Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2025-01-29

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 29
● Final149 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,197 head
▲ 867 vs last sale 330▲ 64 vs year ago 1,133 · +5.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 12▲ 18 vs year ago 32 · +56.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 6▲ 6 vs year ago 1 · +600.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Weaned and precondition feeders still bringing large premiums. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $321.89/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −123.43 against this barn's trailing median of $445.32.
Average price
$321.89
70 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,729
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$416
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$87.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.24
vs KY average
−26.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534327.461,74859
Large 1-2535317.451,6982thin
Medium and Large 2561294.201,6507thin
Medium and Large 2-3565277.501,5681thin
Medium 1-2555240.001,3321thin
One grade step is worth $87.46/cwt here — about $416 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale70 hd
321.89
—
KY average25 barns · 1,606 hd
323.13
−1.24
National average177 barns · 23,098 hd
348.66
−26.77
This barn, trailing median34 sales
445.32
−123.43
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
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—High1,723156.812,7017thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,571137.272,15711
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,283133.221,70916
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,213113.781,38010

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$1,2351thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)895$1,6501thin

Every lot

149 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 · Steers49 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy215450.00/cwt450.00–450.009681
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3295295.00/cwt295.00–295.008701
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328371.65/cwt365.00–375.001,2193
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy345405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3971
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382371.77/cwt360.00–377.501,4203
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3231
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422362.53/cwt350.00–372.501,53028
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added429393.01/cwt387.50–405.001,6868
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460360.75/cwt350.00–365.001,6599
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added469382.48/cwt380.00–390.001,7944
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472338.84/cwt327.50–345.001,59917
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3477318.44/cwt315.00–322.501,5193
Steers450–500Large 1-2490332.47/cwt330.00–335.001,6292
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512346.20/cwt340.00–348.001,77323
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517325.58/cwt315.00–335.001,68314
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527297.48/cwt295.00–300.001,5683
Steers500–550Large 1-2535317.45/cwt315.00–320.001,6982
Steers550–600Medium 1-2555240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3321
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3565277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,5681
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567309.07/cwt300.00–327.501,75222
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2586291.74/cwt285.00–295.001,7104
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613289.87/cwt282.50–297.501,77716
Steers600–650Medium 1-2620235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4571
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3623252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,5733
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627274.09/cwt260.00–280.001,7198
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,88464
Steers600–650Large 1-2640270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7281
Steers650–700Medium 1-2650230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4951
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2652265.00/cwt257.50–272.501,7284
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2664278.39/cwt277.50–279.001,8495
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6751
Steers700–750Large 1-2700242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,6981
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710241.21/cwt235.00–247.501,7132
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added718270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,93917
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724261.12/cwt250.00–267.501,89122
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766259.34/cwt250.00–265.001,9879
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added769274.50/cwt274.50–274.502,11174
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7491
Steers800–850Large 1-2805240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9321
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2819256.19/cwt250.00–262.502,0989
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added830267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,21640
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2840227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9111
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3850217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,8491
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2866252.01/cwt242.50–254.002,1828
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2873227.41/cwt220.00–235.001,9853
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3900205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8451
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2925246.49/cwt246.00–247.002,2804
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2945225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1261
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,125217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,4471
Feeder Cattle · Heifers48 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280315.00/cwt315.00–315.008821
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2291317.50/cwt317.50–317.509243
Heifers300–350Large 1-2310300.00/cwt300.00–300.009301
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336316.99/cwt310.00–320.001,0655
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,2332
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365320.30/cwt315.00–325.001,1697
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,0681
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375305.97/cwt300.00–315.001,14710
Heifers400–450Large 1-2410274.48/cwt272.50–275.001,1255
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418299.12/cwt287.00–307.501,25016
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424320.10/cwt310.00–325.001,35726
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1991
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added464324.59/cwt322.50–325.001,5066
Heifers450–500Large 1-2468295.05/cwt285.00–305.001,3812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472301.13/cwt296.00–315.001,42139
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3482271.22/cwt262.50–275.001,3078
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484285.47/cwt280.00–292.501,38217
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2490250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2251
Heifers450–500Large 2495270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3371
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515288.29/cwt286.00–292.501,48539
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521276.53/cwt270.00–282.501,44142
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528256.70/cwt250.00–262.501,3553
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571273.46/cwt267.50–280.001,56127
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571258.72/cwt250.00–265.001,47710
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3577238.64/cwt230.00–245.001,3777
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613271.76/cwt270.00–274.001,66629
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3622213.18/cwt207.50–225.001,3263
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2626228.36/cwt220.00–235.001,4305
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2628197.49/cwt195.00–200.001,2402
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632264.12/cwt252.50–267.501,66926
Heifers650–700Large 1-2660230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5181
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3662210.51/cwt205.00–217.501,3945
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2669240.43/cwt232.50–245.001,60811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677250.81/cwt247.50–257.501,69814
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716229.74/cwt220.00–237.501,64510
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2723211.71/cwt210.00–215.001,5313
Heifers700–750Large 1-2730210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5331
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added740240.43/cwt240.00–247.001,77931
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755224.75/cwt220.00–230.001,6974
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy765190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4541
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added773237.67/cwt236.00–238.001,8376
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6861
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2828195.40/cwt191.00–200.001,6182
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2846220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8613
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2928186.26/cwt182.50–190.001,7282
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9531
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,8922
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,145182.50/cwt182.50–182.502,0901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls39 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2264374.55/cwt367.50–380.009896
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,1411
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2051
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2325354.92/cwt350.00–360.001,1535
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2342335.84/cwt335.00–337.501,1493
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3345302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0441
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2370359.97/cwt350.00–367.501,3325
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375340.06/cwt337.50–342.501,2753
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3380318.95/cwt315.00–327.501,2123
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy390372.52/cwt370.00–377.501,4535
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy411383.35/cwt370.00–390.001,5763
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2418361.19/cwt347.50–367.501,51013
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3423316.05/cwt312.50–320.001,3372
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425340.06/cwt335.00–345.001,4452
Bulls400–450Large 1-2440335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4741
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy452361.88/cwt360.00–362.501,6364
Bulls450–500Large 1-2475327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,5561
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480339.17/cwt330.00–347.501,62817
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486317.89/cwt310.00–327.501,54511
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3486287.03/cwt270.00–295.001,3953
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy518320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6583
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2518310.09/cwt297.50–317.501,60624
Bulls500–550Large 1-2520310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6121
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520287.36/cwt282.50–292.501,4945
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy555314.98/cwt312.50–317.501,7482
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565293.59/cwt282.50–302.501,65912
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577269.00/cwt265.00–280.001,5525
Bulls550–600Large 1-2595270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6071
Bulls600–650Large 1-2620257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,5972
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623263.98/cwt260.00–272.501,64516
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2631247.18/cwt240.00–250.001,5607
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5601
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2675252.72/cwt249.00–257.501,70612
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3680228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5501
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2727240.09/cwt232.50–247.501,7457
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2750232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,7441
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2820226.46/cwt217.50–235.001,8572
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2980190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8621
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,018194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,9753
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,500144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,1601
Bulls——1,543152.27/cwt148.00–157.002,3502
Bulls——1,868162.29/cwt160.00–164.003,0324
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,2411
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,170123.03/cwt120.00–126.001,4393
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,213104.41/cwt100.00–108.001,2664
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,255117.02/cwt113.00–119.001,4693
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,278132.63/cwt127.00–137.001,69511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,328141.40/cwt140.00–143.001,8784
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,474133.68/cwt127.00–138.001,9707
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,741143.54/cwt140.00–147.002,4994
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0901,235.00/head1,235.00–1,235.001,2351
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8951,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501

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.