Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Weaned and preconditioned feeders still bringing premiums. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $264.30/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −188.23 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$264.30

18 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,435

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$333

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

$56.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.57

vs KY average

−2.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	290.50	1,577	5thin
Medium and Large 2	545	260.25	1,417	10thin
Large 1-2	545	235.00	1,281	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	533	233.75	1,245	2thin

One grade step is worth $56.75/cwt here — about $333 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 sale18 hd

264.30

—

KY average24 barns · 1,021 hd

259.74

+4.57

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−2.34

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

−188.23

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	1,811	150.51	2,726	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,257	125.60	1,579	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,474	124.14	1,830	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,085	112.29	1,219	15
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,285	190.00	2,442	1thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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	350–400	388	288.73/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,120	2
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	545	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,219	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,090	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	2,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,108	186.25/cwt	185.00–187.50	2,064	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	903	218.75/cwt	218.75–218.75	1,975	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	253.02/cwt	243.00–255.00	1,726	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	218.36/cwt	217.00–221.00	1,797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,781	1
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	492	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,210	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,245	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	220.84/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,230	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	219.05/cwt	212.50–226.00	1,143	5
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	478	266.45/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,274	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	315	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,106	1
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	236.25/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,162	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	239.86/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,490	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	221.14/cwt	212.00–230.00	1,375	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	218.74/cwt	217.50–220.00	1,046	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	987	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,806	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	255.04/cwt	249.00–262.00	1,599	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	291.52/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,224	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	268.67/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,405	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,384	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	243.68/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	863	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,795	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	254.63/cwt	253.00–262.50	1,423	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	952	214.75/cwt	214.75–214.75	2,044	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,640	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	841	241.90/cwt	241.90–241.90	2,034	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	222.52/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	902	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	235.75/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,471	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	413	308.73/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,275	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	758	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,903	69
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	375	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Large 2-3	600–650	635	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,022	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,141	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,276	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	275	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	880	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,285	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,442	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	115.39/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,460	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,320	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	124.45/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,577	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	134.44/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,642	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	105.87/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,194	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,900	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	120.71/cwt	119.00–124.00	1,794	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	114.90/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,220	8
Bulls	—	—	1,880	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,688	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	151.76/cwt	149.00–154.00	2,732	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,329	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	234.01/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,215	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,073	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	474	232.37/cwt	215.00–242.50	1,101	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	262.60/cwt	260.00–265.00	998	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	215.17/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,136	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	210.12/cwt	207.50–212.00	1,500	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	287.56/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,193	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	595	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,214	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	508	217.54/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,105	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	301.46/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,112	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	277.62/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,022	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	210.49/cwt	210.00–211.00	1,417	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	301.51/cwt	290.00–307.50	977	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	204.60/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,582	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	470	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	249.90/cwt	247.50–255.00	802	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	193.41/cwt	191.00–199.00	1,468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	185.68/cwt	180.00–194.00	1,521	5
Heifers	Large 2	400–450	420	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	235.34/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,236	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	246.76/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,167	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	252.13/cwt	245.00–257.50	930	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	233.84/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,307	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,836	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	438	226.31/cwt	225.00–229.00	991	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	615	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,255	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	220.64/cwt	214.00–233.00	1,465	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,191	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	300–350	325	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	252	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	241.55/cwt	237.50–248.00	1,019	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	202.60/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,054	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	444	252.63/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,122	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	224.00/cwt	217.00–231.00	1,299	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	188.45/cwt	182.00–195.00	1,197	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	191.00/cwt	190.00–193.00	1,280	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	215.22/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,334	9

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 Sep 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 605Last week 688Year ago 803

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 67Year ago 75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	287.50–290.00	288.73
5	400–450	420	285.00–302.50	291.52
3	450–500	490	282.50	282.50
2	500–550	525	295.00	295.00
3	550–600	555	287.50	287.50
11	600–650	627	249.00–262.00	255.04
9	650–700	682	243.00–255.00	253.02
7	700–750	718	238.00–246.00	243.68
2	750–800	765	239.00	239.00
3	800–850	823	217.00–221.00	218.36
1	900–950	925	192.50	192.50
2	950–1000	987	183.00	183.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	185.00	185.00
1	1050–1100	1,090	197.50	197.50
2	1100–1150	1,108	185.00–187.50	186.25
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	492	246.00	246.00
1	500–550	545	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	730	220.00	220.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	265.00	265.00
4	500–550	523	265.00–275.00	268.67
6	550–600	559	253.00–262.50	254.63
5	600–650	624	230.00–238.00	235.75
2	650–700	655	220.00–225.00	222.52
2	850–900	863	208.00	208.00
2	900–950	902	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	560	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	307.50–310.00	308.73
6	600–650	605	271.00	271.00
69	750–800	758	251.00	251.00
69	800–850	841	241.90	241.90
23	900–950	903	218.75	218.75
56	950–1000	952	214.75	214.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	220.00	220.00
1	400–450	415	230.00	230.00
4	450–500	492	235.00–237.50	236.25
5	500–550	522	212.50–226.00	219.05
3	550–600	557	220.00–222.50	220.84
1	600–650	645	193.00	193.00
1	700–750	725	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	444	251.00–256.00	252.63
12	450–500	478	260.00–272.50	266.45
11	600–650	621	234.00–245.00	239.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	200.00	200.00
2	450–500	478	217.50–220.00	218.74
2	500–550	520	200.00–205.00	202.60
1	550–600	560	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	252.50	252.50
2	250–300	252	252.50	252.50
4	300–350	321	247.50–255.00	249.90
7	350–400	369	245.00–257.50	252.13
6	400–450	422	237.50–248.00	241.55
14	450–500	473	240.00–253.00	246.76
11	500–550	525	230.00–250.00	235.34
10	550–600	559	225.00–240.00	233.84
8	600–650	622	212.00–230.00	221.14
9	650–700	664	214.00–233.00	220.64
4	750–800	759	191.00–199.00	193.41
5	800–850	819	180.00–194.00	185.68
1	850–900	850	172.50	172.50
1	1000–1050	1,020	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	225.00–229.00	226.31
1	450–500	470	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	615	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	212.50	212.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	267.50	267.50
1	350–400	375	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	508	215.00–220.00	217.54
1	550–600	595	204.00	204.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	324	290.00–307.50	301.51
5	350–400	369	297.50–305.00	301.46
3	400–450	415	282.50–292.50	287.56
1	450–500	460	287.50	287.50
8	500–550	519	230.00–240.00	234.01
2	550–600	580	217.00–231.00	224.00
9	600–650	620	210.00–219.00	215.22
4	650–700	673	210.00–211.00	210.49
4	700–750	714	207.50–212.00	210.12
2	750–800	773	200.00–209.00	204.60
1	800–850	825	180.00	180.00
1	850–900	870	185.00	185.00
1	950–1000	950	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	275.00–280.00	277.62
2	400–450	415	275.00	275.00
2	450–500	467	255.00	255.00
2	500–550	528	210.00–220.00	215.17
2	600–650	635	182.00–195.00	188.45
3	650–700	670	190.00–193.00	191.00
1	750–800	755	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	405	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	267.50	267.50
2	350–400	380	260.00–265.00	262.60
6	450–500	474	215.00–242.50	232.37
1	500–550	530	202.50	202.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	190.00	190.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	114.00–117.00	115.39
13	—	1,267	121.00–129.00	124.45
4	—	1,221	132.00–137.00	134.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	130.00	130.00
6	—	1,128	100.00–110.00	105.87
8	—	1,062	113.00–118.00	114.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,450	130.00–132.00	131.00
6	—	1,486	119.00–124.00	120.71
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	143.00	143.00
6	—	1,800	149.00–154.00	151.76

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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