Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower on a light test. Feeder steers over 500lbs sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower with slaughter bulls steady on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.86/cwt on 22 head, down $19.91 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −103.13 against this barn's trailing median of $448.99.

Average price

$345.86

▼ 19.91 vs prior sale

22 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$27.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.71

vs KY average

−25.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	352.77	1,938	15thin
Medium and Large 2	545	333.49	1,818	5thin
Large 1-2	550	325.00	1,788	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.77/cwt here — about $150 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

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.69, low $345.86, median $448.99 across 34 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 sale22 hd

345.86

—

KY average24 barns · 335 hd

368.57

−22.71

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

−25.53

This barn, trailing median34 sales

448.99

−103.13

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	—	Low	1,472	194.23	2,859	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,515	147.17	2,230	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,202	146.17	1,757	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,160	111.67	1,295	8thin

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 (5-8 yrs)	1,065	$2,428	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,040	$2,200	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	885	$2,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1-2	600–650	613	339.40/cwt	332.50–345.00	2,081	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	330.27/cwt	322.50–335.00	2,418	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,332	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	328.72/cwt	317.50–335.00	2,216	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	319.67/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,844	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,065	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,326	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	406.60/cwt	397.50–415.00	1,525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	334.96/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,568	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	363.32/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,748	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	341.76/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,647	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	278.75/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,951	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,016	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	320.96/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,942	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	333.77/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,776	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	324.21/cwt	317.50–327.50	1,890	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	347.17/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,326	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	315.70/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,951	7
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	485	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,067	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	390	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	780	1
Bulls	—	—	1,348	183.35/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,472	2
Bulls	—	—	1,555	201.48/cwt	198.00–205.00	3,133	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,488	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	146.17/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,757	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	100.63/cwt	95.00–108.00	1,105	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	125.09/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	347.73/cwt	337.50–360.00	1,975	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	336.66/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,727	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	362.59/cwt	352.50–367.50	1,606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	333.75/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,018	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	328.73/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,949	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	301.21/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	362.84/cwt	352.50–367.50	1,858	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,190	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,445	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	2,428.17/head	2,200.00–2,650.00	2,428	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	329.50/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,707	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,449	1
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	412	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,380	2
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	550	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,788	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	345.32/cwt	332.50–352.50	1,471	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	295.26/cwt	282.50–305.00	1,990	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,156	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	141.26/cwt	135.00–147.00	2,105	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	625	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,734	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	495	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,522	1
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	692	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,024	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	665	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,596	1

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 →

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Wed Sep 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 198Last week 383Year ago 813

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 20Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 5Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	510.00	510.00
2	350–400	375	397.50–415.00	406.60
3	400–450	443	352.50–367.50	362.59
7	450–500	481	352.50–370.00	363.32
5	500–550	512	352.50–367.50	362.84
10	550–600	568	337.50–360.00	347.73
8	600–650	613	332.50–345.00	339.40
9	650–700	674	317.50–335.00	328.72
9	700–750	732	322.50–335.00	330.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	342.50	342.50
3	500–550	513	330.00–340.00	336.66
2	550–600	593	325.00–332.50	328.73
1	600–650	600	322.50	322.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	412	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	550	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	692	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	362.50	362.50
3	350–400	370	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	415	370.00	370.00
7	450–500	482	335.00–350.00	341.76
10	500–550	532	327.50–340.00	333.77
22	550–600	577	312.50–335.00	319.67
5	600–650	605	315.00–325.00	320.96
2	650–700	670	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	720	280.00	280.00
1	1050–1100	1,065	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	330.00–337.50	333.75
2	350–400	372	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	420	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	523	292.50–310.00	301.21
1	550–600	570	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	480	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	590	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	307.50	307.50
1	600–650	625	277.50	277.50
1	650–700	665	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	405.00	405.00
1	300–350	325	432.50	432.50
3	350–400	382	340.00–362.50	347.17
4	400–450	426	332.50–352.50	345.32
6	450–500	468	330.00–340.00	334.96
6	500–550	518	320.00–337.50	329.50
3	550–600	583	317.50–327.50	324.21
7	600–650	618	310.00–327.50	315.70
4	650–700	674	282.50–305.00	295.26
2	700–750	700	277.50–280.00	278.75
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	485	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	180.00–187.00	183.35
3	—	1,555	198.00–205.00	201.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	159.00	159.00
2	—	1,490	135.00–147.00	141.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,202	141.00–150.00	146.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,098	95.00–108.00	100.63
2	—	1,123	122.00–128.00	125.09
1	—	1,540	140.00	140.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,065	2,200.00–2,650.00	2,428.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,040	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	2,250.00	2,250.00

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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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle