Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2025-09-03

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 3
● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
813 head
▼ 244 vs last sale 1,057▼ 198 vs year ago 1,011 · −19.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 55▲ 9 vs year ago 58 · +15.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 3▼ 8 vs year ago 17 · −47.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher with the exception of feeder steers under 400lbs sharply higher. Good to very good demand for all feeder classes. 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 $419.06/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 13 of 34 comparable sales and sits −26.25 against this barn's trailing median of $445.32.
Average price
$419.06
105 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,325
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$35.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.95
vs KY average
+2.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554420.072,325102
Medium and Large 2593384.992,2833thin
One grade step is worth $35.08/cwt here — about $42 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 sale105 hd
419.06
—
KY average18 barns · 701 hd
393.12
+25.95
National average140 barns · 6,808 hd
416.53
+2.53
This barn, trailing median34 sales
445.32
−26.25
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—Average1,817199.653,62711
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,292172.542,22917
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,612171.612,76615
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,066145.861,55417
SteersChoiceAverage1,302238.003,0998thin

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)1,300$3,0751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,680$2,6751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,520$2,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,275$2,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,575$3,4501thin

Every lot

121 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy261645.00/cwt645.00–645.001,6833
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290587.50/cwt585.00–590.001,7042
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320579.23/cwt560.00–585.001,85410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2392504.48/cwt500.00–520.001,97815
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426470.20/cwt467.50–485.002,0038
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added442495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,1882
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469462.02/cwt452.50–472.502,1678
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479432.00/cwt420.00–447.502,06929
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3496422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,0963
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528449.53/cwt435.00–457.502,37430
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535424.23/cwt415.00–427.502,27020
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575393.24/cwt391.00–417.502,26139
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577426.15/cwt420.00–435.002,45913
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2593384.99/cwt382.50–390.002,2833
Steers600–650Large 1-2600360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1601
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616422.90/cwt417.00–427.502,60534
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618406.59/cwt392.50–415.002,5133
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,3841
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added651414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,6959
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2666370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4643
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679389.23/cwt380.00–402.502,64316
Steers650–700Large 1-2685342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,3461
Steers650–700Medium 1-2687327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,2502
Steers700–750Large 1-2705327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,3091
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710376.18/cwt370.00–380.002,6714
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710358.78/cwt355.00–362.502,5472
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added730390.50/cwt390.00–392.502,8515
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3733343.39/cwt340.00–345.002,5173
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added767391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,99911
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772367.01/cwt366.00–375.002,83319
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2809342.51/cwt340.00–345.002,7714
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added855354.00/cwt354.00–354.003,02714
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2864341.27/cwt340.00–342.502,9494
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,000285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,8501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2235505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,1873
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240405.00/cwt405.00–405.009721
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260454.81/cwt445.00–465.001,1832
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy310460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4262
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334424.44/cwt422.50–425.001,4184
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4813
Heifers350–400Medium 2370400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378414.28/cwt402.50–422.501,56617
Heifers350–400Large 1-2385362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,3962
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3418345.15/cwt340.00–350.001,4432
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420378.71/cwt375.00–382.501,5912
Heifers400–450Large 1-2430397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,7091
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437402.14/cwt395.00–417.501,75723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3458341.31/cwt337.50–345.001,5632
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471401.37/cwt382.50–407.501,89056
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473358.78/cwt352.50–365.001,6972
Heifers450–500Large 1-2486372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,8104
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2Value Added513405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0785
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530378.87/cwt370.00–387.502,00821
Heifers550–600Large 1-2555362.45/cwt357.50–367.502,0122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558391.27/cwt390.00–392.502,1838
Heifers550–600Large 2560310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7361
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2570302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,7242
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574355.80/cwt352.50–357.502,0426
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576378.53/cwt367.50–385.002,18042
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3577322.97/cwt317.50–332.501,8646
Heifers550–600Large 2-3585277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,6231
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615325.46/cwt322.50–332.502,0025
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623372.72/cwt367.50–377.502,32215
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,7661
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631349.42/cwt342.50–357.502,2059
Heifers600–650Large 1-2633282.41/cwt275.00–290.001,7882
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3322
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665333.27/cwt325.00–337.502,2163
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2371
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2975226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,2042
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,040232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,4182
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,120227.58/cwt222.50–232.502,5494
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2220590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,2981
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2260584.42/cwt570.00–600.001,5192
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy275624.82/cwt620.00–635.001,71810
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305587.46/cwt585.00–590.001,7922
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2316548.26/cwt540.00–565.001,7335
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3325455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4791
Bulls300–350Large 1-2335425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4241
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2373511.63/cwt510.00–515.001,9083
Bulls350–400Large 1-2375390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4631
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383486.23/cwt482.50–490.001,8622
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2438447.75/cwt440.00–460.001,9619
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2469429.98/cwt422.50–437.502,0179
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1381
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3477410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9562
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2482404.58/cwt392.50–417.501,95011
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510391.25/cwt382.50–400.001,9952
Bulls500–550Large 1-2519353.77/cwt352.50–355.001,8364
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy522420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1923
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532356.45/cwt340.00–362.501,8965
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3540320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7281
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573356.72/cwt347.50–367.502,04411
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy580405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,3492
Bulls600–650Large 1-2615320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9681
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2619341.59/cwt337.50–350.002,1146
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2674333.47/cwt330.00–337.502,24810
Bulls650–700Large 1-2680260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7681
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2705330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3271
Bulls700–750Large 1-2725305.82/cwt305.00–307.502,2173
Bulls750–800Large 1-2785272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,1392
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2800287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,3001
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2980242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,3771
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,302238.00/cwt238.00–238.003,0998
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,510174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,6272
Bulls——1,804195.11/cwt191.00–200.003,5204
Bulls——1,950213.54/cwt208.00–225.004,1645
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%983152.76/cwt150.00–155.001,5024
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,071131.29/cwt124.00–138.001,4067
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,089164.89/cwt162.00–167.001,7964
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,165145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,6892
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243167.87/cwt166.00–171.002,0876
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,9891
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320177.30/cwt172.00–183.002,34010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,593167.68/cwt166.00–171.002,67110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,649179.47/cwt173.00–184.002,9595
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5753,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2752,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3003,075.00/head3,075.00–3,075.003,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5202,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,6802,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751

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.