Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600lbs sold sharply higher. Feeder steers over 600lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600lbs sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers over 600lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.70/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −105.84 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$346.70

52 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,878

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$87.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.21

vs KY average

−11.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	354.67	1,903	45
Medium and Large 2	570	315.22	1,797	3thin
Large 1-2	576	285.00	1,642	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	585	267.50	1,565	1thin

One grade step is worth $87.17/cwt here — about $338 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 sale52 hd

346.70

—

KY average23 barns · 933 hd

338.49

+8.21

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

−11.97

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

−105.84

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	1,681	154.38	2,595	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	133.82	1,687	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,397	133.00	1,858	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,050	114.43	1,202	20

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	958	$2,021	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,460	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	945	$1,625	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	840	$800	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	898	$1,945	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	915	$2,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

106 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	Large 2	400–450	400	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	205	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	562	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	268.91/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,678	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	355	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	472	357.39/cwt	352.50–362.50	1,687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	316.72/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,204	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	332.54/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,353	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	338.20/cwt	330.00–347.50	940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	386	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,834	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	413	390.68/cwt	375.00–397.50	1,614	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	315.45/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	292.42/cwt	287.50–297.50	1,798	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	332.00/cwt	326.00–337.50	1,760	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	245.77/cwt	237.50–252.50	1,661	6
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	576	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	377.05/cwt	372.50–385.00	1,817	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,565	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	803	270.25/cwt	270.25–270.25	2,170	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	370.61/cwt	362.50–372.50	1,920	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	313	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,409	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	346.59/cwt	325.00–357.50	1,833	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	286.34/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,959	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,096	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,464	1
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	680	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,802	1
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	620	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,783	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	344.99/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,963	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	394.50/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,641	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	268	409.16/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,097	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	305.09/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,079	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	320.15/cwt	317.50–327.50	1,995	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	315.22/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,059	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,027	238.85/cwt	238.85–238.85	2,453	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	710	299.01/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,123	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,182	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	378.62/cwt	375.00–382.50	1,374	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	518	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,787	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	572	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,888	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	142.98/cwt	141.00–145.00	1,876	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,011	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	130.38/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,618	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	115.07/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,236	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,712	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,929	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	103.88/cwt	100.00–108.00	883	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	124.89/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,390	6
Bulls	—	—	1,425	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,881	1
Bulls	—	—	1,745	159.97/cwt	152.00–166.00	2,791	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	1,944.99/head	1,875.00–2,000.00	1,945	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,460	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	2,021.48/head	1,875.00–2,150.00	2,021	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	840	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,838	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	460	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	384.48/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,769	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	401.98/cwt	392.50–412.50	1,548	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	266.66/cwt	265.00–267.50	1,963	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	326.28/cwt	317.50–337.50	1,733	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,026	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	280.30/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,870	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	315.93/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,801	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	997	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,259	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	530	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	301.03/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,614	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	367.69/cwt	362.50–372.50	1,188	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	790	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	261.20/cwt	259.00–272.50	1,789	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	298.16/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,735	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	359.35/cwt	347.50–365.00	1,516	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	316.82/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,666	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	340.20/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,599	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	331	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,299	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	356	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,406	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	292.46/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	318.60/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,386	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,003	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	515	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	391.77/cwt	380.00–402.50	1,645	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	365.56/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,608	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	359.40/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,732	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	278.73/cwt	272.50–282.50	1,703	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,935	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	279	407.74/cwt	392.50–415.00	1,138	5
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	710	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,544	1

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 Mar 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 570Last week 425Year ago 505

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 58Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 8Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	342.50	342.50
1	250–300	275	362.50	362.50
2	300–350	323	362.50–372.50	367.69
1	350–400	365	345.00	345.00
12	400–450	422	347.50–365.00	359.35
10	450–500	470	330.00–345.00	340.20
19	500–550	526	310.00–322.50	316.82
17	550–600	582	295.00–305.00	298.16
7	600–650	624	262.50–275.00	268.91
6	650–700	685	259.00–272.50	261.20
2	700–750	720	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	330.00–347.50	338.20
4	350–400	380	310.00–325.00	316.72
3	400–450	407	327.50–340.00	332.54
7	500–550	536	290.00–307.50	301.03
1	600–650	645	242.50	242.50
6	650–700	676	237.50–252.50	245.77
1	750–800	750	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	295.00	295.00
5	400–450	435	310.00–325.00	318.60
2	450–500	483	290.00–295.00	292.46
2	550–600	562	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	685	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	515	317.50	317.50
2	750–800	790	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	413	375.00–397.50	390.68
4	450–500	472	352.50–362.50	357.39
24	500–550	530	326.00–337.50	332.00
5	550–600	559	310.00–322.50	315.45
4	600–650	615	287.50–297.50	292.42
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	331	392.50	392.50
3	350–400	356	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	450.00	450.00
11	350–400	386	475.00	475.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	576	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	620	287.50	287.50
1	650–700	680	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	400.00–417.50	409.16
1	350–400	355	412.50	412.50
13	400–450	416	390.00–402.50	394.50
20	450–500	482	372.50–385.00	377.05
16	500–550	529	325.00–357.50	346.59
13	550–600	569	337.50–350.00	344.99
4	600–650	625	295.00–312.50	305.09
6	650–700	684	282.50–290.00	286.34
2	700–750	742	282.50	282.50
1	750–800	780	275.00	275.00
2	800–850	825	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	390.00	390.00
16	500–550	518	362.50–372.50	370.61
17	600–650	623	317.50–327.50	320.15
28	700–750	710	290.00–300.00	299.01
16	800–850	803	270.25	270.25
54	1000–1050	1,027	238.85	238.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	377.50	377.50
1	400–450	435	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	570	310.00–325.00	315.22
1	650–700	685	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	710	262.50	262.50
1	900–950	905	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	380.00	380.00
1	300–350	300	360.00	360.00
2	350–400	363	375.00–382.50	378.62
4	400–450	440	360.00–375.00	365.56
5	450–500	482	350.00–367.50	359.40
1	500–550	530	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	585	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	342.50	342.50
1	400–450	445	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	460	342.50	342.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	518	345.00	345.00
2	550–600	572	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	279	392.50–415.00	407.74
1	300–350	345	402.50	402.50
7	350–400	385	392.50–412.50	401.98
5	400–450	420	380.00–402.50	391.77
7	450–500	460	375.00–395.00	384.48
12	500–550	531	317.50–337.50	326.28
17	550–600	570	300.00–322.50	315.93
4	600–650	611	272.50–282.50	278.73
7	650–700	667	275.00–282.50	280.30
3	700–750	736	265.00–267.50	266.66
4	750–800	798	242.50	242.50
1	850–900	855	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	217.50	217.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,312	141.00–145.00	142.98
8	—	1,241	128.00–135.00	130.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	96.00	96.00
9	—	1,074	110.00–119.00	115.07
3	—	850	100.00–108.00	103.88
6	—	1,113	121.00–129.00	124.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	121.00	121.00
2	—	1,388	139.00	139.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	132.00	132.00
4	—	1,745	152.00–166.00	159.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	898	1,875.00–2,000.00	1,944.99
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,460	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	958	1,875.00–2,150.00	2,021.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	945	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	840	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	2,050.00	2,050.00

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Albany Livestock Auction

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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