Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due too last week Holiday

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.16/cwt on 306 head.

Average price

$141.16

306 head · 652 lb average

Value per head Derived

$921

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$345

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

$16.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.24

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	668	142.65	953	279
Medium and Large 2-3	484	125.70	608	27

One grade step is worth $16.96/cwt here — about $345 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale306 hd

141.16

—

KY average21 barns · 3,486 hd

138.92

+2.24

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,643	90.10	1,481	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,444	64.43	930	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,223	59.14	723	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	940	50.33	473	17

Every lot, as filed

81 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	315	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	121.91/cwt	119.00–126.00	456	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	114.40/cwt	112.00–115.00	666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	104.76/cwt	103.00–109.00	712	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	636	103.24/cwt	98.00–108.00	657	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	121.47/cwt	115.00–125.00	581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	324	127.72/cwt	126.00–131.00	414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	127.33/cwt	126.00–128.00	376	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	479	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	146.70/cwt	144.00–149.00	560	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	124.03/cwt	119.00–129.00	757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	128.23/cwt	125.00–130.00	677	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	128.23/cwt	124.00–132.00	712	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	114.50/cwt	114.00–116.00	763	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	147.39/cwt	130.00–155.00	641	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	135.91/cwt	130.00–145.00	640	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	273	136.49/cwt	131.00–142.50	373	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	127.52/cwt	125.00–130.00	412	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	116.54/cwt	115.00–118.00	670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	124.10/cwt	120.00–127.00	463	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	413	125.70/cwt	125.00–127.00	519	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	467	125.98/cwt	123.00–129.00	588	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	117.36/cwt	115.00–120.00	604	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	111.99/cwt	110.00–113.00	756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	117.53/cwt	114.00–121.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	113.05/cwt	109.00–117.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	132.66/cwt	132.00–133.00	468	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	123.66/cwt	119.00–128.00	714	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	131.79/cwt	126.00–139.00	564	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	129.34/cwt	126.00–138.00	614	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	122.53/cwt	117.00–127.00	752	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	127.92/cwt	120.00–131.50	677	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	128.65/cwt	128.00–130.00	795	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	687	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	890	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	238	129.95/cwt	125.00–135.00	309	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	403	118.50/cwt	118.00–119.00	478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	138.00/cwt	135.00–141.00	839	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	133.61/cwt	131.00–138.00	965	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	7,008	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	745.00/cwt	745.00–745.00	9,573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	14,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	122.78/cwt	115.00–128.00	706	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	379	131.93/cwt	130.00–137.00	500	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	508	118.32/cwt	117.00–121.00	601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	477	131.77/cwt	125.00–137.00	629	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	278	139.94/cwt	135.00–142.50	389	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	707	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	663	120.01/cwt	118.00–122.00	796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	643	118.02/cwt	114.00–122.00	759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	213	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	298	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	846	140.95/cwt	140.95–140.95	1,192	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	854	141.95/cwt	141.95–141.95	1,212	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	143.97/cwt	142.00–147.00	890	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	142.16/cwt	135.00–146.00	796	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	139.96/cwt	131.00–148.00	738	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	149.44/cwt	138.00–155.00	644	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	63.91/cwt	61.00–67.00	807	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	65.48/cwt	63.00–70.00	938	8
Bulls	—	—	1,793	94.46/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,694	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	56.02/cwt	53.00–59.00	539	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	46.98/cwt	44.00–50.00	436	6
Bulls	—	—	1,549	86.57/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,341	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	862	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	57.33/cwt	53.00–60.00	693	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	145.98/cwt	139.00–152.00	704	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	134.91/cwt	129.00–137.00	915	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	152.68/cwt	147.00–156.00	589	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,366	831.64/cwt	730.00–930.00	11,360	7
Bulls	—	—	1,105	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	884	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	538	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	34.74/cwt	32.00–37.00	306	2

How this sale compares

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 Jul 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 703Last week 352Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 51Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 14Year ago 0

No trend due too last week Holiday

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	150.00	150.00
1	—	865	120.00	120.00
7	—	608	135.00–141.00	138.00
3	—	722	131.00–138.00	133.61
35	—	560	135.00–146.00	142.16
26	—	527	131.00–148.00	139.96
24	—	431	138.00–155.00	149.44
17	—	482	139.00–152.00	145.98
14	—	678	129.00–137.00	134.91
12	—	386	147.00–156.00	152.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	158.00	158.00
1	—	315	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	575	115.00–128.00	122.78
4	—	379	130.00–137.00	131.93
3	—	508	117.00–121.00	118.32
3	—	477	125.00–137.00	131.77
3	—	278	135.00–142.50	139.94
2	—	707	103.00	103.00
2	—	663	118.00–122.00	120.01
2	—	643	114.00–122.00	118.02
2	—	213	140.00	140.00
1	—	435	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	846	140.95	140.95
57	—	854	141.95	141.95
16	—	618	142.00–147.00	143.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	374	119.00–126.00	121.91
5	—	582	112.00–115.00	114.40
4	—	680	103.00–109.00	104.76
4	—	636	98.00–108.00	103.24
4	—	478	115.00–125.00	121.47
4	—	324	126.00–131.00	127.72
3	—	295	126.00–128.00	127.33
2	—	238	125.00–135.00	129.95
2	—	403	118.00–119.00	118.50
2	—	525	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	140.00	140.00
1	—	770	107.00	107.00
2	—	285	140.00	140.00
2	—	680	114.00–121.00	117.53
2	—	730	109.00–117.00	113.05
3	—	353	132.00–133.00	132.66
10	—	577	119.00–128.00	123.66
19	—	428	126.00–139.00	131.79
29	—	475	126.00–138.00	129.34
30	—	614	117.00–127.00	122.53
64	—	529	120.00–131.50	127.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	128.00–130.00	128.65
64	—	687	129.50	129.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	145.00	145.00
3	—	382	144.00–149.00	146.70
3	—	610	119.00–129.00	124.03
4	—	528	125.00–130.00	128.23
4	—	555	124.00–132.00	128.23
4	—	666	114.00–116.00	114.50
9	—	435	130.00–155.00	147.39
9	—	471	130.00–145.00	135.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	112.00	112.00
1	—	700	99.00	99.00
2	—	273	131.00–142.50	136.49
2	—	323	125.00–130.00	127.52
2	—	575	115.00–118.00	116.54
3	—	373	120.00–127.00	124.10
3	—	413	125.00–127.00	125.70
3	—	467	123.00–129.00	125.98
3	—	515	115.00–120.00	117.36
3	—	675	110.00–113.00	111.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	640.00	640.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,366	730.00–930.00	831.64
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,285	745.00	745.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,250	1,150.00	1,150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,262	61.00–67.00	63.91
28	—	1,208	53.00–60.00	57.33
1	—	1,120	48.00	48.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,432	63.00–70.00	65.48
1	—	1,540	56.00	56.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	962	53.00–59.00	56.02
6	—	928	44.00–50.00	46.98
2	—	880	32.00–37.00	34.74
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,793	92.00–97.00	94.46
7	—	1,549	84.00–91.00	86.57
1	—	1,105	80.00	80.00

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.

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle