Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2026-08-12

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 12
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
583 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 463▲ 52 vs year ago 531 · +9.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 32▼ 5 vs year ago 48 · −10.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 9▼ 1 vs year ago 13 · −7.7%
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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 classPick one — the panels below update

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 16 of 34 comparable sales and sits −10.82 against this barn's trailing median of $445.32.
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
+32.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2571444.812,53836
Medium and Large 2540399.172,1563thin
Medium and Large 2-3577377.492,1783thin
Medium 1-2540340.001,8361thin
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.

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 average153 barns · 6,255 hd
401.83
+32.66
This barn, trailing median34 sales
445.32
−10.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
505447389332median 445.3203/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.69, low $345.86, median $445.32 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,675211.053,5355thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,449175.212,5395thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,266174.762,2139thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,080150.491,62618

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,310$3,0501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)992$2,3193thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)735$1,7262thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,090$3,0751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)765$1,7001thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,8151
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370513.18/cwt500.00–525.001,8992
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419506.24/cwt502.50–510.002,1214
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9362
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489493.94/cwt490.00–515.002,41512
Steers450–500Large 1-2490422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,0701
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,9881
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,5866
Steers500–550Medium 1-2540340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8361
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2402
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574446.22/cwt440.00–452.502,56110
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3577377.49/cwt375.00–380.002,1783
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587428.74/cwt415.00–435.002,51719
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609415.24/cwt412.50–422.502,52912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634390.50/cwt382.50–402.502,4769
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3635335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1271
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2659358.78/cwt352.50–362.502,3644
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673379.02/cwt372.50–387.502,55113
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added694390.23/cwt390.00–397.502,70832
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734358.70/cwt350.00–367.502,63331
Steers750–800Large 1-2750322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,4191
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778346.14/cwt345.00–362.502,69315
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2819342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,80110
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2845312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,6411
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2890295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,6261
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added939330.47/cwt320.00–330.903,103126
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,060285.00/cwt285.00–285.003,0211
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 21,105202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,2321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,3061
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,2911
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328475.45/cwt470.00–485.001,5595
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2346442.95/cwt440.00–455.001,5335
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2355385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3671
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387424.58/cwt420.00–432.501,6435
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428436.74/cwt427.50–450.001,86915
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438413.13/cwt400.00–422.501,8105
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3455382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,7402
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added457450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0578
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464421.36/cwt412.50–432.501,95510
Heifers450–500Large 1-2470397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,8681
Heifers450–500Large 2488370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8062
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2489395.71/cwt380.00–402.501,9354
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516401.59/cwt390.00–405.002,0726
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2520325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6901
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522364.22/cwt350.00–370.001,9016
Heifers500–550Large 1-2535340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8192
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558371.56/cwt367.50–382.502,07321
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579359.32/cwt355.00–365.002,0807
Heifers600–650Large 1-2605337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,0421
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632360.74/cwt355.00–367.502,28013
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0552
Heifers650–700Large 1-2685292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,0041
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2691344.60/cwt330.00–347.002,38117
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,4642
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5502
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,3841
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added893335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,9923
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium 1-2272380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0342
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2333517.44/cwt515.00–520.001,7232
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2367501.58/cwt497.50–505.001,8413
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7631
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3410397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,6301
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy415527.50/cwt527.50–527.502,1891
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425478.48/cwt470.00–482.502,0343
Bulls400–450Medium 1-2440352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,5511
Bulls400–450Large 1-2445462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,0581
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,8801
Bulls450–500Large 1-2455462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,1041
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3465401.33/cwt390.00–415.001,8663
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,4341
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2477477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,2782
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1122
Bulls450–500Large 2480425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0401
Bulls450–500Large 2-3480395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8961
Bulls450–500Small 1-2490262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,2861
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2507384.14/cwt375.00–400.001,9486
Bulls500–550Large 1-2520370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9241
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530357.50/cwt355.00–360.001,8952
Bulls550–600Large 1-2568369.99/cwt367.50–372.502,1022
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570385.13/cwt370.00–400.002,1954
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,0211
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2610369.69/cwt360.00–382.502,2557
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1391
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2719325.21/cwt310.00–337.502,33813
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2810287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,3291
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2955230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1971
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2980270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,6461
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,435180.47/cwt173.00–189.002,5902
Bulls——1,835231.44/cwt229.00–234.004,2473
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%993130.48/cwt129.00–132.001,2962
Cows—Lean 85-90%996138.70/cwt135.00–141.001,3814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,106163.18/cwt160.00–170.001,8056
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,140152.34/cwt148.00–158.001,7376
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256176.11/cwt170.00–180.002,2128
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,350169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,2821
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,2141
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,3621
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,485181.01/cwt179.00–184.002,6883
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-27251,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Small 1-27351,725.51/head1,700.00–1,750.001,7262
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,779.00/head2,275.00–3,175.002,7792
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3103,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-27651,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0903,075.00/head3,075.00–3,075.003,0751

This sale against other markets

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.