Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers 1.00-3.00 higher.Slaughter cows and bulls steady.Moderate supply with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.73/cwt on 244 head.

Average price

$135.73

244 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$843

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$13.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.19

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	626	136.66	855	227
Medium and Large 2-3	556	123.21	685	17thin

One grade step is worth $13.45/cwt here — about $170 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 sale244 hd

135.73

—

KY average23 barns · 5,107 hd

135.92

−0.19

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	—	Average	1,786	84.80	1,515	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,493	54.48	814	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,222	53.81	657	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	965	44.06	425	11

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	133.40/cwt	129.00–137.00	500	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	121.49/cwt	121.00–122.00	824	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	940	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	121.79/cwt	117.00–124.00	639	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	126.26/cwt	120.00–129.00	540	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	111.41/cwt	105.00–119.00	801	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	137.37/cwt	137.00–138.00	442	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,074	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	152.68/cwt	140.00–155.00	641	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	156.24/cwt	150.00–160.00	556	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	145.32/cwt	144.00–149.00	554	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,082	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	125.22/cwt	121.00–129.00	774	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	517	154.38/cwt	149.50–162.00	798	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	123.58/cwt	117.00–125.00	940	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	506	126.26/cwt	125.00–127.00	639	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	114.75/cwt	106.00–121.00	723	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	120.65/cwt	116.00–125.00	871	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	557	147.56/cwt	145.00–152.00	822	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	111.44/cwt	109.00–114.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	136.19/cwt	124.00–141.00	784	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	830	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,025	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	422	169.99/cwt	161.00–181.00	717	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,003	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,133	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	153.53/cwt	141.00–156.00	735	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	115.30/cwt	114.00–117.00	778	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	122.33/cwt	122.00–122.50	768	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	444	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	582	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	492	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	772	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	911	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	646	131.84/cwt	130.00–133.00	852	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	489	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	59.87/cwt	56.00–64.00	742	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	52.22/cwt	47.00–55.00	636	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	28.08/cwt	25.00–31.00	297	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	49.59/cwt	46.00–51.00	478	6
Bulls	—	—	1,786	84.80/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,515	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	115.90/cwt	110.00–120.00	777	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	675	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	672	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,610	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	13,685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	142.99/cwt	142.00–144.00	619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	134.73/cwt	133.00–136.00	639	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	435	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	43.66/cwt	43.00–44.00	396	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	838	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	53.78/cwt	52.00–55.00	808	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	333	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	436	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	622	95.84/cwt	88.00–101.00	596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	115.48/cwt	115.00–116.00	543	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	135.46/cwt	131.00–142.00	722	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	120.22/cwt	116.00–126.00	745	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	663	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	130.97/cwt	127.00–135.00	508	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	109.23/cwt	105.00–113.00	683	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	121.49/cwt	121.00–122.00	1,000	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	692	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	292	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	107.53/cwt	102.00–111.00	611	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	120.44/cwt	116.00–124.00	690	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	373	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	122.99/cwt	117.00–127.00	711	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	124.61/cwt	118.00–126.00	589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	123.62/cwt	118.00–127.00	587	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	99.33/cwt	98.00–102.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	133.19/cwt	122.00–138.00	709	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	516	106.55/cwt	105.00–111.00	550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	109.69/cwt	104.00–116.00	740	18

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 Dec 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 529Last week 207Year ago 842

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 34Year ago 115

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 4Year ago 18

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers 1.00-3.00 higher.Slaughter cows and bulls steady.Moderate supply with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	375	129.00–137.00	133.40
2	—	895	105.00	105.00
22	—	525	117.00–124.00	121.79
11	—	428	120.00–129.00	126.26
6	—	719	105.00–119.00	111.41
5	—	322	137.00–138.00	137.37
19	—	630	106.00–121.00	114.75
2	—	832	101.00	101.00
37	—	573	116.00–124.00	120.44
4	—	276	135.00	135.00
23	—	475	118.00–127.00	123.62
3	—	761	98.00–102.00	99.33
18	—	675	104.00–116.00	109.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	506	125.00–127.00	126.26
12	—	628	122.00–122.50	122.33
5	—	444	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	101.00	101.00
1	—	755	89.00	89.00
1	—	395	110.00	110.00
3	—	622	88.00–101.00	95.84
2	—	470	115.00–116.00	115.48
1	—	290	117.50	117.50
6	—	568	102.00–111.00	107.53
1	—	430	116.00	116.00
1	—	725	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	678	121.00–122.00	121.49
2	—	895	120.00	120.00
9	—	420	140.00–155.00	152.68
4	—	356	150.00–160.00	156.24
1	—	925	117.00	117.00
11	—	618	121.00–129.00	125.22
8	—	761	117.00–125.00	123.58
13	—	722	116.00–125.00	120.65
21	—	576	124.00–141.00	136.19
4	—	1,003	113.00	113.00
9	—	479	141.00–156.00	153.53
2	—	305	164.00	164.00
9	—	533	131.00–142.00	135.46
2	—	823	121.00–122.00	121.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	517	149.50–162.00	154.38
9	—	557	145.00–152.00	147.56
9	—	830	123.50	123.50
7	—	422	161.00–181.00	169.99
61	—	675	135.00	135.00
26	—	646	130.00–133.00	131.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	110.00–120.00	115.90
4	—	474	133.00–136.00	134.73
2	—	568	120.00–121.00	120.50
3	—	530	125.00	125.00
2	—	388	127.00–135.00	130.97
2	—	710	105.00	105.00
1	—	630	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	381	144.00–149.00	145.32
2	—	718	109.00–114.00	111.44
1	—	465	140.00	140.00
3	—	675	114.00–117.00	115.30
2	—	433	142.00–144.00	142.99
1	—	750	105.00	105.00
1	—	245	150.00	150.00
13	—	620	116.00–126.00	120.22
16	—	578	117.00–127.00	122.99
16	—	532	122.00–138.00	133.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	492	157.00	157.00
1	—	520	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	131.00	131.00
4	—	625	105.00–113.00	109.23
1	—	350	136.00	136.00
2	—	692	111.00	111.00
2	—	292	147.50	147.50
6	—	473	118.00–126.00	124.61
4	—	516	105.00–111.00	106.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	42.00	42.00
8	—	1,239	56.00–64.00	59.87
23	—	1,218	47.00–55.00	52.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	25.00–31.00	28.08
6	—	963	46.00–51.00	49.59
3	—	908	43.00–44.00	43.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	58.00	58.00
5	—	1,503	52.00–55.00	53.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,786	80.00–88.00	84.80

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,610	850.00	850.00

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

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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle