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Bluegrass Stockyards Livestock Video/Internet Auction

Kentucky · Albany · Wed, Dec 4
● As filed1,200 headUSDA AMS · slug 2894

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights
8 lots covering 1,200 head for Current delivery. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold.

Current delivery

8 lots · 1,200 head
ClassGradeWeightEst. wtPriceRangeHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2None650–700690260.25/cwt260.2575
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2None750–800760247.32/cwt243.50–249.00275
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2None700–750724255.45/cwt249.75–258.75289
SteersMedium and Large 1-2None850–900860256.75/cwt256.7561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2None750–800770266.00/cwt266.0068
SteersMedium and Large 1-2None650–700685279.50/cwt279.5076
SteersMedium and Large 1-2None800–850817261.13/cwt259.25–263.00128
SteersMedium and Large 1-2None900–950914247.38/cwt243.75–249.25228

Where the buyers were

As USDA grouped them
RegionStates
SoutheastAL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV
Source: USDA AMS · Frankfort, KY. Prices are as filed, F.O.B. at origin, with the buyer taking freight — they are not comparable to a spot ring price and never enter a barn average. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold. Delivery months differ between lots; a price for one month is not a price for another. Head is summed from the lots as reported.