Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and 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 $434.49/cwt on 43 head, up $13.96 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 32 comparable sales and sits −18.04 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$434.49

▲ 13.96 vs prior sale

43 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,469

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$702

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

$104.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.11

vs KY average

+32.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	571	444.81	2,538	36
Medium and Large 2	540	399.17	2,156	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	577	377.49	2,178	3thin
Medium 1-2	540	340.00	1,836	1thin

One grade step is worth $104.81/cwt here — about $702 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale43 hd

434.49

—

KY average22 barns · 616 hd

434.38

+0.11

National average152 barns · 6,242 hd

401.88

+32.61

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

−18.04

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	1,675	211.05	3,535	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,449	175.21	2,539	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	174.76	2,213	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,080	150.49	1,626	18

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,310	$3,050	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	992	$2,319	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	735	$1,726	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,090	$3,075	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	765	$1,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,189	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	3,075.00/head	3,075.00–3,075.00	3,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	358.78/cwt	352.50–362.50	2,364	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,127	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,055	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,240	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	364.22/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,901	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	377.49/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,178	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	401.33/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,866	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	506.24/cwt	502.50–510.00	2,121	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	442.95/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,291	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,105	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,936	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	446.22/cwt	440.00–452.50	2,561	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	357.50/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,895	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	395.71/cwt	380.00–402.50	1,935	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,021	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	358.70/cwt	350.00–367.50	2,633	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,586	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	390.50/cwt	382.50–402.50	2,476	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	478.48/cwt	470.00–482.50	2,034	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,329	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,880	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	400–450	440	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,551	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	250–300	272	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,034	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	355	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,367	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	540	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,836	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,779.00/head	2,275.00–3,175.00	2,779	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	470	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,868	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	605	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,042	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	685	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,004	1
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	750	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,419	1
Bulls	Large 2	450–500	480	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,040	1
Bulls	Large 2-3	450–500	480	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,896	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	445	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,058	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	455	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,104	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	2
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	490	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,070	1
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	488	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,806	2
Bulls	—	—	1,835	231.44/cwt	229.00–234.00	4,247	3
Bulls	—	—	1,435	180.47/cwt	173.00–189.00	2,590	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	163.18/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,805	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	138.70/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,381	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	130.48/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,296	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	568	369.99/cwt	367.50–372.50	2,102	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	181.01/cwt	179.00–184.00	2,688	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,362	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	152.34/cwt	148.00–158.00	1,737	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	176.11/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,212	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,214	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,282	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	765	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	735	1,725.51/head	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,726	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	450–500	490	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,286	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	475	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	475.45/cwt	470.00–485.00	1,559	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	501.58/cwt	497.50–505.00	1,841	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	325.21/cwt	310.00–337.50	2,338	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	421.36/cwt	412.50–432.50	1,955	10
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	725	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	360.74/cwt	355.00–367.50	2,280	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,278	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	369.69/cwt	360.00–382.50	2,255	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	517.44/cwt	515.00–520.00	1,723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	424.58/cwt	420.00–432.50	1,643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,801	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	428.74/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,517	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	359.32/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,080	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	413.13/cwt	400.00–422.50	1,810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	609	415.24/cwt	412.50–422.50	2,529	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	346.14/cwt	345.00–362.50	2,693	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	955	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	457	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,057	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	893	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,992	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	401.59/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,072	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,021	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	379.02/cwt	372.50–387.50	2,551	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	939	330.47/cwt	320.00–330.90	3,103	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	371.56/cwt	367.50–382.50	2,073	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	513.18/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	493.94/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,415	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,464	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	694	390.23/cwt	390.00–397.50	2,708	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	436.74/cwt	427.50–450.00	1,869	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	344.60/cwt	330.00–347.00	2,381	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	385.13/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,195	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	384.14/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,948	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 Aug 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 583Last week 463Year ago 531

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 32Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 9Year ago 13

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	527.50	527.50
1	450–500	475	512.50	512.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	445	422.50	422.50
2	450–500	480	440.00	440.00
2	500–550	530	355.00–360.00	357.50
1	550–600	590	342.50	342.50
1	600–650	620	345.00	345.00
1	950–1000	955	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	397.50	397.50
3	450–500	465	390.00–415.00	401.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	515.00–520.00	517.44
3	350–400	367	497.50–505.00	501.58
3	400–450	425	470.00–482.50	478.48
2	450–500	477	477.50	477.50
6	500–550	507	375.00–400.00	384.14
4	550–600	570	370.00–400.00	385.13
7	600–650	610	360.00–382.50	369.69
13	700–750	719	310.00–337.50	325.21
1	800–850	810	287.50	287.50
1	950–1000	980	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	272	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	440	352.50	352.50
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	425.00	425.00
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	462.50	462.50
1	450–500	455	462.50	462.50
1	500–550	520	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	568	367.50–372.50	369.99
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	500	397.50	397.50
2	550–600	560	400.00	400.00
4	650–700	659	352.50–362.50	358.78
1	800–850	845	312.50	312.50
1	850–900	890	295.00	295.00
1	1100–1150	1,105	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	577	375.00–380.00	377.49
1	600–650	635	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	550.00	550.00
2	350–400	370	500.00–525.00	513.18
4	400–450	419	502.50–510.00	506.24
12	450–500	489	490.00–515.00	493.94
1	500–550	500	450.00	450.00
19	550–600	587	415.00–435.00	428.74
9	600–650	634	382.50–402.50	390.50
13	650–700	673	372.50–387.50	379.02
31	700–750	734	350.00–367.50	358.70
15	750–800	778	345.00–362.50	346.14
10	800–850	819	342.00	342.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	525	492.50	492.50
10	550–600	574	440.00–452.50	446.22
12	600–650	609	412.50–422.50	415.24
32	650–700	694	390.00–397.50	390.23
126	900–950	939	320.00–330.90	330.47
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	340.00	340.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	422.50	422.50
1	750–800	750	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	382.50	382.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	445.00	445.00
5	300–350	346	440.00–455.00	442.95
5	400–450	438	400.00–422.50	413.13
4	450–500	489	380.00–402.50	395.71
6	500–550	522	350.00–370.00	364.22
7	550–600	579	355.00–365.00	359.32
2	650–700	685	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	520	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	397.50	397.50
2	500–550	535	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	605	337.50	337.50
1	650–700	685	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	475.00	475.00
5	300–350	328	470.00–485.00	475.45
5	350–400	387	420.00–432.50	424.58
15	400–450	428	427.50–450.00	436.74
10	450–500	464	412.50–432.50	421.36
6	500–550	516	390.00–405.00	401.59
21	550–600	558	367.50–382.50	371.56
13	600–650	632	355.00–367.50	360.74
17	650–700	691	330.00–347.00	344.60
2	700–750	730	337.50	337.50
2	750–800	750	340.00	340.00
1	800–850	815	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	457	450.00	450.00
3	850–900	893	335.00	335.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	3,075.00	3,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,310	3,050.00	3,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,125	2,275.00–3,175.00	2,779.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	735	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,725.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	725	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	1,700.00	1,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,835	229.00–234.00	231.44
2	—	1,435	173.00–189.00	180.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,106	160.00–170.00	163.18
4	—	996	135.00–141.00	138.70
2	—	993	129.00–132.00	130.48
6	—	1,140	148.00–158.00	152.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,485	179.00–184.00	181.01
1	—	1,440	164.00	164.00
1	—	1,350	169.00	169.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,256	170.00–180.00	176.11
1	—	1,350	164.00	164.00

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

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle