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Albany Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 30

● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189

← Sep 23Sep 30Oct 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

804 head

▲ 176 vs last sale 628▲ 337 vs year ago 467 · +72.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

48 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 54▲ 1 vs year ago 47 · +2.1%

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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 — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

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 7 of 34 comparable sales and sits −50.43 against this barn's trailing median of $402.76.

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

−0.33 vs national

Price by quality 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.

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 average184 barns · 12,638 hd

352.66

−0.33

This barn, trailing median34 sales

402.76

−50.43

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.28, low $320.70, median $402.76 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,938	195.67	3,792	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,601	137.33	2,199	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,328	133.49	1,773	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	119.40	1,259	19

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	235	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,410	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	288	554.61/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,597	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,723	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	347	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,544	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,778	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	405	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,005	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	476.59/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,002	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,918	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	425.73/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,069	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,960	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,202	2
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	525	356.30/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,871	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	527	435.43/cwt	432.50–440.00	2,295	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	384.07/cwt	372.50–390.00	2,039	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	385.02/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,172	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	576	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,318	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	589	361.24/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,128	10
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	605	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,133	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	356.29/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,205	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	331.24/cwt	330.00–332.50	2,103	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	640	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,416	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	348.76/cwt	347.50–352.50	2,389	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	691	359.58/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,485	34
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	348.47/cwt	332.50–355.00	2,499	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	290.07/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,089	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	332.02/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,596	18
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,662	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	883	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,896	116
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	904	325.75/cwt	325.75–325.75	2,945	59
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	940	298.35/cwt	290.00–302.50	2,804	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	990	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,921	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,017	269.92/cwt	260.00–287.50	2,745	3
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1-2	1,170	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,925	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,134	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,308	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	325	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,284	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	419.90/cwt	417.50–425.00	1,411	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	385.10/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,456	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	406.26/cwt	402.50–410.00	1,572	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	406.66/cwt	392.50–416.00	1,680	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,686	1
Heifers	450–500	Large 2	463	351.69/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,628	3
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	468	378.76/cwt	377.50–380.00	1,773	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	391.08/cwt	377.00–400.00	1,838	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	362.20/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,739	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	490	327.31/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,604	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	495	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,510	1
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	500	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,650	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	520	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,547	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	338.23/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,769	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	526	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,959	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	353.76/cwt	345.00–362.50	1,896	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	550	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,746	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	349.98/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,998	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,985	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,067	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	311.37/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,955	10
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	635	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,953	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	296.79/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,988	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,187	6
Heifers	650–700	Large 1-2	685	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,004	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	727	287.49/cwt	285.00–292.50	2,090	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,291	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	756	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,344	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	813	319.75/cwt	319.75–319.75	2,600	70
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	893	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,750	37
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	940	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,491	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	240	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,320	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	514.78/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,725	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	342	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,667	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	512.83/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,821	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,781	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	413	466.27/cwt	462.50–470.00	1,926	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	442.50/cwt	435.00–447.50	1,898	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	416.33/cwt	402.50–427.50	1,799	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,702	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	470	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,998	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	381.79/cwt	372.50–390.00	1,814	4
Bulls	450–500	Large 1-2	483	371.30/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,793	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	399.09/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,936	5
Bulls	500–550	Large 1-2	500	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,738	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	357.51/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,855	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	388.57/cwt	370.00–397.50	2,040	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	348.79/cwt	342.50–357.50	2,023	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	332.67/cwt	322.50–342.50	1,929	2
Bulls	550–600	Large 1-2	585	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,887	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	330.44/cwt	322.50–340.00	2,055	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,871	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	313.94/cwt	310.00–317.50	2,119	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	677	291.66/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,975	3
Bulls	700–750	Large 1-2	705	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,080	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	303.78/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,242	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,184	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,938	195.67/cwt	194.00–198.00	3,792	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	883	97.68/cwt	95.00–100.00	863	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,046	111.61/cwt	108.00–116.00	1,167	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,054	122.58/cwt	119.00–127.00	1,292	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,182	133.65/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,580	3
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	—	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

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.

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
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	350.00–352.50	351.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	550	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	352.50	352.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,054	119.00–127.00	122.58
2	—	883	95.00–100.00	97.68
4	—	1,046	108.00–116.00	111.61
3	—	1,182	130.00–138.00	133.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,450	140.00–143.00	141.54
10	—	1,304	129.00–136.00	131.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,775	141.00–145.00	143.24
4	—	1,514	130.00–137.00	134.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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.