Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2021-02-10

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 10
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
361 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 376▼ 401 vs year ago 762 · −52.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 36▲ 16 vs year ago 36 · +44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers mostly steady.Slaughter cows and bulls steady.Supply was light 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 $134.73/cwt on 138 head.
Average price
$134.73
138 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$861
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.51
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2649135.61880128
Medium and Large 2-3507123.5062610thin
One grade step is worth $12.11/cwt here — about $254 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 sale138 hd
134.73
—
KY average25 barns · 3,778 hd
133.23
+1.51
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—Average1,59389.651,4287thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56365.511,0244thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22058.8071829
CowsLean 85-90%Average96853.405178thin

Every lot

62 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 1-2285160.00/cwt160.00–160.004561
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3320142.00/cwt142.00–142.004541
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323171.00/cwt171.00–171.005523
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3355130.00/cwt130.00–130.004621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375159.00/cwt159.00–159.005961
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3415124.00/cwt124.00–124.005151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2416152.22/cwt145.00–157.006334
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3465131.00/cwt131.00–131.006092
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477153.96/cwt140.00–161.007347
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523152.15/cwt151.00–157.007966
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532142.25/cwt131.00–149.007573
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567152.00/cwt152.00–152.008622
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3575114.00/cwt114.00–114.006563
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592139.43/cwt126.00–148.0082517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612127.05/cwt121.00–131.007783
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630135.51/cwt135.00–136.008542
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3640119.00/cwt119.00–119.007621
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3685116.00/cwt116.00–116.007951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added691133.51/cwt133.50–134.0092333
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2692131.00/cwt131.00–131.009078
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725131.84/cwt131.00–132.0095613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2741118.66/cwt109.00–121.008796
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added777128.25/cwt128.25–128.2599710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2783113.01/cwt111.00–115.008853
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2853112.00/cwt112.00–112.009556
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3285123.00/cwt123.00–123.003511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2316132.90/cwt130.00–135.004204
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330124.00/cwt124.00–124.004091
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3355120.00/cwt120.00–120.004261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2392143.00/cwt143.00–143.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418126.25/cwt120.00–138.005289
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3466115.16/cwt114.00–117.005376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475124.44/cwt122.00–127.005919
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3515105.00/cwt105.00–105.005411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518120.76/cwt115.00–123.5062619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565117.49/cwt115.00–121.006644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626111.30/cwt104.00–116.0069725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662114.00/cwt114.00–114.007559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736107.00/cwt107.00–107.007886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-278598.00/cwt98.00–98.007692
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3372126.77/cwt125.00–130.004723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2383156.39/cwt150.00–165.005993
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3418135.01/cwt133.00–137.005642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440153.00/cwt153.00–153.006731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465152.00/cwt152.00–152.007071
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3490128.50/cwt120.00–137.006302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2532134.42/cwt131.00–136.007153
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613124.84/cwt113.00–131.007653
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3655108.00/cwt108.00–108.007071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670118.22/cwt113.00–120.007924
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2785104.00/cwt104.00–104.008161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2815105.00/cwt105.00–105.008561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31882.96/cwt82.00–84.001,0932
Bulls——1,67587.22/cwt86.00–89.001,4613
Bulls——1,745100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,7452
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96049.01/cwt46.00–51.004703
Cows—Lean 85-90%97356.04/cwt53.00–61.005455
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14047.52/cwt46.00–49.005422
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20658.34/cwt53.00–62.0070421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29864.16/cwt63.00–66.008336
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56365.51/cwt64.00–69.001,0244

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.