Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Yearling steers sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $292.21/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −160.32 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$292.21

38 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,563

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$43.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.07

vs KY average

+21.71 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	296.41	1,587	33
Medium and Large 2	537	272.51	1,463	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	527	252.50	1,331	2thin

One grade step is worth $43.91/cwt here — about $256 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale38 hd

292.21

—

KY average23 barns · 895 hd

281.14

+11.07

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

+21.71

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

−160.32

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	1,631	163.53	2,668	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	143.64	2,062	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,251	139.56	1,746	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	953	119.83	1,142	26
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,260	177.00	2,230	1thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,580	$1,995	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,158	$1,563	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,005	$1,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,400	$1,880	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	615	257.38/cwt	252.50–267.50	1,583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	237.75/cwt	237.50–238.00	1,736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	282.97/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,621	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	735	229.24/cwt	227.00–229.50	1,685	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	347	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,110	2
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	700	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	462	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,506	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	737	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,894	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,322	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,584	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	527	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,331	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	290.98/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,548	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	242.41/cwt	242.00–243.00	1,491	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	226.62/cwt	222.50–232.50	1,280	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	933	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	800–850	813	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,016	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	502	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,566	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	236.73/cwt	232.50–240.00	746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	261.15/cwt	250.00–265.00	992	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	241.89/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,059	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	421	274.15/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,154	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,482	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	615	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,307	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	303.03/cwt	297.00–315.00	1,252	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,954	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	246.00/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,565	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,828	1
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	485	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,358	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	262.20/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,725	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	858	1
Steers	Large 2	600–650	635	218.75/cwt	212.50–225.00	1,389	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	278.12/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,744	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	855	237.80/cwt	237.80–237.80	2,033	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	959	222.10/cwt	222.10–222.10	2,130	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	251.26/cwt	247.50–252.00	1,917	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	289.99/cwt	287.50–292.50	1,386	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	273.77/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,418	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	652	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,832	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,670	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,178	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	829	232.27/cwt	225.50–237.90	1,926	123
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	402	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	985	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	260.00/cwt	257.50–262.50	1,495	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	259.93/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,320	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	613	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,548	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	390	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,277	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	126.04/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,239	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	139.03/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,700	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	102.54/cwt	93.00–108.00	970	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	147.06/cwt	146.00–148.00	2,041	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	142.66/cwt	141.00–145.00	2,067	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	127.42/cwt	122.00–132.00	1,714	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,260	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,230	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	148.88/cwt	147.00–153.00	1,867	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	117.18/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,043	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	132.14/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,440	2
Bulls	—	—	1,245	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,843	1
Bulls	—	—	1,815	170.01/cwt	167.00–174.00	3,086	6
Bulls	—	—	1,529	160.20/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,449	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,580	1,995.00/head	1,995.00–1,995.00	1,995	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	1,562.98/head	1,500.00–1,620.00	1,563	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,880.00/head	1,880.00–1,880.00	1,880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	269.59/cwt	262.50–272.50	1,299	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	231.58/cwt	224.00–236.00	1,415	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	262.90/cwt	262.50–263.00	1,470	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	279.70/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,357	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	228.24/cwt	222.50–230.00	1,538	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	593	227.49/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,349	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	187.55/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	279.36/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,416	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,463	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	680	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,393	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,412	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	268.90/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,035	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	232.42/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,127	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	286.68/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,233	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	243.03/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,276	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	240.43/cwt	235.00–249.00	1,407	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	263.04/cwt	255.00–267.50	1,252	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	209.29/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,398	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	398	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,104	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	239.57/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,176	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	215.89/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,330	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	312	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	874	2
Heifers	Large 2	700–750	720	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	261.38/cwt	252.50–267.50	1,108	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	233.46/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,464	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	451	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,274	6
Heifers	Large 2	600–650	600	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	688	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 Aug 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,001Last week 1,069Year ago 258

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 54Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 14Year ago 35

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Yearling steers sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

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	330	300.00	300.00
3	400–450	413	297.00–315.00	303.03
6	450–500	478	287.50–292.50	289.99
15	500–550	532	280.00–297.50	290.98
5	550–600	573	275.00–292.50	282.97
3	600–650	615	252.50–267.50	257.38
8	650–700	658	250.00–264.00	262.20
2	700–750	730	237.50–238.00	237.75
6	750–800	763	247.50–252.00	251.26
1	850–900	880	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	260.00	260.00
17	400–450	409	288.00	288.00
2	500–550	518	270.00–277.50	273.77
1	550–600	575	270.00	270.00
6	600–650	636	240.00–249.00	246.00
1	800–850	805	212.00	212.00
1	850–900	850	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	347	320.00	320.00
3	800–850	813	248.00	248.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	700	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	462	326.00	326.00
7	500–550	502	312.00	312.00
6	550–600	551	303.00	303.00
10	600–650	627	270.00–279.00	278.12
6	650–700	652	281.00	281.00
72	700–750	737	257.00	257.00
123	800–850	829	225.50–237.90	232.27
180	850–900	855	237.80	237.80
57	950–1000	959	222.10	222.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	527	252.50	252.50
1	600–650	645	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	212.50	212.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	635	212.50–225.00	218.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	421	272.50–275.00	274.15
6	450–500	451	282.50	282.50
3	500–550	510	260.00	260.00
3	550–600	570	260.00	260.00
17	600–650	615	242.00–243.00	242.41
14	650–700	664	238.50	238.50
28	700–750	735	227.00–229.50	229.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	222.50	222.50
1	650–700	685	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	232.50–240.00	236.73
4	350–400	381	245.00	245.00
4	400–450	438	240.00–242.50	241.89
10	450–500	491	230.00–244.00	239.57
3	550–600	565	222.50–232.50	226.62
6	600–650	616	211.00–220.00	215.89
6	650–700	668	200.00–216.00	209.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	250.00	250.00
5	350–400	380	250.00–265.00	261.15
20	400–450	424	252.50–267.50	261.38
8	450–500	476	255.00–267.50	263.04
17	500–550	525	240.00–245.00	243.03
10	550–600	585	235.00–249.00	240.43
6	600–650	627	230.00–237.50	233.46
3	650–700	693	233.00	233.00
2	700–750	732	206.00	206.00
2	750–800	787	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	312	280.00	280.00
3	350–400	398	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	205.00	205.00
1	700–750	720	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	402	245.00	245.00
2	450–500	485	225.00–240.00	232.42
2	550–600	593	225.00–230.00	227.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	270.00	270.00
4	350–400	385	260.00–272.50	268.90
5	450–500	482	262.50–272.50	269.59
2	500–550	508	255.00–265.00	259.93
2	550–600	575	257.50–262.50	260.00
1	600–650	640	219.00	219.00
1	650–700	675	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	755	187.00	187.00
1	850–900	865	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	327.50	327.50
1	450–500	455	310.00	310.00
4	600–650	613	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	295.00	295.00
3	400–450	430	282.50–290.00	286.68
8	450–500	485	275.00–290.00	279.70
4	500–550	507	277.50–280.00	279.36
5	550–600	559	262.50–263.00	262.90
10	600–650	611	224.00–236.00	231.58
6	650–700	674	222.50–230.00	228.24
2	700–750	710	206.00	206.00
2	800–850	818	185.00–190.00	187.55
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	217.50	217.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	983	121.00–128.00	126.04
4	—	946	93.00–108.00	102.54
9	—	890	112.00–120.00	117.18
2	—	1,090	130.00–134.00	132.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,223	134.00–144.00	139.03
4	—	1,345	122.00–132.00	127.42
6	—	1,254	147.00–153.00	148.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	146.00–148.00	147.06
7	—	1,449	141.00–145.00	142.66
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	177.00	177.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	148.00	148.00
6	—	1,815	167.00–174.00	170.01
7	—	1,529	155.00–165.00	160.20

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,580	1,995.00	1,995.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,158	1,500.00–1,620.00	1,562.98
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	1,880.00	1,880.00

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

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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

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