Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower with the decline in the fleshly bawling calves. Feeder steers over 650lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Weaned feeder heifers with favorable condition sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher with the fleshy bawling heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.14/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −149.50 against this barn's trailing median of $409.64.

Average price

$260.14

62 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,422

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$309

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

$46.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.40

vs KY average

−6.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	272.52	1,506	37
Medium and Large 2	542	250.72	1,360	16thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	225.99	1,197	9thin

One grade step is worth $46.53/cwt here — about $309 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.28, low $357.45, median $409.64 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 sale62 hd

260.14

—

KY average25 barns · 1,537 hd

256.73

+3.40

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−6.73

This barn, trailing median32 sales

409.64

−149.50

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	1,775	146.09	2,592	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	124.71	1,562	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,549	119.73	1,854	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,087	105.12	1,143	16

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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	865	$1,225	1thin

Every lot, as filed

107 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	500–550	523	307.31/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,607	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	304.36/cwt	302.50–305.00	1,251	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	326.76/cwt	322.50–335.00	1,366	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	267.98/cwt	258.00–275.00	1,530	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,027	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	459	311.47/cwt	308.00–315.00	1,430	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	278.42/cwt	271.00–282.00	1,735	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,038	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	297.98/cwt	297.50–300.00	995	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	327.67/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,203	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	248.43/cwt	241.00–258.00	1,828	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	626	250.27/cwt	248.00–254.00	1,567	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	736	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,759	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	289.44/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,630	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	999	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	716	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,865	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	542	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	567	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,644	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	408	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,297	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	815	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,005	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	273.76/cwt	265.00–276.00	1,873	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	288.96/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,826	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	610	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,708	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	277.83/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,561	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	432	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,534	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	330.40/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,520	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	282.32/cwt	275.00–293.00	1,451	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	879	226.21/cwt	219.00–228.00	1,988	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	327	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	298.82/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,407	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	218.99/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	311.43/cwt	302.50–322.50	1,180	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	297.32/cwt	285.00–304.00	1,296	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	307.57/cwt	302.50–310.00	963	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	232.46/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,551	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	266.70/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,392	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	219.84/cwt	213.00–222.00	1,627	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,086	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	212.50/cwt	208.00–217.00	1,668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	262.84/cwt	253.00–266.00	1,687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	238.49/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,517	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	906	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,803	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	277.80/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,589	16
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	112.29/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,254	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	844	1
Bulls	—	—	1,788	149.78/cwt	148.00–155.00	2,678	4
Bulls	—	—	1,761	142.40/cwt	140.00–144.00	2,508	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	125.86/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,888	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	116.67/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,835	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	692	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,626	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	410	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,169	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	126.72/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,603	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	101.76/cwt	94.00–104.00	1,082	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	650	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	117.33/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,416	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	375	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,303	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Large 2	750–800	765	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,369	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	500	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,410	3
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	640	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,632	2
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	575	265.67/cwt	262.50–269.00	1,528	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	300.05/cwt	290.00–314.00	1,428	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	317.56/cwt	312.50–322.50	889	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	727	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	615	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	226.49/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,427	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	486	272.40/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,324	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	521	227.70/cwt	218.00–237.50	1,186	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	280.02/cwt	272.50–282.50	1,072	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	239.72/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,963	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	306.16/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,326	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,106	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	259.26/cwt	248.00–265.00	1,312	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	288.90/cwt	279.00–293.00	1,384	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	563	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	220.51/cwt	218.00–224.00	1,484	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	248.76/cwt	245.00–252.50	1,433	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	288.15/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,236	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	249.58/cwt	242.00–257.00	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	701	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	949	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	841	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	262.82/cwt	257.50–267.00	1,559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	252.24/cwt	247.50–256.00	1,302	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	273.30/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,137	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	260.97/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,237	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	827	217.32/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,232	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,164	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 Mar 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 651Last week 724Year ago 662

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 50Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 28Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	327.50	327.50
11	350–400	367	315.00–337.50	327.67
14	400–450	418	322.50–335.00	326.76
6	450–500	460	327.50–340.00	330.40
12	500–550	523	300.00–317.00	307.31
12	550–600	563	285.00–298.00	289.44
18	600–650	623	271.00–282.00	278.42
15	650–700	684	265.00–276.00	273.76
17	700–750	736	241.00–258.00	248.43
7	800–850	819	238.00–240.00	239.72
5	850–900	879	219.00–228.00	226.21
2	900–950	910	224.00	224.00
1	950–1000	965	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	432	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	512	322.50	322.50
5	550–600	563	311.00	311.00
11	600–650	632	287.50–290.00	288.96
22	700–750	716	260.50	260.50
8	800–850	815	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	610	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	433	285.00–315.00	306.16
9	450–500	476	290.00–314.00	300.05
2	500–550	522	290.00	290.00
9	550–600	562	275.00–290.00	277.83
1	600–650	620	254.00	254.00
2	650–700	673	242.00–257.00	249.58
3	800–850	827	210.00–221.00	217.32
1	850–900	855	200.00	200.00
1	900–950	920	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	345.00	345.00
3	350–400	375	347.50	347.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	500	282.00	282.00
2	550–600	575	262.50–269.00	265.67
2	600–650	640	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	267.50	267.50
1	450–500	480	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	545	258.00	258.00
1	650–700	695	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	312.50–322.50	317.56
4	300–350	313	302.50–310.00	307.57
8	350–400	379	302.50–322.50	311.43
4	400–450	411	302.50–305.00	304.36
1	450–500	455	317.00	317.00
6	500–550	514	275.00–293.00	282.32
16	550–600	572	270.00–290.00	277.80
4	600–650	642	253.00–266.00	262.84
2	700–750	728	218.00–220.00	218.99
2	750–800	785	208.00–217.00	212.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	277.50	277.50
2	700–750	727	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	250.00	250.00
5	450–500	486	270.00–273.00	272.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	285.00	285.00
2	350–400	375	295.00	295.00
5	400–450	429	285.00–293.00	288.15
8	450–500	479	279.00–293.00	288.90
7	500–550	506	248.00–265.00	259.26
3	550–600	593	257.50–267.00	262.82
2	650–700	690	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	297.50	297.50
5	300–350	334	297.50–300.00	297.98
2	350–400	365	297.50	297.50
8	400–450	436	285.00–304.00	297.32
17	450–500	471	285.00–302.50	298.82
12	500–550	522	260.00–277.00	266.70
16	550–600	571	258.00–275.00	267.98
17	600–650	636	230.00–243.00	238.49
4	650–700	667	230.00–240.00	232.46
13	700–750	740	213.00–222.00	219.84
1	800–850	815	207.50	207.50
3	900–950	906	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	318.00	318.00
4	450–500	459	308.00–315.00	311.47
2	500–550	542	282.50	282.50
7	550–600	567	290.00	290.00
28	600–650	626	248.00–254.00	250.27
75	700–750	736	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	327	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	692	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	765	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	242.50	242.50
1	450–500	450	245.00	245.00
7	500–550	521	218.00–237.50	227.70
2	550–600	560	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	710	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	285.00	285.00
3	300–350	330	287.50	287.50
5	350–400	383	272.50–282.50	280.02
3	400–450	416	270.00–275.00	273.30
5	450–500	474	260.00–265.00	260.97
9	500–550	516	247.50–256.00	252.24
7	550–600	576	245.00–252.50	248.76
2	600–650	630	225.00–228.00	226.49
5	650–700	673	218.00–224.00	220.51
3	700–750	701	209.00	209.00

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
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	1,225.00	1,225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,117	108.00–117.00	112.29
1	—	970	87.00	87.00
4	—	1,063	94.00–104.00	101.76
1	—	1,000	65.00	65.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,500	121.00–128.00	125.86
6	—	1,573	110.00–119.00	116.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,265	121.00–131.00	126.72
3	—	1,207	116.00–118.00	117.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,788	148.00–155.00	149.78
4	—	1,761	140.00–144.00	142.40

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

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