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Albany Livestock Auction

Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 17

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189

← Dec 10Dec 17Jan 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

256 head

▼ 343 vs last sale 599▼ 481 vs year ago 737 · −65.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 35▼ 20 vs year ago 39 · −51.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 6▼ 8 vs year ago 15 · −53.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher with feeder steers over 550lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with feeder heifers over 600lbs mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

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 $357.45/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 7 of 34 comparable sales and sits −45.31 against this barn's trailing median of $402.76.

Average price

$357.45

25 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$58.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.85

vs KY average

−32.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	376.00	1,988	14thin
Medium and Large 2	534	347.52	1,856	5thin
Large 1-2	525	345.00	1,811	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	563	317.92	1,790	5thin

One grade step is worth $58.08/cwt here — about $198 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale25 hd

357.45

—

KY average26 barns · 1,122 hd

350.59

+6.85

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−32.46

This barn, trailing median34 sales

402.76

−45.31

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	—	Average	1,923	186.50	3,585	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,618	165.30	2,675	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,291	150.79	1,946	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,180	135.03	1,593	4thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,235	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,323	$2,064	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,330	$1,875	1thin

Every lot

89 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	265	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,272	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	335	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,809	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	402	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,698	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	421	507.02/cwt	502.50–520.00	2,135	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,987	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	417.56/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,017	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,230	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,013	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	424.96/cwt	422.50–430.00	2,231	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	535	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,421	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,939	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	560	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,422	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,810	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	385.66/cwt	380.00–387.50	2,237	4
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	625	358.84/cwt	355.00–362.50	2,243	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	360.89/cwt	357.50–367.50	2,284	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	379.94/cwt	370.00–397.50	2,416	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	638	322.53/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,058	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	366.86/cwt	357.50–368.00	2,506	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	685	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,209	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	345.82/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,386	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	708	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,513	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	345.03/cwt	342.50–347.50	2,477	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	332.73/cwt	332.00–335.00	2,602	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,604	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	402.63/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,127	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	422.67/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,365	2
Heifers	300–350	Large 2	325	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,089	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	418.63/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,524	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,482	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	390	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,404	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,498	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	402.62/cwt	392.50–407.50	1,727	4
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	460	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,737	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	393.07/cwt	385.00–397.50	1,816	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	359.99/cwt	355.00–362.50	1,721	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	518	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,999	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	351.90/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,847	4
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	525	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,811	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	533	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,772	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,976	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	351.24/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,942	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	583	308.20/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,797	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,876	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,085	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	652	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,168	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	310.43/cwt	305.00–312.50	2,105	12
Heifers	700–750	Large 2	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,127	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1-2Fleshy	715	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,573	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,994	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,318	16
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	269.90/cwt	265.00–275.00	2,078	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,214	1
Heifers	800–850	Large 1-2	820	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,804	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,314	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,461	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	212	456.61/cwt	450.00–470.00	968	3
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	253	457.43/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,157	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,323	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	452.31/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,493	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	357	461.53/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,648	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	420.51/cwt	420.00–422.50	1,606	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	426.90/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,742	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	430	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,161	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,966	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,700	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	396.70/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,122	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	350.62/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,044	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,983	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	308.73/cwt	302.50–315.00	2,109	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,213	1
Bulls	800–850	Large 1-2	830	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,805	1
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,323	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,850	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	3,349	1
Bulls	—	—	1,995	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,830	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,165	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,433	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,598	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,190	140.55/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,673	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,694	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	157.31/cwt	153.00–164.00	2,018	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,985	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,618	165.30/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,675	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,125	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,235	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,323	2,064.41/head	1,950.00–2,175.00	2,064	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,330	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	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 Dec 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 256Last week 599Year ago 737

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 35Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	425	352.50	352.50
3	450–500	478	355.00–362.50	359.99
4	500–550	525	350.00–355.00	351.90
1	550–600	570	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	615	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	725	275.00	275.00
2	750–800	770	265.00–275.00	269.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	395.00–410.00	402.63
2	300–350	323	415.00–430.00	422.67
7	350–400	364	400.00–430.00	418.63
4	400–450	429	392.50–407.50	402.62
10	450–500	462	385.00–397.50	393.07
3	500–550	545	362.50	362.50
2	550–600	553	350.00–352.50	351.24
2	600–650	627	332.50	332.50
12	650–700	678	305.00–312.50	310.43
1	700–750	715	297.50	297.50
1	800–850	820	270.00	270.00
1	850–900	865	267.50	267.50
1	1050–1100	1,070	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	533	332.50	332.50
3	550–600	583	300.00–315.00	308.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	377.50	377.50
1	500–550	525	345.00	345.00
1	800–850	820	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	518	386.00	386.00
6	650–700	652	332.50	332.50
16	750–800	750	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	700	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	402	422.50	422.50
2	450–500	483	415.00–420.00	417.56
1	500–550	500	402.50	402.50
1	550–600	550	352.50	352.50
3	600–650	633	357.50–367.50	360.89
3	650–700	690	345.00–347.50	345.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	317.50	317.50
4	600–650	638	310.00–330.00	322.53
1	650–700	685	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	480.00	480.00
1	400–450	425	467.50	467.50
1	450–500	490	455.00	455.00
4	500–550	525	422.50–430.00	424.96
4	550–600	580	380.00–387.50	385.66
8	600–650	636	370.00–397.50	379.94
9	650–700	683	357.50–368.00	366.86
2	700–750	718	342.50–347.50	345.03
8	750–800	782	332.00–335.00	332.73
1	800–850	820	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	540.00	540.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	502.50–520.00	507.02
2	500–550	535	452.50	452.50
5	550–600	560	432.50	432.50
4	700–750	708	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	625	355.00–362.50	358.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	212	450.00–470.00	456.61
2	250–300	253	450.00–465.00	457.43
2	300–350	330	440.00–465.00	452.31
5	350–400	357	450.00–470.00	461.53
4	400–450	408	420.00–435.00	426.90
2	450–500	468	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	535	390.00–400.00	396.70
4	550–600	583	350.00–352.50	350.62
2	600–650	615	322.50	322.50
2	650–700	683	302.50–315.00	308.73
1	750–800	750	295.00	295.00
1	1000–1050	1,010	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	502.50	502.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	420.00	420.00
5	350–400	382	420.00–422.50	420.51
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	217.50	217.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	123.00	123.00
2	—	1,190	140.00–141.00	140.55
1	—	1,175	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,283	153.00–164.00	157.31
1	—	1,350	147.00	147.00
1	—	1,255	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,618	160.00–172.00	165.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	181.00	181.00
1	—	1,995	192.00	192.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,235	2,750.00	2,750.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,323	1,950.00–2,175.00	2,064.41
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,330	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	2,200.00	2,200.00

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.