Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to market being closed last week for the July 4th holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $295.15/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −157.38 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$295.15

39 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$331

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

$48.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.03

vs KY average

−7.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	305.50	1,670	23
Medium and Large 2	549	281.80	1,546	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	520	257.50	1,339	1thin

One grade step is worth $48.00/cwt here — about $331 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale39 hd

295.15

—

KY average17 barns · 723 hd

299.19

−4.03

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

−7.76

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

−157.38

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	1,950	163.97	3,198	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,419	141.49	2,008	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,174	138.63	1,627	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,049	123.83	1,299	19

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	920	$1,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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 2	500–550	533	283.74/cwt	267.00–291.00	1,512	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,342	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	945	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	226.45/cwt	212.00–238.00	1,411	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	852	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	278.88/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	244.50/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,293	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	257.09/cwt	250.00–265.00	707	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	288.80/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,378	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,164	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	220.77/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,117	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	233.04/cwt	225.00–244.00	1,601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	209.47/cwt	200.00–214.00	1,401	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	220.31/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,467	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	614	260.99/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,602	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	209.58/cwt	206.00–217.00	1,503	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	280.21/cwt	272.50–292.50	927	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	274.48/cwt	263.00–279.00	1,320	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	281.14/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,172	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	841	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	246.80/cwt	238.00–259.00	1,192	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	237.86/cwt	221.00–247.00	1,377	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,002	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	208.28/cwt	201.00–215.00	1,193	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	214.97/cwt	209.00–222.00	1,337	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	260.86/cwt	260.00–262.50	848	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	237.41/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,239	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	238	260.97/cwt	252.50–270.00	621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,266	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	246.06/cwt	242.50–257.50	920	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	245.31/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,158	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	225	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	484	1
Bulls	—	—	1,535	155.60/cwt	154.00–157.00	2,388	2
Bulls	—	—	1,998	172.45/cwt	170.00–175.00	3,446	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	136.35/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,974	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	144.96/cwt	141.00–154.00	1,735	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	128.62/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,423	5
Bulls	—	—	2,318	163.87/cwt	160.00–168.00	3,799	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	98.89/cwt	97.00–101.00	1,009	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	114.32/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,214	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	142.33/cwt	139.00–147.00	1,405	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	144.35/cwt	140.00–148.00	2,025	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	135.63/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,575	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	127.61/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,451	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	198.98/cwt	197.00–201.00	1,045	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,339	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,127	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	586	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,459	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	490	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,544	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	937	240.75/cwt	240.75–240.75	2,256	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	985	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	778	179.05/cwt	164.00–194.00	1,393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	165.38/cwt	161.00–170.00	1,199	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	208.67/cwt	206.00–214.00	1,853	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	283.95/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,227	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	303.22/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,725	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	258.50/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,649	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	224.75/cwt	218.00–235.00	1,508	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	261.42/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,493	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	307.99/cwt	306.00–310.00	1,608	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	227.67/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,883	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	952	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,894	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	308.49/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,320	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	260.62/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,775	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	240.80/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,751	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	308.54/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,453	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	238.66/cwt	223.00–252.00	1,480	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,040	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,986	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,105	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	275.06/cwt	269.00–281.00	1,389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	261.89/cwt	254.00–266.00	1,519	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	260.87/cwt	253.00–267.00	1,380	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	277.14/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,078	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	285.81/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,352	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	238.73/cwt	231.00–248.00	1,463	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	236.04/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,348	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	208.61/cwt	202.00–214.00	1,481	3

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 Jul 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 421Last week 768Year ago 806

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 58Year ago 68

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 16Year ago 46

No trends due to market being closed last week for the July 4th holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	285.00	285.00
2	300–350	332	260.00	260.00
1	350–400	355	240.00	240.00
2	400–450	427	272.50	272.50
5	450–500	477	285.00–293.00	288.80
9	500–550	533	267.00–291.00	283.74
6	550–600	572	275.00–282.50	278.88
4	600–650	623	212.00–238.00	226.45
3	650–700	687	225.00–244.00	233.04
3	700–750	717	206.00–217.00	209.58
2	750–800	750	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	520	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	900–950	937	240.75	240.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	350	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	428	300.00–317.50	308.49
7	450–500	471	300.00–315.00	308.54
11	500–550	522	306.00–310.00	307.99
12	550–600	569	295.00–315.00	303.22
7	600–650	638	256.00–270.00	258.50
5	650–700	681	251.00–263.00	260.62
10	700–750	727	234.00–245.00	240.80
9	800–850	827	225.00–228.00	227.67
3	850–900	888	206.00–214.00	208.67
2	950–1000	952	199.00	199.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	240.00–256.00	245.31
3	500–550	522	231.00–241.00	237.41
4	550–600	571	230.00–240.00	236.04
1	600–650	630	213.00	213.00
4	650–700	669	200.00–214.00	209.47
3	700–750	710	202.00–214.00	208.61
1	750–800	750	185.00	185.00
1	900–950	945	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	287.50	287.50
4	300–350	331	272.50–292.50	280.21
1	350–400	355	277.50	277.50
8	400–450	432	280.00–290.00	283.95
6	450–500	481	263.00–279.00	274.48
2	500–550	505	269.00–281.00	275.06
7	550–600	571	255.00–272.00	261.42
7	600–650	620	223.00–252.00	238.66
5	650–700	671	218.00–235.00	224.75
4	700–750	717	218.00–225.00	220.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	215.00	215.00
1	450–500	490	200.00	200.00
2	550–600	573	201.00–215.00	208.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	252.50–270.00	260.97
2	250–300	275	250.00–265.00	257.09
3	300–350	325	260.00–262.50	260.86
4	350–400	374	242.50–257.50	246.06
4	450–500	483	238.00–259.00	246.80
10	500–550	529	240.00–250.00	244.50
14	550–600	579	221.00–247.00	237.86
3	600–650	622	209.00–222.00	214.97
1	650–700	675	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	280.00	280.00
5	350–400	389	272.50–285.00	277.14
7	400–450	417	277.50–285.00	281.14
20	450–500	473	270.00–291.00	285.81
8	500–550	529	253.00–267.00	260.87
20	550–600	580	254.00–266.00	261.89
8	600–650	613	231.00–248.00	238.73
4	650–700	666	215.00–225.00	220.31
4	700–750	735	210.00	210.00
2	750–800	750	214.00	214.00
1	950–1000	990	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	614	255.00–262.00	260.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	182.50	182.50
1	450–500	495	202.50	202.50
2	500–550	525	197.00–201.00	198.98
1	550–600	595	210.00	210.00
1	600–650	625	202.50	202.50
2	700–750	725	161.00–170.00	165.38
2	750–800	778	164.00–194.00	179.05
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	219.00	219.00
3	550–600	586	249.00	249.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	154.00–157.00	155.60
2	—	1,998	170.00–175.00	172.45
2	—	2,318	160.00–168.00	163.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,448	135.00–138.00	136.35
9	—	1,403	140.00–148.00	144.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,197	141.00–154.00	144.96
8	—	1,161	130.00–140.00	135.63
3	—	1,137	127.00–128.00	127.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,106	124.00–134.00	128.62
2	—	1,020	97.00–101.00	98.89
7	—	1,062	110.00–118.00	114.32
5	—	987	139.00–147.00	142.33

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	—	920	1,250.00	1,250.00

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

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle