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Albany Livestock Auction

Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 2

● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

434 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 422▼ 129 vs year ago 563 · −22.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

33 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 43▼ 11 vs year ago 44 · −25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550lbs sold mostly steady with feeder heifers over 550lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

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 $317.17/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −85.59 against this barn's trailing median of $402.76.

Average price

$317.17

50 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$48.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.55

vs KY average

−4.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	322.34	1,783	41
Medium and Large 2	543	299.30	1,624	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	548	273.75	1,499	2thin

One grade step is worth $48.59/cwt here — about $284 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale50 hd

317.17

—

KY average26 barns · 1,531 hd

307.62

+9.55

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−4.21

This barn, trailing median34 sales

402.76

−85.59

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	1,856	166.58	3,091	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,517	139.79	2,120	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,229	133.05	1,636	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,008	115.19	1,161	5thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,138	200.77	2,285	2thin

Every lot

92 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	220	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,034	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	260	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,040	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,569	5
Steers	300–350	Large 1-2	345	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,466	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	361	483.14/cwt	480.00–487.50	1,744	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	414.89/cwt	410.00–427.50	1,560	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	455.26/cwt	445.00–462.50	1,721	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	385	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,530	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	404	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,778	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	383.73/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,612	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,507	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,794	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	390.68/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,875	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	362.45/cwt	357.50–372.50	1,758	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	360.05/cwt	350.00–364.00	1,851	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	523	378.61/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,980	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	555	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,054	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	351.08/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,977	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	335.62/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,953	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	330.74/cwt	325.00–333.00	2,094	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,165	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	676	302.34/cwt	297.50–307.50	2,044	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,153	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,970	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Large 1-2	270	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	945	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	288	339.22/cwt	337.50–340.00	977	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	290	360.04/cwt	357.50–362.50	1,044	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	329	325.73/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,072	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	341	338.82/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,155	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	362	361.77/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,310	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	335.66/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,262	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,226	1
Heifers	350–400	Large 2-3	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	416	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,508	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	344.13/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,442	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	333.57/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,428	18
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	450	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,463	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	347.16/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,625	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	325.82/cwt	317.50–332.50	1,564	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,488	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	481	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,720	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	505	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,376	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	307.43/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,599	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	322.76/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,694	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	322.07/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,839	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	288.47/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,653	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	590	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,623	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	611	321.87/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,967	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	291.26/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,823	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	281.25/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,856	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	1
Heifers	650–700	Large 2-3	675	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,418	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,668	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,899	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	733	231.66/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,698	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	855	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,860	1
Heifers	850–900	Large 1-2	870	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,827	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,005	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,000	2
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,220	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	240	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,080	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,183	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,499	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,397	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	432.80/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,627	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	389	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,537	5
Bulls	350–400	Large 1-2	390	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,453	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	401.19/cwt	395.00–417.50	1,697	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	366.82/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,596	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	356.55/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,651	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	357.70/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,899	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,734	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	354.59/cwt	345.00–362.50	1,975	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	333.77/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,869	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,746	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	311.23/cwt	302.50–317.50	1,911	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,989	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,026	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,888	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,138	200.77/cwt	199.00–202.50	2,285	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,595	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,712	1
Bulls	—	—	1,921	165.72/cwt	163.00–168.00	3,183	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	950	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,026	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,073	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,038	119.32/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,239	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,439	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,184	132.45/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,568	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,440	140.49/cwt	140.00–141.00	2,023	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,055	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,525	141.18/cwt	139.00–143.00	2,153	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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 434Last week 422Year ago 563

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 43Year ago 44

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	470.00	470.00
5	300–350	332	472.50	472.50
4	350–400	378	445.00–462.50	455.26
5	400–450	404	440.00	440.00
7	450–500	480	385.00–400.00	390.68
22	500–550	514	350.00–364.00	360.05
7	550–600	563	345.00–355.00	351.08
13	600–650	633	325.00–333.00	330.74
4	650–700	661	327.50	327.50
3	700–750	706	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	480.00–487.50	483.14
1	550–600	555	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	345	375.00	375.00
4	350–400	376	410.00–427.50	414.89
15	400–450	420	380.00–397.50	383.73
1	450–500	460	390.00	390.00
4	550–600	582	330.00–337.50	335.62
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
4	650–700	676	297.50–307.50	302.34
1	700–750	710	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	397.50	397.50
1	400–450	440	342.50	342.50
4	450–500	485	357.50–372.50	362.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	523	370.00–390.00	378.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	450	325.00	325.00
1	850–900	870	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	357.50–362.50	360.04
1	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
3	350–400	362	360.00–365.00	361.77
13	400–450	419	340.00–352.50	344.13
14	450–500	468	337.50–352.50	347.16
16	500–550	525	317.50–335.00	322.76
25	550–600	571	317.50–325.00	322.07
4	600–650	626	280.00–295.00	291.26
2	650–700	660	275.00–287.50	281.25
9	700–750	722	263.00	263.00
2	1000–1050	1,005	199.00	199.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	337.50–340.00	339.22
12	300–350	341	337.50–350.00	338.82
8	350–400	376	330.00–345.00	335.66
18	400–450	428	327.50–337.50	333.57
18	450–500	480	317.50–332.50	325.82
4	500–550	520	300.00–310.00	307.43
3	550–600	573	280.00–295.00	288.47
1	650–700	665	260.00	260.00
3	700–750	733	230.00–235.00	231.66
1	850–900	855	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	416	362.50	362.50
3	450–500	481	357.50	357.50
10	600–650	611	307.50–325.00	321.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	675	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	329	320.00–327.50	325.73
1	350–400	380	322.50	322.50
3	450–500	480	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	505	272.50	272.50
1	550–600	590	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	695	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	405.00	405.00
5	350–400	389	395.00	395.00
4	400–450	435	360.00–377.50	366.82
8	450–500	463	350.00–370.00	356.55
2	500–550	542	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	560	332.50–335.00	333.77
1	600–650	600	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	450.00	450.00
2	250–300	285	415.00	415.00
1	300–350	335	447.50	447.50
4	350–400	376	420.00–445.00	432.80
9	400–450	423	395.00–417.50	401.19
9	500–550	531	350.00–365.00	357.70
7	550–600	557	345.00–362.50	354.59
4	600–650	614	302.50–317.50	311.23
1	650–700	680	292.50	292.50
2	700–750	730	277.50	277.50
1	750–800	795	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	372.50	372.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	199.00–202.50	200.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	140.00–141.00	140.49
8	—	1,184	127.00–137.00	132.45
1	—	1,170	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	108.00	108.00
3	—	1,038	118.00–120.00	119.32
1	—	975	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	137.00	137.00
2	—	1,525	139.00–143.00	141.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	170.00	170.00
4	—	1,921	163.00–168.00	165.72

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.