Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week:Steers and heifers 1.00-3.00 higher.Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 higher and slaughter bulls steady 2.00 higher.Heavy supply with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.77/cwt on 429 head.

Average price

$145.77

429 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$859

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$16.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.72

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	591	146.16	864	419
Medium and Large 2-3	527	129.43	683	10thin

One grade step is worth $16.73/cwt here — about $181 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 sale429 hd

145.77

—

KY average27 barns · 5,102 hd

137.04

+8.72

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	—	Low	1,650	102.99	1,699	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,465	74.00	1,084	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,219	70.74	862	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	938	60.86	571	11

Every lot, as filed

82 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	—	645	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	133.32/cwt	127.00–144.00	739	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	746	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	147.10/cwt	143.00–164.00	688	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	592	1
Bulls	—	—	1,640	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,427	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,700	1
Bulls	—	—	1,653	108.32/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,791	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	892	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	119.50/cwt	113.00–123.00	810	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	117.49/cwt	115.00–120.00	497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	667	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	892	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	134.52/cwt	133.00–136.00	753	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	128.58/cwt	124.00–131.00	742	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	111.51/cwt	109.00–114.00	929	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	113.41/cwt	110.00–119.00	658	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	128.75/cwt	120.00–132.00	680	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	137.41/cwt	130.00–144.00	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	347	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	133.10/cwt	122.00–139.00	639	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	134.86/cwt	131.00–137.00	432	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	123.49/cwt	123.00–124.00	475	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	134.14/cwt	129.00–139.00	913	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,036	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	136.79/cwt	133.00–142.00	643	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	461	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	811	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	149.83/cwt	148.50–160.00	724	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	158.06/cwt	154.00–170.00	522	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	141.62/cwt	139.50–148.00	940	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	708	130.90/cwt	130.00–132.00	927	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	145.20/cwt	130.00–153.00	749	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	160.05/cwt	155.00–165.00	602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	300	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	528	158.56/cwt	154.00–162.50	837	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	130.64/cwt	123.00–135.00	822	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	156.19/cwt	149.00–163.00	681	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	754	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	780	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	6,864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	131.97/cwt	129.00–135.00	581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	134.27/cwt	123.00–144.00	698	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	126.97/cwt	125.00–129.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	128.86/cwt	123.00–135.00	617	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	602	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	789	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	147.92/cwt	143.00–151.00	924	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	147.12/cwt	133.00–151.00	849	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	124.38/cwt	115.00–127.00	908	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	427	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	563	157.63/cwt	154.00–158.00	887	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	821	125.14/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,027	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	122.11/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,023	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	125.00/cwt	123.00–127.00	944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	118.38/cwt	114.00–124.00	684	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	433	171.12/cwt	168.00–175.00	741	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	134.88/cwt	121.00–143.00	584	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	106.92/cwt	101.00–112.00	823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	113.45/cwt	110.00–117.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	609	127.78/cwt	124.00–132.00	778	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	775	120.52/cwt	119.00–122.00	934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	119.98/cwt	115.00–123.00	756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	114.73/cwt	110.00–119.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	138.05/cwt	134.00–143.50	732	43
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,570	1,030.00/cwt	1,030.00–1,030.00	16,171	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,084	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	828	43.11/cwt	38.00–48.00	357	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	58.98/cwt	58.00–60.00	547	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	66.47/cwt	63.00–71.00	647	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	76.85/cwt	73.00–79.00	1,015	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	67.69/cwt	61.00–72.00	791	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	124.02/cwt	120.00–128.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	141.17/cwt	131.00–148.00	541	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	343	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	117.83/cwt	114.00–120.00	840	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	145.48/cwt	140.00–150.00	610	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	400	1

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 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 918Last week 647Year ago 812

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 63Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 3Year ago 12

Compared to last week:Steers and heifers 1.00-3.00 higher.Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 higher and slaughter bulls steady 2.00 higher.Heavy supply with very 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
1	—	645	114.00	114.00
1	—	660	113.00	113.00
2	—	440	129.00–135.00	131.97
5	—	479	123.00–135.00	128.86
8	—	383	131.00–148.00	141.17
1	—	245	140.00	140.00
1	—	335	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	554	127.00–144.00	133.32
1	—	345	150.00	150.00
7	—	468	143.00–164.00	147.10
1	—	370	160.00	160.00
14	—	520	123.00–144.00	134.27
2	—	610	125.00–129.00	126.97
2	—	663	120.00–128.00	124.02
5	—	713	114.00–120.00	117.83
6	—	419	140.00–150.00	145.48
1	—	250	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	602	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	725	123.00	123.00
150	—	667	133.75	133.75
15	—	560	133.00–136.00	134.52
17	—	609	124.00–132.00	127.78
2	—	775	119.00–122.00	120.52
43	—	530	134.00–143.50	138.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	678	113.00–123.00	119.50
1	—	700	112.00	112.00
19	—	577	124.00–131.00	128.58
2	—	833	109.00–114.00	111.51
26	—	528	120.00–132.00	128.75
3	—	375	130.00–144.00	137.41
31	—	480	122.00–139.00	133.10
4	—	320	131.00–137.00	134.86
34	—	433	121.00–143.00	134.88
4	—	770	101.00–112.00	106.92
6	—	630	115.00–123.00	119.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	115.00–120.00	117.49
5	—	580	110.00–119.00	113.41
1	—	650	101.00	101.00
2	—	347	127.00	127.00
2	—	385	123.00–124.00	123.49
2	—	528	110.00–117.00	113.45
3	—	465	110.00–119.00	114.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	681	129.00–139.00	134.14
2	—	860	120.00–121.00	120.50
20	—	483	148.50–160.00	149.83
4	—	330	154.00–170.00	158.06
20	—	516	130.00–153.00	145.20
4	—	376	155.00–165.00	160.05
26	—	629	123.00–135.00	130.64
7	—	436	149.00–163.00	156.19
130	—	577	133.00–151.00	147.12
9	—	730	115.00–127.00	124.38
1	—	255	167.50	167.50
9	—	838	122.00–123.00	122.11
2	—	755	123.00–127.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	133.00–142.00	136.79
1	—	375	150.00	150.00
1	—	605	121.00	121.00
1	—	680	121.00	121.00
3	—	578	114.00–124.00	118.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	461	176.00	176.00
48	—	664	139.50–148.00	141.62
10	—	708	130.00–132.00	130.90
22	—	528	154.00–162.50	158.56
29	—	625	143.00–151.00	147.92
32	—	563	154.00–158.00	157.63
7	—	821	124.00–128.00	125.14
9	—	433	168.00–175.00	171.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	187.50	187.50
1	—	425	177.50	177.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	87.00	87.00
1	—	1,650	103.00	103.00
3	—	1,653	107.00–109.00	108.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,465	74.00	74.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	828	38.00–48.00	43.11
2	—	928	58.00–60.00	58.98
7	—	973	63.00–71.00	66.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,321	73.00–79.00	76.85
12	—	1,168	61.00–72.00	67.69

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	880.00	880.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,570	1,030.00	1,030.00

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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Albany Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle