Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2020-10-28

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 28
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
348 head
▼ 162 vs last sale 510▼ 215 vs year ago 563 · −38.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 54▼ 17 vs year ago 78 · −21.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 9▼ 6 vs year ago 14 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers 1.00 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00 higher,slaughter bulls steady. Weak supply with weak demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.66/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$115.66
109 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$561
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.71
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2489117.3657496
Medium and Large 2-3457103.1147113thin
One grade step is worth $14.24/cwt here — about $103 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 sale109 hd
115.66
—
KY average27 barns · 4,665 hd
117.37
−1.71
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—Average1,55874.141,1556thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50052.797928thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20850.2960827
CowsLean 85-90%Average94544.8842415

Every lot

70 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 1-2Fancy323162.11/cwt160.00–164.005242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395157.00/cwt157.00–157.006203
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy415153.00/cwt153.00–153.006351
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3445128.00/cwt128.00–128.005701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy450152.00/cwt152.00–152.006841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455157.00/cwt157.00–157.007141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465141.25/cwt131.00–149.0065710
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3495110.00/cwt110.00–110.005451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519142.57/cwt138.00–147.007404
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533128.06/cwt124.00–132.006832
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added555134.00/cwt134.00–134.007441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569126.70/cwt123.00–131.0072110
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3573114.55/cwt111.00–118.006562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620126.59/cwt126.00–127.007855
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3620111.00/cwt111.00–111.006881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626118.02/cwt116.00–121.007395
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3677112.00/cwt109.00–114.007583
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685126.00/cwt126.00–126.008631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2724116.13/cwt111.00–119.008416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added773126.00/cwt126.00–126.009742
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added860120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added905120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2930116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0791
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2279121.28/cwt117.00–128.0033811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327119.02/cwt116.00–122.003893
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3360111.00/cwt111.00–111.004001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379120.36/cwt118.00–123.004568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425119.99/cwt118.00–121.005107
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3428104.31/cwt101.00–112.004468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483119.64/cwt115.00–122.0057820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510121.25/cwt119.00–123.0061812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532113.99/cwt110.00–118.006069
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-353898.74/cwt98.00–101.005314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575114.38/cwt110.00–118.006585
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added586119.00/cwt119.00–119.006975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615119.00/cwt119.00–119.007323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633106.78/cwt101.00–113.006766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650120.00/cwt120.00–120.007801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671102.98/cwt100.00–105.006915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-286099.00/cwt99.00–99.008511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2351134.02/cwt131.00–140.004704
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3365120.00/cwt120.00–120.004381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy438144.00/cwt144.00–144.006314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2438139.05/cwt136.00–142.006092
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465125.00/cwt125.00–125.005811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy472148.00/cwt148.00–148.006992
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3481117.41/cwt110.00–123.005655
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507132.00/cwt132.00–132.006692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521122.00/cwt116.00–126.006367
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3530109.06/cwt107.00–110.005783
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565123.15/cwt117.00–128.006969
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3578105.54/cwt100.00–111.006104
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2617112.05/cwt105.00–115.0069112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3630108.00/cwt108.00–108.006801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3655100.00/cwt100.00–100.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2730107.00/cwt107.00–107.007811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,55874.14/cwt72.00–80.001,1556
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80530.00/cwt30.00–30.002421
Cows—Lean 85-90%94141.00/cwt36.00–45.003867
Cows—Lean 85-90%97050.89/cwt47.00–54.004947
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10035.00/cwt35.00–35.003851
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21249.98/cwt46.00–55.0060623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21557.72/cwt57.00–59.007013
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49056.00/cwt56.00–56.008341
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50152.33/cwt50.00–55.007857
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,145660.00/cwt660.00–660.007,5571
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,180890.00/cwt890.00–890.0010,5021
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,180825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,7351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,460875.00/cwt875.00–875.0012,7751

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.