.54
750	750	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,025	—
865	865	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,968	—
970	970	1	207.50	$207.50	$2,013	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	3	360.00–380.00	$368.30	$1,208	+0.80
355	355	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,349	—
405–447	431	7	370.00–392.50	$380.41	$1,640	+6.73
471–490	474	9	357.50–377.50	$373.23	$1,769	+34.18
517–535	524	10	320.00–347.50	$336.21	$1,762	+36.21
565–580	573	2	310.00–322.50	$316.33	$1,813	-6.17
600–620	607	3	300.00–305.00	$303.30	$1,841	+30.80
650–665	657	3	270.00–275.00	$271.69	$1,785	—
755–785	770	2	230.00–247.50	$238.92	$1,840	-3.58

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	327.50	$327.50	$1,163	—
525	525	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,575	—
550–595	570	3	295.00–300.00	$298.39	$1,701	+3.39
625	625	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,688	—
690	690	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,656	-17.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	377.50	$377.50	$1,604	—
550–595	573	2	302.50–310.00	$306.40	$1,756	—
625	625	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,828	+12.50
675	675	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,721	—
855	855	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,710	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	300.00	$300.00	$945	—
455	455	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,160	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,624	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,047	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1310	1092	85-90%	15	115.00–128.00	$122.52	$1,338	—
1080–1140	1112	85-90%	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,546	+0.47
985–1290	1121	85-90%	6	141.00–150.00	$143.70	$1,611	+5.17

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1350	1239	80-85%	9	140.00–150.00	$143.78	$1,781	-11.61
1050–1445	1275	80-85%	10	151.00–161.00	$154.83	$1,974	—
1350	1350	80-85%	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,863	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415	1415	75-80%	1	150.00	$150.00	$2,122	—
1480–1710	1577	75-80%	3	155.00–164.00	$157.82	$2,489	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1890	1467	5	142.00–175.00	$161.94	$2,376	—
1460–2090	1651	5	177.00–187.00	$183.14	$3,024	—
1750–2155	1896	7	189.00–197.00	$193.19	$3,663	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1190–1280	1235	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,850.00–2,050.00	$1,953.64
1285	1285	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00
1150–1420	1342	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,050.00–3,025.00	$2,698.06
1265–1460	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,350.00–2,675.00	$2,479.25

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,275.00	$2,275.00
910–1070	1004	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,000.00–2,825.00	$2,245.14
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00

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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
1155–1660	1327	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,750.00–3,800.00	$3,440.94	—
1405–1470	1438	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	2,600.00–2,900.00	$2,753.39	—
1355–1600	1478	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	3,225.00–3,500.00	$3,373.90	—
1590	1590	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,550.00	$3,550.00	—

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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.