Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Sterrs and heifers mostly steady.Slaughter cows 1.00 lower,slaughter bulls not tested.Supply was light with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.62/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$136.62

101 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$11.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.33

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	489	137.40	671	94
Large 2	472	126.14	595	7thin

One grade step is worth $11.26/cwt here — about $76 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 sale101 hd

136.62

—

KY average25 barns · 3,393 hd

139.95

−3.33

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	1,955	94.00	1,838	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,517	68.77	1,043	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,193	63.53	758	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	918	59.58	547	5thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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	—	360	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	126.90/cwt	123.00–133.00	792	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	137.11/cwt	132.00–144.00	650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	869	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	737	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	988	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	562	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	508	143.51/cwt	143.00–144.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	145.92/cwt	142.00–149.00	550	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,017	1
Steers	Large 2	—	473	137.08/cwt	134.00–140.00	648	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	410	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	155.15/cwt	131.00–160.00	824	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	142.33/cwt	129.00–149.00	892	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	172.32/cwt	171.00–175.00	793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	170.95/cwt	165.00–174.00	547	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	951	1
Steers	Large 2	—	680	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	809	1
Steers	Large 2	—	360	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	145.67/cwt	145.00–147.00	849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	763	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,110	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	163.94/cwt	152.00–176.00	689	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	134.20/cwt	129.00–140.00	1,033	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	137.58/cwt	131.00–146.00	933	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	385	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	491	108.53/cwt	101.00–109.50	533	49
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	648	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	654	17
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	419	110.79/cwt	100.00–116.50	464	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	354	112.98/cwt	101.00–117.00	400	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	136.22/cwt	134.00–142.00	787	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	159.10/cwt	152.00–171.00	590	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	126.57/cwt	123.00–128.00	842	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	128.97/cwt	127.00–131.00	813	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	301	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	539	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	648	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	428	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	62.64/cwt	62.00–63.00	554	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,161	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	67.36/cwt	64.00–70.00	1,006	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	59.50/cwt	59.00–60.00	711	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	64.42/cwt	62.00–71.00	769	9
Bulls	—	—	1,955	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,838	1
Bulls	Large 2	—	430	134.32/cwt	130.00–138.00	578	3
Bulls	Large 2	—	510	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	643	1
Bulls	Large 2	—	675	115.66/cwt	115.00–116.00	781	3
Bulls	Large 2	—	260	149.17/cwt	147.50–150.00	388	3
Bulls	Large 2	—	765	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	834	1
Bulls	Large 2	—	625	116.97/cwt	115.00–118.00	731	3
Bulls	Large 2	—	590	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	138.62/cwt	130.00–151.00	728	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	163.75/cwt	150.00–175.00	527	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	149.90/cwt	141.00–167.00	657	12
Bulls	Large 2	—	473	135.47/cwt	127.00–140.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	109.52/cwt	106.00–114.00	780	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	154.11/cwt	151.00–157.50	362	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	375	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	415	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	631	2
Bulls	Large 2	—	730	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	135.63/cwt	134.00–138.00	773	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	300	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	402	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	468	126.65/cwt	121.00–130.00	593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	143.44/cwt	131.00–150.00	598	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	409	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	670	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	146.00/cwt	143.00–151.00	473	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	134.31/cwt	130.00–141.00	717	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	800	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 Sep 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 432Last week 831Year ago 770

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 31Year ago 93

Compared to last week: Sterrs and heifers mostly steady.Slaughter cows 1.00 lower,slaughter bulls not tested.Supply was light with good 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	—	360	178.00	178.00
1	—	290	170.00	170.00
19	—	531	131.00–160.00	155.15
9	—	627	129.00–149.00	142.33
3	—	460	171.00–175.00	172.32
3	—	320	165.00–174.00	170.95
1	—	800	126.00	126.00
1	—	715	133.00	133.00
3	—	583	145.00–147.00	145.67
9	—	420	152.00–176.00	163.94
5	—	770	129.00–140.00	134.20
5	—	678	131.00–146.00	137.58
1	—	220	175.00	175.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	134.00–140.00	137.08
1	—	680	119.00	119.00
1	—	360	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	180.00	180.00
4	—	763	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	624	123.00–133.00	126.90
6	—	474	132.00–144.00	137.11
3	—	377	142.00–149.00	145.92
1	—	855	119.00	119.00
8	—	712	106.00–114.00	109.52
2	—	235	151.00–157.50	154.11
3	—	570	134.00–138.00	135.63
11	—	417	131.00–150.00	143.44
3	—	278	147.00	147.00
1	—	765	126.00	126.00
20	—	324	143.00–151.00	146.00
15	—	534	130.00–141.00	134.31
1	—	650	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	616	141.00	141.00
2	—	737	134.00	134.00
2	—	562	145.00	145.00
2	—	508	143.00–144.00	143.51
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
1	—	375	138.00	138.00
1	—	300	134.00	134.00
3	—	468	121.00–130.00	126.65
1	—	670	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	152.00	152.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	491	101.00–109.50	108.53
17	—	648	101.00	101.00
10	—	419	100.00–116.50	110.79
4	—	354	101.00–117.00	112.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	578	134.00–142.00	136.22
7	—	371	152.00–171.00	159.10
5	—	665	123.00–128.00	126.57
2	—	735	110.00–111.00	110.50
2	—	630	127.00–131.00	128.97
20	—	525	130.00–151.00	138.62
8	—	322	150.00–175.00	163.75
1	—	450	143.00	143.00
12	—	438	141.00–167.00	149.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	301	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	130.00–138.00	134.32
1	—	510	126.00	126.00
3	—	675	115.00–116.00	115.66
3	—	260	147.50–150.00	149.17
1	—	765	109.00	109.00
3	—	625	115.00–118.00	116.97
1	—	590	125.00	125.00
3	—	473	127.00–140.00	135.47
1	—	730	108.00	108.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	60.00	60.00
1	—	855	50.00	50.00
3	—	885	62.00–63.00	62.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	73.00	73.00
3	—	1,493	64.00–70.00	67.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	59.00–60.00	59.50
9	—	1,193	62.00–71.00	64.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,955	94.00	94.00

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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