Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher with feeder steers over 650lbs mostly steady. Yearling steers sold 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Good to very good demand for all feeder and slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $409.37/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −43.16 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$409.37

55 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,227

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$406

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

$92.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.88

vs KY average

+9.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	412.41	2,246	52
Medium and Large 2	505	390.00	1,970	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	520	360.00	1,872	1thin
Medium 1-2	575	320.00	1,840	1thin

One grade step is worth $92.41/cwt here — about $406 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 sale55 hd

409.37

—

KY average25 barns · 702 hd

394.49

+14.88

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+9.48

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

−43.16

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	1,751	204.60	3,583	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,244	168.19	2,092	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,375	164.00	2,255	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,017	147.47	1,499	10

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 Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	935	$2,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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	800–850	840	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	554	416.50/cwt	415.00–417.50	2,307	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	334.04/cwt	327.50–337.50	2,238	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	377.46/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,152	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	499.50/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,773	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	381.70/cwt	380.00–382.50	2,042	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	611	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,187	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	364.75/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,882	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	413.21/cwt	402.50–420.00	2,178	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	563	376.26/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,118	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	376.54/cwt	375.00–382.50	1,999	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	607	396.71/cwt	392.50–397.50	2,408	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	320.35/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,188	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	426	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,077	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,953	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	422.49/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	903	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	3,147	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	361.28/cwt	352.50–365.00	2,077	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	369.72/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,477	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	458.65/cwt	452.50–465.00	2,101	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	315.83/cwt	312.50–322.50	2,246	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	401.17/cwt	392.50–407.50	1,665	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	352.41/cwt	347.50–362.50	2,026	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	394.69/cwt	387.50–405.00	2,281	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	337.54/cwt	332.50–342.50	2,413	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	344.24/cwt	337.50–347.50	2,145	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	311.22/cwt	307.50–320.00	2,213	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	403.15/cwt	402.50–405.00	1,471	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	340.20/cwt	335.00–347.50	2,106	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	392.56/cwt	387.50–407.50	1,853	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	268	415.65/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,114	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	429.64/cwt	427.50–435.00	2,208	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	390.99/cwt	387.50–402.50	2,021	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	132.94/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,203	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	145.73/cwt	144.00–147.00	1,599	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,831	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	163.19/cwt	159.00–169.00	1,981	8
Bulls	—	—	1,895	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	3,980	1
Bulls	—	—	1,715	203.25/cwt	193.00–209.00	3,486	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	370	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,314	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	450	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,913	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	900–950	940	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,538	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	152.40/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,500	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,255	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	174.85/cwt	171.00–180.00	2,245	6
Heifers	Large 2	550–600	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Steers	Large 2	350–400	365	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,497	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	570	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,838	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	1
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	635	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,159	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	300–350	305	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,235	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	504.02/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,870	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	520	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	358	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,566	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	390	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,549	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	353.90/cwt	352.50–362.50	2,222	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	441.23/cwt	440.00–442.50	1,866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	423.27/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,050	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	329.88/cwt	322.50–337.50	2,012	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	547	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,969	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	309.17/cwt	302.50–317.50	2,056	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,970	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	342.11/cwt	337.50–343.00	2,012	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	618	302.51/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,870	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	592	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	380.97/cwt	372.50–387.50	2,385	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	873	353.50/cwt	352.00–355.00	3,086	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,492	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	373.71/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	671	379.43/cwt	379.00–382.50	2,546	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	425.00/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,955	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	301.23/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,042	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	403.15/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,951	4

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 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 615Last week 531Year ago 1,001

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 48Year ago 78

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 13Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	505.00	505.00
10	350–400	355	495.00–500.00	499.50
2	450–500	458	452.50–465.00	458.65
17	500–550	527	402.50–420.00	413.21
12	550–600	578	387.50–405.00	394.69
8	600–650	626	372.50–387.50	380.97
10	650–700	670	360.00–375.00	369.72
9	700–750	715	332.50–342.50	337.54
1	750–800	770	347.50	347.50
1	800–850	840	332.50	332.50
1	900–950	915	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	426	487.50	487.50
8	500–550	514	427.50–435.00	429.64
15	550–600	554	415.00–417.50	416.50
22	600–650	607	392.50–397.50	396.71
32	650–700	671	379.00–382.50	379.43
119	850–900	873	352.00–355.00	353.50
60	900–950	903	348.50	348.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	420.00–430.00	425.00
1	500–550	505	390.00	390.00
7	600–650	628	352.50–362.50	353.90
1	650–700	695	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	780	322.50	322.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	410.00	410.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	392.50	392.50
1	500–550	520	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	610	322.50–337.50	329.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	500.00–505.00	504.02
2	400–450	423	440.00–442.50	441.23
3	450–500	463	420.00–425.00	423.27
5	500–550	517	387.50–402.50	390.99
4	550–600	570	375.00–385.00	377.46
3	600–650	623	337.50–347.50	344.24
3	650–700	670	327.50–337.50	334.04
3	700–750	711	312.50–322.50	315.83
1	850–900	870	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	420.00–425.00	422.49
4	450–500	484	400.00–407.50	403.15
5	500–550	531	375.00–382.50	376.54
4	550–600	575	352.50–365.00	361.28
1	600–650	625	312.50	312.50
3	650–700	665	302.50–317.50	309.17
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	450	425.00	425.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	425.00	425.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	475	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	547	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	380.00–382.50	381.70
4	550–600	563	375.00–380.00	376.26
7	600–650	611	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	440.00	440.00
2	250–300	268	405.00–425.00	415.65
4	350–400	365	402.50–405.00	403.15
8	400–450	415	392.50–407.50	401.17
19	450–500	472	387.50–407.50	392.56
10	500–550	516	360.00–372.50	364.75
25	550–600	575	347.50–362.50	352.41
21	600–650	619	335.00–347.50	340.20
7	650–700	683	320.00–322.50	320.35
4	700–750	711	307.50–320.00	311.22
2	750–800	792	310.00	310.00
2	800–850	827	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	390	382.50	382.50
1	400–450	405	382.50	382.50
2	450–500	480	370.00–377.50	373.71
1	500–550	510	322.50	322.50
6	550–600	588	337.50–343.00	342.11
3	600–650	626	327.50	327.50
4	650–700	678	300.00–305.00	301.23
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	355.00	355.00
1	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	570	322.50	322.50
1	900–950	940	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	437.50	437.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	415	345.00	345.00
2	550–600	592	302.50	302.50
3	600–650	618	300.00–307.50	302.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	905	132.00–134.00	132.94
3	—	1,097	144.00–147.00	145.73
1	—	1,130	162.00	162.00
4	—	984	150.00–155.00	152.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,214	159.00–169.00	163.19
6	—	1,284	171.00–180.00	174.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	164.00	164.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,895	210.00	210.00
4	—	1,715	193.00–209.00	203.25

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)	1	—	935	2,850.00	2,850.00

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

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

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

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