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

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 11
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
787 head
▲ 117 vs last sale 670▲ 345 vs year ago 442 · +78.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 50▲ 29 vs year ago 52 · +55.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 3▲ 1 vs year ago 8 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers 2.00-4.00 higher.Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-3.00 higher.Heavy supply with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.41/cwt on 326 head.
Average price
$139.41
326 head · 707 lb average
Value per head Derived
$986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$403
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.02
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2715139.901,001315
Medium and Large 2-3477125.2759811thin
One grade step is worth $14.64/cwt here — about $403 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 sale326 hd
139.41
—
KY average27 barns · 6,117 hd
136.39
+3.02
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—Low1,83177.521,4198thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52656.5486312
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25153.0666445
CowsLean 85-90%Average99244.5044210

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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy295185.00/cwt185.00–185.005461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320180.00/cwt180.00–180.005761
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3360141.00/cwt141.00–141.005082
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365167.50/cwt167.50–167.506111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added424158.30/cwt156.00–164.006716
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3430125.25/cwt122.00–129.005394
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3455132.00/cwt132.00–132.006011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481144.71/cwt139.00–151.0069618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added486155.73/cwt152.00–159.0075710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy490157.00/cwt157.00–157.007691
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517149.76/cwt145.00–155.0077417
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539136.20/cwt124.00–143.0073419
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3545121.00/cwt121.00–121.006591
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570131.78/cwt124.00–139.0075120
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3575122.00/cwt122.00–122.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3618109.96/cwt101.00–119.006802
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627127.32/cwt120.00–134.0079813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671124.14/cwt120.00–127.008338
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713122.14/cwt116.00–125.008717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added740137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added768137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,05847
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768121.95/cwt120.00–124.009372
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2823127.65/cwt126.00–129.001,0513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added842141.43/cwt130.00–143.901,191137
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2962122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1742
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3285120.00/cwt120.00–120.003421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3307113.15/cwt109.00–120.003473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326133.66/cwt128.00–136.004366
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3370120.00/cwt120.00–120.004442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376130.60/cwt125.00–138.0049113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3414109.49/cwt104.00–115.004534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435130.38/cwt120.00–134.0056729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480129.49/cwt121.00–132.0062225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy486137.00/cwt137.00–137.006663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512135.00/cwt135.00–135.006912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3521109.76/cwt101.00–115.005726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529125.49/cwt116.00–130.0066424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3564113.34/cwt110.00–115.006396
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574124.25/cwt117.00–133.0071327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607122.34/cwt121.00–123.007433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624116.93/cwt112.00–120.0073025
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3631101.99/cwt101.00–105.006444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3655105.00/cwt105.00–105.006881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662113.85/cwt106.00–116.0075421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added706128.82/cwt124.00–129.9090985
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-371587.50/cwt86.00–89.006262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725108.48/cwt100.00–118.007863
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375595.00/cwt95.00–95.007171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2766104.32/cwt100.00–110.007995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2917102.00/cwt99.00–103.009354
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280157.50/cwt157.50–157.504412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy285180.00/cwt180.00–180.005131
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3285133.82/cwt130.00–137.503812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335175.00/cwt175.00–175.005861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375165.00/cwt165.00–165.006191
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3377133.67/cwt130.00–137.005043
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2391153.17/cwt142.00–159.005995
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3418127.04/cwt125.00–129.005312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2421146.72/cwt143.00–154.006185
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475154.00/cwt154.00–154.007321
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3475125.01/cwt120.00–130.005948
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2486146.97/cwt140.00–150.0071414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519122.91/cwt120.00–127.006386
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522148.00/cwt148.00–148.007732
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3530116.34/cwt113.00–119.006176
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2569127.60/cwt120.00–139.007266
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2623126.67/cwt122.00–130.007893
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3657103.66/cwt101.00–106.006813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2664111.33/cwt107.00–115.007399
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-372896.00/cwt96.00–96.006994
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2733106.68/cwt105.00–110.007823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2765111.00/cwt111.00–111.008492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2803102.00/cwt102.00–102.008193
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,69574.24/cwt70.00–79.001,2585
Bulls——2,05782.99/cwt82.00–84.001,7073
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88525.00/cwt25.00–25.002211
Cows—Lean 85-90%98643.13/cwt40.00–45.004254
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01949.50/cwt48.00–53.005045
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24551.81/cwt48.00–55.0064527
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25644.83/cwt43.00–46.005634
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26157.81/cwt56.00–61.0072914
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48552.68/cwt52.00–54.007823
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53957.83/cwt56.00–60.008909
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,185650.11/cwt625.00–675.007,7042
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,210950.00/cwt950.00–950.0011,4951
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,420760.00/cwt760.00–760.0010,7921

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.