Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Weaned preconditioned feeders still bringing large premiums. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Good demand for all slaughter and feeder classes.

calves

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $416.40/cwt on 47 head, down $16.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 32 comparable sales and sits +6.76 against this barn's trailing median of $409.64.

Average price

$416.40

▼ 16.52 vs prior sale

47 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,259

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$50.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.29

vs KY average

−14.01 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	426.22	2,335	22
Medium and Large 2	534	417.97	2,232	19thin
Medium and Large 2-3	549	375.40	2,061	6thin

One grade step is worth $50.82/cwt here — about $275 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

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 sale47 hd

416.40

—

KY average26 barns · 1,652 hd

410.11

+6.29

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−14.01

This barn, trailing median32 sales

409.64

+6.76

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	1,774	197.65	3,507	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,715	205.00	3,516	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,299	176.27	2,290	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,460	170.04	2,483	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,014	139.66	1,416	20

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,025	$1,700	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,088	$2,398	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	955	$1,863	3thin

Every lot, as filed

110 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 1-2Value Added	600–650	614	389.57/cwt	382.50–397.50	2,392	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	441.66/cwt	427.50–445.00	2,760	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	488.48/cwt	480.00–492.50	2,340	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	719	386.16/cwt	377.50–395.00	2,776	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	469.92/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,843	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,554	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	490	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,874	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	526	442.43/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,327	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	650	386.25/cwt	385.00–387.50	2,511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	801	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,691	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	714	352.49/cwt	350.00–354.00	2,517	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	473.97/cwt	465.00–482.50	1,981	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	400	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	308	692.56/cwt	690.00–695.00	2,133	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	330.03/cwt	327.50–332.50	2,386	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	390	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	335.01/cwt	322.50–338.00	2,573	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	415.12/cwt	397.50–420.00	2,325	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	504.50/cwt	490.00–522.50	2,346	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	410	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,101	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	488.05/cwt	477.50–497.50	1,825	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	468.91/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,166	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	650	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	507.46/cwt	500.00–512.50	1,654	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	483	370.26/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	556.50/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	468.21/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,482	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	631.71/cwt	620.00–645.00	1,756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	529.79/cwt	510.00–542.50	2,268	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,200	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	513.76/cwt	502.50–517.50	2,435	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	400.03/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,720	15
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	760	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	504.56/cwt	480.00–512.50	2,634	4
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	655	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	462.02/cwt	460.00–472.50	2,620	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	559.28/cwt	547.50–585.00	2,075	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	1,930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	884	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,076	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	334.95/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,773	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	776	384.28/cwt	377.50–385.20	2,982	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	837	353.94/cwt	351.75–367.50	2,962	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,022	3
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	590	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	590.90/cwt	580.00–600.00	1,643	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	548.83/cwt	545.00–552.50	1,828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	500	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	290	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,856	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	168.53/cwt	167.00–170.00	1,963	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	179.45/cwt	174.00–185.00	2,406	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	921	133.37/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,228	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	155.90/cwt	153.00–163.00	1,713	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	117.47/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,114	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	171.38/cwt	169.00–175.00	2,451	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	144.32/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,507	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,832	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,715	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	3,516	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,573	1
Bulls	—	—	2,042	216.56/cwt	212.00–226.00	4,422	3
Bulls	—	—	1,535	168.49/cwt	163.00–173.00	2,586	2
Bulls	—	—	1,693	198.04/cwt	191.00–203.00	3,353	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	2,398.28/head	2,350.00–2,450.00	2,398	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	1,862.61/head	1,625.00–2,100.00	1,863	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	440.52/cwt	435.00–447.50	2,269	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	285.00/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	414.96/cwt	412.50–417.50	2,170	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,445	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,079	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	514.85/cwt	502.50–527.50	2,111	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	550.50/cwt	540.00–565.00	1,960	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	277	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,184	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	576	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	262	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,303	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	311.22/cwt	310.00–312.50	2,552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	426.33/cwt	420.00–432.50	1,769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,797	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	463.96/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,352	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	449.98/cwt	442.50–457.50	2,133	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	377	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	426.63/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,231	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	478.74/cwt	472.50–482.50	1,752	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	385.50/cwt	380.00–392.50	2,217	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	260	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	1,476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	336.70/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,246	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	522	400.80/cwt	400.00–402.50	2,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	435.77/cwt	432.50–437.50	2,061	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,308	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	511.23/cwt	510.00–512.50	2,382	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	525.32/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,460	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	300–350	311	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,142	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	635	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,048	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	512.09/cwt	500.00–522.50	2,002	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 Feb 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 604Last week 765Year ago 930

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 77Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 21Year ago 40

calves

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	512.50	512.50
7	450–500	465	490.00–522.50	504.50
56	600–650	614	382.50–397.50	389.57
4	650–700	650	385.00–387.50	386.25
19	700–750	714	350.00–354.00	352.49
15	800–850	801	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	311	480.00	480.00
1	350–400	390	487.50	487.50
1	450–500	490	382.50	382.50
1	600–650	635	322.50	322.50
1	650–700	650	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	570.00	570.00
2	250–300	278	520.00–530.00	525.32
5	300–350	326	500.00–512.50	507.46
9	350–400	374	477.50–497.50	488.05
16	400–450	418	465.00–482.50	473.97
9	450–500	462	460.00–480.00	468.91
5	500–550	507	460.00–470.00	463.96
17	550–600	560	397.50–420.00	415.12
1	600–650	630	340.00	340.00
3	650–700	667	330.00–345.00	336.70
2	700–750	723	327.50–332.50	330.03
7	750–800	768	322.50–338.00	335.01
2	800–850	820	310.00–312.50	311.22
4	950–1000	990	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	262	497.50	497.50
1	300–350	335	480.00	480.00
4	350–400	366	472.50–482.50	478.74
1	400–450	435	460.00	460.00
9	450–500	474	442.50–457.50	449.98
15	500–550	523	415.00–435.00	426.63
4	550–600	575	380.00–392.50	385.50
1	650–700	670	327.50	327.50
1	750–800	765	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	805	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	360.00–380.00	370.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	420.00	420.00
2	350–400	377	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	415	420.00–432.50	426.33
3	450–500	473	432.50–437.50	435.77
3	500–550	522	400.00–402.50	400.80
3	550–600	576	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	567.50	567.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	200	600.00	600.00
2	250–300	278	620.00–645.00	631.71
1	300–350	310	622.50	622.50
3	350–400	371	547.50–585.00	559.28
3	400–450	428	510.00–542.50	529.79
10	450–500	474	502.50–517.50	513.76
4	500–550	522	480.00–512.50	504.56
6	550–600	567	460.00–472.50	462.02
14	600–650	625	427.50–445.00	441.66
15	650–700	680	390.00–417.50	400.03
4	800–850	828	330.00–342.50	334.95
3	850–900	876	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	550.00–560.00	556.50
1	350–400	350	510.00	510.00
1	400–450	405	500.00	500.00
5	450–500	479	480.00–492.50	488.48
3	500–550	530	455.00–475.00	468.21
1	600–650	610	410.00	410.00
1	650–700	690	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	605	460.00–475.00	469.92
8	700–750	719	377.50–395.00	386.16
83	750–800	776	377.50–385.20	384.28
42	800–850	837	351.75–367.50	353.94
10	850–900	884	348.00	348.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	526	440.00–450.00	442.43
1	650–700	695	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	690.00–695.00	692.56
1	400–450	400	560.00	560.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	412.50	412.50
1	650–700	655	397.50	397.50
2	750–800	760	341.00	341.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	570.00	570.00
6	250–300	278	580.00–600.00	590.90
2	300–350	333	545.00–552.50	548.83
4	350–400	356	540.00–565.00	550.50
2	400–450	410	502.50–527.50	514.85
4	450–500	466	510.00–512.50	511.23
4	500–550	515	435.00–447.50	440.52
1	550–600	595	397.50	397.50
1	600–650	635	387.50	387.50
2	850–900	895	280.00–290.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	640.00	640.00
1	500–550	500	472.50	472.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	277	560.00	560.00
1	300–350	340	510.00	510.00
6	350–400	391	500.00–522.50	512.09
1	400–450	440	472.50	472.50
1	450–500	480	455.00	455.00
3	600–650	628	367.50	367.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	535.00	535.00
2	500–550	523	412.50–417.50	414.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	167.00–170.00	168.53
10	—	1,341	174.00–185.00	179.45
1	—	1,145	160.00	160.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	921	130.00–136.00	133.37
5	—	1,099	153.00–163.00	155.90
4	—	948	115.00–120.00	117.47
7	—	1,044	140.00–150.00	144.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,430	169.00–175.00	171.38
1	—	1,550	166.00	166.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,715	205.00	205.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,042	212.00–226.00	216.56
2	—	1,535	163.00–173.00	168.49
4	—	1,693	191.00–203.00	198.04

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,088	2,350.00–2,450.00	2,398.28
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	955	1,625.00–2,100.00	1,862.61
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	1,700.00	1,700.00

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Albany Livestock Auction

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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

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