Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold mostly steady. Yearling steers sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $447.49/cwt on 23 head, up $19.92 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 32 comparable sales and sits −5.05 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$447.49

▲ 19.92 vs prior sale

23 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,399

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$60.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.91

vs KY average

−6.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	522	468.04	2,443	9thin
Medium and Large 2	542	436.34	2,365	13thin
Large 1-2	585	407.50	2,384	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.54/cwt here — about $59 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.69, low $400.18, median $452.54 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale23 hd

447.49

—

KY average24 barns · 597 hd

455.41

−7.91

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

−6.23

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

−5.05

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

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	—	High	1,665	219.05	3,646	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,470	188.00	2,764	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,266	179.85	2,278	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,040	149.86	1,558	4thin

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)	1,720	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,237	$2,594	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,365	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,245	$2,350	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	950	$2,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,250	$2,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,120	$2,525	1thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,265	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	945	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,213	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	601	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,998	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	358.02/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,843	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,098	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	473.79/cwt	470.00–477.50	2,203	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	579.85/cwt	575.00–585.00	1,885	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,662	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	419.22/cwt	412.50–432.50	2,218	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,230	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	518.51/cwt	512.50–520.00	2,136	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	468.04/cwt	460.00–472.50	2,443	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,571	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	451.18/cwt	445.00–457.50	2,053	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	395.95/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,399	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	461.31/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,961	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	507.78/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,630	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	444.20/cwt	432.50–452.50	2,292	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	320.14/cwt	316.00–329.00	2,276	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	418.67/cwt	410.00–427.50	2,365	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	386.37/cwt	386.00–387.50	2,241	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	557.49/cwt	555.00–560.00	1,739	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	473.87/cwt	460.00–482.50	2,232	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	381.63/cwt	372.50–387.50	2,355	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	484.10/cwt	477.50–495.00	1,849	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,040	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	189.18/cwt	186.00–192.00	2,302	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	177.13/cwt	174.00–179.00	2,326	3
Bulls	—	—	1,870	232.65/cwt	229.00–237.00	4,351	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	136.73/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,443	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	162.98/cwt	162.00–164.00	1,671	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	520	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,184	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	370	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	560	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,268	1
Bulls	—	—	1,480	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,960	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,764	1
Bulls	—	—	1,608	217.01/cwt	210.00–223.00	3,490	4
Bulls	Large 2-3	650–700	670	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,943	1
Bulls	Large 2	400–450	435	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,773	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	740	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,239	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	555	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,984	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	655	333.85/cwt	320.00–347.50	2,187	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	518	393.72/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,039	2
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	645	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,548	1
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	765	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,295	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	455	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,968	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	585	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,384	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	660	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,079	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	640	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,096	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,237	2,594.20/head	2,400.00–2,675.00	2,594	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,211	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	462.57/cwt	460.00–467.50	1,735	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	387.56/cwt	382.50–392.50	2,194	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	449.38/cwt	442.50–455.00	2,193	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	465.88/cwt	465.00–467.50	1,957	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	462.09/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	421.97/cwt	415.00–427.50	2,030	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,050	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	390.03/cwt	382.50–400.00	1,962	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,720	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	504.63/cwt	482.50–507.50	2,044	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	443.80/cwt	442.50–445.00	1,642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	385.49/cwt	382.50–387.50	2,594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	437.91/cwt	427.50–440.00	2,356	12
Bulls	Medium 1-2	400–450	405	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,316	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	1

How this sale compares

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 Jun 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 355Last week 306Year ago 976

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 20Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 0Year ago 13

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold mostly steady. Yearling steers sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on a light test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	520.00	520.00
2	300–350	325	575.00–585.00	579.85
1	350–400	375	527.50	527.50
5	400–450	412	512.50–520.00	518.51
2	450–500	465	470.00–477.50	473.79
9	500–550	522	460.00–472.50	468.04
10	600–650	630	422.50	422.50
3	650–700	658	417.50	417.50
2	700–750	707	387.50	387.50
5	750–800	794	350.00–360.00	358.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
56	900–950	945	340.00	340.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	407.50	407.50
1	600–650	645	395.00	395.00
1	750–800	765	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	532.50	532.50
1	350–400	395	495.00	495.00
1	400–450	440	487.50	487.50
4	450–500	488	442.50–455.00	449.38
12	500–550	538	427.50–440.00	437.91
1	550–600	590	417.50	417.50
5	650–700	673	382.50–387.50	385.49
2	750–800	765	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	516	439.00	439.00
2	550–600	562	427.50	427.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	455.00–470.00	462.09
3	350–400	375	460.00–467.50	462.57
18	450–500	481	415.00–427.50	421.97
5	500–550	503	382.50–400.00	390.03
3	600–650	601	332.50	332.50
1	650–700	660	335.00	335.00
1	850–900	860	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	470.00	470.00
5	300–350	321	490.00–520.00	507.78
5	350–400	382	477.50–495.00	484.10
14	400–450	425	450.00–470.00	461.31
4	450–500	455	445.00–457.50	451.18
10	500–550	529	412.50–432.50	419.22
12	550–600	580	386.00–387.50	386.37
6	600–650	617	372.50–387.50	381.63
2	650–700	697	320.00	320.00
7	700–750	711	316.00–329.00	320.14
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	432.50	432.50
2	500–550	518	387.50–400.00	393.72
1	550–600	555	357.50	357.50
1	600–650	640	327.50	327.50
1	650–700	660	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	740	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	442.50–445.00	443.80
1	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	590	347.50	347.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	520.00	520.00
3	400–450	420	465.00–467.50	465.88
1	450–500	475	457.50	457.50
1	500–550	545	385.00	385.00
4	550–600	566	382.50–392.50	387.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	312	555.00–560.00	557.49
10	400–450	405	482.50–507.50	504.63
8	450–500	471	460.00–482.50	473.87
10	500–550	516	432.50–452.50	444.20
2	550–600	565	410.00–427.50	418.67
8	600–650	606	390.00–400.00	395.95
1	700–750	705	360.00	360.00
1	850–900	890	287.50	287.50
1	900–950	935	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	500.00	500.00
1	500–550	520	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	560	405.00	405.00
2	650–700	655	320.00–347.50	333.85
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	407.50	407.50
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	325.00	325.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	2,525.00	2,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,237	2,400.00–2,675.00	2,594.20
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,245	2,350.00	2,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,365	2,400.00	2,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,720	2,800.00	2,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	2,500.00	2,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	160.00	160.00
3	—	1,217	186.00–192.00	189.18
3	—	1,313	174.00–179.00	177.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	134.00–139.00	136.73
2	—	1,025	162.00–164.00	162.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	188.00	188.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,870	229.00–237.00	232.65
1	—	1,480	200.00	200.00
4	—	1,608	210.00–223.00	217.01

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Albany Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle