Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2020-08-12

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 12
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
643 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 547▼ 34 vs year ago 677 · −5.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 96▲ 0 vs year ago 77 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 6▲ 4 vs year ago 2 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week:Steers and heifers steady 2.00 higher.Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 lower.Good supply with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.20/cwt on 264 head.
Average price
$133.20
264 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$735
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$182
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.42
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555133.71742254
Medium and Large 2-3467120.0556010thin
One grade step is worth $13.67/cwt here — about $182 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 sale264 hd
133.20
—
KY average26 barns · 5,051 hd
131.78
+1.42
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—Average1,75093.131,62912
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47863.409379thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21362.1775433
CowsLean 85-90%Average99554.3554117

Every lot

80 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3325145.00/cwt145.00–145.004711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2342164.99/cwt162.00–170.005644
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376163.49/cwt161.00–165.006154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426161.07/cwt155.00–166.006869
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481156.79/cwt148.00–163.0075413
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3490135.00/cwt135.00–135.006621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522147.24/cwt135.00–153.0076919
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525160.64/cwt155.00–167.0084314
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3535131.00/cwt131.00–131.007011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556157.47/cwt154.00–161.008769
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3580124.62/cwt114.00–130.007233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583143.75/cwt138.00–148.008385
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added619147.78/cwt143.00–152.0091527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627134.52/cwt128.00–140.008439
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3645125.00/cwt125.00–125.008061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680129.00/cwt128.00–130.008773
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added686147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added708144.97/cwt137.00–146.751,02626
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723127.56/cwt121.00–134.009226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760129.00/cwt129.00–129.009801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825121.95/cwt119.00–125.001,0062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added840129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0842
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added869141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,22558
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2924122.32/cwt122.00–122.501,13011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328139.75/cwt138.00–141.004584
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330128.00/cwt128.00–128.004221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370139.47/cwt132.00–147.005166
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3373126.17/cwt124.00–127.504713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added415146.00/cwt146.00–146.006061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424139.57/cwt130.00–145.0059220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455149.00/cwt149.00–149.006781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3466124.65/cwt124.00–125.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481137.54/cwt125.00–143.0066260
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514139.74/cwt139.00–142.0071820
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3520111.00/cwt111.00–111.005771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528132.00/cwt123.00–136.0069720
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3575114.00/cwt114.00–114.006561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578128.69/cwt121.00–132.0074422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added598136.00/cwt136.00–136.0081314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605131.28/cwt127.00–134.5079421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625116.38/cwt109.00–124.007272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added658136.46/cwt125.00–138.5089837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662120.72/cwt116.00–124.007997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added718123.74/cwt122.00–125.008884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720111.00/cwt111.00–111.007996
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-372595.00/cwt95.00–95.006891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2755110.00/cwt110.00–110.008311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added761128.00/cwt128.00–128.009743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2828104.01/cwt99.00–107.008615
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2369167.70/cwt152.00–173.006195
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2434146.76/cwt144.00–152.006374
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3440122.00/cwt122.00–122.005371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2466152.28/cwt140.00–160.007107
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3475130.29/cwt126.00–139.006193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528141.64/cwt128.00–150.0074820
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575136.14/cwt128.00–140.0078313
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3585122.00/cwt122.00–122.007142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610133.28/cwt122.00–140.0081312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3625113.00/cwt113.00–113.007061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2665122.00/cwt122.00–122.008111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3680116.47/cwt115.00–118.007922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715113.04/cwt110.00–116.008082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2783116.34/cwt115.00–117.009113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2840107.00/cwt107.00–107.008991
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45588.92/cwt87.00–90.001,2943
Bulls——1,84894.53/cwt92.00–98.001,7479
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96540.00/cwt40.00–40.003862
Cows—Lean 85-90%99651.38/cwt46.00–54.005125
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00058.71/cwt55.00–63.0058710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20360.71/cwt55.00–64.0073024
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24066.07/cwt65.00–70.008199
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42161.67/cwt60.00–64.008766
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59266.86/cwt65.00–70.001,0643
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850580.00/cwt580.00–580.004,9301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,140880.00/cwt880.00–880.0010,0321
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,155720.00/cwt720.00–720.008,3161
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,160900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,4401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,455840.00/cwt840.00–840.0012,2221

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.