Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower with the exception of some of the weaned preconditioned packages mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $356.45/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −53.19 against this barn's trailing median of $409.64.

Average price

$356.45

65 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,906

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$418

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

$76.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.26

vs KY average

−3.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	366.32	1,960	49
Medium and Large 2	534	338.83	1,809	9thin
Large 1-2	533	336.76	1,796	3thin
Large 2	532	289.91	1,542	4thin

One grade step is worth $76.41/cwt here — about $418 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale65 hd

356.45

—

KY average25 barns · 1,265 hd

354.19

+2.26

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−3.21

This barn, trailing median32 sales

409.64

−53.19

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	1,912	190.61	3,645	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,276	157.85	2,015	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,562	156.07	2,438	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,099	141.49	1,555	18

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,190	$1,662	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	900	$1,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	890	$1,925	1thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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	900–950	925	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	384.43/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,676	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	373.50/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,744	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	358.07/cwt	352.50–372.50	1,880	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	556	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,252	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	441.33/cwt	432.50–455.00	2,048	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	386.75/cwt	375.00–405.00	2,038	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,306	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	687	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,714	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	422.02/cwt	417.50–427.50	1,992	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	452.93/cwt	447.50–462.50	1,929	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	324.15/cwt	322.50–327.50	2,502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	331.26/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,431	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	359	454.02/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,630	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	303.29/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,859	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,287	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	379.73/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,199	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	715	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	511	386.98/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,977	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	359.19/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,677	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	332.37/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,878	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	411.51/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,144	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	350.82/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,021	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	461.59/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,039	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	397.90/cwt	392.50–415.00	1,305	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	306.85/cwt	292.50–312.50	2,084	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,076	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	260	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,248	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	323.90/cwt	317.50–332.50	2,011	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	392.82/cwt	387.50–395.00	1,473	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	269	453.67/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,220	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	348.00/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,931	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,236	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	432.53/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,561	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	355.42/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,859	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	166.52/cwt	163.00–171.00	2,093	5
Bulls	—	—	1,660	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,971	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	164.10/cwt	163.00–165.00	2,639	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	154.06/cwt	149.00–159.00	2,389	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	154.41/cwt	152.00–158.00	1,966	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,988	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	143.14/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,539	5
Bulls	—	—	1,936	186.97/cwt	182.00–193.00	3,620	4
Bulls	—	—	1,965	199.34/cwt	195.00–204.00	3,917	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	119.53/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,132	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	137.47/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,578	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,162	153.76/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,787	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	470	346.08/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,627	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	560	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,806	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	520	343.89/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,788	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	437	361.70/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,581	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	523	323.29/cwt	317.50–332.50	1,691	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	570	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,810	1
Heifers	Large 2	650–700	670	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,742	1
Heifers	Large 2	500–550	532	289.91/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,542	4
Steers	Large 2	550–600	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	570	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,109	2
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	623	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,009	2
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	755	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,303	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	505	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	200	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,661.85/head	1,640.00–1,690.00	1,662	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	595	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	586	308.22/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,806	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	337.64/cwt	332.50–342.50	2,103	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	827	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,729	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,228	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	340.67/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,789	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	346.13/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,475	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	329.65/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,856	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,305	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	415.00/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,162	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	303.74/cwt	297.50–310.00	1,871	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	359.04/cwt	352.50–367.50	2,032	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	382.59/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,351	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	422.47/cwt	412.50–435.00	1,817	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,723	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,448	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	400.63/cwt	397.50–402.50	1,923	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	319.16/cwt	317.50–322.50	1,931	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	348.09/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,671	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	300.73/cwt	292.50–302.50	1,985	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	747	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,073	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.

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Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

Wed Sep 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 491Last week 1,073Year ago 605

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 60Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 52Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	400.00	400.00
4	350–400	359	450.00–465.00	454.02
14	400–450	426	447.50–462.50	452.93
5	450–500	464	432.50–455.00	441.33
10	500–550	527	375.00–405.00	386.75
16	550–600	579	370.00–390.00	379.73
2	600–650	645	357.50	357.50
1	650–700	680	362.50	362.50
4	700–750	734	325.00–340.00	331.26
3	750–800	772	322.50–327.50	324.15
1	900–950	925	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	521	410.00–420.00	415.00
4	550–600	551	415.00	415.00
10	650–700	687	395.00	395.00
1	700–750	715	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	412.50–435.00	422.47
9	450–500	472	417.50–427.50	422.02
8	550–600	566	352.50–367.50	359.04
2	600–650	623	332.50–342.50	337.64
1	650–700	675	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	755	317.50	317.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	340.00	340.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	370.00	370.00
2	600–650	623	322.50	322.50
1	750–800	755	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
15	450–500	480	397.50–402.50	400.63
1	600–650	600	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	405.00	405.00
5	250–300	278	400.00–420.00	411.51
7	300–350	328	392.50–415.00	397.90
8	350–400	375	387.50–395.00	392.82
10	400–450	436	370.00–395.00	384.43
17	450–500	467	365.00–382.50	373.50
25	500–550	525	352.50–372.50	358.07
10	550–600	576	340.00–357.50	350.82
15	600–650	621	317.50–332.50	323.90
1	650–700	655	317.50	317.50
2	700–750	727	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	511	385.00–387.50	386.98
4	550–600	556	405.00	405.00
2	700–750	720	342.50	342.50
2	800–850	827	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	370.00–395.00	382.59
4	400–450	426	335.00–350.00	346.13
4	450–500	480	337.50–355.00	348.09
7	500–550	525	330.00–347.50	340.67
2	550–600	565	327.50–337.50	332.37
6	600–650	616	297.50–310.00	303.74
7	650–700	660	292.50–302.50	300.73
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	340.00–357.50	346.08
2	500–550	520	340.00–347.50	343.89
1	550–600	560	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	532	280.00–297.50	289.91
1	650–700	670	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	640	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	690	285.00	285.00
2	700–750	747	277.50	277.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	435.00	435.00
3	350–400	362	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	420	405.00	405.00
7	450–500	467	355.00–370.00	359.19
1	500–550	520	337.50	337.50
7	550–600	563	322.50–332.50	329.65
3	600–650	613	300.00–307.50	303.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	450.00–475.00	461.59
11	250–300	269	450.00–460.00	453.67
1	300–350	345	470.00	470.00
4	350–400	361	420.00–440.00	432.53
1	400–450	425	410.00	410.00
13	500–550	523	340.00–365.00	355.42
5	550–600	555	340.00–360.00	348.00
6	600–650	605	317.50–322.50	319.16
4	650–700	679	292.50–312.50	306.85
1	700–750	725	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	755	275.00	275.00
1	800–850	820	257.50	257.50
1	900–950	900	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	500.00	500.00
1	250–300	260	480.00	480.00
1	500–550	505	382.50	382.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	437	357.50–375.00	361.70
3	500–550	523	317.50–332.50	323.29
1	550–600	570	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	530	325.00	325.00
3	550–600	586	302.50–320.00	308.22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,257	163.00–171.00	166.52
8	—	1,273	152.00–158.00	154.41
1	—	1,400	142.00	142.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,608	163.00–165.00	164.10
8	—	1,551	149.00–159.00	154.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,075	140.00–146.00	143.14
3	—	947	115.00–124.00	119.53
4	—	1,148	134.00–139.00	137.47
6	—	1,162	150.00–157.00	153.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	179.00	179.00
4	—	1,936	182.00–193.00	186.97
3	—	1,965	195.00–204.00	199.34

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,500.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,190	1,640.00–1,690.00	1,661.85
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	1,925.00	1,925.00

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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