Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week:Steers 1.00-3.00 higher,heifers 2.00-4.00 higher.Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher.Supply light with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.42/cwt on 171 head.

Average price

$128.42

171 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

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

$17.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.26

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	514	129.42	665	161
Medium and Large 2-3	517	112.30	580	10thin

One grade step is worth $17.12/cwt here — about $84 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 sale171 hd

128.42

—

KY average29 barns · 6,515 hd

125.16

+3.26

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	1,788	95.95	1,715	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,576	64.07	1,010	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,187	61.10	725	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	974	53.54	521	8thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	338	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	507	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	205	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	308	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	149.97/cwt	141.00–157.00	637	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	504	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	144.96/cwt	139.00–155.00	674	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	772	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	132.11/cwt	130.00–135.00	698	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	163.67/cwt	160.00–167.50	553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	437	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	127.61/cwt	116.00–131.00	661	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	121.97/cwt	117.00–128.00	704	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	418	142.41/cwt	142.00–143.00	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	115.32/cwt	110.00–120.00	694	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	290	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	714	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	821	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	313	145.23/cwt	143.00–147.50	455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	681	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	168.20/cwt	164.00–170.00	639	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	110.01/cwt	108.00–112.00	743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	423	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	719	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	143.58/cwt	140.00–147.00	738	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	477	137.35/cwt	130.00–141.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	125.07/cwt	120.00–128.00	907	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	132.26/cwt	126.00–137.00	876	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	774	130.01/cwt	127.00–131.00	1,006	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	140.21/cwt	130.00–149.00	806	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	134.47/cwt	133.00–136.00	562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	598	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	909	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	156.05/cwt	146.00–162.00	668	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	136.70/cwt	135.00–138.00	857	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	105.04/cwt	102.00–108.00	749	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	376	145.25/cwt	144.00–149.00	546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	125.06/cwt	125.00–126.00	779	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	134.86/cwt	126.00–138.00	583	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	140.55/cwt	135.00–142.50	450	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	128.50/cwt	128.00–129.00	501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	131.85/cwt	124.00–138.00	628	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	137.13/cwt	134.00–142.00	506	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,675	1
Bulls	—	—	1,944	102.44/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,991	4
Bulls	—	—	1,525	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,235	1
Bulls	—	—	1,667	92.29/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	658	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	132.53/cwt	125.00–137.00	754	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	125.51/cwt	125.00–126.00	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	123.00/cwt	120.00–126.00	633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	154.36/cwt	150.00–160.00	803	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	767	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	165.24/cwt	158.00–171.00	628	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	59.67/cwt	57.00–62.00	955	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	68.46/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,062	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	66.03/cwt	64.00–69.00	781	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	59.24/cwt	54.00–63.00	721	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,129	50.50/cwt	50.00–51.00	570	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	51.01/cwt	50.00–52.00	516	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	57.76/cwt	54.00–64.00	526	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	8,064	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	980.00/cwt	980.00–980.00	12,152	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,828	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	865.29/cwt	700.00–1,000.00	9,977	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	9,592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	611	140.28/cwt	140.00–141.00	857	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	118.50/cwt	111.00–126.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	113.94/cwt	111.00–117.00	828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	156.58/cwt	148.00–161.00	748	27

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 May 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 449Last week 804Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 57Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 9Year ago 0

Compared to last week:Steers 1.00-3.00 higher,heifers 2.00-4.00 higher.Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher.Supply light with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	150.00	150.00
1	—	205	150.00	150.00
2	—	388	130.00	130.00
1	—	295	155.00	155.00
1	—	450	128.00	128.00
1	—	645	102.00	102.00
1	—	670	114.00	114.00
1	—	705	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	425	141.00–157.00	149.97
1	—	715	107.00	107.00
7	—	465	139.00–155.00	144.96
1	—	830	93.00	93.00
7	—	528	130.00–135.00	132.11
2	—	338	160.00–167.50	163.67
11	—	569	125.00–137.00	132.53
2	—	613	125.00–126.00	125.51
3	—	783	98.00	98.00
2	—	657	118.00	118.00
12	—	380	158.00–171.00	165.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	140.00	140.00
27	—	518	116.00–131.00	127.61
16	—	577	117.00–128.00	121.97
2	—	772	108.00	108.00
3	—	602	110.00–120.00	115.32
4	—	684	120.00	120.00
4	—	713	102.00–108.00	105.04
17	—	432	126.00–138.00	134.86
5	—	320	135.00–142.50	140.55
1	—	220	142.50	142.50
27	—	476	124.00–138.00	131.85
5	—	369	134.00–142.00	137.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	437	120.00	120.00
1	—	530	111.00	111.00
1	—	550	109.00	109.00
1	—	615	100.00	100.00
1	—	660	101.00	101.00
1	—	705	90.00	90.00
2	—	390	128.00–129.00	128.50
1	—	455	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	418	142.00–143.00	142.41
5	—	714	119.50	119.50
15	—	516	132.00	132.00
17	—	623	125.00–126.00	125.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	167.50	167.50
2	—	313	143.00–147.50	145.23
4	—	376	144.00–149.00	145.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	164.00–170.00	168.20
6	—	514	140.00–147.00	143.58
7	—	662	126.00–137.00	132.26
1	—	830	114.00	114.00
8	—	575	130.00–149.00	140.21
2	—	343	171.00	171.00
12	—	428	146.00–162.00	156.05
3	—	627	135.00–138.00	136.70
3	—	727	111.00–117.00	113.94
27	—	478	148.00–161.00	156.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	108.00–112.00	110.01
3	—	477	130.00–141.00	137.35
1	—	615	111.00	111.00
2	—	418	133.00–136.00	134.47
2	—	515	120.00–126.00	123.00
1	—	355	145.00	145.00
2	—	585	111.00–126.00	118.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	423	170.00	170.00
8	—	725	120.00–128.00	125.07
12	—	774	127.00–131.00	130.01
14	—	598	152.00	152.00
20	—	520	150.00–160.00	154.36
7	—	611	140.00–141.00	140.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,260	640.00	640.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,240	980.00	980.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	760.00	760.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,153	700.00–1,000.00	865.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	880.00	880.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,944	100.00–105.00	102.44
1	—	1,525	81.00	81.00
3	—	1,667	90.00–94.00	92.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,600	57.00–62.00	59.67
3	—	1,552	65.00–70.00	68.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,183	64.00–69.00	66.03
9	—	1,217	54.00–63.00	59.24
4	—	1,129	50.00–51.00	50.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,012	50.00–52.00	51.01
3	—	910	54.00–64.00	57.76

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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Albany Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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