Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2025-03-19

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 19
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
401 head
▼ 169 vs last sale 570▼ 323 vs year ago 724 · −44.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 54▼ 8 vs year ago 50 · −16.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 11▼ 18 vs year ago 28 · −64.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold mostly steady on a light test. Feeder heifers over 500lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter 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 $338.21/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −107.10 against this barn's trailing median of $445.32.
Average price
$338.21
55 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,865
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$384
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$62.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.40
vs KY average
−18.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553342.871,89646
Large 1-2562320.761,8033thin
Medium and Large 2535317.441,6985thin
Medium and Large 2-3540280.001,5121thin
One grade step is worth $62.87/cwt here — about $384 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 sale55 hd
338.21
—
KY average25 barns · 1,283 hd
345.61
−7.40
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
−18.95
This barn, trailing median34 sales
445.32
−107.10
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—High1,771163.222,8907thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,605138.002,2151thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,323137.671,82113
CowsLean 85-90%High1,050110.681,16213

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,015$2,3251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,355$2,0751thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)945$2,1251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,620$2,6251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,435$2,5251thin

Every lot

109 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,2881
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2338438.78/cwt435.00–442.501,4832
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370411.74/cwt400.00–417.501,5233
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375440.37/cwt422.50–457.501,6513
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy395475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,8761
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8701
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425416.44/cwt410.00–432.501,7707
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9582
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473391.83/cwt385.00–395.001,8533
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484390.82/cwt390.00–392.501,8926
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3-4485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4551
Steers450–500Large 1-2490327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,6051
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517368.78/cwt367.50–372.501,9074
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526322.43/cwt312.50–332.501,6964
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529353.16/cwt340.00–360.001,86819
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5121
Steers550–600Large 1-2562320.76/cwt317.50–327.501,8033
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564355.62/cwt355.00–357.502,0064
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,6961
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582324.45/cwt320.00–335.001,88819
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,9371
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5251
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625337.74/cwt329.00–343.502,11129
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638321.93/cwt315.00–327.502,0549
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1132
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,0936
Steers650–700Large 1-2695282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,9631
Steers700–750Large 1-2715275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9661
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,9261
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735287.51/cwt282.50–288.002,11311
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2752282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,1242
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,0571
Steers750–800Large 1-2770270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0791
Steers800–850Large 1-2810240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9441
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813257.43/cwt252.50–260.002,0933
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2907232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,1092
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2976224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,1864
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2215370.00/cwt370.00–370.007961
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy280397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,1131
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0261
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2402
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,1641
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy361390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4083
Heifers350–400Large 1-2365355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2961
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368369.37/cwt367.50–370.001,3594
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373356.38/cwt352.50–360.001,3292
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5202
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431350.51/cwt345.00–362.501,5118
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4141
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3450290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3051
Heifers450–500Large 1-2455332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,5131
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462339.99/cwt335.00–347.501,5719
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2488317.75/cwt310.00–325.001,55110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3510295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5051
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533309.93/cwt307.50–317.501,6527
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534324.73/cwt315.00–332.501,73410
Heifers500–550Large 1-2535300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6051
Heifers500–550Large 2545267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,4581
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7603
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3550278.75/cwt277.50–280.001,5332
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7221
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589306.04/cwt300.00–312.501,80327
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2590220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2981
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622296.44/cwt293.00–300.001,8448
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6382
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640283.21/cwt278.00–288.001,81312
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6881
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688270.72/cwt270.00–275.001,86311
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8201
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,6281
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2763227.49/cwt225.00–230.001,7362
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2799257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,0535
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930208.68/cwt202.50–215.001,9412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2293418.70/cwt412.50–425.001,2272
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2308405.18/cwt397.50–415.001,2483
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2321442.27/cwt432.50–452.501,4204
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3323375.35/cwt370.00–380.001,2122
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2361425.65/cwt417.50–437.501,5378
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415448.12/cwt432.50–457.501,8608
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7361
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2455387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7631
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fancy460360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6561
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473337.46/cwt332.50–345.001,5964
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3480328.78/cwt327.50–330.001,5782
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2522322.39/cwt317.50–325.001,6833
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy550335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8431
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3575265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5241
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2580305.85/cwt300.00–310.001,7743
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy625307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,9221
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625282.68/cwt275.00–290.001,7672
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625251.26/cwt250.00–252.501,5702
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6221
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2713276.18/cwt272.50–280.001,9692
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2830245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0341
Bulls800–850Large 1-2845217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,8381
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2950195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,8531
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,715169.03/cwt168.00–170.002,8992
Bulls——1,793160.89/cwt154.00–165.002,8855
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003126.60/cwt125.00–128.001,2702
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,024105.78/cwt100.00–116.001,0837
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,118111.30/cwt110.00–113.001,2444
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,308142.96/cwt141.00–147.001,8704
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,329135.32/cwt129.00–139.001,7989
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,605138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,2151
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0152,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3552,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4352,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6202,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29452,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251

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.