Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold steady with feeder heifers over 500lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $236.10/cwt on 185 head.

Average price

$236.10

185 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,275

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$39.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.16

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	539	240.82	1,299	159
Medium and Large 2	558	209.24	1,168	18thin
Medium and Large 2-3	493	203.52	1,003	5thin
Large 1-2	555	201.33	1,117	3thin

One grade step is worth $39.48/cwt here — about $181 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 sale185 hd

236.10

—

KY average27 barns · 6,893 hd

230.94

+5.16

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	1,806	123.90	2,237	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,290	103.38	1,334	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,511	102.33	1,546	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,054	93.26	983	23

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,255	$1,090	1thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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	—	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	219.68/cwt	216.00–222.00	1,566	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	530	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	242.81/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,153	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	236.58/cwt	232.00–246.00	994	12
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	595	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,291	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	272.40/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	255.10/cwt	249.00–263.00	1,459	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	462	207.40/cwt	200.00–210.00	958	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	243.58/cwt	230.00–248.00	1,279	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	232.67/cwt	225.00–242.50	889	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	251.01/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,210	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	452	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	233.15/cwt	222.00–237.00	1,548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	196.62/cwt	191.00–202.00	1,402	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,327	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,773	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	652	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	225.75/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,427	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	252.85/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,327	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,608	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	246.80/cwt	242.00–257.00	1,540	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,824	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	640	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,434	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	455	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,971	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	263.36/cwt	252.00–277.50	1,240	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	253.96/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,686	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	269.79/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,414	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	897	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,108	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,380	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	420	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	840	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	640	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,331	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	571	210.31/cwt	204.00–217.00	1,201	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	310	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	405	277.05/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,122	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	73.75/cwt	72.00–75.00	686	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	89.13/cwt	86.00–91.00	914	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,224	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	99.95/cwt	92.00–104.00	1,307	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	110.24/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,384	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	101.87/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,137	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	813	62.82/cwt	60.00–66.00	511	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,854	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	103.50/cwt	102.00–104.00	1,558	4
Bulls	—	—	1,845	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	2,454	1
Bulls	—	—	1,799	122.38/cwt	120.00–127.00	2,202	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,090.00/head	1,090.00–1,090.00	1,090	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	201.02/cwt	199.00–203.00	1,353	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	216.45/cwt	214.00–219.00	1,158	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	211.90/cwt	201.00–217.00	1,204	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	198.75/cwt	193.00–204.00	1,228	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	240.10/cwt	232.50–247.50	1,119	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,068	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	221.68/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,026	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	229.36/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,188	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	247.35/cwt	246.00–247.50	1,543	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	250.75/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,316	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	215.91/cwt	213.00–221.00	1,345	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,386	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	221.28/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,277	18
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	445	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	868	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	250.73/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,091	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	489	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	213.43/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,099	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	380	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	226.80/cwt	220.00–229.00	998	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	223.51/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,319	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	240.09/cwt	235.00–245.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	237.18/cwt	229.00–242.00	1,466	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	228.14/cwt	225.00–235.00	762	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	244.36/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,405	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	440	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	968	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	695	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	213.29/cwt	206.00–216.00	1,450	4

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 Aug 16, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 530Last week 513Year ago 860

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 80Year ago 115

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 26Year ago 16

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold steady with feeder heifers over 500lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	270.00	270.00
1	—	335	275.00	275.00
2	—	428	270.00–275.00	272.40
13	—	572	249.00–263.00	255.10
10	—	525	246.00–259.00	252.85
1	—	735	230.00	230.00
16	—	624	242.00–257.00	246.80
1	—	760	240.00	240.00
5	—	837	235.50	235.50
5	—	471	252.00–277.50	263.36
15	—	664	247.50–255.00	253.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	216.00–222.00	219.68
1	—	585	235.00	235.00
1	—	430	230.00	230.00
1	—	660	201.00	201.00
1	—	865	205.00	205.00
3	—	632	220.00–238.00	225.75
1	—	815	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	452	290.00	290.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	652	231.00	231.00
1	—	640	224.00	224.00
1	—	455	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	616	261.00	261.00
4	—	524	265.00–275.00	269.79
63	—	897	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	207.00	207.00
1	—	440	220.00	220.00
1	—	695	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	475	238.00–248.00	242.81
12	—	420	232.00–246.00	236.58
20	—	525	230.00–248.00	243.58
2	—	1,067	159.00	159.00
3	—	382	225.00–242.50	232.67
6	—	664	222.00–237.00	233.15
3	—	713	191.00–202.00	196.62
1	—	765	193.00	193.00
2	—	285	235.00–245.00	240.09
7	—	618	229.00–242.00	237.18
4	—	334	225.00–235.00	228.14
39	—	575	230.00–249.00	244.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	462	200.00–210.00	207.40
1	—	615	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	152.00	152.00
1	—	810	158.00	158.00
1	—	380	212.50	212.50
1	—	225	217.50	217.50
2	—	515	210.00–217.00	213.43
4	—	440	220.00–229.00	226.80
1	—	785	168.00	168.00
2	—	590	222.00–225.00	223.51
1	—	460	224.00	224.00
4	—	680	206.00–216.00	213.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	250.00–253.00	251.01
20	—	624	246.00–247.50	247.35
6	—	525	250.00–252.50	250.75
6	—	435	250.00–252.50	250.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	126.00	126.00
1	—	250	260.00	260.00
7	—	466	232.50–247.50	240.10
2	—	445	240.00	240.00
1	—	755	195.00	195.00
18	—	518	221.00–235.00	229.36
3	—	623	213.00–221.00	215.91
2	—	930	149.00	149.00
18	—	577	220.00–222.00	221.28
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	200.00	200.00
1	—	640	208.00	208.00
4	—	571	204.00–217.00	210.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	300.00	300.00
3	—	405	275.00–281.00	277.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	199.00–203.00	201.02
2	—	535	214.00–219.00	216.45
5	—	568	201.00–217.00	211.90
1	—	710	185.00	185.00
1	—	445	230.00	230.00
3	—	618	193.00–204.00	198.75
3	—	463	220.00–222.50	221.68
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	930	72.00–75.00	73.75
5	—	1,026	86.00–91.00	89.13
14	—	1,116	95.00–110.00	101.87
2	—	813	60.00–66.00	62.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,685	110.00	110.00
4	—	1,505	102.00–104.00	103.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,308	92.00–104.00	99.95
5	—	1,255	108.00–113.00	110.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,845	133.00	133.00
6	—	1,799	120.00–127.00	122.38

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,255	1,090.00	1,090.00

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

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle