Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 8.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550lbs sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher with feeder heifers over 550lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Good quality offering of weaned preconditioned feeders in todays sale. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $413.22/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 4 of 32 comparable sales and sits −39.32 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$413.22

54 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,304

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$344

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

$76.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.12

vs KY average

−17.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	416.54	2,316	51
Medium and Large 2	585	365.00	2,135	2thin
Medium 1-2	580	340.00	1,972	1thin

One grade step is worth $76.54/cwt here — about $344 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale54 hd

413.22

—

KY average26 barns · 1,371 hd

395.10

+18.12

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−17.41

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

−39.32

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	1,702	182.69	3,110	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,559	153.69	2,396	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,278	150.67	1,926	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,095	116.71	1,278	9thin

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)	1,338	$2,614	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,330	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,065	$1,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

114 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	400–450	435	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	330.90/cwt	327.50–332.50	2,588	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	357.02/cwt	352.50–357.50	2,446	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,319	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	349.97/cwt	347.50–352.50	2,219	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	663	307.59/cwt	302.50–312.50	2,039	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,135	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	750	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,269	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	590	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,741	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	390	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,853	3
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	790	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,410	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	589	412.41/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,429	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	733	305.75/cwt	302.50–310.00	2,241	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	652	335.87/cwt	327.50–338.00	2,190	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	291	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,157	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	352.52/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,023	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	384.31/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,968	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	850	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,147	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,201	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,073	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	675	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	488	406.87/cwt	405.00–408.00	1,986	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	337.68/cwt	332.50–342.50	2,094	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	336.86/cwt	336.00–340.00	1,819	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	327.48/cwt	322.50–332.50	2,204	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	433.33/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,712	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	436	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	437.31/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,138	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	333.14/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	286.56/cwt	282.50–295.00	2,794	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	1
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	940	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,609	1
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	409.72/cwt	407.50–430.00	2,180	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	379.53/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,368	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	580	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	382.45/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,226	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	298	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,460	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	810	332.20/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,691	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	909	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,995	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	675	363.02/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,450	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	420	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,308	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	729	351.69/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,564	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	405.18/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,484	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	482	461.31/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,224	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,137	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	800–850	840	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,268	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	695	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,929	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	470	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,868	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	417	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,856	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	102.54/cwt	92.50–111.00	997	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,223	114.75/cwt	113.00–116.00	1,403	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,547	151.86/cwt	146.00–156.00	2,349	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,621	164.47/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,666	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,683	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	157.17/cwt	152.00–160.00	1,957	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	129.28/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,426	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	146.05/cwt	142.00–151.00	1,950	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,491	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	134.89/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,960	2
Bulls	—	—	1,564	182.89/cwt	179.00–187.00	2,860	4
Bulls	—	—	1,423	164.89/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,346	2
Bulls	—	—	2,258	200.07/cwt	196.00–204.00	4,518	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	2,614.07/head	2,425.00–2,775.00	2,614	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	284.80/cwt	270.00–292.50	2,039	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	940	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,857	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	410	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	406.64/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,716	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,209	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,331	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	390.13/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,642	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	375.00/cwt	367.50–382.50	1,706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,296	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	630	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	317.67/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,966	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	287.45/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	369.49/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,341	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	300.84/cwt	292.50–305.00	1,868	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	282.49/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	354.99/cwt	352.50–357.50	1,715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	311.24/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,836	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	510	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	339.20/cwt	327.50–345.00	2,001	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,862	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,004	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	378.35/cwt	375.00–382.50	1,638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,838	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	350.74/cwt	345.00–367.50	1,827	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	460	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,633	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 Dec 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 599Last week 329Year ago 675

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 50Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 12Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	298	490.00	490.00
3	350–400	395	420.00–440.00	433.33
1	400–450	435	470.00	470.00
20	450–500	489	425.00–445.00	437.31
15	500–550	532	407.50–430.00	409.72
5	550–600	582	375.00–390.00	382.45
4	600–650	624	365.00–385.00	379.53
10	650–700	685	352.50–357.50	357.02
4	700–750	730	320.00–340.00	333.14
14	750–800	782	327.50–332.50	330.90
3	950–1000	975	282.50–295.00	286.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	416	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	470	392.50	392.50
2	550–600	585	365.00	365.00
4	600–650	634	347.50–352.50	349.97
2	650–700	673	322.50–332.50	327.48
2	700–750	742	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	630	305.00	305.00
2	650–700	663	302.50–312.50	307.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	475.00	475.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	790	305.00	305.00
1	900–950	940	277.50	277.50
1	1000–1050	1,020	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	505.00	505.00
14	450–500	482	455.00–465.00	461.31
10	500–550	510	452.50	452.50
21	550–600	589	407.50–420.00	412.41
24	600–650	613	395.00–410.00	405.18
29	650–700	675	360.00–377.50	363.02
27	700–750	729	350.00–355.00	351.69
10	800–850	810	325.00–340.00	332.20
66	900–950	909	329.50	329.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	436	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	480	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	580	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	488	405.00–408.00	406.87
14	500–550	512	370.00–395.00	384.31
11	550–600	574	350.00–357.50	352.52
28	600–650	620	332.50–342.50	337.68
15	650–700	652	327.50–338.00	335.87
14	700–750	733	302.50–310.00	305.75
10	750–800	750	302.50	302.50
2	850–900	850	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	510	332.50	332.50
1	550–600	590	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	630	282.50	282.50
1	650–700	675	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	291	397.50	397.50
1	300–350	310	387.50	387.50
5	400–450	421	375.00–395.00	390.13
2	450–500	455	367.50–382.50	375.00
10	500–550	521	345.00–367.50	350.74
11	550–600	590	327.50–345.00	339.20
5	600–650	619	310.00–325.00	317.67
4	650–700	691	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	760	282.50	282.50
2	800–850	820	280.00	280.00
1	850–900	850	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	360.00	360.00
1	300–350	305	350.00	350.00
4	350–400	363	367.50–375.00	369.49
3	400–450	428	360.00	360.00
2	450–500	483	352.50–357.50	354.99
11	500–550	540	336.00–340.00	336.86
2	550–600	590	310.00–312.50	311.24
3	600–650	621	292.50–305.00	300.84
1	650–700	665	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	740	252.50	252.50
1	850–900	850	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	485	332.50	332.50
2	500–550	528	280.00–285.00	282.49
3	550–600	577	280.00–292.50	287.45
2	750–800	790	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	465.00	465.00
2	350–400	387	475.00	475.00
3	400–450	422	405.00–410.00	406.64
3	450–500	483	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	505	360.00	360.00
3	550–600	566	377.50	377.50
1	600–650	600	322.50	322.50
3	700–750	716	270.00–292.50	284.80
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	390.00	390.00
1	450–500	470	397.50	397.50
1	650–700	695	277.50	277.50
1	800–850	840	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	417	445.00	445.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	375.00–382.50	378.35
1	500–550	545	335.00	335.00
1	900–950	940	197.50	197.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	595	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	630	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	675	255.00	255.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	972	92.50–111.00	102.54
3	—	1,223	113.00–116.00	114.75
2	—	1,103	127.00–132.00	129.28
1	—	1,065	140.00	140.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,547	146.00–156.00	151.86
4	—	1,621	160.00–170.00	164.47
2	—	1,453	130.00–140.00	134.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	132.00	132.00
5	—	1,245	152.00–160.00	157.17
3	—	1,335	142.00–151.00	146.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,564	179.00–187.00	182.89
2	—	1,423	160.00–169.00	164.89
2	—	2,258	196.00–204.00	200.07

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)	2	—	1,338	2,425.00–2,775.00	2,614.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,330	2,250.00	2,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,700.00	1,700.00

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

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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

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