Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 7, 2026

1,110 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $365.21/cwt +32.48 vs last sale · ≈ $2,806/hd at 768 lb · 100 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $347.26/cwt ≈ $3,020/hd at 870 lb · 73 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $334.65/cwt ≈ $3,102/hd at 927 lb · 63 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,110	282	527
Feeder cattle	1,003	256	467
Slaughter cattle	91	19	49
Replacement cattle	16	7	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend due to being closed for Christmas and New Years holidays. Very good demand for all feeder classes in todays sale.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–315	311	5	490.00–500.00	$491.93	$1,530	—
370 fancy	370	2	532.50	$532.50	$1,970	—
380–395	390	3	482.50–495.00	$490.94	$1,915	—
404–421 value added	409	14	497.50–512.50	$503.33	$2,059	-3.69
425–445	435	2	460.00–485.00	$472.79	$2,057	+5.29
475–487 value added	479	9	502.50–512.50	$504.70	$2,418	—
480–485	484	15	460.00–487.50	$468.18	$2,266	+13.18
511–530 value added	516	15	460.00–497.00	$483.61	$2,495	+31.11
505–540	527	22	420.00–452.50	$433.80	$2,286	+8.84
560–565 value added	563	5	442.50–450.00	$445.48	$2,508	+12.98
550–591	583	24	400.00–429.00	$423.36	$2,468	+37.70
603–640 value added	619	17	390.00–407.50	$399.24	$2,471	—
605–630	623	11	372.50–382.50	$377.06	$2,349	-2.88
650–680 value added	663	26	390.00–407.50	$399.22	$2,647	—
660–695	681	7	370.00–387.50	$381.83	$2,600	+14.97
706 value added	706	4	377.50	$377.50	$2,665	+22.50
721–740	733	11	350.00–362.50	$355.02	$2,602	+9.99
751	751	3	335.00	$335.00	$2,516	+2.27
750–775 value added	769	97	356.00–369.25	$366.14	$2,816	—
830 value added	830	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,822	—
837	837	2	324.00	$324.00	$2,712	+6.50
867	867	6	329.00	$329.00	$2,852	—
870 value added	870	67	348.90	$348.90	$3,035	—
910–915	911	7	320.00–325.00	$324.28	$2,954	—
929 value added	929	56	335.95	$335.95	$3,121	—
1030	1030	1	277.50	$277.50	$2,858	—
1090	1090	1	277.50	$277.50	$3,025	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,395	—
415	415	1	437.50	$437.50	$1,816	+15.00
470	470	1	392.50	$392.50	$1,845	-25.06
505–538	524	9	390.00–417.50	$404.79	$2,121	+2.29
550–595	573	2	380.00–392.50	$386.00	$2,212	+33.50
625–640	633	2	350.00–362.50	$356.18	$2,255	-4.71
665	665	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,361	+9.18
785	785	1	307.50	$307.50	$2,414	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	430.00	$430.00	$2,021	—
600–625	622	9	365.00	$365.00	$2,270	+6.16
670	670	2	347.50	$347.50	$2,328	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,746	—
500	500	1	372.50	$372.50	$1,862	—
585	585	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,048	+32.50
875	875	1	272.50	$272.50	$2,384	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	2	332.50	$332.50	$1,895	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,068	—
260–265 fancy	263	2	510.00–525.00	$517.43	$1,361	—
290	290	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,334	+57.37
346	346	3	445.00	$445.00	$1,540	+22.33
350–398	387	16	410.00–437.50	$426.30	$1,650	+7.67
408–440	417	9	392.50–415.00	$407.12	$1,698	+4.50
405–445 value added	429	10	420.00–432.50	$425.69	$1,826	—
455–493 value added	468	26	410.00–428.00	$421.40	$1,972	—
455–492	484	25	385.00–402.00	$395.15	$1,913	+2.08
500–548	516	28	370.00–377.50	$376.05	$1,940	+13.55
505–528 value added	519	14	380.00–387.50	$382.35	$1,984	-3.65
553–578	565	28	365.00–372.50	$370.27	$2,092	+19.03
563–591 value added	587	23	379.00–387.50	$380.28	$2,232	—
613–631 value added	619	9	342.50–362.50	$349.93	$2,166	—
600–642	624	4	327.50–337.50	$335.09	$2,091	+2.59
652–687	664	9	315.00–325.00	$321.69	$2,136	+11.26
679–690 value added	686	23	330.00–337.50	$332.48	$2,281	-0.02
728 value added	728	3	325.00	$325.00	$2,366	—
780	780	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,379	—
800	800	1	262.50	$262.50	$2,100	-7.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	402.50	$402.50	$1,187	—
365	365	1	382.50	$382.50	$1,396	-2.50
465–495	478	9	365.00–382.50	$374.39	$1,790	+14.40
512–535	519	6	340.00–352.50	$346.19	$1,797	-5.71
567–575	570	9	337.50–350.00	$340.29	$1,940	+10.29
635–645	640	2	300.00–310.00	$305.04	$1,952	+0.04
665	665	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,995	—
725	725	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,885	-15.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,015	—
330	330	1	357.50	$357.50	$1,180	—
400	400	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,280	—
455	455	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,547	—
515	515	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,648	-12.50
630	630	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,701	—
670	670	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,842	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,827	+5.00
555–590	575	3	320.00–340.00	$326.43	$1,877	—
620	620	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,876	—
825	825	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,877	+7.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,551	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,274	-2.43
330	330	1	447.50	$447.50	$1,477	-4.81
364 fancy	364	5	485.00	$485.00	$1,765	—
365–387	380	3	435.00–440.00	$438.40	$1,666	-23.13
410–440	429	4	437.50–457.50	$451.44	$1,937	+24.54
463 fancy	463	5	470.00	$470.00	$2,176	—
450–491	477	20	432.50–450.00	$437.26	$2,086	+17.26
520 fancy	520	2	430.00	$430.00	$2,236	—
510–540	522	11	395.00–415.00	$410.84	$2,145	+14.14
555–560 fancy	557	10	412.50–452.50	$424.58	$2,365	—
550–575	571	10	382.50–400.00	$387.46	$2,212	+36.84
600–645	635	31	350.00–370.00	$363.73	$2,310	+41.23
650–675	660	14	342.50–355.00	$346.29	$2,286	+37.56
700–715	710	3	322.50–332.50	$325.79	$2,313	—
750	750	3	302.50–322.50	$315.83	$2,369	+20.83
814–825	815	9	280.00–282.50	$280.28	$2,284	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	412.50	$412.50	$1,382	-7.50
430	430	3	395.00–415.00	$408.33	$1,756	+8.33
470–490	481	5	390.00–422.50	$413.09	$1,987	—
505	505	1	382.50	$382.50	$1,932	—
570–591	586	6	362.50–375.00	$372.09	$2,180	—
650–675	663	2	302.50–310.00	$306.32	$2,031	—
715–730	723	2	287.50–290.00	$288.76	$2,088	—
755	755	1	287.50	$287.50	$2,171	—
845	845	2	242.50	$242.50	$2,049	—
920	920	1	237.50	$237.50	$2,185	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–590	568	5	365.00–367.50	$366.48	$2,082	—
687	687	2	307.50	$307.50	$2,113	—
850	850	1	257.50	$257.50	$2,189	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,722	—
575–593	589	5	342.50–350.00	$343.96	$2,026	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,600	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,924	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1155	991	85-90%	6	106.00–115.00	$110.82	$1,098	—
890–1155	1038	85-90%	4	130.00–136.00	$134.00	$1,391	—
905–1270	1049	85-90%	7	140.00–147.00	$142.35	$1,493	—
930–1265	1064	85-90%	12	118.00–128.00	$123.67	$1,316	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1315	1206	80-85%	11	145.00–155.00	$149.66	$1,805	—
1205–1405	1343	80-85%	6	157.00–164.00	$161.14	$2,164	—
1375	1375	80-85%	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,939	-6.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1620	1518	75-80%	4	153.00–158.00	$156.36	$2,374	—
1545	1545	75-80%	1	135.00	$135.00	$2,086	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1930	1579	6	163.00–173.00	$167.86	$2,651	—
1440–2085	1774	8	181.00–193.00	$187.92	$3,334	—
1450–2185	1910	3	197.00–206.00	$202.20	$3,862	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1355	1355	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00
1080–1680	1368	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,750.00–3,450.00	$2,640.97

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090	1090	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,825.00	$2,825.00
1295	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.