Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600lbs sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder steers over 600lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $352.33/cwt on 84 head, down $5.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 34 comparable sales and sits −56.74 against this barn's trailing median of $409.06.

Average price

$352.33

▼ 5.70 vs prior sale

84 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$380

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

$59.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.61

vs KY average

+6.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	357.06	1,927	67
Medium and Large 2	569	337.71	1,923	14thin
Large 1-2	500	330.00	1,650	1thin
Medium 1-2	550	317.50	1,746	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	520	297.50	1,547	1thin

One grade step is worth $59.56/cwt here — about $380 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

34 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.28, low $320.70, median $409.06 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 sale84 hd

352.33

—

KY average26 barns · 1,265 hd

342.72

+9.61

National average160 barns · 10,255 hd

345.62

+6.71

This barn, trailing median34 sales

409.06

−56.74

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	1,938	195.67	3,792	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,601	137.33	2,199	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,328	133.49	1,773	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,055	119.40	1,259	19

Every lot, as filed

104 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 1-2	400–450	413	406.66/cwt	392.50–416.00	1,680	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,067	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	391.08/cwt	377.00–400.00	1,838	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	893	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,750	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	348.47/cwt	332.50–355.00	2,499	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	476.59/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,002	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	419.90/cwt	417.50–425.00	1,411	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	313.94/cwt	310.00–317.50	2,119	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,291	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,202	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,017	269.92/cwt	260.00–287.50	2,745	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	353.76/cwt	345.00–362.50	1,896	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	356.29/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,205	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	332.02/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,596	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	348.76/cwt	347.50–352.50	2,389	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	298.35/cwt	290.00–302.50	2,804	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	425.73/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,069	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	554.61/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	413	466.27/cwt	462.50–470.00	1,926	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	399.09/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,936	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,170	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	303.78/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,242	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	904	325.75/cwt	325.75–325.75	2,945	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	388.57/cwt	370.00–397.50	2,040	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	338.23/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,769	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	327.31/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,604	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,284	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	385.02/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,172	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	470	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,998	1
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	605	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,133	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	495	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,510	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	550	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,746	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	500	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,738	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	483	371.30/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,793	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	635	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,953	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	468	378.76/cwt	377.50–380.00	1,773	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	585	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,887	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	685	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,004	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,182	133.65/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,580	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	134.37/cwt	130.00–137.00	2,034	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,775	143.24/cwt	141.00–145.00	2,543	2
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	463	351.69/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,628	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	705	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,080	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	500	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,650	1
Bulls	—	—	1,938	195.67/cwt	194.00–198.00	3,792	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	111.61/cwt	108.00–116.00	1,167	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	883	97.68/cwt	95.00–100.00	863	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	131.88/cwt	129.00–136.00	1,720	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	141.54/cwt	140.00–143.00	2,052	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	122.58/cwt	119.00–127.00	1,292	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,308	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	385.10/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	311.37/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,955	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	356.30/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,871	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	331.24/cwt	330.00–332.50	2,103	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	290.07/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	727	287.49/cwt	285.00–292.50	2,090	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	384.07/cwt	372.50–390.00	2,039	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	296.79/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,988	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	362.20/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,739	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	381.79/cwt	372.50–390.00	1,814	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	332.67/cwt	322.50–342.50	1,929	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,985	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	442.50/cwt	435.00–447.50	1,898	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	756	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,344	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	361.24/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,128	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	416.33/cwt	402.50–427.50	1,799	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,667	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	357.51/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,855	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,184	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,187	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	291.66/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,975	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,318	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	640	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,416	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	330.44/cwt	322.50–340.00	2,055	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	527	435.43/cwt	432.50–440.00	2,295	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,959	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	405	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,005	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	348.79/cwt	342.50–357.50	2,023	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	691	359.58/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,485	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	514.78/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	512.83/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	406.26/cwt	402.50–410.00	1,572	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	883	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,896	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	813	319.75/cwt	319.75–319.75	2,600	70
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	349.98/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,998	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,410	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 →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

Wed Sep 30, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 804Last week 628Year ago 467

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 54Year ago 47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	336	417.50–425.00	419.90
8	350–400	387	402.50–410.00	406.26
12	400–450	413	392.50–416.00	406.66
20	450–500	470	377.00–400.00	391.08
42	500–550	536	345.00–362.50	353.76
11	550–600	571	340.00–357.50	349.98
16	600–650	617	335.00	335.00
6	650–700	671	326.00	326.00
1	700–750	745	307.50	307.50
1	900–950	940	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	526	372.50	372.50
12	750–800	756	310.00	310.00
70	800–850	813	319.75	319.75
37	850–900	893	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	405.00	405.00
1	300–350	325	402.50	402.50
2	350–400	378	380.00–390.00	385.10
1	400–450	435	387.50	387.50
8	450–500	480	350.00–370.00	362.20
4	500–550	523	330.00–342.50	338.23
10	550–600	588	337.50	337.50
10	600–650	628	300.00–317.50	311.37
4	650–700	670	290.00–302.50	296.79
3	700–750	727	285.00–292.50	287.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	395.00	395.00
20	450–500	490	320.00–342.50	327.31
1	500–550	520	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	550	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	377.50–380.00	378.76
1	500–550	500	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	635	307.50	307.50
1	650–700	685	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	350.00–352.50	351.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	600.00	600.00
2	250–300	288	540.00–570.00	554.61
2	300–350	322	535.00	535.00
1	350–400	395	450.00	450.00
3	400–450	420	475.00–480.00	476.59
14	450–500	486	420.00–445.00	425.73
2	500–550	515	427.50	427.50
9	550–600	564	380.00–395.00	385.02
6	600–650	619	350.00–362.50	356.29
4	650–700	685	347.50–352.50	348.76
6	700–750	717	332.50–355.00	348.47
18	750–800	782	330.00–342.50	332.02
1	850–900	880	302.50	302.50
3	900–950	940	290.00–302.50	298.35
1	950–1000	990	295.00	295.00
3	1000–1050	1,017	260.00–287.50	269.92
1	1150–1200	1,170	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	495.00	495.00
6	500–550	527	432.50–440.00	435.43
4	550–600	576	402.50	402.50
2	600–650	640	377.50	377.50
34	650–700	691	355.00–360.00	359.58
116	850–900	883	328.00	328.00
59	900–950	904	325.75	325.75
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	465	412.50	412.50
2	500–550	525	355.00–357.50	356.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	347	445.00	445.00
2	450–500	490	400.00	400.00
3	500–550	531	372.50–390.00	384.07
10	550–600	589	360.00–365.00	361.24
2	600–650	635	330.00–332.50	331.24
2	700–750	720	280.00–300.00	290.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	550.00	550.00
2	300–350	335	500.00–530.00	514.78
5	350–400	355	500.00–530.00	512.83
4	400–450	429	435.00–447.50	442.50
5	450–500	485	395.00–410.00	399.09
15	500–550	525	370.00–397.50	388.57
8	550–600	580	342.50–357.50	348.79
10	600–650	622	322.50–340.00	330.44
5	650–700	675	310.00–317.50	313.94
4	700–750	738	300.00–310.00	303.78
2	800–850	840	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	462.50–470.00	466.27
1	450–500	470	425.00	425.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	362.50–380.00	371.30
1	500–550	500	347.50	347.50
1	550–600	585	322.50	322.50
1	700–750	705	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	382.50	382.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	487.50	487.50
3	350–400	375	475.00	475.00
7	400–450	432	402.50–427.50	416.33
4	450–500	475	372.50–390.00	381.79
4	500–550	519	352.50–360.00	357.51
2	550–600	580	322.50–342.50	332.67
1	600–650	645	290.00	290.00
3	650–700	677	285.00–300.00	291.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	130.00–138.00	133.65
4	—	1,046	108.00–116.00	111.61
2	—	883	95.00–100.00	97.68
10	—	1,054	119.00–127.00	122.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,514	130.00–137.00	134.37
2	—	1,775	141.00–145.00	143.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,304	129.00–136.00	131.88
2	—	1,450	140.00–143.00	141.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,938	194.00–198.00	195.67

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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