Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2021-07-14

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 14
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
965 head
▲ 444 vs last sale 521▲ 228 vs year ago 737 · +30.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 52▲ 13 vs year ago 59 · +22.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 6▲ 2 vs year ago 4 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week:Steers and heifers 4.00-6.00 higher.Slaughter cows and bulls steady.Supply was heavy with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.95/cwt on 493 head.
Average price
$151.95
493 head · 714 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,085
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$390
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2
$14.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.47
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2721152.451,100476
Large 2514138.1371017thin
One grade step is worth $14.31/cwt here — about $390 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 sale493 hd
151.95
—
KY average26 barns · 6,524 hd
149.48
+2.47
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,68393.521,5745thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55372.241,12221
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22064.9479229
CowsLean 85-90%High98159.9458812

Every lot, as filed

84 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—363170.30/cwt169.00–173.006183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—683140.71/cwt134.00–144.009614
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—505159.00/cwt159.00–159.008031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—427176.79/cwt170.00–183.007559
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—899143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,28659
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—475145.46/cwt135.00–150.0069148
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—523154.39/cwt137.00–162.0080726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—568156.10/cwt139.00–161.0088731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—320171.06/cwt160.00–177.005473
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—689134.95/cwt132.50–137.7593024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—760145.22/cwt139.00–146.251,10423
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—511147.87/cwt130.00–153.0075617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—473159.26/cwt154.50–160.5075339
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—612142.57/cwt132.00–146.0087310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—958122.00/cwt121.00–123.001,1692
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—521164.25/cwt163.00–168.0085618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—350146.00/cwt146.00–146.005111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—659132.73/cwt127.00–139.008754
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—459181.32/cwt173.00–185.008327
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—489165.85/cwt164.00–169.008117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—632124.37/cwt123.00–130.0078610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—432158.74/cwt153.00–168.006865
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—618163.87/cwt151.00–168.501,013126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—792128.22/cwt128.00–128.501,0167
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—582156.43/cwt153.50–157.8091061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—944140.69/cwt139.70–141.701,328115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—845133.79/cwt133.75–134.001,1317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—725140.57/cwt138.00–143.001,0192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—661154.75/cwt149.00–158.001,02316
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—388157.55/cwt150.00–165.006112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—705123.00/cwt123.00–123.008671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—731118.53/cwt116.00–121.008664
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—430165.00/cwt165.00–165.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—626132.88/cwt132.00–137.0083244
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—617145.00/cwt145.00–145.008954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—402148.00/cwt148.00–148.005956
CowsLean 85-90%—97164.37/cwt62.00–67.006256
Bulls——1,88896.63/cwt92.00–100.001,8242
CowsLean 85-90%—99156.82/cwt54.00–60.005635
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47666.12/cwt61.00–69.009768
Bulls——1,36885.66/cwt82.00–89.001,1722
Bulls——1,905103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,9621
BullsLarge 2—565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21854.51/cwt47.00–60.006643
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26871.80/cwt71.00–73.009105
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20964.79/cwt61.00–68.0078321
CowsLean 85-90%—98549.00/cwt49.00–49.004831
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60076.00/cwt72.00–80.001,21613
SteersLarge 2—770111.00/cwt111.00–111.008551
BullsLarge 2—620110.00/cwt110.00–110.006821
SteersLarge 2—645125.00/cwt125.00–125.008061
SteersLarge 2—417142.28/cwt130.00–152.005935
SteersLarge 2—492149.00/cwt149.00–149.007332
HeifersLarge 2—379128.65/cwt124.00–135.004887
SteersLarge 2—589134.48/cwt134.00–136.007926
HeifersLarge 2—581118.99/cwt112.00–123.006914
HeifersLarge 2—645119.33/cwt114.00–122.007703
SteersLarge 2—390151.00/cwt151.00–151.005891
HeifersLarge 2—432133.51/cwt128.00–135.005776
HeifersLarge 2—520120.54/cwt115.00–125.006274
HeifersLarge 2—310135.00/cwt135.00–135.004191
HeifersLarge 2—285142.50/cwt142.50–142.504061
BullsLarge 2—475135.52/cwt134.00–137.006442
BullsLarge 2—378147.99/cwt147.00–149.005592
HeifersLarge 2—473123.90/cwt118.00–130.005862
HeifersLarge 2—685120.01/cwt119.00–121.008222
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,070850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,0951
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,215700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,5051
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0501,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0012,0751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—315162.00/cwt162.00–162.005101
SteersLarge 2—330145.00/cwt145.00–145.004791
HeifersLarge 2—775109.00/cwt109.00–109.008451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—825123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—269150.09/cwt145.00–155.004044
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—470155.66/cwt150.00–168.007327
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—627137.18/cwt132.00–141.008606
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—590136.00/cwt134.00–138.008022
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,380920.00/cwt920.00–920.0012,6961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—725132.00/cwt132.00–132.009571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—526140.60/cwt128.00–147.0074043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—825108.67/cwt108.00–109.008973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—418136.98/cwt134.00–140.005732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—850130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—570137.50/cwt135.00–141.0078436

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.