Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 18, 2026

863 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $441.26/cwt +6.34 vs last sale · ≈ $2,765/hd at 627 lb · 57 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $446.24/cwt +27.39 vs last sale · ≈ $2,376/hd at 532 lb · 55 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $478.10/cwt +9.02 vs last sale · ≈ $2,752/hd at 576 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	863	885
Feeder cattle	765	844
Slaughter cattle	77	40
Replacement cattle	21	1

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Feeder steers over 650lbs sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Very good demand for all classes of feeder cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262 fancy	262	2	650.00	$650.00	$1,703	—
272–290	281	5	585.00–615.00	$602.82	$1,694	—
320 fancy	320	1	625.00	$625.00	$2,000	—
330	330	1	575.00	$575.00	$1,898	—
350 fancy	350	1	655.00	$655.00	$2,292	+65.00
350–390	360	12	560.00–610.00	$594.36	$2,140	+42.75
400–410 value added	403	3	585.00–605.00	$591.78	$2,385	+24.00
405–445	429	12	520.00–565.00	$533.68	$2,289	+25.02
452–480	466	9	472.50–505.00	$488.63	$2,277	+11.13
478–482 value added	479	10	515.00–530.00	$526.98	$2,524	+11.98
516–529 value added	523	19	515.00–527.50	$520.46	$2,722	—
519–542	531	14	470.00–507.50	$491.86	$2,612	+23.75
565–568 value added	566	10	500.00–502.50	$501.00	$2,836	+19.54
559–599	579	29	467.50–487.50	$470.21	$2,723	+5.88
613–638 value added	622	28	446.00–457.50	$450.16	$2,800	+2.42
600–645	631	29	420.00–439.00	$432.66	$2,730	+27.05
659 value added	659	5	432.50	$432.50	$2,850	+11.50
670–681	679	20	392.50–410.00	$404.39	$2,746	-7.17
705–726 value added	721	4	368.00–370.00	$368.49	$2,657	-31.89
724–745	730	11	352.50–365.00	$361.77	$2,641	-17.14
779–793 value added	783	27	368.50–375.00	$370.21	$2,899	-12.79
806 value added	806	3	362.50	$362.50	$2,922	+8.06
815–842	840	11	345.00–346.00	$345.91	$2,906	+18.41
855	855	2	337.50	$337.50	$2,886	-2.50
983	983	4	312.50	$312.50	$3,072	-10.00
1024	1024	9	309.00	$309.00	$3,164	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	2	462.50	$462.50	$2,451	—
580–585	583	3	445.00–462.50	$456.70	$2,663	+11.67
637	637	6	409.00	$409.00	$2,605	—
682	682	2	387.50	$387.50	$2,643	+10.06
745	745	2	342.50	$342.50	$2,552	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	515.00	$515.00	$2,214	—
585	585	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,574	—
605	605	2	405.00	$405.00	$2,450	+25.00
747	747	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,241	—
780	780	1	307.50	$307.50	$2,398	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	497.50	$497.50	$2,214	—
540	540	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,052	+2.50
570–595	582	3	405.00–420.00	$410.80	$2,391	-16.70

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	2	430.00	$430.00	$1,922	—
545	545	1	402.50	$402.50	$2,194	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335 fancy	319	4	515.00–530.00	$522.12	$1,666	—
305–340	329	6	480.00–500.00	$491.52	$1,617	+29.07
352–396	381	12	470.00–490.00	$482.17	$1,837	+13.07
400–445	425	12	380.00–492.50	$460.09	$1,955	+8.50
400–447 value added	431	17	505.00–527.50	$513.43	$2,213	+10.93
455–485	468	25	470.00–485.00	$477.88	$2,236	+31.98
455–477 value added	470	3	497.50–502.50	$499.11	$2,346	+31.61
500–540 value added	515	18	452.50–472.50	$461.15	$2,375	+37.10
510–547	541	37	428.00–447.50	$438.99	$2,375	+22.86
560–570 value added	561	9	425.00–432.50	$431.65	$2,422	+25.20
555–590	576	5	400.00–410.00	$406.15	$2,339	+16.14
615–635 value added	621	14	392.50–410.00	$405.47	$2,518	+11.69
600–645	633	7	375.00–380.00	$377.51	$2,390	+17.82
665–670	666	4	340.00–347.50	$341.89	$2,277	-13.11
662–673 value added	668	17	372.50–383.00	$382.18	$2,553	+11.18
705–735	725	3	320.00–325.00	$321.62	$2,332	—
751–755	752	4	325.00–330.00	$328.75	$2,472	+28.75
763 value added	763	3	345.00	$345.00	$2,632	+5.09
862 value added	862	2	337.50	$337.50	$2,909	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,914	+18.82
455–480	475	6	450.00–460.00	$455.43	$2,163	+36.98
500–530	508	8	410.00–417.50	$414.67	$2,107	+34.74
550–570	560	2	380.00–382.50	$381.27	$2,135	—
643	643	7	350.00	$350.00	$2,250	+11.56
650–670	662	3	320.00–322.50	$320.82	$2,124	-4.18
700	700	4	300.00	$300.00	$2,100	+10.00
930	930	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,418	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,520	—
495	495	1	417.50	$417.50	$2,067	—
510–542	529	5	370.00–380.00	$375.90	$1,989	+31.11
625	625	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,875	—
670	670	1	307.50	$307.50	$2,060	+47.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,912	—
500	500	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,900	-32.50
680	680	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,210	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,763	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	2	580.00–600.00	$590.09	$1,729	+27.59
300	300	2	530.00–560.00	$545.00	$1,635	—
350–390	369	4	530.00–565.00	$549.47	$2,028	+41.87
400–408 fancy	402	11	545.00–550.00	$548.62	$2,205	—
410–445	432	6	500.00–535.00	$510.63	$2,206	+28.31
452 fancy	452	2	547.50	$547.50	$2,475	—
465–485	477	10	472.50–517.50	$482.47	$2,301	+36.87
505–545	524	5	455.00–470.00	$460.78	$2,414	+37.25
550–571	559	13	427.50–455.00	$442.43	$2,473	+22.43
610–645	627	12	380.00–412.50	$400.20	$2,509	+22.35
661–670	664	6	375.00–395.00	$389.56	$2,587	+13.31
718 fancy	718	4	375.00	$375.00	$2,692	—
930	930	2	280.00	$280.00	$2,604	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	370	6	490.00–520.00	$503.42	$1,863	+20.92
435–442	440	3	480.00–497.50	$491.73	$2,164	+36.73
480–498	494	5	450.00–472.50	$468.13	$2,313	—
525	525	2	442.50	$442.50	$2,323	+37.50
582–595	586	3	412.50–417.50	$415.81	$2,437	+28.31

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	442.50	$442.50	$2,478	+72.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	392.50	$392.50	$2,335	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1015	904	85-90%	6	140.00–148.00	$142.90	$1,292	—
815–1175	929	85-90%	5	107.00–121.00	$116.12	$1,079	—
870–1260	984	85-90%	8	130.00–139.00	$134.70	$1,325	—
1070–1190	1134	85-90%	5	154.00–160.00	$157.62	$1,787	+41.47

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1390	1226	80-85%	4	169.00–172.00	$170.56	$2,091	—
1300–1355	1323	80-85%	3	162.00–164.00	$163.35	$2,161	-9.65
1240–1540	1376	80-85%	8	174.00–184.00	$178.45	$2,455	-3.55

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1555	1475	75-80%	6	168.00–178.00	$173.59	$2,560	—
1490–1545	1521	75-80%	4	159.00–165.00	$162.54	$2,472	+3.57
1535	1535	75-80%	1	152.00	$152.00	$2,333	-6.97

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	1	174.00	$174.00	$2,132	—
1325–1970	1591	7	180.00–191.00	$184.03	$2,928	+14.03
1510–1965	1755	3	204.00–216.00	$208.83	$3,665	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1225	1162	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,750.00–3,000.00	$2,906.46
1280	1280	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1370–1510	1438	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,300.00–2,675.00	$2,488.21

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1436	1436	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	4,000.00	$4,000.00	—

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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.