Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Weaned, precondition feeders with favorable condition still bringing large premiums. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $445.65/cwt on 57 head, down $6.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 32 comparable sales and sits −6.89 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$445.65

▼ 6.20 vs prior sale

57 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,460

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$350

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

$78.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.40

vs KY average

−19.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	469.89	2,563	36
Large 1-2	540	437.50	2,363	2thin
Medium and Large 2	566	404.76	2,291	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	565	391.56	2,212	6thin

One grade step is worth $78.33/cwt here — about $350 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

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 sale57 hd

445.65

—

KY average24 barns · 1,251 hd

441.25

+4.40

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−19.68

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

−6.89

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	1,730	181.88	3,146	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,565	168.58	2,638	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,298	166.36	2,159	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,058	131.52	1,391	7thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,745	$3,325	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,320	$1,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

116 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	400–450	433	413.40/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	338.35/cwt	332.50–342.50	1,918	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	459.86/cwt	452.50–467.50	1,522	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	850–900	895	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,282	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	412.80/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,986	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	329.00/cwt	321.00–332.00	2,573	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	410.11/cwt	407.50–412.50	2,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,083	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,302	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	312.88/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,863	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	489.61/cwt	485.00–492.50	2,575	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,408	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	520	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,273	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	846	347.75/cwt	347.75–347.75	2,942	63
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	735	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,186	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	420	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	618	366.23/cwt	365.00–367.50	2,263	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	586	382.28/cwt	380.00–383.00	2,240	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	397.88/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,037	27
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	575	281.05/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	302.25/cwt	297.50–313.00	2,315	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	359.06/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,115	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,251	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	260	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,586	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	630	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,985	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	342.91/cwt	340.50–350.00	2,119	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,096	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	942	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	447.84/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,539	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	396.53/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,288	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	475.81/cwt	475.00–477.50	1,989	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	497.69/cwt	485.00–507.50	2,105	20
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	810	308.50/cwt	300.00–317.00	2,499	2
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	790	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,311	1
Steers	Large 2	800–850	815	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,201	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	381.52/cwt	377.50–386.00	2,537	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	327.67/cwt	325.00–328.00	2,697	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	381.03/cwt	336.00–395.00	2,397	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	739	358.35/cwt	355.25–373.00	2,648	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	412.37/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,524	21
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	505.23/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	867	349.10/cwt	349.10–349.10	3,027	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	756	365.79/cwt	350.00–366.00	2,765	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	481	497.00/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,391	5
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	540	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	456.90/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,175	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	521.30/cwt	505.00–532.50	1,929	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	914	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	3,021	58
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	570	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,081	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	250–300	285	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,140	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,415	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	412.59/cwt	400.00–422.50	2,158	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	456.84/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,120	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	172.97/cwt	164.00–185.00	2,690	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,424	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	150.55/cwt	148.00–154.00	1,600	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,153	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,155	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	118.98/cwt	117.50–120.00	1,297	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	170.94/cwt	165.00–178.00	2,190	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	159.50/cwt	153.00–163.00	2,110	4
Bulls	—	—	1,897	199.82/cwt	195.00–203.00	3,791	3
Bulls	—	—	1,738	181.60/cwt	177.00–187.00	3,156	6
Bulls	—	—	1,547	164.49/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,545	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,745	3,325.00/head	3,325.00–3,325.00	3,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	463.35/cwt	452.50–477.50	1,974	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	541.42/cwt	530.00–547.50	1,743	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	336.58/cwt	332.50–338.00	2,077	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	391.69/cwt	390.00–392.50	2,025	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,027	1
Bulls	Large 2-3	450–500	490	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	361.76/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,232	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	400–450	420	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	299.46/cwt	297.50–305.00	2,168	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	465.06/cwt	462.50–467.50	1,763	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	466	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,062	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,223	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	445.06/cwt	437.50–457.50	1,722	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,038	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	428.32/cwt	422.50–442.50	1,803	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	368.44/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,927	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	557	385.85/cwt	373.00–389.50	2,149	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	692	335.26/cwt	331.50–339.00	2,320	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,042	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	303.80/cwt	297.50–312.50	2,069	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	626	280.50/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,756	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	385.00/cwt	377.50–392.50	2,195	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	743	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	364.52/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	313.23/cwt	302.50–322.50	1,973	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	390.45/cwt	382.50–395.00	1,847	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,069	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	317.99/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,150	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	428.75/cwt	410.00–432.50	2,058	6

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 Jan 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,124Last week 914Year ago 330

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 88Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 8Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	432.50	432.50
1	350–400	395	425.00	425.00
3	400–450	433	410.00–415.00	413.40
10	450–500	473	382.50–395.00	390.45
1	500–550	540	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	567	332.50–342.50	338.35
3	600–650	630	302.50–322.50	313.23
9	650–700	681	297.50–312.50	303.80
1	700–750	715	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	825	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	455.00	455.00
5	300–350	331	452.50–467.50	459.86
10	350–400	387	437.50–457.50	445.06
25	400–450	421	422.50–442.50	428.32
34	450–500	481	405.00–420.00	412.80
11	500–550	523	360.00–375.00	368.44
46	550–600	589	350.00–370.00	359.06
8	600–650	618	340.50–350.00	342.91
1	650–700	650	322.50	322.50
1	700–750	705	310.00	310.00
11	750–800	766	297.50–313.00	302.25
1	800–850	815	292.50	292.50
12	850–900	863	279.00	279.00
2	900–950	942	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	382.50	382.50
1	600–650	630	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	735	290.00	290.00
1	850–900	895	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
4	450–500	480	350.00–370.00	364.52
5	600–650	626	280.00–282.50	280.50
1	650–700	660	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	743	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	297.50	297.50
2	550–600	575	270.00–292.50	281.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	466	442.50	442.50
27	500–550	512	392.50–400.00	397.88
27	550–600	557	373.00–389.50	385.85
14	600–650	621	358.00	358.00
81	650–700	692	331.50–339.00	335.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	485.00	485.00
2	300–350	320	500.00–510.00	505.23
3	350–400	370	505.00–532.50	521.30
20	400–450	423	485.00–507.50	497.69
9	450–500	476	440.00–465.00	456.90
19	500–550	526	485.00–492.50	489.61
17	550–600	567	440.00–470.00	447.84
62	600–650	629	336.00–395.00	381.03
10	650–700	665	377.50–386.00	381.52
1	700–750	720	340.00	340.00
9	750–800	782	321.00–332.00	329.00
9	800–850	823	325.00–328.00	327.67
4	900–950	915	300.00–320.00	312.88
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	407.50–412.50	410.11
4	550–600	586	380.00–383.00	382.28
2	600–650	618	365.00–367.50	366.23
1	650–700	670	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	785	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	475.00–477.50	475.81
2	450–500	490	425.00	425.00
2	500–550	505	450.00	450.00
11	550–600	577	390.00–410.00	396.53
2	650–700	672	342.50	342.50
1	700–750	720	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	481	495.00–500.00	497.00
21	600–650	612	405.00–415.00	412.37
57	700–750	739	355.25–373.00	358.35
76	750–800	756	350.00–366.00	365.79
63	800–850	846	347.75	347.75
132	850–900	867	349.10	349.10
58	900–950	914	330.50	330.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	610.00	610.00
1	400–450	415	542.50	542.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	437.50	437.50
1	750–800	790	292.50	292.50
2	800–850	810	300.00–317.00	308.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	815	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	570	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	420	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	525.00	525.00
3	300–350	322	530.00–547.50	541.42
4	350–400	379	462.50–467.50	465.06
4	400–450	426	452.50–477.50	463.35
8	450–500	464	455.00–470.00	456.84
13	500–550	523	400.00–422.50	412.59
2	550–600	570	377.50–392.50	385.00
3	600–650	617	355.00–365.00	361.76
2	650–700	685	352.50	352.50
5	700–750	724	297.50–305.00	299.46
1	750–800	765	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	452.50	452.50
1	350–400	370	435.00	435.00
1	400–450	420	412.50	412.50
6	450–500	480	410.00–432.50	428.75
3	500–550	517	390.00–392.50	391.69
1	550–600	575	352.50	352.50
4	600–650	617	332.50–338.00	336.58
4	650–700	676	310.00–330.00	317.99
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	327.50	327.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	332.50	332.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,555	164.00–185.00	172.97
1	—	1,605	151.00	151.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,063	148.00–154.00	150.55
1	—	880	131.00	131.00
1	—	1,155	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,090	117.50–120.00	118.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,281	165.00–178.00	170.94
4	—	1,323	153.00–163.00	159.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,897	195.00–203.00	199.82
6	—	1,738	177.00–187.00	181.60
3	—	1,547	160.00–170.00	164.49

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Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,320	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,745	3,325.00	3,325.00

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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