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Albany Livestock Auction

Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 30

● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189

← Apr 23Apr 30May 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

649 head

▲ 315 vs last sale 334▲ 276 vs year ago 373 · +74.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

54 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 44▲ 11 vs year ago 43 · +25.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

26 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 4▲ 5 vs year ago 21 · +23.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with several new crop feeders in todays sale. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to firm. Good demand for all classes of feeder and slaughter cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $364.89/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −80.43 against this barn's trailing median of $445.32.

Average price

$364.89

83 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$42.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.08

vs KY average

−9.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	372.42	2,063	62
Medium and Large 2	528	353.66	1,869	11thin
Large 2	510	337.50	1,721	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	564	329.72	1,858	9thin

One grade step is worth $42.70/cwt here — about $205 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale83 hd

364.89

—

KY average24 barns · 1,133 hd

362.80

+2.08

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

−9.54

This barn, trailing median34 sales

445.32

−80.43

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,644	176.16	2,896	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,303	153.31	1,998	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,579	149.55	2,362	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,016	129.96	1,321	9thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,435	$2,296	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,475	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	885	$1,875	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,122	$1,865	8
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,645	$2,975	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,155	$2,062	3thin

Every lot

96 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	290	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,225	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	433.92/cwt	422.50–447.50	1,389	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	357	406.19/cwt	402.50–407.50	1,450	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	375	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,350	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	426.36/cwt	415.00–442.50	1,603	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	390	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,853	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	429.92/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,806	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	400.67/cwt	392.50–405.00	1,703	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	463	359.05/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,662	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	411.88/cwt	407.50–415.00	1,919	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	379.29/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,786	10
Steers	500–550	Large 2	510	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,721	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	514	402.71/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,070	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	356.14/cwt	352.50–362.50	1,859	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	373.47/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,002	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	544	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,836	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,908	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	362.06/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,071	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	588	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,882	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	328.70/cwt	320.00–342.50	2,025	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	622	354.28/cwt	352.50–357.50	2,204	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,016	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,966	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	335.32/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,267	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,282	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	700	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,820	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	314.84/cwt	302.50–318.00	2,239	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	775	318.75/cwt	318.75–318.75	2,470	71
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,385	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,980	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,331	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	922	264.40/cwt	264.00–265.00	2,438	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	967	250.00/cwt	242.50–257.50	2,418	3
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,434	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,044	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	300	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	960	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	355.85/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,185	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	370	339.79/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,257	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	363.22/cwt	357.50–367.50	1,388	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	379.51/cwt	370.00–387.50	1,454	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	355.37/cwt	351.00–367.50	1,485	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	314.05/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,319	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	340.76/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,458	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	346.88/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,620	52
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	468	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,580	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	473	290.48/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,374	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	326.04/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,588	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	500	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,463	1
Heifers	500–550	Large 2	510	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,466	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	331.09/cwt	322.50–337.50	1,712	49
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,612	2
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	525	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,549	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	299.30/cwt	292.50–305.00	1,700	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	326.17/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,859	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	293.73/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,850	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	316.86/cwt	305.00–327.50	2,015	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,596	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,880	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	275.79/cwt	267.50–279.00	2,121	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,944	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	416.91/cwt	407.50–427.50	1,376	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,307	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,391	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	419.86/cwt	407.50–437.50	1,532	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	390.44/cwt	387.50–395.00	1,613	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	410.23/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,743	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	443	360.03/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,595	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,863	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,837	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	478	361.23/cwt	360.00–362.50	1,727	2
Bulls	450–500	Large 2	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	335.83/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,773	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	528	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,505	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	318.19/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,839	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,064	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,080	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,021	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,009	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	885	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,947	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,495	162.61/cwt	160.00–166.00	2,431	2
Bulls	—	—	1,743	185.20/cwt	179.00–194.00	3,228	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	943	101.87/cwt	101.00–103.00	961	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,037	137.99/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,431	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	146.29/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,902	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	156.62/cwt	151.00–166.00	2,044	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,543	158.49/cwt	156.00–168.00	2,446	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,546	135.89/cwt	134.00–139.00	2,101	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,676	147.58/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,473	4
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,645	2,975.00/head	2,975.00–2,975.00	2,975	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	1,130	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,168	2,418.52/head	2,225.00–2,600.00	2,419	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,122	1,865.29/head	1,535.00–2,090.00	1,865	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,435	2,295.89/head	2,050.00–2,475.00	2,296	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,475	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1

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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 649Last week 334Year ago 373

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 44Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 4Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	383	370.00–387.50	379.51
22	400–450	418	351.00–367.50	355.37
52	450–500	467	340.00–350.00	346.88
49	500–550	517	322.50–337.50	331.09
13	550–600	570	325.00–330.00	326.17
27	600–650	636	305.00–327.50	316.86
1	700–750	730	257.50	257.50
14	750–800	769	267.50–279.00	275.79
1	800–850	810	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	468	337.50	337.50
1	500–550	525	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	320.00	320.00
3	350–400	370	335.00–347.50	339.79
2	400–450	420	307.50–320.00	314.05
2	450–500	473	280.00–300.00	290.48
1	500–550	500	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	360.00	360.00
3	300–350	333	355.00–357.50	355.85
3	350–400	382	357.50–367.50	363.22
7	400–450	428	337.50–345.00	340.76
21	450–500	487	315.00–337.50	326.04
2	500–550	520	310.00	310.00
3	550–600	568	292.50–305.00	299.30
2	600–650	630	292.50–295.00	293.73
1	650–700	665	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	422.50	422.50
10	300–350	320	422.50–447.50	433.92
5	350–400	376	415.00–442.50	426.36
6	400–450	420	415.00–435.00	429.92
5	450–500	466	407.50–415.00	411.88
10	500–550	536	370.00–380.00	373.47
39	550–600	572	355.00–370.00	362.06
11	600–650	616	320.00–342.50	328.70
28	650–700	676	325.00–340.00	335.32
24	700–750	711	302.50–318.00	314.84
1	750–800	795	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	840	277.50	277.50
5	900–950	922	264.00–265.00	264.40
3	950–1000	967	242.50–257.50	250.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	514	390.00–405.00	402.71
11	600–650	622	352.50–357.50	354.28
6	700–750	700	326.00	326.00
71	750–800	775	318.75	318.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	357	402.50–407.50	406.19
6	400–450	425	392.50–405.00	400.67
10	450–500	471	370.00–390.00	379.29
9	500–550	522	352.50–362.50	356.14
2	550–600	557	342.50	342.50
1	600–650	645	312.50	312.50
1	650–700	650	302.50	302.50
1	800–850	800	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	463	355.00–367.50	359.05
5	500–550	544	337.50	337.50
4	550–600	588	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	700	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	390.00	390.00
1	350–400	350	397.50	397.50
5	400–450	413	387.50–395.00	390.44
1	450–500	465	395.00	395.00
6	500–550	528	327.50–337.50	335.83
4	550–600	578	305.00–322.50	318.19
1	850–900	885	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	407.50–427.50	416.91
5	350–400	365	407.50–437.50	419.86
12	400–450	425	400.00–430.00	410.23
1	450–500	460	405.00	405.00
2	550–600	550	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	640	322.50	322.50
1	650–700	650	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	735	275.00	275.00
1	800–850	820	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	355.00–365.00	360.03
2	450–500	478	360.00–362.50	361.23
2	500–550	528	285.00	285.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,168	2,225.00–2,600.00	2,418.52

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	1,350.00	1,350.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,435	2,050.00–2,475.00	2,295.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,122	1,535.00–2,090.00	1,865.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,475	2,200.00	2,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,645	2,975.00	2,975.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,743	179.00–194.00	185.20
2	—	1,495	160.00–166.00	162.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,037	137.00–139.00	137.99
2	—	943	101.00–103.00	101.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,546	134.00–139.00	135.89
7	—	1,543	156.00–168.00	158.49
4	—	1,676	144.00–152.00	147.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,300	140.00–150.00	146.29
17	—	1,305	151.00–166.00	156.62

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.