Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher on a good quality offering. Weaned and vaccinated packages of feeders still bringing large premiums. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $211.65/cwt on 241 head.

Average price

$211.65

241 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,296

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$297

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

$77.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.59

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	614	217.05	1,333	207
Medium and Large 2	598	190.11	1,138	15thin
Large 1-2	637	179.88	1,145	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	564	164.77	929	10thin
Large 2-3	740	140.00	1,036	1thin

One grade step is worth $77.05/cwt here — about $297 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 sale241 hd

211.65

—

KY average26 barns · 4,641 hd

205.06

+6.59

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	1,698	114.47	1,944	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,312	89.97	1,180	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,533	86.92	1,332	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,138	76.84	874	28

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,010	$1,390	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,188	$1,181	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,210	$1,110	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,260	$1,052	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	955	$680	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,160	$1,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

118 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	Large 1-2	—	685	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	262.19/cwt	253.00–267.00	1,523	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	445	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,246	7
Steers	Large 2	—	500	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	236.49/cwt	236.00–239.00	1,842	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	702	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,502	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	422	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,023	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,321	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,267	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	374	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,094	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	315	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	969	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	225.80/cwt	215.00–229.00	955	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,285	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	227.25/cwt	219.00–230.00	1,861	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	237.28/cwt	237.00–238.00	1,642	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,703	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	216.89/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,223	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	217.61/cwt	212.00–226.00	1,140	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	194.41/cwt	194.00–194.50	1,530	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	752	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,617	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	557	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,276	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	857	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,435	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,083	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	199.01/cwt	198.00–200.00	852	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	475	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	884	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	666	188.68/cwt	180.00–193.00	1,257	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,332	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,397	3
Steers	Large 2-3	—	665	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,975	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	206.52/cwt	200.00–213.00	1,596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,849	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	472	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,241	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	259.84/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,624	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	226.75/cwt	226.00–227.00	1,617	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,254	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	525	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	242.88/cwt	242.00–243.00	1,795	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	713	253.10/cwt	251.00–253.50	1,805	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	554	278.10/cwt	278.00–279.00	1,541	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	236.26/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,436	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	250.23/cwt	249.00–254.00	1,241	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,130	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	255.51/cwt	246.00–265.00	1,364	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	725	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,523	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	560	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	245.52/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,046	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	244.40/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,136	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	206.67/cwt	206.00–208.00	1,261	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	450	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	772	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,444	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	400	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,040	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,250	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	92.47/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,377	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	69.13/cwt	66.00–70.00	775	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	84.99/cwt	82.00–89.00	982	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	75.30/cwt	71.00–80.00	854	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	84.68/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,311	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,396	86.85/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,212	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,082	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	97.12/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,149	4
Bulls	—	—	1,730	113.95/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,971	4
Bulls	—	—	1,565	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,675	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,114	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,109.75/head	1,050.00–1,170.00	1,110	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	955	680.00/head	680.00–680.00	680	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	1,180.88/head	1,110.00–1,240.00	1,181	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	1,051.79/head	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,052	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	1,390.00/head	1,390.00–1,390.00	1,390	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	224.40/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,055	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	295	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	627	1
Bulls	Large 2-3	—	600	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	948	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	205.16/cwt	199.00–211.00	950	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium 2-3	—	665	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	931	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,305	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	187.53/cwt	186.00–189.00	1,178	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	723	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	770	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	715	167.00/cwt	165.00–171.00	1,194	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,176	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	467	163.89/cwt	161.00–170.00	765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	224.63/cwt	214.00–231.00	1,069	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	216.20/cwt	205.00–221.00	1,323	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	188.50/cwt	185.00–192.00	1,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	365	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	885	1
Heifers	Large 2-3	—	740	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	194.18/cwt	193.00–198.00	1,216	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,049	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	688	165.02/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,135	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	900	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,467	1
Bulls	Medium 2-3	—	465	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	995	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	313	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	736	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	203.96/cwt	201.00–207.00	1,046	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	913	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	949	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,370	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,111	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,133	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 Nov 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 614Last week 507Year ago 871

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 75Year ago 147

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 12Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	232.00	232.00
1	—	525	248.00	248.00
1	—	1,130	166.00	166.00
1	—	725	210.00	210.00
1	—	560	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	581	253.00–267.00	262.19
18	—	779	236.00–239.00	236.49
7	—	819	219.00–230.00	227.25
7	—	692	237.00–238.00	237.28
8	—	995	198.50	198.50
2	—	855	218.00	218.00
1	—	430	260.00	260.00
7	—	1,019	181.50	181.50
8	—	739	242.00–243.00	242.88
1	—	910	190.00	190.00
7	—	608	231.00–241.00	236.26
4	—	496	249.00–254.00	250.23
4	—	534	246.00–265.00	255.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	445	280.00	280.00
3	—	472	263.00	263.00
15	—	625	255.00–264.00	259.84
49	—	713	251.00–253.50	253.10
21	—	554	278.00–279.00	278.10
1	—	505	295.00	295.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	221.00	221.00
3	—	632	221.00	221.00
2	—	773	200.00–213.00	206.52
4	—	713	226.00–227.00	226.75
1	—	570	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	695	190.00	190.00
1	—	700	181.00	181.00
1	—	505	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	374	292.50	292.50
4	—	315	307.50	307.50
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	702	214.00	214.00
15	—	422	242.50	242.50
25	—	752	215.00	215.00
18	—	557	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	423	215.00–229.00	225.80
3	—	706	182.00	182.00
11	—	908	187.50	187.50
14	—	564	215.00–221.00	216.89
9	—	524	212.00–226.00	217.61
11	—	787	194.00–194.50	194.41
1	—	385	222.50	222.50
4	—	680	211.00	211.00
20	—	476	214.00–231.00	224.63
41	—	612	205.00–221.00	216.20
1	—	1,020	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	190.00	190.00
2	—	428	198.00–200.00	199.01
1	—	740	180.00	180.00
2	—	650	185.00–192.00	188.50
1	—	320	182.50	182.50
6	—	626	193.00–198.00	194.18
1	—	535	196.00	196.00
1	—	900	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	186.00	186.00
3	—	666	180.00–193.00	188.68
3	—	715	165.00–171.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	735	160.00	160.00
3	—	467	161.00–170.00	163.89
1	—	340	160.00	160.00
2	—	688	160.00–170.00	165.02
1	—	645	186.00	186.00
1	—	405	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	242.50	242.50
3	—	313	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	426	240.00–255.00	245.52
2	—	465	240.00–249.00	244.40
3	—	610	206.00–208.00	206.67
1	—	775	183.00	183.00
1	—	365	260.00	260.00
1	—	595	209.00	209.00
4	—	706	194.00	194.00
1	—	910	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	224.00	224.00
2	—	772	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	220.00–229.00	224.40
1	—	295	212.50	212.50
1	—	715	182.50	182.50
2	—	628	186.00–189.00	187.53
1	—	325	222.50	222.50
1	—	360	222.50	222.50
1	—	995	125.00	125.00
2	—	513	201.00–207.00	203.96
1	—	550	210.00	210.00
1	—	415	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	199.00–211.00	205.16
1	—	440	200.00	200.00
1	—	385	200.00	200.00
1	—	635	175.00	175.00
1	—	655	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	140.00	140.00
1	—	465	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	76.00	76.00
6	—	1,489	91.00–94.00	92.47
10	—	1,548	80.00–88.00	84.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,121	66.00–70.00	69.13
7	—	1,156	82.00–89.00	84.99
17	—	1,134	71.00–80.00	75.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,396	83.00–90.00	86.85
1	—	1,405	77.00	77.00
4	—	1,183	95.00–100.00	97.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,730	112.00–116.00	113.95
1	—	1,565	107.00	107.00
1	—	1,705	124.00	124.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,210	1,050.00–1,170.00	1,109.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,188	1,110.00–1,240.00	1,180.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,260	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,051.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,390.00	1,390.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	680.00	680.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	1,300.00	1,300.00

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