Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with the exception of the weaned and preconditioned packages they sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Good to very good demand on all classes of feeders. Good quality offering of weaned preconditioned feeders in todays sale. 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 $461.87/cwt on 82 head, up $22.10 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 32 comparable sales and sits +9.33 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$461.87

▲ 22.10 vs prior sale

82 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$378

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

$98.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.32

vs KY average

−16.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	468.64	2,580	66
Medium and Large 2	577	445.03	2,568	12thin
Medium and Large 2-3	562	410.83	2,308	3thin
Medium 1-2	595	370.00	2,202	1thin

One grade step is worth $98.64/cwt here — about $378 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 sale82 hd

461.87

—

KY average22 barns · 795 hd

451.55

+10.32

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−16.52

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

+9.33

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	—	Low	1,563	190.02	2,969	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,571	170.16	2,674	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,382	167.65	2,317	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,139	136.53	1,555	17

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)	1,375	$2,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

107 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	950–1000	967	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	3,119	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	445.03/cwt	442.50–447.50	2,568	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	377.44/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,570	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	364.82/cwt	360.00–372.50	2,824	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	508.66/cwt	500.00–532.50	2,208	13
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	605	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,299	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	464.33/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,610	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	481.46/cwt	477.50–487.50	2,701	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	468	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,188	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	483.53/cwt	475.00–492.50	2,050	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	626	393.78/cwt	375.00–398.50	2,465	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	658	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,441	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	586	406.45/cwt	402.50–407.50	2,382	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,183	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,453	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	460	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,460	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	300–350	345	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	777	339.91/cwt	339.00–341.00	2,641	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,412	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	416.13/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,151	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	529	424.05/cwt	422.50–430.00	2,243	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	469.10/cwt	455.00–480.00	1,815	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	551.61/cwt	545.00–565.00	2,030	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,155	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	3,321	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	411.56/cwt	392.50–414.00	2,807	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	405.61/cwt	392.50–417.50	2,515	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	681	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,867	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,149	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	468.11/cwt	422.50–487.50	2,514	30
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	695	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,259	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	447.74/cwt	437.50–457.50	2,794	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,968	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	862	352.22/cwt	350.00–360.00	3,036	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	711	400.38/cwt	395.00–402.00	2,847	75
Steers	Medium 1-2	800–850	840	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,562	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	595	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,202	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	378.91/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,770	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	840	354.44/cwt	350.50–367.50	2,977	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	757	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,899	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	419	567.78/cwt	550.00–605.00	2,379	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	482.32/cwt	475.00–492.50	2,060	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	306.66/cwt	302.50–315.00	2,472	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	250–300	255	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,007	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	440	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,002	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	550	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,035	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	175.76/cwt	171.00–182.00	2,814	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	116.15/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,318	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	133.65/cwt	129.00–136.00	1,488	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,230	161.08/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,981	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	146.46/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,667	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	158.97/cwt	154.00–164.00	2,404	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,530	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,318	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	161.09/cwt	159.00–164.00	2,244	3
Bulls	—	—	1,575	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,678	1
Bulls	—	—	1,805	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	3,628	1
Bulls	—	—	1,499	192.28/cwt	189.00–194.00	2,882	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	346.72/cwt	335.00–357.50	2,496	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	445.60/cwt	440.00–452.50	2,117	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,298	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,405	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	562.50/cwt	550.00–575.00	1,463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,373	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	377.85/cwt	372.50–385.00	2,369	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,354	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,207	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	376.25/cwt	375.00–377.50	2,495	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	590	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,991	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,045	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	462.45/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	285.01/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	359.69/cwt	352.50–365.00	2,234	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	451.59/cwt	440.00–467.50	1,964	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	416.18/cwt	405.00–427.50	1,719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,094	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	390.01/cwt	380.00–397.50	2,270	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	522	344.79/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	274.94/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	418.45/cwt	402.50–425.00	2,004	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	416	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,090	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	445.90/cwt	432.50–455.00	2,118	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	581	357.49/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,077	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	532	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,195	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	379.93/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,987	2
Heifers	Large 2-3	650–700	680	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	338.44/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,098	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	423.53/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,164	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	507.60/cwt	495.00–517.50	1,924	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	349.88/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,169	2

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 Feb 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 844Last week 246Year ago 541

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 27Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 5Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	545.00–565.00	551.61
13	400–450	434	500.00–532.50	508.66
1	450–500	450	477.50	477.50
30	500–550	537	422.50–487.50	468.11
26	550–600	562	450.00–470.00	464.33
14	600–650	620	392.50–417.50	405.61
26	650–700	682	392.50–414.00	411.56
9	700–750	731	370.00–382.50	378.91
11	750–800	774	360.00–372.50	364.82
2	800–850	812	327.50	327.50
4	850–900	873	340.00	340.00
5	950–1000	967	322.50	322.50
1	1150–1200	1,155	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	497.50	497.50
5	400–450	424	475.00–492.50	483.53
12	550–600	577	442.50–447.50	445.03
4	650–700	681	375.00–385.00	377.44
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	419	550.00–605.00	567.78
1	450–500	460	515.00	515.00
10	550–600	561	477.50–487.50	481.46
32	600–650	624	437.50–457.50	447.74
69	650–700	681	421.00	421.00
75	700–750	711	395.00–402.00	400.38
15	750–800	757	383.00	383.00
28	800–850	840	350.50–367.50	354.44
18	850–900	862	350.00–360.00	352.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	377.50	377.50
2	550–600	590	427.50	427.50
1	650–700	685	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	590.00	590.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	595	370.00	370.00
2	650–700	695	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	840	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	416	502.50	502.50
11	450–500	468	467.50	467.50
22	500–550	529	422.50–430.00	424.05
9	550–600	586	402.50–407.50	406.45
47	600–650	626	375.00–398.50	393.78
8	650–700	658	371.00	371.00
1	700–750	720	335.00	335.00
15	750–800	777	339.00–341.00	339.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	490.00	490.00
2	300–350	343	455.00–470.00	462.45
12	350–400	387	455.00–480.00	469.10
16	400–450	435	440.00–467.50	451.59
15	450–500	475	432.50–455.00	445.90
42	500–550	517	395.00–420.00	416.13
23	550–600	582	380.00–397.50	390.01
9	600–650	621	352.50–365.00	359.69
7	650–700	691	355.00	355.00
1	750–800	780	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	800	307.50	307.50
2	850–900	888	280.00–290.00	285.01
1	900–950	915	290.00	290.00
1	1000–1050	1,045	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	532	412.50	412.50
1	550–600	590	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	405.00–427.50	416.18
16	450–500	479	402.50–425.00	418.45
2	500–550	523	375.00–385.00	379.93
5	600–650	620	330.00–345.00	338.44
1	650–700	650	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	722	290.00	290.00
2	800–850	835	270.00–280.00	274.94
1	850–900	855	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	522	340.00–355.00	344.79
4	550–600	581	355.00–360.00	357.49
1	650–700	650	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	550.00–575.00	562.50
4	350–400	379	495.00–517.50	507.60
5	400–450	427	475.00–492.50	482.32
4	450–500	475	440.00–452.50	445.60
7	500–550	511	420.00–440.00	423.53
1	550–600	565	420.00	420.00
7	600–650	627	372.50–385.00	377.85
2	650–700	663	375.00–377.50	376.25
4	700–750	720	335.00–357.50	346.72
3	800–850	806	302.50–315.00	306.66
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	440	455.00	455.00
1	550–600	550	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	475.00	475.00
1	300–350	315	445.00	445.00
1	350–400	385	482.50	482.50
1	400–450	435	455.00	455.00
1	500–550	545	405.00	405.00
2	550–600	593	387.50	387.50
2	600–650	620	345.00–355.00	349.88
2	650–700	687	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	350.00	350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,601	171.00–182.00	175.76
3	—	1,512	154.00–164.00	158.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,135	110.00–120.00	116.15
6	—	1,113	129.00–136.00	133.65
2	—	1,230	157.00–165.00	161.08
5	—	1,138	140.00–150.00	146.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	182.00	182.00
1	—	1,340	173.00	173.00
3	—	1,393	159.00–164.00	161.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,805	201.00	201.00
4	—	1,499	189.00–194.00	192.28

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,375	2,750.00	2,750.00

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