Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2025-06-11

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 11
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
976 head
▲ 743 vs last sale 233▲ 596 vs year ago 380 · +156.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 37▲ 8 vs year ago 31 · +25.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 16▲ 11 vs year ago 2 · +550.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher on a good quality offering with several packages of weaned precondition feeders in todays sale. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $387.26/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 7 of 34 comparable sales and sits −58.05 against this barn's trailing median of $445.32.
Average price
$387.26
105 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,154
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$289
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$50.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.47
vs KY average
+6.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554390.832,16694
Large 1-2523367.251,9212thin
Medium and Large 2593358.662,1277thin
Medium and Large 2-3552340.001,8772thin
One grade step is worth $50.83/cwt here — about $289 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale105 hd
387.26
—
KY average22 barns · 904 hd
378.79
+8.47
National average158 barns · 9,089 hd
381.01
+6.25
This barn, trailing median34 sales
445.32
−58.05
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—High1,657195.453,2386thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,497162.792,4373thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,240162.522,01513
CowsLean 85-90%High977143.021,39712

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,295$2,3751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,070$1,9251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)983$1,8892thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,280$1,8101thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)890$1,4801thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,195$2,1652thin

Every lot

102 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2041
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2341439.88/cwt430.00–450.001,5005
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379443.35/cwt435.00–447.501,68014
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6361
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427430.64/cwt422.50–442.501,83913
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2446408.26/cwt408.00–412.501,82116
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8601
Steers450–500Large 1-2475382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,8171
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8403
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518386.10/cwt380.00–395.002,00018
Steers500–550Large 1-2523367.25/cwt360.00–375.001,9212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528400.86/cwt397.50–410.002,11715
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3552340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8772
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568398.79/cwt394.00–402.002,26536
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576376.74/cwt370.00–380.002,17025
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2593358.66/cwt350.00–360.002,1277
Steers600–650Large 1-2610315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9221
Steers600–650Medium 1-2617317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,9592
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added638356.85/cwt355.00–362.502,2774
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9351
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666359.52/cwt359.00–362.502,39417
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677337.43/cwt332.50–338.002,28420
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2694309.62/cwt309.00–315.002,14911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715325.75/cwt323.00–330.002,3295
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added816316.94/cwt301.00–317.602,586125
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2838290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4303
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added857307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,63560
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,5612
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added915300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,745171
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,5921
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,105237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,6241
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,155220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,5411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2250460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,1501
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1621
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2314389.96/cwt380.00–397.501,2244
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy346410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4193
Heifers350–400Large 1-2365367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,3411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366394.54/cwt377.50–396.001,44413
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2370310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1471
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4021
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413337.65/cwt332.50–342.501,3942
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419358.13/cwt352.50–362.501,50113
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added426371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,5805
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463354.31/cwt350.00–360.001,64012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added471374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,76215
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2472347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,6407
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483333.52/cwt320.00–337.501,61111
Heifers450–500Large 1-2484330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5975
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520339.04/cwt330.00–345.001,76312
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525366.52/cwt365.00–368.001,92434
Heifers500–550Large 1-2525315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6541
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528311.94/cwt307.50–317.501,6474
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580330.20/cwt325.00–335.001,91536
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611321.71/cwt317.50–327.501,9666
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631290.78/cwt280.00–300.001,8356
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665309.97/cwt306.00–316.002,06110
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2672283.86/cwt272.50–290.001,9086
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700324.50/cwt324.50–324.502,27227
Heifers750–800Large 1-2760285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1661
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2951
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added791291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,3024
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1601
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,155205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,3681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,2561
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2282434.05/cwt425.00–442.501,2243
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2324432.45/cwt420.00–437.501,4014
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,4711
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,3891
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4291
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2384436.19/cwt427.50–445.001,6756
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,7232
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435418.87/cwt416.00–432.501,82212
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2458412.30/cwt400.00–425.001,8882
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465382.53/cwt380.00–385.001,7792
Bulls450–500Medium 1-2495330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6341
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3515310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5971
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2516362.50/cwt360.00–365.001,8718
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8022
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565353.33/cwt347.50–365.001,9963
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,91818
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2619324.08/cwt317.50–325.002,0068
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0772
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,8381
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2723269.85/cwt269.00–275.001,9517
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2830240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9921
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,600187.85/cwt182.00–194.003,0064
Bulls——1,770210.64/cwt203.00–216.003,7282
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%755109.00/cwt109.00–109.008231
Cows—Lean 85-90%942145.64/cwt144.00–148.001,3723
Cows—Lean 85-90%960128.72/cwt126.00–131.001,2363
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,052156.82/cwt152.00–164.001,6505
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,211157.89/cwt153.00–161.001,9125
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,246169.91/cwt167.00–173.002,1177
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,7961
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,1761
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,548166.18/cwt164.00–168.002,5722
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28901,480.00/head1,480.00–1,480.001,4801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29831,889.31/head1,500.00–2,250.001,8892
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0701,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2801,810.00/head1,810.00–1,810.001,8101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2952,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1952,165.22/head2,000.00–2,325.002,1652

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.