Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 4.00-6.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher with good demand, Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-3.00 higher. There was good demand for all feeder cattle, with moderate offerings and good buyer activity this week. Buyers showed good interest in feeder heifers and cattle with favorable condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.65/cwt on 529 head.

Average price

$170.65

529 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,171

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$374

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

$24.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.38

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	688	171.03	1,177	521
Medium and Large 2-3	550	146.06	803	8thin

One grade step is worth $24.96/cwt here — about $374 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 sale529 hd

170.65

—

KY average21 barns · 2,647 hd

164.26

+6.38

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	—	High	1,832	106.02	1,943	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,556	82.34	1,281	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,172	72.56	850	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	977	60.82	594	18

Every lot, as filed

74 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 1-2Fancy	—	487	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	418	200.23/cwt	193.00–207.00	837	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	996	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,028	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	724	151.15/cwt	148.50–152.00	1,094	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	161.11/cwt	150.00–169.00	1,166	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	182.81/cwt	168.00–189.00	885	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	801	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	166.02/cwt	155.00–172.00	1,019	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	570	185.79/cwt	181.00–190.00	1,059	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	365	208.75/cwt	200.00–217.50	762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,123	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	174.14/cwt	160.00–179.00	1,000	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	167.86/cwt	158.00–172.00	1,130	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	170.89/cwt	164.00–176.00	902	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	136.47/cwt	127.00–143.00	1,201	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	154.32/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,184	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	487	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	813	154.84/cwt	152.00–155.25	1,259	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	700	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,208	23
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	—	847	119.60/cwt	119.60–119.60	1,013	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	517	186.79/cwt	181.00–190.00	966	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	695	174.02/cwt	174.00–175.00	1,209	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	794	162.03/cwt	161.75–162.30	1,287	132
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,089	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	167.49/cwt	162.50–177.50	529	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	671	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	141.29/cwt	131.00–148.00	876	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	166.30/cwt	159.00–171.00	620	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	390	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	784	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	68.00/cwt	64.00–72.00	796	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	52.60/cwt	42.00–58.00	514	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	68.39/cwt	68.00–70.00	690	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	84.31/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,347	16
Bulls	—	—	1,842	111.37/cwt	105.00–117.00	2,051	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	62.46/cwt	60.00–66.00	596	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	77.92/cwt	73.00–85.00	915	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	77.09/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,114	6
Bulls	—	—	1,819	98.54/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,792	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	988.08/cwt	850.00–1,100.00	11,808	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	14,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	1,160.00/cwt	1,160.00–1,160.00	16,588	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,211	951.93/cwt	760.00–1,250.00	11,528	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,304	1,010.28/cwt	930.00–1,080.00	13,174	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	364	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	164.79/cwt	160.00–172.50	481	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	127.70/cwt	120.00–136.00	670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	168.07/cwt	156.00–182.00	795	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	156.45/cwt	146.00–170.00	826	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	151.43/cwt	144.00–155.00	883	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	137.75/cwt	128.00–149.00	862	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	150.32/cwt	141.00–163.00	634	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	559	164.05/cwt	162.00–164.75	917	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	152.70/cwt	144.00–160.00	808	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	315	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	152.14/cwt	141.00–160.00	738	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	158.24/cwt	145.00–166.00	576	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	144.49/cwt	128.00–148.00	958	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	814	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,160	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	125.50/cwt	120.00–131.00	910	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	132.70/cwt	123.00–144.00	963	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	150.23/cwt	141.00–160.00	852	20

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 Feb 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,167Last week 1,043Year ago 361

Slaughter CattleReceipts 165Last week 67Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 17Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	487	193.00	193.00
10	—	418	193.00–207.00	200.23
2	—	365	200.00–217.50	208.75
1	—	315	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	180.00	180.00
13	—	724	150.00–169.00	161.11
11	—	484	168.00–189.00	182.81
9	—	614	155.00–172.00	166.02
1	—	440	187.00	187.00
23	—	574	160.00–179.00	174.14
15	—	673	158.00–172.00	167.86
16	—	528	164.00–176.00	170.89
7	—	880	127.00–143.00	136.47
3	—	767	153.00–155.00	154.32
1	—	1,035	130.00	130.00
1	—	360	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	154.00	154.00
1	—	675	142.00	142.00
1	—	340	167.50	167.50
1	—	440	140.00	140.00
2	—	487	157.00	157.00
2	—	725	120.00–131.00	125.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	570	181.00–190.00	185.79
12	—	624	180.00	180.00
16	—	813	152.00–155.25	154.84
23	—	700	172.50	172.50
11	—	517	181.00–190.00	186.79
179	—	695	174.00–175.00	174.02
132	—	794	161.75–162.30	162.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	784	127.00	127.00
1	—	205	177.50	177.50
8	—	292	160.00–172.50	164.79
13	—	626	128.00–149.00	137.75
1	—	935	130.00	130.00
13	—	422	141.00–163.00	150.32
29	—	529	144.00–160.00	152.70
1	—	885	134.00	134.00
16	—	485	141.00–160.00	152.14
12	—	364	145.00–166.00	158.24
10	—	663	128.00–148.00	144.49
13	—	726	123.00–144.00	132.70
1	—	975	115.00	115.00
20	—	567	141.00–160.00	150.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	655	157.00	157.00
32	—	724	148.50–152.00	151.15
53	—	559	162.00–164.75	164.05
6	—	814	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	120.00–136.00	127.70
1	—	595	130.00	130.00
1	—	460	133.00	133.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	847	119.60	119.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	114.00	114.00
4	—	316	162.50–177.50	167.49
1	—	430	156.00	156.00
7	—	620	131.00–148.00	141.29
6	—	373	159.00–171.00	166.30
7	—	473	156.00–182.00	168.07
5	—	528	146.00–170.00	156.45
7	—	583	144.00–155.00	151.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	201.00	201.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,170	64.00–72.00	68.00
17	—	1,174	73.00–85.00	77.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	978	42.00–58.00	52.60
5	—	1,009	68.00–70.00	68.39
7	—	954	60.00–66.00	62.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,598	80.00–90.00	84.31
6	—	1,445	74.00–79.00	77.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,842	105.00–117.00	111.37
5	—	1,819	95.00–104.00	98.54

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,195	850.00–1,100.00	988.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,430	1,160.00	1,160.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,211	760.00–1,250.00	951.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,304	930.00–1,080.00	1,010.28
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,275.00	1,275.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Slaughter Cattle

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