Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Good demand for weaned preconditioned packages. Fleshy,bawling and off colored calves facing discounts. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady with the exception of one extremely high dressing individual.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.46/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −144.17 against this barn's trailing median of $409.64.

Average price

$265.46

75 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,430

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$47.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.84

vs KY average

−4.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	268.34	1,443	69
Large 1-2	553	243.33	1,346	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	547	221.34	1,210	3thin

One grade step is worth $47.00/cwt here — about $233 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale75 hd

265.46

—

KY average25 barns · 1,760 hd

260.62

+4.84

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−4.73

This barn, trailing median32 sales

409.64

−144.17

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	1,734	148.68	2,578	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,479	127.67	1,889	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,177	120.51	1,419	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,022	106.69	1,090	35

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,095	$1,780	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	960	$1,185	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,410	$2,375	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,205	$1,330	1thin

Every lot, as filed

106 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	600–650	611	284.28/cwt	277.00–288.00	1,737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,040	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	293.12/cwt	289.00–298.00	1,671	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	235.78/cwt	229.00–238.00	1,948	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	254.26/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,439	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	241.64/cwt	234.00–249.00	1,604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	462	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,386	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	414	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,366	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	329.52/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,223	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	270.02/cwt	269.00–271.00	1,237	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,867	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	309.19/cwt	300.00–314.00	1,311	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	246.43/cwt	244.00–249.00	1,646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	295.85/cwt	288.00–299.00	1,527	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	483	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,582	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	590	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,794	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	236.42/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,423	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	299.17/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,161	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	285.12/cwt	272.50–286.00	1,619	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	408	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,240	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,329	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	1,780.00/head	1,780.00–1,780.00	1,780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	293.43/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,432	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,056	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	289.47/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	295.00/cwt	285.00–305.00	959	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	310.85/cwt	300.00–314.00	1,315	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	198.96/cwt	195.00–203.00	1,618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	244.43/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,491	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	278.17/cwt	271.00–286.00	1,179	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	303	314.98/cwt	312.50–317.50	954	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	256.97/cwt	253.00–261.00	1,344	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	257.06/cwt	254.00–262.50	1,612	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	976	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	230.51/cwt	229.00–232.00	1,632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	318.43/cwt	310.00–332.50	1,165	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,016	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	1,330.00/head	1,330.00–1,330.00	1,330	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	125.58/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,473	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	117.29/cwt	113.00–121.00	1,384	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	107.89/cwt	101.00–114.00	1,133	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	695	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	95.35/cwt	90.00–101.00	887	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	122.84/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,296	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	485	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,200	1
Bulls	—	—	1,265	129.30/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,636	2
Bulls	—	—	1,911	157.18/cwt	150.00–170.00	3,004	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	128.70/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,925	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	119.94/cwt	118.00–122.00	1,625	2
Bulls	—	—	1,683	145.23/cwt	138.00–149.00	2,444	6
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	505	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,401	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	390	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,160	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	515	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	300–350	335	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	980	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	572	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,416	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	485	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,407	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	271.23/cwt	269.00–275.00	1,570	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	276.11/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,455	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	351	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,088	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	543	214.98/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,167	2
Bulls	Large 2	400–450	410	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,076	1
Bulls	Large 2	350–400	355	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,127	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	463	226.77/cwt	222.50–231.00	1,050	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,404	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	1,185.00/head	1,185.00–1,185.00	1,185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	274.15/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,412	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	221.51/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,252	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	259.25/cwt	252.00–268.00	1,089	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	274.34/cwt	267.50–277.50	883	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	262.27/cwt	257.50–267.00	1,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,929	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	252.17/cwt	245.00–258.00	1,432	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	230.79/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	609	254.25/cwt	253.00–256.00	1,548	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,364	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	547	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	285.34/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,238	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	633	209.00/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	267.09/cwt	260.00–275.00	734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	257.80/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,201	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,267	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,067	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	895	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,530	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 Apr 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 420Last week 680Year ago 350

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 45Year ago 63

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 8Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	327.50–330.00	329.52
6	400–450	424	300.00–314.00	309.19
8	450–500	488	285.00–295.00	293.43
14	500–550	516	288.00–299.00	295.85
8	550–600	570	289.00–298.00	293.12
3	600–650	611	277.00–288.00	284.28
6	650–700	674	277.00	277.00
2	700–750	730	250.00	250.00
4	800–850	826	229.00–238.00	235.78
4	850–900	875	235.00	235.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	414	330.00	330.00
8	450–500	483	327.50	327.50
28	550–600	590	304.00	304.00
15	650–700	665	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	307.50	307.50
1	500–550	540	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	550	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	603	257.50–267.00	262.27
2	650–700	668	244.00–249.00	246.43
1	700–750	715	231.00	231.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	543	210.00–220.00	214.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	547	247.00	247.00
1	550–600	550	248.00	248.00
1	600–650	605	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	895	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	300.00	300.00
2	300–350	325	285.00–305.00	295.00
4	350–400	376	285.00–300.00	289.47
10	400–450	424	271.00–286.00	278.17
2	450–500	458	269.00–271.00	270.02
19	500–550	523	253.00–261.00	256.97
12	550–600	566	249.00–259.00	254.26
2	600–650	610	240.00–249.00	244.43
5	650–700	664	234.00–249.00	241.64
1	700–750	705	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	408	304.00	304.00
14	450–500	462	300.00	300.00
23	500–550	515	270.00–279.00	274.15
15	550–600	568	272.50–286.00	285.12
4	600–650	609	253.00–256.00	254.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	252.50	252.50
2	250–300	275	260.00–275.00	267.09
3	300–350	322	267.50–277.50	274.34
1	350–400	380	272.50	272.50
6	400–450	420	252.00–268.00	259.25
6	450–500	466	250.00–265.00	257.80
5	650–700	692	222.00	222.00
1	700–750	745	191.00	191.00
1	750–800	765	194.00	194.00
1	900–950	925	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	312.50	312.50
8	350–400	351	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	247.50	247.50
1	500–550	515	235.00	235.00
2	550–600	572	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	207.50	207.50
2	450–500	463	222.50–231.00	226.77
1	500–550	510	221.00	221.00
2	550–600	565	220.00–223.00	221.51
2	600–650	633	208.00–210.00	209.00
1	750–800	785	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	285.00–305.00	299.17
8	400–450	434	280.00–290.00	285.34
1	450–500	460	289.00	289.00
2	500–550	538	260.00	260.00
6	550–600	568	245.00–258.00	252.17
2	600–650	613	230.00–243.00	236.42
5	650–700	666	220.00–236.00	230.79
1	700–750	700	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	355.00	355.00
2	300–350	303	312.50–317.50	314.98
8	350–400	366	310.00–332.50	318.43
7	400–450	423	300.00–314.00	310.85
1	450–500	480	292.50	292.50
8	500–550	527	270.00–284.00	276.11
8	550–600	579	269.00–275.00	271.23
3	600–650	627	254.00–262.50	257.06
1	650–700	695	252.50	252.50
2	700–750	708	229.00–232.00	230.51
2	800–850	813	195.00–203.00	198.96
1	850–900	885	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	292.50	292.50
1	350–400	390	297.50	297.50
1	450–500	485	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	410	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	251.00	251.00
1	450–500	480	264.00	264.00
1	500–550	510	245.00	245.00

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 (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,780.00	1,780.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	1,185.00	1,185.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,410	2,375.00	2,375.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	1,330.00	1,330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,173	123.00–128.00	125.58
11	—	1,180	113.00–121.00	117.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,050	101.00–114.00	107.89
1	—	880	79.00	79.00
7	—	930	90.00–101.00	95.35
5	—	1,055	119.00–129.00	122.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,496	124.00–134.00	128.70
2	—	1,355	118.00–122.00	119.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	128.00–131.00	129.30
7	—	1,911	150.00–170.00	157.18
6	—	1,683	138.00–149.00	145.23

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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