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Albany Livestock Auction

Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 8

● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189

← Jun 24Jul 8Jul 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

508 head

▲ 296 vs last sale 212▼ 20 vs year ago 528 · −3.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

37 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 25▼ 28 vs year ago 65 · −43.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

16 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 8▼ 3 vs year ago 19 · −15.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to being closed for last weeks 4th of July holiday.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $471.23/cwt on 62 head, up $24.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 34 comparable sales and sits +25.91 against this barn's trailing median of $445.32.

Average price

$471.23

▲ 24.76 vs prior sale

62 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$416

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$81.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.66

vs KY average

+11.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	481.61	2,696	51
Medium and Large 2	561	440.49	2,469	4thin
Large 1-2	541	415.40	2,247	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	570	400.00	2,280	1thin

One grade step is worth $81.61/cwt here — about $416 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale62 hd

471.23

—

KY average18 barns · 505 hd

464.57

+6.66

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

+11.75

This barn, trailing median34 sales

445.32

+25.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.69, low $345.86, median $445.32 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,588	225.24	3,577	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,479	200.27	2,962	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,220	193.60	2,362	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	951	166.42	1,582	9thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$3,575	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,015	$3,291	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$2,575	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,260	$2,375	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	940	$2,581	2thin

Every lot

96 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	242	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,392	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	260	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,573	1
Steers	250–300	Medium 1-2	270	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,256	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,100	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	543.03/cwt	537.50–550.00	2,145	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	415	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,251	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	514.78/cwt	497.50–525.00	2,167	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,093	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	503.27/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,345	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	490	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	2,538	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	467.15/cwt	462.50–477.50	2,298	8
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	515	434.95/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,240	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	519	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,647	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	484.20/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,586	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	452.30/cwt	442.00–462.50	2,456	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	568	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	2,800	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,280	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	428.67/cwt	425.00–432.50	2,478	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	435.19/cwt	430.00–447.50	2,546	10
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	593	376.30/cwt	365.00–387.50	2,231	2
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	610	388.84/cwt	377.50–400.00	2,372	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	426.70/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,633	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	631	390.63/cwt	390.00–392.50	2,465	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,510	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	385.54/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,587	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	674	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,750	12
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	715	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,503	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	379.85/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,724	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	728	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,584	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,867	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,982	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	899	354.90/cwt	354.90–354.90	3,191	58
Steers	900–950	Large 1-2	910	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,844	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	913	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,214	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,446	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	316	515.03/cwt	500.00–522.50	1,627	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	475.15/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,568	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	451.79/cwt	447.50–460.00	1,753	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	445.24/cwt	440.00–452.50	1,879	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	432.50/cwt	427.50–437.50	1,838	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	429	461.20/cwt	457.50–462.50	1,979	11
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	430	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,742	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,840	1
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	465	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,034	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	449.21/cwt	447.50–452.50	2,102	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	419.98/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,982	5
Heifers	450–500	Large 2	490	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,911	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	510	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,359	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	432.06/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,225	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	406.89/cwt	397.50–415.00	2,120	5
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	550	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,173	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	555	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,553	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	408.00/cwt	402.50–412.50	2,305	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	572	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,345	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	388.76/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,231	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	352.42/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,203	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	378.10/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,382	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,475	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,295	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	702	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,475	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,160	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	265	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,524	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	550.23/cwt	545.00–555.00	1,761	2
Bulls	300–350	Large 1-2	320	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,448	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,925	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	529.92/cwt	522.50–537.50	2,061	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	509.86/cwt	500.00–527.50	2,172	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	485.63/cwt	480.00–487.50	2,142	4
Bulls	450–500	Large 1-2	470	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,280	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	463.15/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,256	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	446.64/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,197	3
Bulls	450–500	Large 2	495	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,794	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	443.15/cwt	430.00–452.50	2,296	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1-2	545	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,044	1
Bulls	550–600	Large 1-2	565	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,189	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	395.93/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,269	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	415.65/cwt	407.50–425.00	2,398	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	396.41/cwt	382.50–405.00	2,438	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,322	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,465	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,431	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,460	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,412	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,588	225.24/cwt	218.00–229.00	3,577	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	815	145.50/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,186	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	877	164.74/cwt	161.00–168.00	1,445	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,074	178.14/cwt	173.00–185.00	1,913	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,040	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	198.45/cwt	194.00–208.00	2,397	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,264	183.72/cwt	178.00–190.00	2,322	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,479	200.27/cwt	194.00–207.00	2,962	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	3,290.58/head	3,225.00–3,350.00	3,291	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	3,575.00/head	3,575.00–3,575.00	3,575	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	2,580.59/head	2,500.00–2,650.00	2,581	2

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

Wed Jul 8, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 508Last week 212Year ago 528

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 25Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 8Year ago 19

No trend due to being closed for last weeks 4th of July holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	572	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	429	457.50–462.50	461.20
2	500–550	510	462.50	462.50
4	700–750	702	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	490.00	490.00
3	300–350	316	500.00–522.50	515.03
4	350–400	388	447.50–460.00	451.79
10	400–450	422	440.00–452.50	445.24
10	450–500	468	447.50–452.50	449.21
18	500–550	515	420.00–440.00	432.06
5	550–600	565	402.50–412.50	408.00
13	600–650	630	365.00–385.00	378.10
1	650–700	660	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	720	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	465	437.50	437.50
1	550–600	550	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	470.00–480.00	475.15
2	400–450	425	427.50–437.50	432.50
5	450–500	472	415.00–430.00	419.98
5	500–550	521	397.50–415.00	406.89
4	550–600	574	387.50–390.00	388.76
4	600–650	625	350.00–360.00	352.42
1	650–700	675	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	575.00	575.00
2	300–350	320	545.00–555.00	550.23
6	350–400	389	522.50–537.50	529.92
8	400–450	426	500.00–527.50	509.86
6	450–500	487	450.00–475.00	463.15
7	500–550	518	430.00–452.50	443.15
11	550–600	577	407.50–425.00	415.65
5	600–650	615	382.50–405.00	396.41
3	650–700	653	377.50	377.50
2	700–750	715	340.00	340.00
1	800–850	820	300.00	300.00
1	900–950	910	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	452.50	452.50
1	450–500	470	485.00	485.00
1	550–600	565	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	500.00	500.00
4	400–450	441	480.00–487.50	485.63
3	450–500	492	440.00–450.00	446.64
3	550–600	573	390.00–400.00	395.93
2	600–650	615	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	515	425.00–445.00	434.95
2	550–600	593	365.00–387.50	376.30
4	600–650	610	377.50–400.00	388.84
2	700–750	715	350.00	350.00
1	900–950	910	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	242	575.00	575.00
1	250–300	260	605.00	605.00
9	350–400	395	537.50–550.00	543.03
7	400–450	421	497.50–525.00	514.78
3	450–500	466	500.00–505.00	503.27
10	500–550	534	480.00–490.00	484.20
10	550–600	585	430.00–447.50	435.19
6	600–650	617	415.00–430.00	426.70
11	650–700	671	380.00–390.00	385.54
8	700–750	717	370.00–387.50	379.85
2	800–850	802	357.50	357.50
1	850–900	890	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	490	518.00	518.00
5	500–550	519	510.00	510.00
26	550–600	568	493.00	493.00
12	650–700	674	408.00	408.00
58	850–900	899	354.90	354.90
60	900–950	913	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	492.50	492.50
8	450–500	492	462.50–477.50	467.15
2	500–550	543	442.00–462.50	452.30
2	550–600	578	425.00–432.50	428.67
4	600–650	631	390.00–392.50	390.63
1	650–700	665	377.50	377.50
2	700–750	728	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	600.00	600.00
1	400–450	415	542.50	542.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,479	194.00–207.00	200.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	170.00	170.00
13	—	1,208	194.00–208.00	198.45
4	—	1,264	178.00–190.00	183.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	815	145.00–146.00	145.50
3	—	877	161.00–168.00	164.74
4	—	1,074	173.00–185.00	178.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,588	218.00–229.00	225.24

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,015	3,225.00–3,350.00	3,290.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	2,575.00	2,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	3,575.00	3,575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,260	2,375.00	2,375.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	940	2,500.00–2,650.00	2,580.59

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