Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2020-03-11

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 11
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
897 head
▲ 429 vs last sale 468▲ 897 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 47▲ 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 7▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers---steady to 2.00 lower and Feeder heifers steady to 1.00--3.00 lower. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher and bulls steady. Todays receipts : 964 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.17/cwt on 177 head.
Average price
$123.17
177 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$635
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.24
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2518124.50645153
Small 1-2385117.004501thin
Medium and Large 2-3501114.6557423
One grade step is worth $9.85/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale177 hd
123.17
—
KY average26 barns · 6,035 hd
128.41
−5.24
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
Bulls—Average1,51285.881,2999thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,19163.2275327
CowsBoner 80-85%Average99449.8449616
CowsLean 85-90%Average89048.194297thin

Every lot

86 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy220165.00/cwt165.00–165.003631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360173.97/cwt173.00–175.006262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375187.17/cwt182.50–192.007024
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3410132.53/cwt130.00–135.005432
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2411160.45/cwt150.00–169.006597
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy431179.83/cwt171.00–187.007756
Steers—Medium and Large 345690.00/cwt90.00–90.004107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460178.00/cwt178.00–178.008192
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466159.03/cwt150.00–163.007417
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3485103.00/cwt103.00–103.005001
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3500139.00/cwt139.00–139.006951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525141.66/cwt133.00–151.0074410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy533156.67/cwt156.00–157.008353
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3557127.68/cwt125.00–129.007113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574138.06/cwt135.00–142.007928
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611133.25/cwt122.00–139.008143
Steers—Small 1-2660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678131.91/cwt125.00–135.0089420
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3690113.00/cwt113.00–113.007801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added696133.50/cwt133.50–133.5092932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715117.00/cwt117.00–117.008371
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3745110.00/cwt110.00–110.008201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755124.50/cwt124.50–124.509405
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265132.50/cwt130.00–135.003512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323131.91/cwt128.00–136.0042610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3325121.00/cwt121.00–121.003932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375129.23/cwt123.00–135.0048518
Heifers—Small 1-2385117.00/cwt117.00–117.004501
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3395119.00/cwt119.00–119.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413126.30/cwt120.00–136.0052222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy416139.00/cwt139.00–139.005788
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3438117.76/cwt111.00–122.005164
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3472118.81/cwt118.00–120.005615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487128.92/cwt121.00–133.0062812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516127.68/cwt122.00–131.5065924
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3520116.52/cwt114.00–119.006064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564125.16/cwt118.00–129.0070617
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3570112.25/cwt110.00–117.006403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632113.12/cwt107.00–117.0071511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3644101.98/cwt101.00–105.006574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690109.00/cwt109.00–109.007522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726115.82/cwt94.00–120.0084120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2812104.19/cwt92.00–107.008467
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2288151.92/cwt150.00–157.504384
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2300150.00/cwt150.00–150.004501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3305140.00/cwt140.00–140.004271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2377164.48/cwt150.00–171.0062010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy387187.50/cwt187.50–187.507262
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3410131.00/cwt131.00–131.005371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2426148.85/cwt140.00–159.006349
Bulls—Small 1-2440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005281
Bulls—Small 1-2460121.00/cwt121.00–121.005571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2479140.61/cwt135.00–154.006748
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3516125.39/cwt120.00–128.006473
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528129.83/cwt125.00–135.006862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577142.28/cwt136.00–144.0082114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3578120.27/cwt116.00–125.006954
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628120.57/cwt117.00–124.007572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2662111.69/cwt106.00–116.007393
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725109.55/cwt105.00–115.007946
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-375090.00/cwt90.00–90.006751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-281299.00/cwt99.00–99.008042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-285593.00/cwt93.00–93.007951
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers11 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 333871.00/cwt71.00–71.002402
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 338878.01/cwt76.00–82.003033
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 342671.00/cwt71.00–71.003023
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 349690.00/cwt90.00–90.0044617
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 350281.00/cwt81.00–81.004072
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added54495.29/cwt94.50–95.7551848
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added60199.50/cwt99.50–99.5059892
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 3-464566.00/cwt66.00–66.004262
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 365290.00/cwt90.00–90.005874
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added65495.30/cwt95.30–95.3062370
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added83092.70/cwt92.70–92.70769120
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25883.05/cwt79.00–85.001,0453
Bulls——1,63987.30/cwt84.00–93.001,4316
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79532.50/cwt32.00–33.002582
Cows—Boner 80-85%91062.00/cwt62.00–62.005641
Cows—Lean 85-90%92358.59/cwt54.00–62.005414
Cows—Lean 85-90%95038.00/cwt38.00–38.003611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00049.03/cwt44.00–54.0049015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,10457.99/cwt54.00–61.0064011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25166.82/cwt61.00–79.0083616
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2795525.00/cwt525.00–525.004,1741
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2930530.00/cwt530.00–530.004,9291
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2985600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,9101

This sale against other markets

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.