ST_UpperLeftY — Returns the upper left Y coordinate of raster in projected spatial ref.
float8 ST_UpperLeftY(raster  rast);
Returns the upper left Y coordinate of raster in projected spatial ref.
SELECT rid, ST_UpperLeftY(rast) As uly
FROM dummy_rast;
 rid |   uly
-----+---------
   1 |     0.5
   2 | 5793244