Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Several bawling new crop calves in todays sale. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. No trend on slaughter bulls due to low comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $314.01/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −95.63 against this barn's trailing median of $409.64.

Average price

$314.01

70 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$59.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.26

vs KY average

−2.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	322.19	1,749	54
Large 1-2	564	299.15	1,688	6thin
Medium and Large 2	534	282.16	1,507	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	585	267.50	1,565	1thin
Large 2	545	262.50	1,431	1thin

One grade step is worth $59.69/cwt here — about $318 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.28, low $357.45, median $409.64 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 sale70 hd

314.01

—

KY average22 barns · 674 hd

309.75

+4.26

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−2.54

This barn, trailing median32 sales

409.64

−95.63

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	—	High	1,645	174.00	2,862	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,468	142.00	2,084	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,229	141.97	1,744	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	953	127.58	1,216	5thin

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,595	$2,263	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,345	$2,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,060	$1,875	1thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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 and Large 1-2	700–750	712	252.80/cwt	247.50–258.00	1,800	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	622	304.45/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,894	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	420	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,483	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	286.89/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	316.52/cwt	307.50–327.50	1,665	14
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	589	299.98/cwt	297.50–302.50	1,767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	322.42/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,341	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,683	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	570	308.53/cwt	302.50–315.00	1,759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	306.14/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,754	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	287.27/cwt	277.50–292.50	1,761	12
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	526	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	314.72/cwt	305.00–322.00	2,172	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	423	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,438	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	492	339.58/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,671	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	515	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	333.17/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,279	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	606	299.19/cwt	297.50–302.50	1,813	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,024	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,447	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,073	1
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	435	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,457	1
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	886	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,233	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	370.66/cwt	362.50–387.50	1,779	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	424.67/cwt	402.50–447.50	1,444	2
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	450	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,474	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	421.67/cwt	417.50–427.50	1,581	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,427	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	272.11/cwt	265.00–273.00	2,139	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	300.79/cwt	287.50–305.00	2,175	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	588	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,029	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	334.14/cwt	332.50–337.50	2,055	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	358.88/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,920	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	326.90/cwt	322.50–337.50	1,873	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	268.26/cwt	267.50–269.00	2,221	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	414.54/cwt	402.50–425.00	1,799	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	331.49/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,730	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	216.23/cwt	215.00–217.50	1,866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	284.18/cwt	282.50–285.00	1,867	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	366	426.25/cwt	425.00–427.50	1,560	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,499	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,316	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	127.58/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,216	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,863	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	149.88/cwt	143.00–156.00	2,032	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	136.03/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,541	8
Bulls	—	—	1,645	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,862	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,595	2,262.70/head	2,200.00–2,325.00	2,263	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	289.91/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	381.45/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,251	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	335.58/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,715	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	477	327.51/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,562	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	254.40/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,743	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,332	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	406.91/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,546	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	825	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	465	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	307.06/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,713	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	387.39/cwt	382.50–392.50	1,460	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,259	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	309.92/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,124	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	380.95/cwt	375.00–392.50	1,627	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	268.25/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,897	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	305.00/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,190	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	306.68/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,451	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	341.73/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,138	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	328.51/cwt	312.50–337.50	1,547	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	534	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,789	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	659	290.49/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,914	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	277.43/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,432	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	231.65/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,773	8
Heifers	Large 2	500–550	545	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	272.46/cwt	265.00–282.50	1,836	7

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 Apr 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 570Last week 434Year ago 497

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 33Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 0Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	340.00–342.50	341.73
13	350–400	384	325.00–340.00	333.17
6	400–450	416	315.00–330.00	322.42
40	450–500	471	312.50–337.50	328.51
14	500–550	526	307.50–327.50	316.52
15	550–600	573	300.00–312.50	306.14
12	600–650	613	277.50–292.50	287.27
7	650–700	674	265.00–282.50	272.46
6	700–750	712	247.50–258.00	252.80
8	750–800	781	227.00	227.00
2	850–900	862	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	420	353.00	353.00
25	500–550	534	335.00	335.00
20	600–650	622	295.00–310.00	304.45
5	650–700	659	290.00–292.50	290.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	300.00	300.00
2	300–350	323	300.00–320.00	309.92
2	350–400	390	300.00–310.00	305.00
3	450–500	473	305.00–307.50	306.68
4	500–550	516	270.00–287.50	277.43
4	550–600	552	277.50–290.00	286.89
3	700–750	742	225.00–235.00	231.65
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	297.50	297.50
4	550–600	589	297.50–302.50	299.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	267.50	267.50
1	550–600	585	267.50	267.50
2	650–700	675	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	390.00	390.00
1	400–450	440	382.50	382.50
3	450–500	480	362.50–387.50	370.66
3	600–650	606	297.50–302.50	299.19
1	700–750	710	272.50	272.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	450	320.00	320.00
3	500–550	526	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	570	302.50–315.00	308.53
3	850–900	886	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	397.50	397.50
2	300–350	340	402.50–447.50	424.67
7	350–400	375	417.50–427.50	421.67
13	400–450	434	402.50–425.00	414.54
3	500–550	522	325.00–337.50	331.49
17	550–600	573	322.50–337.50	326.90
3	600–650	615	332.50–337.50	334.14
41	650–700	690	305.00–322.00	314.72
9	700–750	723	287.50–305.00	300.79
9	750–800	786	265.00–273.00	272.11
18	800–850	828	267.50–269.00	268.26
5	950–1000	970	255.00	255.00
4	1000–1050	1,024	239.00	239.00
3	1050–1100	1,060	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	340.00	340.00
6	450–500	492	335.00–342.50	339.58
2	600–650	640	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	535	352.50–360.00	358.88
20	550–600	588	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	331	402.50	402.50
9	350–400	380	400.00–417.50	406.91
5	400–450	427	375.00–392.50	380.95
9	500–550	511	330.00–342.50	335.58
5	550–600	558	295.00–312.50	307.06
2	600–650	620	287.50	287.50
3	650–700	657	282.50–285.00	284.18
3	700–750	707	260.00–272.50	268.25
1	800–850	840	225.00	225.00
2	850–900	863	215.00–217.50	216.23
1	900–950	915	202.50	202.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	447.50	447.50
6	350–400	366	425.00–427.50	426.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	435	340.00	340.00
6	450–500	477	322.50–330.00	327.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	377.50–385.00	381.45
3	350–400	377	382.50–392.50	387.39
1	400–450	400	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	490	352.50	352.50
1	500–550	520	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	560	285.00–295.00	289.91
4	650–700	685	250.00–265.00	254.40
1	700–750	700	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	357.50	357.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	148.00	148.00
1	—	1,370	136.00	136.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	953	124.00–130.00	127.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,356	143.00–156.00	149.88
8	—	1,133	133.00–140.00	136.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	174.00	174.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,595	2,200.00–2,325.00	2,262.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,345	2,100.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	1,875.00	1,875.00

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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Albany Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle