Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $476.03/cwt on 13 head, up $21.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 32 comparable sales and sits +23.49 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$476.03

▲ 21.57 vs prior sale

13 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$38.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.58

vs KY average

+3.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	487.91	2,705	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	544	449.28	2,444	4thin

One grade step is worth $38.63/cwt here — about $261 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale13 hd

476.03

—

KY average25 barns · 843 hd

479.61

−3.58

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+3.91

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

+23.49

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	1,750	215.23	3,767	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,875	183.00	3,431	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,226	163.73	2,007	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	958	138.71	1,329	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,340	$3,800	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,253	$3,755	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,113	$2,700	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,505	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	977	$2,139	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$1,925	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,435	$5,375	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,500	$4,725	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,198	$4,613	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,273	$3,513	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,203	$3,267	3thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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 2-3	1000–1050	1,015	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	735	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,837	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	460.95/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,125	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,356	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	384.11/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,201	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	638	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,482	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	488	416.73/cwt	377.50–437.50	2,034	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	426.91/cwt	412.50–432.50	2,211	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	372	429.70/cwt	417.50–450.00	1,598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	885	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	955	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,961	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	439.54/cwt	360.00–470.00	1,903	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	458.48/cwt	457.00–460.00	2,650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	440.09/cwt	422.50–457.00	2,244	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	374.82/cwt	367.50–378.00	2,365	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,993	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	464.65/cwt	420.00–487.50	2,221	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,978	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	515.67/cwt	510.00–522.50	2,233	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	473.87/cwt	447.50–497.50	2,677	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	369.17/cwt	360.00–387.50	2,363	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	504.09/cwt	490.00–517.50	2,445	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	683	382.45/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	428	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,343	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	452.98/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,799	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	505.46/cwt	500.00–522.50	2,735	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	466	523.19/cwt	522.50–527.50	2,438	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	512.74/cwt	502.50–522.50	2,154	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	489	466.05/cwt	450.00–472.00	2,279	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,520	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	515.00/cwt	505.00–525.00	1,391	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	570.28/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,967	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	280	614.46/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,720	2
Bulls	—	—	1,823	216.79/cwt	210.00–222.00	3,952	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	138.71/cwt	130.00–149.00	1,329	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,875	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	3,431	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	148.57/cwt	144.00–153.00	1,701	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	187.21/cwt	183.00–192.00	2,621	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	163.24/cwt	158.00–169.00	1,943	3
Bulls	—	—	1,460	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	3,051	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,545	5,350.00/head	5,350.00–5,350.00	5,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	3,025.00/head	3,025.00–3,025.00	3,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,115	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,253	3,755.04/head	3,500.00–3,975.00	3,755	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	888	2,120.77/head	1,625.00–2,625.00	2,121	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	955	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	5,400.00/head	5,400.00–5,400.00	5,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	4,700.00/head	4,700.00–4,700.00	4,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	4,725.00/head	4,725.00–4,725.00	4,725	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	4,800.00/head	4,800.00–4,800.00	4,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,200	3,725.00/head	3,725.00–3,725.00	3,725	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,195	4,750.00/head	4,750.00–4,750.00	4,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	4,200.00/head	4,200.00–4,200.00	4,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	361.25/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,529	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,282	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	434.81/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,261	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	780	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	460.30/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,717	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	481.09/cwt	465.00–510.00	2,030	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	432.49/cwt	420.00–437.50	2,482	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	507.63/cwt	492.50–530.00	1,980	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	479.74/cwt	427.00–495.00	2,212	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,465	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	338.73/cwt	337.50–340.00	2,127	2

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 Mar 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 200Last week 455Year ago 401

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 44Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 8Year ago 10

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	478	420.00–487.50	464.65
2	500–550	510	422.50–457.00	440.09
2	550–600	578	457.00–460.00	458.48
3	600–650	640	360.00–387.50	369.17
2	650–700	683	380.00–385.00	382.45
1	700–750	725	365.00	365.00
1	800–850	830	312.50	312.50
1	850–900	885	322.50	322.50
1	950–1000	955	310.00	310.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	547.50	547.50
7	450–500	466	522.50–527.50	523.19
5	600–650	618	445.00–455.00	452.98
9	700–750	735	386.00	386.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	565.00	565.00
1	350–400	350	570.00	570.00
4	400–450	433	510.00–522.50	515.67
8	450–500	485	490.00–517.50	504.09
4	500–550	541	500.00–522.50	505.46
5	550–600	565	447.50–497.50	473.87
1	600–650	600	415.00	415.00
1	650–700	655	385.00	385.00
1	900–950	935	318.50	318.50
1	950–1000	950	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	505.00	505.00
2	350–400	373	455.00–465.00	460.30
3	400–450	422	465.00–510.00	481.09
5	450–500	461	450.00–465.00	460.95
9	500–550	518	412.50–432.50	426.91
3	550–600	573	380.00–390.00	384.11
6	600–650	631	367.50–378.00	374.82
5	750–800	775	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	551	427.50	427.50
7	600–650	638	389.00	389.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	417.50–450.00	429.70
5	400–450	433	360.00–470.00	439.54
8	450–500	488	377.50–437.50	416.73
1	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	610	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	505.00–525.00	515.00
4	300–350	345	540.00–580.00	570.28
6	350–400	390	492.50–530.00	507.63
2	400–450	420	502.50–522.50	512.74
6	450–500	461	427.00–495.00	479.74
1	500–550	520	422.00	422.00
8	550–600	574	420.00–437.50	432.49
3	650–700	681	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	700	357.50–365.00	361.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	365.00	365.00
4	450–500	489	450.00–472.00	466.05
2	500–550	520	425.00–445.00	434.81
1	550–600	560	407.50	407.50
2	600–650	628	337.50–340.00	338.73
1	650–700	690	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	780	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	600.00–630.00	614.46

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,823	210.00–222.00	216.79
1	—	1,460	209.00	209.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	958	130.00–149.00	138.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,875	183.00	183.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,145	144.00–153.00	148.57
2	—	1,400	183.00–192.00	187.21
3	—	1,190	158.00–169.00	163.24

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,340	3,800.00	3,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,253	3,500.00–3,975.00	3,755.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,925.00	1,925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,505	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,155	2,175.00	2,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	888	1,625.00–2,625.00	2,120.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	2,800.00	2,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,345	3,300.00	3,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,545	5,350.00	5,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	3,025.00	3,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,325	5,400.00	5,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,390	4,700.00	4,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,500	4,725.00	4,725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	4,000.00	4,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,090	4,800.00	4,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	4,200.00	4,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	2,775.00	2,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	3,725.00	3,725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,195	4,750.00	4,750.00

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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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

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

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