Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady with the exception of 400lbs to 650lbs preconditioned packages 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400lbs sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 400lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $293.45/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −159.08 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$293.45

68 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$65.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.94

vs KY average

−19.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	305.33	1,634	51
Large 1-2	580	263.00	1,525	1thin
Medium and Large 2	562	261.55	1,469	13thin
Large 2	566	240.00	1,358	3thin

One grade step is worth $65.33/cwt here — about $275 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.69, low $400.18, median $452.54 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale68 hd

293.45

—

KY average21 barns · 694 hd

284.51

+8.94

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−19.55

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

−159.08

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	1,631	129.75	2,116	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,461	119.52	1,746	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,201	114.74	1,378	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,055	97.90	1,033	20

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)	1,285	$1,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,230	$1,340	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	895	$900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	820	$880	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,315	$1,370	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,208	$1,324	2thin

Every lot, as filed

114 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,212	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	207.67/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	342	306.95/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,050	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	250.50/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,443	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	267.91/cwt	260.00–280.00	852	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	253.89/cwt	248.00–265.00	1,333	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	270.65/cwt	267.50–276.00	1,283	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	260.27/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,590	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	291.13/cwt	284.00–296.00	1,502	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	321.68/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	238.20/cwt	238.00–239.00	1,572	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	284.97/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,148	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	294.24/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,745	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	243.07/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,796	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,905	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	246.72/cwt	244.00–255.00	1,636	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	237.51/cwt	231.00–249.00	1,499	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	301	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	993	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,624	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	861	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,894	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	314.16/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,477	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	467	341.26/cwt	340.00–343.00	1,594	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	657	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,853	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	291.47/cwt	288.00–297.50	1,798	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	712	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,762	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	316.45/cwt	315.00–319.00	1,630	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	264.83/cwt	260.00–270.00	961	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	232.32/cwt	222.00–239.00	1,480	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	259.44/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,461	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	268.73/cwt	264.00–275.00	1,373	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	238.28/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,582	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	1,340.00/head	1,340.00–1,340.00	1,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	292.22/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,242	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	213.98/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,562	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	317.37/cwt	307.50–322.50	1,190	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	211.49/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,614	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	200–250	235	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	582	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	880.00/head	880.00–880.00	880	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	1,370.00/head	1,370.00–1,370.00	1,370	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	1,323.91/head	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,324	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	927	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,859	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,315	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	119.54/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,449	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	110.02/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,277	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	64.32/cwt	63.00–66.00	645	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	722	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	108.12/cwt	104.00–113.00	1,139	9
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	590	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,460	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	96.53/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,056	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	121.23/cwt	118.00–131.00	1,785	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,560	1
Bulls	—	—	1,501	127.98/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,921	6
Bulls	—	—	1,890	133.30/cwt	132.00–135.00	2,519	3
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	638	250.27/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,597	3
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	580	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,525	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	560	229.96/cwt	228.00–234.00	1,288	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	472	265.04/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,251	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	543	234.52/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,273	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	730	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	435	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,446	1
Heifers	Large 2-3	500–550	525	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,013	1
Heifers	Large 2	800–850	810	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,357	1
Heifers	Large 2	650–700	690	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,311	1
Bulls	Large 2	550–600	570	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,288	1
Steers	Large 2	550–600	566	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,358	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,083	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	468	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,591	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	523	282.99/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,480	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	194.68/cwt	187.00–202.00	1,226	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	865	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,427	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	717	264.68/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,898	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	427	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,473	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	537	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,471	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	270.88/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,409	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	258.75/cwt	253.00–274.00	1,485	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	945	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	216.15/cwt	212.50–220.00	1,357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	563	268.16/cwt	267.00–269.00	1,510	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,142	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	269.15/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,327	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	241.69/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,172	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	219.90/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,487	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	253.21/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,339	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,068	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	209.97/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,837	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	271.39/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,289	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,102	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	221.94/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,307	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	220.21/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,365	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	795	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,206	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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 499Last week 509Year ago 556

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 39Year ago 89

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 33Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	435	262.50	262.50
3	450–500	493	262.50–275.00	269.15
5	500–550	529	249.00–259.00	253.21
1	550–600	595	245.00	245.00
2	600–650	628	212.50–220.00	216.15
4	650–700	676	214.00–225.00	219.90
1	750–800	795	152.50	152.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	330.00	330.00
3	350–400	375	307.50–322.50	317.37
3	400–450	425	290.00–294.00	292.22
3	450–500	465	322.50	322.50
7	500–550	511	264.00–275.00	268.73
8	550–600	563	250.00–265.00	259.44
4	600–650	637	222.00–239.00	232.32
6	650–700	664	230.00–250.00	238.28
3	700–750	730	211.00–220.00	213.98
2	750–800	763	210.00–213.00	211.49
1	800–850	825	190.00	190.00
1	850–900	855	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	435	332.50	332.50
4	450–500	468	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	523	280.00–286.00	282.99
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	252.50	252.50
2	350–400	360	237.50	237.50
2	400–450	432	255.00	255.00
3	450–500	485	240.00–242.50	241.69
1	500–550	520	223.00	223.00
6	550–600	589	210.00–227.00	221.94
7	600–650	620	210.00–225.00	220.21
3	650–700	662	205.00–210.00	207.67
1	700–750	720	190.00	190.00
1	900–950	915	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	290.00–311.00	306.95
1	350–400	380	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	270.00	270.00
1	250–300	280	285.00	285.00
3	300–350	318	260.00–280.00	267.91
2	350–400	363	260.00–270.00	264.83
2	400–450	403	280.00–290.00	284.97
9	450–500	474	267.50–276.00	270.65
6	500–550	525	248.00–265.00	253.89
12	550–600	576	240.00–256.00	250.50
7	600–650	631	231.00–249.00	237.51
5	650–700	660	238.00–239.00	238.20
1	700–750	740	212.00	212.00
2	750–800	760	214.00	214.00
3	800–850	803	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	537	274.00	274.00
6	550–600	563	267.00–269.00	268.16
14	600–650	615	264.00	264.00
18	700–750	712	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	260.00–267.50	265.04
2	500–550	543	230.00–239.00	234.52
3	550–600	560	228.00–234.00	229.96
1	700–750	730	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	190.00	190.00
1	800–850	810	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	630	187.00–202.00	194.68
1	650–700	670	180.00	180.00
3	750–800	795	173.00	173.00
1	850–900	865	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	301	330.00	330.00
2	350–400	395	327.50	327.50
3	400–450	446	310.00–327.50	321.68
11	450–500	470	300.00–327.50	314.16
11	500–550	516	284.00–296.00	291.13
13	550–600	593	280.00–296.00	294.24
7	600–650	611	255.00–266.00	260.27
4	650–700	663	244.00–255.00	246.72
29	700–750	739	233.00–250.00	243.07
2	800–850	832	229.00	229.00
10	850–900	861	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	427	345.00	345.00
7	450–500	467	340.00–343.00	341.26
27	500–550	515	315.00–319.00	316.45
8	600–650	617	288.00–297.50	291.47
11	650–700	657	282.00	282.00
31	700–750	717	260.00–265.00	264.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	900–950	927	200.50	200.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	263.00	263.00
3	600–650	638	248.00–255.00	250.27
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	566	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	277.50	277.50
3	450–500	475	265.00–285.00	271.39
3	500–550	520	265.00–280.00	270.88
10	550–600	574	253.00–274.00	258.75
1	600–650	605	242.00	242.00
2	850–900	875	205.00–215.00	209.97
1	900–950	945	193.00	193.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	1,340.00	1,340.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	820	880.00	880.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,315	1,370.00	1,370.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,208	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,323.91

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Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	100.00	100.00
8	—	1,212	116.00–125.00	119.54
5	—	1,161	103.00–114.00	110.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,003	63.00–66.00	64.32
1	—	860	84.00	84.00
9	—	1,053	104.00–113.00	108.12
8	—	1,094	90.00–101.00	96.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,472	118.00–131.00	121.23
1	—	1,405	111.00	111.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,501	126.00–130.00	127.98
3	—	1,890	132.00–135.00	133.30

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 500–600 lb

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