Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600lbs sold mostly steady with feeder steers over 600lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady with the exception of the weaned preconditioned packages they sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady on a lighter test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.54/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −71.09 against this barn's trailing median of $409.64.

Average price

$338.54

58 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,862

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$54.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.39

vs KY average

−25.42 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	349.10	1,913	42
Medium and Large 2	552	314.68	1,738	12thin
Large 1-2	567	300.72	1,705	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	560	295.00	1,652	1thin

One grade step is worth $54.10/cwt here — about $261 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale58 hd

338.54

—

KY average24 barns · 1,480 hd

330.15

+8.39

National average183 barns · 20,348 hd

363.96

−25.42

This barn, trailing median32 sales

409.64

−71.09

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	1,670	186.23	3,111	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,494	158.08	2,362	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	143.31	1,878	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,021	124.67	1,273	17

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)	1,385	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,235	$2,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,490	$2,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

108 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	550–600	560	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,652	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	261.22/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	342.11/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,627	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	395.91/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,318	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	332.99/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,951	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	730	354.38/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,587	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	345.25/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,158	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	328.62/cwt	320.00–333.00	2,067	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	349.53/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,363	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,257	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	511	360.45/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,842	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	358.35/cwt	352.50–367.50	2,035	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,726	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	677	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,430	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	362.47/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,236	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	511	410.64/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,098	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	701	315.31/cwt	314.00–317.50	2,210	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	423.67/cwt	417.50–427.50	1,970	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	356.59/cwt	355.00–357.50	2,058	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	326.32/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	286.96/cwt	282.50–300.00	1,814	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	760	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,736	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	816	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,774	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	924	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,772	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	382.62/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,810	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	348.74/cwt	337.50–357.50	1,503	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	775	312.62/cwt	310.00–319.00	2,423	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	337.32/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,757	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	296.69/cwt	285.00–302.50	2,190	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	388.39/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,410	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	375.30/cwt	367.50–385.00	1,982	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	301.42/cwt	295.00–302.50	2,053	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	368.50/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,666	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,030	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,421	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	269.18/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,336	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	327.39/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	374.88/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,574	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	397.70/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,125	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,228	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,214	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	319.15/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,963	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	412.52/cwt	407.50–415.00	1,621	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	400	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	342.02/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,782	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	371.54/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,769	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	411.39/cwt	407.50–415.00	1,707	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	879	101.74/cwt	92.00–110.00	894	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	117.12/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,239	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	144.04/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,567	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	144.47/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,784	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,480	131.83/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,951	2
Bulls	—	—	1,627	184.64/cwt	183.00–186.00	3,004	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	300–350	325	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	567	300.72/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,705	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	135.30/cwt	129.00–138.00	1,431	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	158.08/cwt	155.00–163.00	2,362	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	152.48/cwt	151.00–154.00	1,972	2
Bulls	—	—	1,800	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,438	1
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	616	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,094	4
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	690	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,174	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	375	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,369	1
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	730	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,263	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	485	334.29/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,621	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	770	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,752	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	480	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,248	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	435	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,468	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	555	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,707	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	695	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,807	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	455	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,411	1
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	490	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,507	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	412.66/cwt	405.00–427.50	1,312	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,490	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	414	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,884	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	290	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,233	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	344.38/cwt	344.00–345.00	2,101	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	292.84/cwt	282.50–300.00	1,854	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,824	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	301.65/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,027	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	307.47/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,338	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	308.61/cwt	300.00–317.50	2,401	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	305.02/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,772	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	340.89/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,626	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	279.19/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,862	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	265.00/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,868	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	356.33/cwt	345.00–362.50	1,878	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,233	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	672	257.54/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,731	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,223	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,266	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	321.58/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,711	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,887	1

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 Nov 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 451Last week 551Year ago 884

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 70Year ago 49

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 39Year ago 4

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	365	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	470	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	560	295.00	295.00
2	600–650	628	260.00–262.50	261.22
3	650–700	672	250.00–265.00	257.54
1	700–750	725	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	390.00–405.00	397.70
5	300–350	333	380.00–400.00	395.91
3	350–400	363	375.00–395.00	388.39
4	400–450	420	370.00–380.00	374.88
10	450–500	452	367.50–370.00	368.50
12	500–550	521	330.00–345.00	337.32
5	550–600	586	325.00–337.50	332.99
11	600–650	629	320.00–333.00	328.62
7	650–700	681	295.00–302.50	301.42
3	700–750	738	285.00–302.50	296.69
1	800–850	825	270.00	270.00
12	850–900	868	260.00–270.00	269.18
1	950–1000	975	247.50	247.50
2	1000–1050	1,030	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	511	355.00–367.50	360.45
16	550–600	577	355.00–357.50	356.59
8	600–650	610	344.00–345.00	344.38
8	700–750	701	314.00–317.50	315.31
20	750–800	775	310.00–319.00	312.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	362.50	362.50
2	350–400	377	355.00	355.00
5	400–450	431	337.50–357.50	348.74
3	450–500	477	337.50–345.00	340.89
7	500–550	532	305.00–327.50	321.58
5	550–600	581	300.00–310.00	305.02
5	600–650	633	282.50–300.00	292.84
3	650–700	667	275.00–285.00	279.19
3	700–750	705	260.00–275.00	265.00
3	750–800	760	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	365.00	365.00
3	450–500	485	322.50–340.00	334.29
3	550–600	567	292.50–315.00	300.72
1	750–800	770	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	465	417.50–427.50	423.67
8	500–550	528	367.50–385.00	375.30
21	550–600	568	352.50–367.50	358.35
8	600–650	625	340.00–357.50	345.25
6	650–700	676	340.00–355.00	349.53
1	700–750	710	342.50	342.50
7	750–800	768	340.00–347.50	342.11
12	850–900	852	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	465.00	465.00
4	500–550	511	390.00–417.50	410.64
1	550–600	575	392.50	392.50
10	600–650	617	360.00–367.50	362.47
14	650–700	677	359.00	359.00
17	700–750	730	350.00–355.00	354.38
4	750–800	760	360.00	360.00
6	800–850	816	340.00	340.00
11	900–950	924	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	397.50	397.50
3	450–500	473	377.50–385.00	382.62
16	500–550	527	345.00–362.50	356.33
1	550–600	555	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	620	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	672	300.00–305.00	301.65
4	700–750	708	320.00	320.00
2	750–800	778	300.00–317.50	308.61
3	800–850	835	295.00	295.00
2	850–900	885	305.00–310.00	307.47
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	616	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	690	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	730	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	337.50	337.50
1	450–500	480	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	555	307.50	307.50
1	650–700	695	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	287.50	287.50
1	700–750	725	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	392.50	392.50
2	500–550	510	322.50–330.00	326.32
4	600–650	632	282.50–300.00	286.96
1	650–700	660	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	405.00–427.50	412.66
3	350–400	393	407.50–415.00	412.52
2	400–450	415	407.50–415.00	411.39
6	450–500	476	365.00–382.50	371.54
6	500–550	521	340.00–347.50	342.02
2	550–600	568	322.50–332.50	327.39
3	600–650	615	312.50–325.00	319.15
1	700–750	720	305.00	305.00
1	800–850	805	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	414	455.00	455.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	540	302.50	302.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	879	92.00–110.00	101.74
4	—	1,058	110.00–120.00	117.12
3	—	1,088	140.00–152.00	144.04
6	—	1,058	129.00–138.00	135.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,235	140.00–148.00	144.47
2	—	1,480	125.00–137.00	131.83
2	—	1,293	151.00–154.00	152.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,494	155.00–163.00	158.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,627	183.00–186.00	184.64
1	—	1,800	191.00	191.00

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	—	1,385	2,200.00	2,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	2,150.00	2,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,490	2,600.00	2,600.00

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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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

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