Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with feeder steers over 600lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with the exception of 500lbs to 600lbs which sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.17/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −93.47 against this barn's trailing median of $409.64.

Average price

$316.17

23 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,706

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$40.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.51

vs KY average

−13.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	325.10	1,774	16thin
Medium and Large 2	513	300.04	1,539	5thin
Large 1-2	558	285.00	1,589	2thin

One grade step is worth $40.10/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale23 hd

316.17

—

KY average25 barns · 1,445 hd

320.68

−4.51

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−13.78

This barn, trailing median32 sales

409.64

−93.47

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	1,525	172.00	2,623	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,484	159.34	2,365	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,243	152.65	1,898	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	994	130.54	1,298	6thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,340	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,065	$1,550	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,160	$2,675	1thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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	200–250	225	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	328.22/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,723	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	300.04/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,539	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	545	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	392.48/cwt	387.50–397.50	1,429	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	608	278.64/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	322.68/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,813	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	358.96/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,676	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,125	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,278	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,027	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	418.89/cwt	405.00–422.50	1,529	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,793	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	472	320.72/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	312.14/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,948	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	396.88/cwt	395.00–397.50	1,770	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,318	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,669	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	433.60/cwt	417.50–440.00	1,834	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,260	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,434	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	411.21/cwt	407.50–415.00	1,871	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	343.43/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,810	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	342.98/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,976	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,198	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	293.28/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,120	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	338.32/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,226	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	363.30/cwt	360.00–366.00	2,020	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	364.94/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,883	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	727	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,297	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	413.50/cwt	402.50–432.50	1,741	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	264.97/cwt	255.00–275.00	2,075	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,160	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,449	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	950–1000	990	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,906	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	630	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,701	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	735	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	838	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	138.08/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,516	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	159.34/cwt	155.00–163.00	2,365	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	156.53/cwt	150.00–162.00	2,004	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	144.88/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,695	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	127.49/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,234	2
Bulls	—	—	1,721	184.53/cwt	179.00–197.00	3,176	4
Bulls	—	—	1,393	166.73/cwt	163.00–170.00	2,323	4
Bulls	—	—	1,270	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,816	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,135	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	392.37/cwt	385.00–397.50	1,640	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	395.88/cwt	387.50–402.50	1,485	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	364.17/cwt	357.50–367.50	1,730	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	335.06/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,374	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	324.99/cwt	322.50–327.50	1,911	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,005	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,085	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,123	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	425.18/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,607	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	313.74/cwt	312.50–315.00	2,064	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	336.95/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,752	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	384.82/cwt	375.00–392.50	1,839	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	431	386.75/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,667	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	350.11/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,152	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	318.34/cwt	317.50–322.50	1,964	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	359.44/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,891	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	334.44/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,572	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	359.62/cwt	352.50–367.50	1,345	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	362.68/cwt	355.00–377.50	1,556	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	482	311.74/cwt	307.50–322.50	1,503	6
Heifers	Large 2-3	600–650	620	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	346.52/cwt	342.50–347.50	1,504	5
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,966	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	323.98/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,037	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	281.55/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,748	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,021	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 Apr 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 334Last week 390Year ago 420

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 50Year ago 85

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	370.00	370.00
1	250–300	275	385.00	385.00
1	300–350	335	385.00	385.00
7	350–400	364	387.50–397.50	392.48
10	400–450	429	355.00–377.50	362.68
11	450–500	467	350.00–372.50	358.96
7	500–550	525	322.50–332.50	328.22
9	550–600	562	312.50–327.50	322.68
8	600–650	624	305.00–320.00	312.14
9	700–750	728	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	785	257.50	257.50
1	1100–1150	1,125	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	340.00–360.00	350.11
7	350–400	374	352.50–367.50	359.62
5	400–450	434	342.50–347.50	346.52
9	450–500	470	330.00–345.00	334.44
5	500–550	513	295.00–305.00	300.04
5	600–650	621	280.00–287.50	281.55
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	310.00–327.50	320.72
1	500–550	545	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	570	280.00	280.00
4	650–700	685	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	431	380.00–390.00	386.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	340.00	340.00
2	300–350	320	320.00–327.50	323.98
1	350–400	350	320.00	320.00
6	450–500	482	307.50–322.50	311.74
1	650–700	665	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	355.00	355.00
2	600–650	608	270.00–287.50	278.64
1	750–800	770	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	365	405.00–422.50	418.89
15	400–450	423	417.50–440.00	433.60
2	450–500	455	407.50–415.00	411.21
7	500–550	516	360.00–370.00	364.94
9	550–600	556	360.00–366.00	363.30
2	600–650	605	335.00	335.00
3	650–700	658	330.00–342.50	338.32
3	700–750	723	285.00–300.00	293.28
6	750–800	770	301.00	301.00
3	800–850	800	282.50	282.50
1	850–900	855	272.50	272.50
1	900–950	910	267.50	267.50
1	950–1000	975	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	446	395.00–397.50	396.88
1	450–500	475	377.50	377.50
6	500–550	527	335.00–352.50	343.43
4	550–600	576	330.00–347.50	342.98
1	600–650	630	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	628	350.00	350.00
9	700–750	727	316.00	316.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	420.00	420.00
11	350–400	378	410.00–445.00	425.18
9	400–450	421	402.50–432.50	413.50
6	500–550	526	350.00–377.50	359.44
6	600–650	617	317.50–322.50	318.34
2	650–700	662	322.50	322.50
2	750–800	783	255.00–275.00	264.97
1	950–1000	965	220.00	220.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	207.50	207.50
1	1150–1200	1,160	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	270.00	270.00
1	950–1000	990	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	387.50–402.50	395.88
3	400–450	418	385.00–397.50	392.37
4	450–500	478	375.00–392.50	384.82
5	500–550	520	332.50–340.00	336.95
3	550–600	588	322.50–327.50	324.99
2	650–700	658	312.50–315.00	313.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	325.00–340.00	335.06
3	450–500	475	357.50–367.50	364.17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	114.00	114.00
3	—	1,098	137.00–139.00	138.08
2	—	968	127.00–128.00	127.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,484	155.00–163.00	159.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,280	150.00–162.00	156.53
4	—	1,170	139.00–149.00	144.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,721	179.00–197.00	184.53
4	—	1,393	163.00–170.00	166.73
1	—	1,270	143.00	143.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,340	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,160	2,675.00	2,675.00

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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