Blue Grass Stockyards Market Report, Albany, KY

Albany, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 8, 2026

561 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $352.00/cwt ≈ $3,214/hd at 913 lb · 60 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $354.56/cwt ≈ $3,187/hd at 899 lb · 59 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $476.94/cwt +27.65 vs last sale · ≈ $2,732/hd at 573 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	561	245	612
Feeder cattle	508	212	528
Slaughter cattle	37	25	65
Replacement cattle	16	8	19

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
242	242	2	575.00	$575.00	$1,392	—
260	260	1	605.00	$605.00	$1,573	—
350 fancy	350	1	600.00	$600.00	$2,100	—
390–397	395	9	537.50–550.00	$543.03	$2,145	—
415 fancy	415	1	542.50	$542.50	$2,251	—
400–430	421	7	497.50–525.00	$514.78	$2,167	+17.28
457–485	466	3	500.00–505.00	$503.27	$2,345	+8.97
490 value added	490	9	518.00	$518.00	$2,538	—
519 value added	519	5	510.00	$510.00	$2,647	—
515–546	534	10	480.00–490.00	$484.20	$2,586	+21.67
568 value added	568	26	493.00	$493.00	$2,800	+20.50
555–590	585	10	430.00–447.50	$435.19	$2,546	-5.17
600–645	617	6	415.00–430.00	$426.70	$2,633	-14.58
658–682	671	11	380.00–390.00	$385.54	$2,587	—
674 value added	674	12	408.00	$408.00	$2,750	—
701–732	717	8	370.00–387.50	$379.85	$2,724	—
802	802	2	357.50	$357.50	$2,867	—
890	890	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,982	—
899 value added	899	58	354.90	$354.90	$3,191	—
913 value added	913	60	352.00	$352.00	$3,214	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	492.50	$492.50	$2,093	+45.00
475–496	492	8	462.50–477.50	$467.15	$2,298	+2.15
540–545	543	2	442.00–462.50	$452.30	$2,456	—
565–590	578	2	425.00–432.50	$428.67	$2,478	-1.25
620–640	631	4	390.00–392.50	$390.63	$2,465	—
665	665	1	377.50	$377.50	$2,510	—
715–740	728	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,584	+7.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512–517	515	4	425.00–445.00	$434.95	$2,240	—
590–595	593	2	365.00–387.50	$376.30	$2,231	—
605–615	610	4	377.50–400.00	$388.84	$2,372	—
715	715	2	350.00	$350.00	$2,502	—
910	910	1	312.50	$312.50	$2,844	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	465.00	$465.00	$1,256	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,280	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,446	-55.00
315–317	316	3	500.00–522.50	$515.03	$1,627	+5.41
375–395	388	4	447.50–460.00	$451.79	$1,753	-42.38
400–440	422	10	440.00–452.50	$445.24	$1,879	-17.26
400–447 value added	429	11	457.50–462.50	$461.20	$1,979	—
450–485	468	10	447.50–452.50	$449.21	$2,102	-6.17
510 value added	510	2	462.50	$462.50	$2,359	—
505–530	515	18	420.00–440.00	$432.06	$2,225	+7.48
555 fancy	555	1	460.00	$460.00	$2,553	—
555–575	565	5	402.50–412.50	$408.00	$2,305	-22.00
603–649	630	13	365.00–385.00	$378.10	$2,382	-12.98
660	660	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,475	—
702 value added	702	4	352.50	$352.50	$2,475	—
720	720	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,160	-35.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	330	2	470.00–480.00	$475.15	$1,568	—
425	425	2	427.50–437.50	$432.50	$1,838	+7.50
460–485	472	5	415.00–430.00	$419.98	$1,982	-14.99
505–540	521	5	397.50–415.00	$406.89	$2,120	+19.39
560–580	574	4	387.50–390.00	$388.76	$2,231	-18.74
605–632	625	4	350.00–360.00	$352.42	$2,203	-10.08
675	675	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,295	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,742	-25.00
465	465	1	437.50	$437.50	$2,034	+60.00
550	550	1	395.00	$395.00	$2,172	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
572	572	3	410.00	$410.00	$2,345	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,911	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,840	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	575.00	$575.00	$1,524	—
305–335	320	2	545.00–555.00	$550.23	$1,761	-14.77
385–397	389	6	522.50–537.50	$529.92	$2,061	—
405–435	426	8	500.00–527.50	$509.86	$2,172	+17.86
480–497	487	6	450.00–475.00	$463.15	$2,256	-11.64
500–540	518	7	430.00–452.50	$443.15	$2,296	-13.63
555–582	577	11	407.50–425.00	$415.65	$2,398	-4.92
605–630	615	5	382.50–405.00	$396.41	$2,438	—
653	653	3	377.50	$377.50	$2,465	—
715	715	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,431	+2.50
820	820	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,460	—
910	910	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,412	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,925	-5.00
440–441	441	4	480.00–487.50	$485.63	$2,142	+17.34
490–495	492	3	440.00–450.00	$446.64	$2,197	—
555–585	573	3	390.00–400.00	$395.93	$2,269	—
615	615	2	377.50	$377.50	$2,322	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	452.50	$452.50	$1,448	—
470	470	1	485.00	$485.00	$2,280	—
565	565	1	387.50	$387.50	$2,189	-30.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	362.50	$362.50	$1,794	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,044	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200	1200	80-85%	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,040	—
1040–1355	1208	80-85%	13	194.00–208.00	$198.45	$2,397	—
1190–1340	1264	80-85%	4	178.00–190.00	$183.72	$2,322	-2.30

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–820	815	85-90%	2	145.00–146.00	$145.50	$1,186	—
715–1020	877	85-90%	3	161.00–168.00	$164.74	$1,445	—
975–1115	1074	85-90%	4	173.00–185.00	$178.14	$1,913	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1620	1479	75-80%	4	194.00–207.00	$200.27	$2,962	+9.17

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1785	1588	3	218.00–229.00	$225.24	$3,577	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,575.00	$2,575.00
965–1065	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	3,225.00–3,350.00	$3,290.58
1260	1260	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,375.00	$2,375.00
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,575.00	$3,575.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1010	940	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,500.00–2,650.00	$2,580.59

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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.