Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher on a light test due to the unfavorable weather conditions. Good demand on all feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $180.92/cwt on 155 head.

Average price

$180.92

155 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,201

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$20.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.74

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	666	181.46	1,209	151
Medium and Large 2-3	579	160.50	929	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.96/cwt here — about $280 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 sale155 hd

180.92

—

KY average22 barns · 3,861 hd

178.18

+2.74

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	2,143	111.34	2,386	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,602	88.93	1,424	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,191	83.41	993	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	970	62.21	604	5thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	821	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	62.35/cwt	60.00–66.00	609	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	459	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,076	79.28/cwt	76.00–84.00	853	4
Bulls	—	—	2,143	111.34/cwt	109.00–113.00	2,386	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	471	215.02/cwt	213.00–216.00	1,013	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	445	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	173.68/cwt	165.00–179.00	650	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	178.92/cwt	173.00–180.00	1,145	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	934	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	168.84/cwt	168.50–172.00	1,131	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	144.37/cwt	142.00–149.00	953	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	202.44/cwt	188.00–206.00	986	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	164.50/cwt	163.00–165.00	1,165	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	182.33/cwt	182.00–186.00	1,054	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,417	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,012	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	748	178.90/cwt	178.90–178.90	1,338	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,170	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	540	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,042	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	197.99/cwt	197.00–199.00	822	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,247	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	180.86/cwt	178.00–186.00	942	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,020	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,192	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	188.00/cwt	183.00–197.00	782	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	133.22/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,018	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	186.56/cwt	180.00–190.00	593	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,021	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	864	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	516	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	955	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	93.71/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,260	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	745	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	91.90/cwt	87.00–96.00	1,553	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	173.00/cwt	170.00–184.00	855	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	410	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	496	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	290	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	151.24/cwt	150.00–152.50	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	405	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	770	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	255	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	461	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	156.08/cwt	152.00–157.50	515	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	692	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	170.35/cwt	169.00–175.00	789	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	355	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	161.67/cwt	155.00–173.00	687	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	906	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	163.94/cwt	156.00–168.00	848	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	485	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	873	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	145.54/cwt	140.00–151.00	895	2

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 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 272Last week 718Year ago 1,043

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 76Year ago 67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	69.00	69.00
4	—	1,076	76.00–84.00	79.28
3	—	1,345	91.00–96.00	93.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	977	60.00–66.00	62.35
1	—	900	51.00	51.00
1	—	1,020	73.00	73.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,690	87.00–96.00	91.90
1	—	1,425	83.00	83.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,143	109.00–113.00	111.34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	176.00	176.00
2	—	378	150.00–152.50	151.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	416	183.00–197.00	188.00
5	—	764	132.00–135.00	133.22
5	—	318	180.00–190.00	186.56
3	—	663	154.00	154.00
2	—	527	164.00	164.00
1	—	350	205.00	205.00
5	—	494	170.00–184.00	173.00
1	—	565	160.00	160.00
1	—	245	202.50	202.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	516	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	160.00	160.00
1	—	255	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	471	213.00–216.00	215.02
1	—	375	211.00	211.00
1	—	445	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	640	173.00–180.00	178.92
10	—	670	168.50–172.00	168.84
6	—	487	188.00–206.00	202.44
4	—	708	163.00–165.00	164.50
15	—	578	182.00–186.00	182.33
2	—	932	152.00	152.00
1	—	350	200.00	200.00
2	—	415	197.00–199.00	197.99
3	—	756	165.00	165.00
6	—	521	178.00–186.00	180.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	161.00	161.00
1	—	425	181.00	181.00
1	—	630	150.00	150.00
1	—	680	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	748	178.90	178.90
7	—	619	189.00	189.00
1	—	540	193.00	193.00
1	—	655	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	153.00	153.00
14	—	374	165.00–179.00	173.68
3	—	660	142.00–149.00	144.37
1	—	755	134.00	134.00
2	—	275	167.50	167.50
4	—	330	152.00–157.50	156.08
1	—	830	115.00	115.00
9	—	463	169.00–175.00	170.35
1	—	740	114.00	114.00
6	—	425	155.00–173.00	161.67
1	—	855	106.00	106.00
6	—	517	156.00–168.00	163.94
2	—	615	140.00–151.00	145.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	159.00	159.00
1	—	490	145.00	145.00
1	—	305	145.00	145.00
2	—	692	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	137.50	137.50
1	—	355	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	190.00	190.00
3	—	485	180.00	180.00

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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