Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week:Steers and heifers steady 1.00 lower.Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 lower.Supply was heavy with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.20/cwt on 358 head.

Average price

$124.20

358 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$8.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.01

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	561	125.15	702	318
Medium and Large 2-3	448	116.66	522	40

One grade step is worth $8.48/cwt here — about $179 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 sale358 hd

124.20

—

KY average27 barns · 4,924 hd

128.21

−4.01

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	1,696	88.26	1,496	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,564	61.35	959	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,209	60.34	730	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	994	52.83	525	14

Every lot, as filed

85 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	—	775	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	132.50/cwt	130.00–135.00	417	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,011	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	149.99/cwt	141.00–154.00	631	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	124.31/cwt	121.00–126.00	650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	685	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	129.71/cwt	124.00–135.00	809	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	810	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	128.20/cwt	126.00–131.00	741	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	101.02/cwt	99.00–103.00	826	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	130.87/cwt	125.00–144.00	695	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	105.51/cwt	101.00–110.00	900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	363	128.64/cwt	125.00–131.00	467	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	122.21/cwt	117.00–128.00	766	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	145.40/cwt	141.00–152.00	632	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	114.01/cwt	112.00–115.00	699	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	500	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	745	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	741	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	439	125.39/cwt	125.00–127.00	550	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	110.60/cwt	109.00–115.00	793	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	127.01/cwt	120.00–130.50	663	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	129.80/cwt	128.00–131.00	431	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	321	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	401	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	125.94/cwt	123.00–130.00	599	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	106.91/cwt	103.00–110.00	873	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	414	117.89/cwt	110.00–121.00	488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	111.98/cwt	111.00–113.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	127.87/cwt	121.00–131.50	738	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	114.99/cwt	114.00–116.00	770	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	117.96/cwt	115.00–122.00	554	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	107.02/cwt	106.00–108.00	664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	667	122.91/cwt	122.00–123.00	820	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	118.56/cwt	110.00–121.00	749	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	384	122.21/cwt	120.00–125.00	469	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	111.33/cwt	106.00–116.00	593	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	643	118.66/cwt	116.00–120.00	763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	507	149.83/cwt	148.00–155.00	760	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	153.00/cwt	151.00–162.00	563	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	129.77/cwt	123.00–132.00	864	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	366	136.97/cwt	130.00–140.00	501	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	139.21/cwt	136.00–141.00	867	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	145.73/cwt	140.00–153.00	697	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	432	156.24/cwt	155.00–160.00	675	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	602	123.86/cwt	122.00–124.00	746	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	130.57/cwt	126.00–135.00	490	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	110.94/cwt	105.00–119.00	800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	96.02/cwt	92.00–100.00	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	774	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	973	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	127.99/cwt	124.00–135.00	547	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	106.25/cwt	103.00–108.00	806	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	288	120.83/cwt	116.00–125.00	348	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	970.00/cwt	970.00–970.00	11,786	1
Bulls	—	—	1,525	83.44/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,272	4
Bulls	—	—	1,866	93.08/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,737	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	133.98/cwt	128.00–136.00	623	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	152.20/cwt	145.00–157.50	571	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	8,023	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	9,398	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,204	857.26/cwt	820.00–910.00	10,321	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	58.61/cwt	56.00–60.00	593	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	65.57/cwt	64.00–69.00	841	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	58.25/cwt	55.00–63.00	685	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	943	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	60.89/cwt	60.00–62.00	961	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	299	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	48.15/cwt	46.00–50.00	465	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	124.99/cwt	123.00–127.00	907	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	136.06/cwt	129.00–139.00	567	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	733	132.98/cwt	131.00–136.00	975	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	139.07/cwt	129.00–144.00	725	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	452	158.00/cwt	156.00–159.00	714	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	157.93/cwt	154.00–162.50	501	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	132.50/cwt	124.00–138.00	636	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	815	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,137	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	136.95/cwt	129.00–143.00	779	35

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 Sep 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 841Last week 354Year ago 924

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 37Year ago 86

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 8Year ago 13

Compared to last week:Steers and heifers steady 1.00 lower.Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 lower.Supply was heavy with moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	122.00	122.00
10	—	421	141.00–154.00	149.99
16	—	624	124.00–135.00	129.71
19	—	368	151.00–162.00	153.00
5	—	666	123.00–132.00	129.77
26	—	478	140.00–153.00	145.73
5	—	726	123.00–127.00	124.99
31	—	521	129.00–144.00	139.07
6	—	317	154.00–162.50	157.93
35	—	569	129.00–143.00	136.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	124.00–125.00	124.50
2	—	315	130.00–135.00	132.50
3	—	523	121.00–126.00	124.31
3	—	643	116.00–120.00	118.66
6	—	366	130.00–140.00	136.97
6	—	417	129.00–139.00	136.06
6	—	480	124.00–138.00	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	133.00	133.00
2	—	685	140.00	140.00
6	—	507	148.00–155.00	149.83
11	—	623	136.00–141.00	139.21
14	—	733	131.00–136.00	132.98
64	—	815	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	172.50	172.50
4	—	432	155.00–160.00	156.24
6	—	452	156.00–159.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	692	117.00	117.00
9	—	578	126.00–131.00	128.20
2	—	818	99.00–103.00	101.02
29	—	531	125.00–144.00	130.87
2	—	853	101.00–110.00	105.51
32	—	627	117.00–128.00	122.21
3	—	435	141.00–152.00	145.40
3	—	481	154.00	154.00
5	—	717	109.00–115.00	110.60
6	—	375	145.00–157.50	152.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	115.00	115.00
2	—	323	120.00	120.00
3	—	363	125.00–131.00	128.64
3	—	613	112.00–115.00	114.01
5	—	439	125.00–127.00	125.39
1	—	270	140.00	140.00
5	—	465	128.00–136.00	133.98
1	—	565	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	117.50	117.50
4	—	321	125.00	125.00
1	—	670	100.00	100.00
4	—	414	110.00–121.00	117.89
2	—	583	111.00–113.00	111.98
5	—	470	115.00–122.00	117.96
2	—	620	106.00–108.00	107.02
11	—	384	120.00–125.00	122.21
3	—	533	106.00–116.00	111.33
3	—	775	92.00–100.00	96.02
4	—	288	116.00–125.00	120.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	522	120.00–130.50	127.01
5	—	332	128.00–131.00	129.80
41	—	476	123.00–130.00	125.94
8	—	817	103.00–110.00	106.91
76	—	577	121.00–131.50	127.87
9	—	670	114.00–116.00	114.99
22	—	632	110.00–121.00	118.56
25	—	375	126.00–135.00	130.57
4	—	721	105.00–119.00	110.94
29	—	427	124.00–135.00	127.99
4	—	759	103.00–108.00	106.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	667	122.00–123.00	122.91
21	—	602	122.00–124.00	123.86
25	—	774	125.75	125.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,060	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	970.00	970.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	710.00	710.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,270	740.00	740.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,204	820.00–910.00	857.26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,525	82.00–85.00	83.44
4	—	1,866	90.00–94.00	93.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,011	56.00–60.00	58.61
1	—	995	30.00	30.00
5	—	966	46.00–50.00	48.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,283	64.00–69.00	65.57
18	—	1,176	55.00–63.00	58.25
1	—	1,150	51.00	51.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	65.00	65.00
8	—	1,578	60.00–62.00	60.89

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