Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with some instances of sharply higher. Yearling steers sold steady on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Good quality offering of feeder calves in todays sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $398.37/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −54.17 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$398.37

46 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,172

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$63.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.65

vs KY average

+10.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	408.99	2,217	35
Large 1-2	557	369.91	2,060	5thin
Medium and Large 2	545	363.15	1,980	5thin
Large 2	595	345.00	2,053	1thin

One grade step is worth $63.99/cwt here — about $164 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

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 sale46 hd

398.37

—

KY average23 barns · 705 hd

388.72

+9.65

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+10.88

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

−54.17

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	—	Average	1,624	198.90	3,230	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,284	168.53	2,163	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,622	166.75	2,704	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	988	143.15	1,414	12

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$3,248	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,076	$2,588	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,125	$2,350	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,210	$2,650	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	885	$3,075	1thin

Every lot, as filed

114 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	372.49/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,440	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	344.00/cwt	342.50–345.00	2,484	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	729	366.42/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,671	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	335.64/cwt	335.00–337.50	2,084	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	358.08/cwt	347.50–367.50	1,905	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,894	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	398.06/cwt	392.50–405.00	2,078	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	460.55/cwt	445.00–467.50	1,925	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	421.11/cwt	412.50–427.50	2,051	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	924	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	3,077	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	781	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,694	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,241	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	387.08/cwt	379.00–393.00	2,632	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,359	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,948	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	388.27/cwt	385.00–392.50	2,380	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	364.11/cwt	355.00–367.50	2,261	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	541	418.87/cwt	410.00–437.50	2,266	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,355	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	712	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,385	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	554	417.91/cwt	412.50–425.00	2,315	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	375.23/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,098	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	445	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	345.13/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,305	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	360.43/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,885	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	351.01/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,190	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,178	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	458.41/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	407.49/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,280	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	400.02/cwt	392.50–402.50	1,516	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	348.40/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,024	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	346.30/cwt	342.50–347.50	2,874	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	460.27/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	397.19/cwt	380.00–407.50	1,859	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	446.51/cwt	432.50–452.50	1,875	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	396.20/cwt	390.00–397.50	1,716	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,167	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	406.16/cwt	397.50–420.00	1,909	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	332.98/cwt	322.50–337.50	2,211	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	349.93/cwt	347.50–352.50	1,977	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,089	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,126	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	550	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	388	414.35/cwt	413.00–422.50	1,608	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	315	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,331	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	385	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,887	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	375.89/cwt	367.50–380.00	1,936	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,673	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,894	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,620	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,910	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,224	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	166.93/cwt	161.00–170.00	2,097	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	154.18/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,682	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	178.35/cwt	173.00–185.00	2,361	4
Bulls	—	—	1,623	201.64/cwt	191.00–208.00	3,273	8
Bulls	—	—	1,630	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,885	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	924	140.15/cwt	136.00–147.00	1,295	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,417	1
Heifers	Large 2	400–450	445	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,491	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	530	343.86/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,822	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	420	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,764	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	625	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,047	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	460	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,817	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	578	364.80/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,109	3
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	610	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,059	1
Heifers	Large 2	350–400	390	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,346	1
Bulls	Large 2	450–500	480	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,704	1
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Large 2	300–350	310	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,070	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	660	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	473	346.71/cwt	345.00–347.50	1,640	3
Steers	Large 2	550–600	595	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,053	1
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	671	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,349	3
Steers	Large 1-2	350–400	375	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,594	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	525	377.57/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,982	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	3,075.00/head	3,075.00–3,075.00	3,075	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	280	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,526	1
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	855	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,800	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	805	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,214	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	333.34/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	323.76/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	335.83/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,941	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,007	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	412.21/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,785	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	386.69/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,307	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	387.11/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,877	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	343.29/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,809	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	363.01/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,753	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	418.68/cwt	417.50–422.50	1,779	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	364.96/cwt	362.50–370.00	2,044	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	667	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	722	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,841	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	3,248.25/head	3,225.00–3,275.00	3,248	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,076	2,587.95/head	2,500.00–2,875.00	2,588	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	308.85/cwt	305.00–312.50	1,760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,571	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	418	381.45/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,594	3
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	475	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,971	2

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 Aug 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 531Last week 721Year ago 1,069

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 57Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 11Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	418	445.00–467.50	460.55
12	450–500	487	412.50–427.50	421.11
10	500–550	522	392.50–405.00	398.06
5	550–600	571	392.50	392.50
1	600–650	625	377.50	377.50
4	650–700	655	370.00–375.00	372.49
5	700–750	722	342.50–345.00	344.00
4	800–850	830	342.50–347.50	346.30
2	850–900	877	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	541	410.00–437.50	418.87
6	550–600	554	412.50–425.00	417.91
14	600–650	613	385.00–392.50	388.27
51	650–700	680	379.00–393.00	387.08
11	700–750	729	360.00–370.00	366.42
3	750–800	781	345.00	345.00
61	900–950	924	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	417.50–422.50	418.68
2	500–550	523	350.00–370.00	360.43
3	550–600	560	362.50–370.00	364.96
5	600–650	624	340.00–355.00	351.01
2	650–700	668	340.00–350.00	345.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	545.00	545.00
1	300–350	335	540.00	540.00
2	350–400	385	490.00	490.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	425.00	425.00
2	450–500	475	415.00	415.00
2	500–550	525	370.00–385.00	377.57
3	550–600	578	360.00–375.00	364.80
1	600–650	610	337.50	337.50
3	650–700	671	350.00	350.00
1	850–900	855	327.50	327.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	405.00–410.00	407.49
9	350–400	379	392.50–402.50	400.02
11	400–450	433	390.00–397.50	396.20
9	450–500	468	380.00–407.50	397.19
11	500–550	532	347.50–367.50	358.08
2	550–600	565	347.50–352.50	349.93
4	600–650	621	335.00–337.50	335.64
10	650–700	664	322.50–337.50	332.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	417.50	417.50
5	500–550	523	372.50	372.50
27	550–600	559	370.00–387.50	375.23
18	600–650	621	355.00–367.50	364.11
5	650–700	668	352.50	352.50
2	700–750	712	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	385.00–387.50	386.69
2	350–400	390	375.00	375.00
4	450–500	483	355.00–370.00	363.01
3	500–550	527	342.50–345.00	343.29
3	550–600	578	335.00–337.50	335.83
1	600–650	635	292.50	292.50
1	750–800	785	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	422.50	422.50
11	350–400	388	413.00–422.50	414.35
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	345.00	345.00
1	350–400	390	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	445	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	480	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	375.00–385.00	381.45
3	450–500	473	345.00–347.50	346.71
2	500–550	530	340.00–347.50	343.86
1	650–700	660	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	805	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	327.50	327.50
1	450–500	495	325.00	325.00
2	550–600	570	305.00–312.50	308.85
2	650–700	667	275.00	275.00
2	700–750	722	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	430.00	430.00
3	400–450	433	395.00–420.00	412.21
6	450–500	485	375.00–390.00	387.11
3	500–550	505	332.50–335.00	333.34
4	550–600	583	322.50–325.00	323.76
1	600–650	635	312.50	312.50
2	650–700	692	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	455.00–460.00	458.41
3	350–400	370	450.00–465.00	460.27
5	400–450	420	432.50–452.50	446.51
12	450–500	470	397.50–420.00	406.16
5	500–550	515	367.50–380.00	375.89
11	550–600	581	340.00–355.00	348.40
1	600–650	610	342.50	342.50
1	700–750	710	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	780	272.50	272.50
1	800–850	810	267.50	267.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	470.00	470.00
1	550–600	550	382.50	382.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	460	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	515	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	625	327.50	327.50
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	450	342.50	342.50
1	500–550	515	305.00	305.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,673	173.00	173.00
1	—	1,550	169.00	169.00
1	—	1,590	152.00	152.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	142.00	142.00
8	—	1,256	161.00–170.00	166.93
4	—	1,324	173.00–185.00	178.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,091	150.00–156.00	154.18
7	—	924	136.00–147.00	140.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,623	191.00–208.00	201.64
1	—	1,630	177.00	177.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	3,075.00	3,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,070	3,225.00–3,275.00	3,248.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,076	2,500.00–2,875.00	2,587.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,210	2,650.00	2,650.00

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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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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