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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

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 26 of 32 comparable sales and sits +18.69 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

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

What quality paid 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.

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 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 median32 sales

452.54

+18.69

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	—	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, as filed

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.

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

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 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
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	390.00	390.00
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
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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	460.00	460.00
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
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
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	375.00	375.00
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
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
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	362.50	362.50
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
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
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
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
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
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
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	465.00	465.00
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
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
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
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
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

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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