Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher with feeder steers over 550lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with feeder heifers over 600lbs mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $357.45/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −52.19 against this barn's trailing median of $409.64.

Average price

$357.45

25 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$58.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.85

vs KY average

−32.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	376.00	1,988	14thin
Medium and Large 2	534	347.52	1,856	5thin
Large 1-2	525	345.00	1,811	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	563	317.92	1,790	5thin

One grade step is worth $58.08/cwt here — about $198 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 sale25 hd

357.45

—

KY average26 barns · 1,122 hd

350.59

+6.85

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−32.46

This barn, trailing median32 sales

409.64

−52.19

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	—	Average	1,923	186.50	3,585	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,618	165.30	2,675	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,291	150.79	1,946	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,180	135.03	1,593	4thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,235	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,323	$2,064	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,330	$1,875	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	450–500	478	359.99/cwt	355.00–362.50	1,721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	418.63/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,524	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,404	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	460	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	422.67/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,365	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,999	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	652	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,168	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	402.62/cwt	392.50–407.50	1,727	4
Heifers	Large 2	700–750	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	525	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	417.56/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,017	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	402	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,209	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,976	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	379.94/cwt	370.00–397.50	2,416	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	385.66/cwt	380.00–387.50	2,237	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	360.89/cwt	357.50–367.50	2,284	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,939	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	351.24/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,942	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	345.82/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,230	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	366.86/cwt	357.50–368.00	2,506	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	332.73/cwt	332.00–335.00	2,602	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,422	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	421	507.02/cwt	502.50–520.00	2,135	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	638	322.53/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,058	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	345.03/cwt	342.50–347.50	2,477	2
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	625	358.84/cwt	355.00–362.50	2,243	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,272	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	424.96/cwt	422.50–430.00	2,231	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	708	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,513	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	350.62/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,044	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	253	457.43/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,157	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	308.73/cwt	302.50–315.00	2,109	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	452.31/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,161	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,433	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	157.31/cwt	153.00–164.00	2,018	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,985	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	140.55/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,673	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,598	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,618	165.30/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,675	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,694	1
Bulls	—	—	1,850	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	3,349	1
Bulls	—	—	1,995	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,830	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,323	2,064.41/head	1,950.00–2,175.00	2,064	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	357	461.53/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,648	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	420.51/cwt	420.00–422.50	1,606	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,983	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,966	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	700–750	715	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	426.90/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,742	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	212	456.61/cwt	450.00–470.00	968	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	396.70/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,085	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	820	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	750	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,318	16
Bulls	Large 1-2	800–850	830	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,070	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,127	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	583	308.20/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,797	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	351.90/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,847	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	533	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,214	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	402.63/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,127	2
Heifers	Large 2	300–350	325	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	269.90/cwt	265.00–275.00	2,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,994	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	310.43/cwt	305.00–312.50	2,105	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	393.07/cwt	385.00–397.50	1,816	10

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 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 256Last week 599Year ago 737

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 35Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	425	352.50	352.50
3	450–500	478	355.00–362.50	359.99
4	500–550	525	350.00–355.00	351.90
1	550–600	570	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	615	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	725	275.00	275.00
2	750–800	770	265.00–275.00	269.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	395.00–410.00	402.63
2	300–350	323	415.00–430.00	422.67
7	350–400	364	400.00–430.00	418.63
4	400–450	429	392.50–407.50	402.62
10	450–500	462	385.00–397.50	393.07
3	500–550	545	362.50	362.50
2	550–600	553	350.00–352.50	351.24
2	600–650	627	332.50	332.50
12	650–700	678	305.00–312.50	310.43
1	700–750	715	297.50	297.50
1	800–850	820	270.00	270.00
1	850–900	865	267.50	267.50
1	1050–1100	1,070	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	533	332.50	332.50
3	550–600	583	300.00–315.00	308.20
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	377.50	377.50
1	500–550	525	345.00	345.00
1	800–850	820	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	518	386.00	386.00
6	650–700	652	332.50	332.50
16	750–800	750	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	700	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	402	422.50	422.50
2	450–500	483	415.00–420.00	417.56
1	500–550	500	402.50	402.50
1	550–600	550	352.50	352.50
3	600–650	633	357.50–367.50	360.89
3	650–700	690	345.00–347.50	345.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	317.50	317.50
4	600–650	638	310.00–330.00	322.53
1	650–700	685	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	480.00	480.00
1	400–450	425	467.50	467.50
1	450–500	490	455.00	455.00
4	500–550	525	422.50–430.00	424.96
4	550–600	580	380.00–387.50	385.66
8	600–650	636	370.00–397.50	379.94
9	650–700	683	357.50–368.00	366.86
2	700–750	718	342.50–347.50	345.03
8	750–800	782	332.00–335.00	332.73
1	800–850	820	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	540.00	540.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	502.50–520.00	507.02
2	500–550	535	452.50	452.50
5	550–600	560	432.50	432.50
4	700–750	708	355.00	355.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	625	355.00–362.50	358.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	212	450.00–470.00	456.61
2	250–300	253	450.00–465.00	457.43
2	300–350	330	440.00–465.00	452.31
5	350–400	357	450.00–470.00	461.53
4	400–450	408	420.00–435.00	426.90
2	450–500	468	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	535	390.00–400.00	396.70
4	550–600	583	350.00–352.50	350.62
2	600–650	615	322.50	322.50
2	650–700	683	302.50–315.00	308.73
1	750–800	750	295.00	295.00
1	1000–1050	1,010	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	502.50	502.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	420.00	420.00
5	350–400	382	420.00–422.50	420.51
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	217.50	217.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	123.00	123.00
2	—	1,190	140.00–141.00	140.55
1	—	1,175	136.00	136.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,283	153.00–164.00	157.31
1	—	1,350	147.00	147.00
1	—	1,255	135.00	135.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,618	160.00–172.00	165.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	181.00	181.00
1	—	1,995	192.00	192.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,235	2,750.00	2,750.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,323	1,950.00–2,175.00	2,064.41
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,330	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	2,200.00	2,200.00

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle