Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2024-11-13

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 13
● Final124 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
884 head
331 vs last sale 553 177 vs year ago 707 · +25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
35 vs last sale 84 33 vs year ago 82 · 40.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
3 vs last sale 7 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher with a few instances of sharply higher on feeder steers under 450lbs. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with feeder heifers over 500lbs mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower with slaughter bulls steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $283.33/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits 169.21 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.
Average price
$283.33
68 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$44.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.21
vs KY average
22.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559290.531,62554
Medium and Large 2544262.861,4308thin
Large 1-2528246.231,3002thin
Medium and Large 2-3571245.571,4024thin
One grade step is worth $44.96/cwt here — about $223 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
505465426386median 452.5412/1703/0404/2906/2408/19
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 sale68 hd
283.33
KY average24 barns · 906 hd
270.11
+13.21
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
−22.11
This barn, trailing median32 sales
452.54
−169.21
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,725134.832,32510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,486111.701,6607thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,244111.301,38510
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03492.279545thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,410$2,0501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,135$1,5001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)911$1,2645

Every lot, as filed

124 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850825176.49/cwt175.00–178.001,4562
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650615180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1071
SteersLarge 1-2500–550528246.23/cwt245.00–247.501,3002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650613261.92/cwt258.00–265.001,6068
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400394351.40/cwt342.50–352.501,3859
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550543295.22/cwt287.50–296.001,60311
HeifersLarge 2-3600–650630177.56/cwt170.00–185.001,1192
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750723184.88/cwt180.00–190.001,3372
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450443329.02/cwt317.50–337.501,45817
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600571245.57/cwt242.50–247.501,4024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600589277.38/cwt270.00–287.501,63423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700667264.93/cwt250.00–268.001,76750
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330230.00/cwt230.00–230.007591
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375237.50/cwt237.50–237.508911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550513265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3596
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500472278.38/cwt270.00–280.001,31418
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650645226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600557295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6436
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700665215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4303
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600585226.23/cwt225.00–227.501,3232
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650642237.84/cwt236.00–247.501,52725
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400387215.00/cwt215.00–215.008322
HeifersMedium and Large 2850–900880187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,6461
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450421280.76/cwt270.00–285.001,18212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250225275.00/cwt275.00–275.006191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300286266.13/cwt260.00–267.507615
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650618193.98/cwt188.00–200.001,1992
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500462216.98/cwt200.00–227.501,0026
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750715170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2161
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500484237.15/cwt232.50–242.501,1488
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525247.79/cwt240.00–257.501,30132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650615233.89/cwt220.00–242.501,4388
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450443247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,0964
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750705222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,5691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600555270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4996
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000960204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,9581
SteersLarge 1-2650–700675232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5691
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800783213.02/cwt211.00–215.001,6682
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800780235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850832250.80/cwt250.80–250.802,087130
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550525306.53/cwt305.00–312.501,60914
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450420292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,2291
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350300302.50/cwt302.50–302.509081
SteersLarge 1-2700–750740213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,5761
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650609238.59/cwt230.00–240.001,4537
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750739239.22/cwt230.00–242.501,76854
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350340334.62/cwt330.00–340.001,1387
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500495254.95/cwt250.00–265.001,2623
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750701258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,8094
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750715220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5732
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400380307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,1691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466304.00/cwt292.50–312.501,4175
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850835217.07/cwt216.00–230.001,81313
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550523263.22/cwt252.50–272.501,3774
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700665240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450403355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4313
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600565262.50/cwt255.00–265.001,4834
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500460278.68/cwt275.00–280.001,2824
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800755186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4041
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450413327.06/cwt315.00–330.001,3516
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550520279.88/cwt275.00–282.501,4553
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400380350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,267104.60/cwt98.00–110.001,3255
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,486111.70/cwt108.00–119.001,6607
CowsBoner 80-85%1,295124.55/cwt123.00–126.001,6132
CowsBoner 80-85%1,173113.62/cwt112.00–116.001,3333
CowsLean 85-90%1,00087.45/cwt79.00–92.008753
CowsLean 85-90%1,08599.51/cwt99.00–100.001,0802
Bulls1,649129.14/cwt124.00–134.002,1306
Bulls1,838143.36/cwt140.00–149.002,6354
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-29111,264.17/head1,160.00–1,469.001,2645
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1351,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4102,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
BullsMedium 2600–650613205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2573
BullsMedium 1-2450–500490210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0291
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550524257.06/cwt250.00–262.501,34714
BullsLarge 1-2350–400360295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0621
BullsLarge 1-2600–650620217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3491
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600565247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3986
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500473248.33/cwt247.50–250.001,1753
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800775180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3952
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400387282.81/cwt262.50–302.501,0945
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650615222.49/cwt220.00–227.501,36810
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700690191.20/cwt185.00–197.501,3192
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400375323.78/cwt312.50–332.501,2149
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750730192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4021
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450435240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0441
BullsLarge 2450–500476257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,2263
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350330320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0561
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350320272.50/cwt272.50–272.508721
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650628210.22/cwt208.00–212.501,3202
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700673205.22/cwt200.00–215.001,38114
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450433272.02/cwt255.00–282.501,1789
HeifersMedium and Large 2800–850820169.72/cwt167.00–172.501,3922
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650635218.75/cwt217.50–220.001,3892
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800780180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4041
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450405200.00/cwt200.00–200.008101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800763217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6564
HeifersLarge 1-2450–500490235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1522
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550519232.11/cwt220.00–235.001,2055
HeifersLarge 1-2600–650630214.96/cwt212.50–217.501,3542
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380266.16/cwt257.50–277.501,01111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700678227.87/cwt219.00–237.001,54511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250210290.00/cwt290.00–290.006091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435260.05/cwt250.00–267.501,13113
HeifersLarge 1-2350–400365242.50/cwt242.50–242.508851
HeifersLarge 1-2500–550510233.76/cwt232.50–235.001,1922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600577238.11/cwt230.00–242.501,37438
HeifersLarge 1-2750–800750190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4251
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350330222.50/cwt222.50–222.507341
BullsLarge 2-3550–600590207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,2241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350326263.81/cwt250.00–270.0086019
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750723204.36/cwt200.00–215.001,4787
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465253.07/cwt245.00–257.501,1777
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600583231.69/cwt230.00–235.001,3513
BullsLarge 2-3650–700695185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300265311.37/cwt305.00–317.508252
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400395240.00/cwt240.00–240.009481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350347285.00/cwt285.00–285.009894
HeifersLarge 1-2650–700660209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3794
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550518237.68/cwt230.00–245.001,2312
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450428294.92/cwt287.50–300.001,2629
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500473272.45/cwt265.00–277.501,28911
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750716179.18/cwt177.50–180.001,2833

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.