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Albany Livestock Auction

Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 25

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189

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Feeder Cattle receipts

155 head

▼ 395 vs last sale 550▼ 613 vs year ago 768 · −79.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

36 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 32▼ 22 vs year ago 58 · −37.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 47▼ 14 vs year ago 16 · −87.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No Trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts. This weeks extreme heat affected cattle movement. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

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 $310.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −135.32 against this barn's trailing median of $445.32.

Average price

$310.00

2 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$387

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

$60.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−54.04

vs KY average

−59.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	575	340.00	1,955	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	560	280.00	1,568	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $387 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 sale2 hd

310.00

—

KY average24 barns · 560 hd

364.04

−54.04

National average140 barns · 6,212 hd

369.58

−59.58

This barn, trailing median34 sales

445.32

−135.32

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	1,808	200.71	3,628	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,332	159.05	2,118	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,692	156.47	2,648	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,030	133.79	1,378	8thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,455	$2,450	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,705	$3,150	1thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	300	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,148	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	381.28/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,563	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	388.49/cwt	382.50–395.00	1,845	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	1
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	605	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,573	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,096	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,202	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,325	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,387	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	896	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,733	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	378.26/cwt	377.50–380.00	1,248	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	397.46/cwt	392.50–402.50	1,343	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,277	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,530	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,216	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,425	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,342	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	319.19/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,554	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	332.50/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,663	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	317.49/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,692	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	310.93/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,772	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	572	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,416	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	298.33/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,909	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,958	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	685	252.70/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,731	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,872	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	970	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,061	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,162	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,415	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	373	355.56/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,326	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,548	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	415	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,463	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,735	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	493	335.03/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,652	2
Bulls	450–500	Large 2-3	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	516	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,625	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	338.31/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,756	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	369.20/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,949	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	587	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,776	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,939	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,766	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,845	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,944	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,720	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	3,887	1
Bulls	—	—	1,837	192.28/cwt	190.00–195.00	3,532	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	840	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	806	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	950	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,140	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	142.38/cwt	134.00–146.00	1,531	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,309	159.21/cwt	153.00–163.00	2,084	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,346	150.00/cwt	149.00–151.00	2,019	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,395	176.51/cwt	176.00–177.00	2,462	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,625	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,470	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,663	165.41/cwt	161.00–170.00	2,751	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,785	140.81/cwt	138.00–144.00	2,513	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,455	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,705	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	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 Jun 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 155Last week 550Year ago 768

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 32Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 47Year ago 16

Compared to last week: No Trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts. This weeks extreme heat affected cattle movement. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	377.50–380.00	378.26
1	350–400	370	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	435	327.50	327.50
3	450–500	487	312.50–325.00	319.19
2	500–550	533	315.00–320.00	317.49
5	550–600	570	300.00–317.50	310.93
3	600–650	640	297.50–300.00	298.33
2	650–700	675	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	720	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	392.50–402.50	397.46
1	350–400	380	402.50	402.50
2	500–550	500	327.50–337.50	332.50
1	950–1000	970	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	440	305.00	305.00
2	550–600	572	247.50	247.50
3	650–700	685	250.00–254.00	252.70
1	700–750	730	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	575	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	615	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	795	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	620	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	382.50	382.50
2	400–450	410	380.00–382.50	381.28
2	450–500	475	382.50–395.00	388.49
1	650–700	660	317.50	317.50
5	700–750	734	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	845	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	850–900	896	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	382.50	382.50
1	400–450	410	377.50	377.50
6	500–550	519	335.00–345.00	338.31
2	550–600	587	302.50	302.50
1	600–650	625	282.50	282.50
1	650–700	665	277.50	277.50
1	700–750	720	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	365	405.00	405.00
2	400–450	442	392.50	392.50
3	500–550	528	367.50–370.00	369.20
4	550–600	592	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	340.00–367.50	355.56
1	400–450	415	352.50	352.50
2	450–500	493	330.00–340.00	335.03
1	500–550	516	315.00	315.00
1	550–600	550	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	120.00	120.00
6	—	1,075	134.00–146.00	142.38
1	—	840	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,663	161.00–170.00	165.41
2	—	1,785	138.00–144.00	140.81
1	—	1,625	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,395	176.00–177.00	176.51
4	—	1,346	149.00–151.00	150.00
8	—	1,309	153.00–163.00	159.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	226.00	226.00
3	—	1,837	190.00–195.00	192.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,455	2,450.00	2,450.00

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	1	—	1,705	3,150.00	3,150.00

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.