Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to being closed for the holidays. There was a good quality offering of feeders with several weaned preconditioned packages.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $235.30/cwt on 452 head.

Average price

$235.30

452 head · 708 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$394

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

$48.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.32

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	716	237.81	1,704	400
Medium and Large 2	626	225.78	1,413	38
Medium and Large 2-3	693	189.15	1,310	14thin

One grade step is worth $48.67/cwt here — about $394 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 sale452 hd

235.30

—

KY average13 barns · 2,532 hd

228.98

+6.32

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	—	Low	1,681	110.00	1,849	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,558	94.00	1,465	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,257	88.72	1,115	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	73.45	746	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)	845	$450	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	955	$1,025	1thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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	—	405	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	897	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	250.10/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,518	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	232.41/cwt	227.50–239.00	1,550	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	267.26/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,256	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	224.27/cwt	217.00–227.00	1,426	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,116	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	532	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,245	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	572	220.06/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,259	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	698	197.25/cwt	197.25–197.25	1,377	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	240.32/cwt	238.00–244.00	1,502	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	204.85/cwt	203.00–210.00	1,661	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	203.45/cwt	202.00–212.50	966	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	823	144.55/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,190	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	217.67/cwt	212.00–226.00	1,672	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	979	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	880	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	207.42/cwt	205.00–210.00	772	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	255.81/cwt	249.00–263.00	1,458	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	237.50/cwt	225.00–244.00	1,370	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	517	275.13/cwt	272.50–282.50	1,422	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	791	218.25/cwt	218.25–218.25	1,726	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,115	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,023	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	223.50/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,578	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	174.16/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,332	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	859	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,907	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	432	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,253	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,310	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,234	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	219.57/cwt	212.00–224.00	1,482	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	746	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,753	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	287.49/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,386	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	650	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,573	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	733	181.03/cwt	178.00–185.00	1,327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	567	273.60/cwt	271.00–282.50	1,551	36
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	660	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,163	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	550	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,353	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	420	277.79/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,167	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	520	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,388	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	76.82/cwt	70.00–81.00	788	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,572	96.30/cwt	92.00–102.00	1,514	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	63.69/cwt	60.00–66.00	639	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	96.78/cwt	93.00–103.00	1,262	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	84.83/cwt	81.00–91.00	1,048	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	77.97/cwt	76.00–80.00	924	2
Bulls	—	—	1,401	97.66/cwt	88.00–106.00	1,368	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	84.07/cwt	82.00–86.00	835	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	86.33/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,306	3
Bulls	—	—	1,900	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,356	1
Bulls	—	—	1,789	114.33/cwt	109.00–118.00	2,045	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	845	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,277	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	259.84/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,097	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,378	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,047	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	214.97/cwt	214.00–216.00	1,225	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	225.99/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,315	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	479	232.47/cwt	231.00–247.00	1,114	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	194.03/cwt	189.00–197.00	1,312	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	238.84/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,242	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	604	210.57/cwt	210.00–211.00	1,272	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	189.57/cwt	182.00–191.00	1,372	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	206.76/cwt	201.00–214.00	1,187	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,093	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	735	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,057	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	169.14/cwt	164.00–172.00	1,362	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,607	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	675	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,141	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	187.85/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,242	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	426	248.27/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,058	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	201.38/cwt	193.00–207.00	1,265	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	184.34/cwt	180.00–188.00	1,156	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,262	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	615	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	221.55/cwt	216.00–230.00	1,159	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,032	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,193	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	222.75/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,069	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	178.72/cwt	170.00–179.50	1,389	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	837	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	198.27/cwt	197.25–201.00	1,437	43

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 Jan 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,069Last week 251Year ago 614

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 29Year ago 90

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 18Year ago 5

No trend due to being closed for the holidays. There was a good quality offering of feeders with several weaned preconditioned packages.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	250.00	250.00
1	—	345	260.00	260.00
18	—	667	227.50–239.00	232.41
1	—	500	252.00	252.00
4	—	470	250.00–275.00	267.26
1	—	1,030	160.00	160.00
16	—	625	238.00–244.00	240.32
8	—	811	203.00–210.00	204.85
2	—	1,080	160.00	160.00
7	—	768	212.00–226.00	217.67
8	—	570	249.00–263.00	255.81
6	—	706	222.00–225.00	223.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	172.50	172.50
1	—	875	165.00	165.00
3	—	526	212.00	212.00
3	—	765	170.00–182.00	174.16
2	—	630	208.00	208.00
3	—	733	178.00–185.00	181.03
1	—	680	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	607	248.00–255.00	250.10
7	—	517	272.50–282.50	275.13
31	—	791	218.25	218.25
66	—	859	222.00	222.00
7	—	432	290.00	290.00
150	—	746	235.00	235.00
8	—	482	282.50–295.00	287.49
11	—	650	242.00	242.00
36	—	567	271.00–282.50	273.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	201.00	201.00
13	—	636	217.00–227.00	224.27
1	—	470	237.50	237.50
9	—	577	225.00–244.00	237.50
1	—	440	232.50	232.50
2	—	525	235.00	235.00
10	—	675	212.00–224.00	219.57
1	—	830	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	532	234.00	234.00
48	—	572	220.00–221.00	220.06
33	—	698	197.25	197.25
30	—	479	231.00–247.00	232.47
7	—	604	210.00–211.00	210.57
12	—	426	245.00–257.50	248.27
43	—	725	197.25–201.00	198.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	475	202.00–212.50	203.45
2	—	823	139.00–150.00	144.55
1	—	570	183.00	183.00
3	—	372	205.00–210.00	207.42
6	—	627	180.00–188.00	184.34
2	—	870	145.00	145.00
1	—	690	175.00	175.00
1	—	750	159.00	159.00
1	—	735	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	175.00	175.00
1	—	625	160.00	160.00
1	—	575	190.00	190.00
1	—	720	149.00	149.00
1	—	860	120.00	120.00
1	—	460	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	222.50	222.50
32	—	724	182.00–191.00	189.57
23	—	574	201.00–214.00	206.76
2	—	1,057	152.00	152.00
7	—	805	164.00–172.00	169.14
5	—	871	184.50	184.50
23	—	661	180.00–190.00	187.85
34	—	628	193.00–207.00	201.38
21	—	523	216.00–230.00	221.55
1	—	380	225.00	225.00
3	—	480	220.00–224.00	222.75
12	—	777	170.00–179.50	178.72
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	160.00	160.00
1	—	675	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	250.00	250.00
4	—	626	204.00	204.00
3	—	422	255.00–265.00	259.84
2	—	830	166.00	166.00
6	—	582	222.00–230.00	225.99
1	—	315	252.50	252.50
4	—	676	189.00–197.00	194.03
4	—	520	230.00–244.00	238.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	240.00	240.00
2	—	570	214.00–216.00	214.97
1	—	480	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	246.00	246.00
7	—	420	275.00–282.50	277.79
1	—	520	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	179.00	179.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,026	70.00–81.00	76.82
7	—	1,003	60.00–66.00	63.69
2	—	993	82.00–86.00	84.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,572	92.00–102.00	96.30
3	—	1,513	83.00–90.00	86.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,304	93.00–103.00	96.78
9	—	1,236	81.00–91.00	84.83
2	—	1,185	76.00–80.00	77.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,401	88.00–106.00	97.66
1	—	1,900	124.00	124.00
11	—	1,789	109.00–118.00	114.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	450.00	450.00

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

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Steers · 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

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Replacement Cattle