Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Weaned, preconditioned feeders still bringing premiums. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $359.20/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −50.43 against this barn's trailing median of $409.64.

Average price

$359.20

42 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$49.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.64

vs KY average

−25.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	383.49	2,058	15thin
Medium and Large 2	539	350.36	1,890	19thin
Large 1-2	558	335.00	1,869	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	528	334.45	1,767	5thin

One grade step is worth $49.04/cwt here — about $291 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

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 sale42 hd

359.20

—

KY average24 barns · 874 hd

345.56

+13.64

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−25.19

This barn, trailing median32 sales

409.64

−50.43

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	1,594	188.94	3,011	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,508	158.98	2,397	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,274	156.50	1,994	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,011	138.41	1,400	23

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)	1,461	$2,532	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,165	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,375	$2,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,410	$2,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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 2-3	650–700	690	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,925	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,461	2,531.65/head	2,200.00–3,025.00	2,532	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,093	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	354.47/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,840	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	472	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,136	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	355.06/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,470	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,387	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	514	338.06/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,103	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	320.80/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,870	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	368.34/cwt	367.50–370.00	2,088	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	345.80/cwt	342.50–357.50	1,943	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	604	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,099	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,488	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	374.56/cwt	367.50–380.00	1,996	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	377.57/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,767	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,665	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	405.36/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,962	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	389.64/cwt	387.50–395.00	2,225	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	403	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,672	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,969	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	374.21/cwt	362.50–385.00	2,500	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	390.43/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,054	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,100	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	392.42/cwt	377.50–397.50	1,817	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	390	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	417.39/cwt	402.50–422.50	1,607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	376.08/cwt	370.00–382.50	1,662	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	413.93/cwt	410.00–417.50	1,660	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	442.59/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,292	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	350.59/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,160	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,983	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,437	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,178	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	164.45/cwt	162.00–167.00	2,565	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	153.50/cwt	153.00–154.00	2,233	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	156.50/cwt	149.00–164.00	1,994	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	127.20/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,207	4
Bulls	—	—	1,985	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	3,950	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	139.58/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,422	12
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	730	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,062	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	300–350	305	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,129	1
Bulls	—	—	1,220	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,184	1
Bulls	—	—	1,591	188.92/cwt	184.00–195.00	3,006	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	148.13/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,544	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,093	1
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	487	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,887	2
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	580	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,016	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	250–300	290	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,088	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	525	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,667	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	577	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,904	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	350	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	390	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,414	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	520	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Large 2	400–450	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	1
Steers	Large 2	450–500	475	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,734	1
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	452	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,379	2
Steers	Large 2	600–650	610	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	322	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,610	2
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	700–750	700	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,855	1
Steers	Large 2	750–800	760	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,204	1
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	618	311.24/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,923	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	473	349.36/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,652	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,186	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	324.94/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,349	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,012	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	283.83/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,740	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	357.83/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,324	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	375.01/cwt	372.50–377.50	1,774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	345.00/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,708	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 Oct 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 306Last week 467Year ago 600

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 47Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 11Year ago 25

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Weaned, preconditioned feeders still bringing premiums. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	325.00	325.00
3	400–450	415	315.00–330.00	324.94
1	450–500	485	320.00	320.00
4	500–550	514	332.50–340.00	338.06
1	550–600	585	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	600	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	690	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	340.00–370.00	357.83
7	400–450	414	350.00–357.50	355.06
2	450–500	495	340.00–350.00	345.00
10	500–550	519	350.00–362.50	354.47
9	550–600	562	342.50–357.50	345.80
2	600–650	642	327.50	327.50
1	650–700	675	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	710	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	795	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	385	402.50–422.50	417.39
7	400–450	442	370.00–382.50	376.08
8	450–500	463	377.50–397.50	392.42
6	500–550	533	367.50–380.00	374.56
3	550–600	567	367.50–370.00	368.34
13	600–650	616	340.00–360.00	350.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	403	415.00	415.00
5	450–500	465	405.00	405.00
6	500–550	525	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	375.00	375.00
1	300–350	305	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	390	362.50	362.50
1	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	473	345.00–357.50	349.36
1	500–550	520	345.00	345.00
2	550–600	577	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	452	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	292	420.00–450.00	442.59
1	300–350	340	422.50	422.50
7	400–450	401	410.00–417.50	413.93
2	450–500	475	417.50	417.50
3	500–550	500	385.00	385.00
2	600–650	620	317.50	317.50
1	700–750	720	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	468	375.00–380.00	377.57
6	550–600	583	320.00–322.50	320.80
1	650–700	670	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	810	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	325.00	325.00
3	500–550	525	317.50	317.50
1	700–750	730	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	613	280.00–287.50	283.83
1	650–700	670	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	472	452.50	452.50
1	600–650	615	402.50	402.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	372.50–377.50	375.01
1	500–550	540	350.00	350.00
7	600–650	604	347.50	347.50
1	650–700	665	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	366	455.00	455.00
26	450–500	484	400.00–420.00	405.36
13	500–550	526	380.00–400.00	390.43
8	550–600	571	387.50–395.00	389.64
3	600–650	642	387.50	387.50
5	650–700	668	362.50–385.00	374.21
1	700–750	720	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	322	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	390	467.50	467.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	487	387.50	387.50
1	550–600	580	347.50	347.50
2	600–650	618	310.00–312.50	311.24
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	610	302.50	302.50
1	750–800	760	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	332.50	332.50

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,461	2,200.00–3,025.00	2,531.65
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,410	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,375	2,550.00	2,550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	162.00–167.00	164.45
2	—	1,455	153.00–154.00	153.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,274	149.00–164.00	156.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	949	124.00–129.00	127.20
12	—	1,019	134.00–144.00	139.58
6	—	1,042	146.00–150.00	148.13
1	—	985	111.00	111.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,985	199.00	199.00
1	—	1,220	179.00	179.00
6	—	1,591	184.00–195.00	188.92

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle