Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold on a lighter test with low comparable receipts. Weaned, Preconditioned feeders still bringing premiums, with fleshy, bawling feeder calves facing large discounts. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $363.27/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −89.27 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$363.27

20 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,054

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$340

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

$74.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.66

vs KY average

−59.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	387.22	2,121	8thin
Medium and Large 2	577	363.38	2,096	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	316.05	1,833	3thin
Medium 1-2	570	312.50	1,781	1thin

One grade step is worth $74.72/cwt here — about $340 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 sale20 hd

363.27

—

KY average24 barns · 905 hd

384.93

−21.66

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−59.38

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

−89.27

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	1,758	186.35	3,277	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,585	169.64	2,689	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,210	157.63	1,907	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	130.51	1,338	22

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,280	$3,125	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,087	$1,829	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,095	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,160	$2,775	1thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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	672	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,302	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	294.18/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,862	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	920	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	3,123	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	973	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	3,206	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	342.36/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,479	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	333.45/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,561	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	361.35/cwt	352.50–367.50	1,760	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	388.29/cwt	385.00–397.50	1,409	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	363.86/cwt	350.00–372.50	2,118	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,298	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	390.04/cwt	387.50–392.50	2,020	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,958	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	417.58/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	353.79/cwt	352.50–355.00	1,479	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,364	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	382.50/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	337.31/cwt	332.50–342.50	1,595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	336.57/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,878	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	674	320.89/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,163	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	321.68/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,158	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,134	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	451.67/cwt	447.50–452.50	2,073	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	557	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,242	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	396.52/cwt	387.50–402.50	1,935	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	320.97/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,797	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	366.38/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,546	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,014	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	828	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,915	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	428.19/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,387	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	378.16/cwt	372.50–385.00	2,110	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	953	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	363.84/cwt	357.50–370.00	1,859	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	373.43/cwt	372.50–377.50	1,826	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,058	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,772	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	351.99/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,147	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,148	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	335.09/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,722	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,913	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	169.64/cwt	166.00–173.00	2,689	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,312	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	156.08/cwt	151.00–159.00	1,859	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,568	2
Bulls	—	—	1,755	186.30/cwt	180.00–196.00	3,270	7
Bulls	—	—	1,342	172.71/cwt	166.00–179.00	2,318	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	431	330.02/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,422	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	941	116.49/cwt	112.50–119.00	1,096	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	128.54/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,318	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	149.50/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,652	5
Bulls	—	—	2,395	206.97/cwt	203.00–211.00	4,957	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	570	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,781	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	980	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Steers	Large 2	650–700	690	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,932	1
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	485	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,431	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	628	312.49/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,962	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	475	327.61/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,556	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	407.85/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,542	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	337.96/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,889	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	3,125.00/head	3,125.00–3,125.00	3,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	365	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	780	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	346.14/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,481	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	1,821.36/head	1,650.00–2,000.00	1,821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	316.05/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,833	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,739	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,206	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,102	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	286.35/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	352.29/cwt	347.50–357.50	1,286	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	320.00/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	308.64/cwt	302.50–315.00	1,775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	323.34/cwt	322.50–325.00	2,318	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	683	278.32/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,901	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	297.50/cwt	292.50–302.50	1,607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	330.61/cwt	327.50–340.00	2,189	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	330.00/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	336.22/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,152	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	335.59/cwt	332.50–342.50	1,715	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,441	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	477	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	313.17/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,970	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 Oct 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 467Last week 495Year ago 400

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 65Year ago 88

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 19Year ago 5

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	295	440.00	440.00
2	400–450	445	452.50	452.50
6	450–500	459	447.50–452.50	451.67
2	500–550	518	387.50–392.50	390.04
4	550–600	558	372.50–385.00	378.16
5	600–650	610	350.00–352.50	351.99
2	650–700	672	342.50	342.50
14	700–750	724	335.00–345.00	342.36
3	750–800	768	330.00–340.00	333.45
3	950–1000	953	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	557	402.50	402.50
60	800–850	828	352.00	352.00
55	900–950	920	339.50	339.50
53	950–1000	973	329.50	329.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	415.00–420.00	417.58
1	400–450	415	415.00	415.00
5	450–500	488	387.50–402.50	396.52
1	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
7	550–600	582	350.00–372.50	363.86
2	600–650	640	332.50–340.00	336.22
4	650–700	662	327.50–340.00	330.61
3	700–750	717	322.50–325.00	323.34
2	750–800	775	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	440	385.00	385.00
3	550–600	580	307.50–320.00	316.05
1	600–650	645	322.50	322.50
6	650–700	674	315.00–322.50	320.89
2	700–750	735	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	312.50	312.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	440.00	440.00
6	300–350	341	400.00	400.00
4	350–400	395	380.00–385.00	382.50
3	400–450	422	380.00	380.00
6	450–500	487	352.50–367.50	361.35
10	550–600	560	315.00–325.00	320.97
3	600–650	633	292.50–295.00	294.18
1	650–700	680	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	420.00	420.00
6	300–350	324	415.00–445.00	428.19
2	350–400	378	400.00–415.00	407.85
6	400–450	443	400.00	400.00
4	500–550	514	330.00–340.00	335.09
11	550–600	559	330.00–347.50	337.96
3	600–650	612	312.50	312.50
2	650–700	682	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	431	320.00–335.00	330.02
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	347.50–357.50	352.29
2	400–450	428	340.00–352.50	346.14
3	450–500	477	327.50	327.50
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	575	282.50–290.00	286.35
3	650–700	683	275.00–280.00	278.32
1	700–750	715	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	785	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	395.00	395.00
12	350–400	363	385.00–397.50	388.29
4	400–450	418	352.50–355.00	353.79
2	450–500	473	332.50–342.50	337.31
4	500–550	511	332.50–342.50	335.59
6	550–600	558	330.00–347.50	336.57
4	600–650	629	307.50–325.00	313.17
3	650–700	671	320.00–322.50	321.68
1	700–750	720	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	512	382.50	382.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	415.00	415.00
10	400–450	422	360.00–375.00	366.38
5	450–500	489	372.50–377.50	373.43
9	500–550	511	357.50–370.00	363.84
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	322.50–330.00	327.61
2	600–650	628	310.00–315.00	312.49
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	367.50	367.50
3	400–450	435	325.00–337.50	330.00
2	450–500	460	315.00–325.00	320.00
2	500–550	540	292.50–302.50	297.50
2	550–600	575	302.50–315.00	308.64
1	600–650	605	287.50	287.50
1	650–700	655	285.00	285.00
1	750–800	780	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,585	166.00–173.00	169.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	170.00	170.00
8	—	1,191	151.00–159.00	156.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	140.00	140.00
7	—	941	112.50–119.00	116.49
8	—	1,025	124.00–133.00	128.54
5	—	1,105	145.00–156.00	149.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,755	180.00–196.00	186.30
3	—	1,342	166.00–179.00	172.71
2	—	2,395	203.00–211.00	206.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,280	3,125.00	3,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,123	1,650.00–2,000.00	1,821.36
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	2,775.00	2,775.00

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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