Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2021-06-09

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 9
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,008 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1,008▲ 491 vs year ago 517 · +95.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 51▲ 7 vs year ago 44 · +15.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 17▲ 5 vs year ago 12 · +41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers sold fully steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.39/cwt on 338 head.
Average price
$145.39
338 head · 694 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,009
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.70
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2694145.391,009338
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale338 hd
145.39
—
KY average25 barns · 4,872 hd
141.69
+3.70
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—High1,85999.461,8497thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44171.701,0339thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22871.1087314
CowsLean 85-90%Average97261.986037thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2300171.00/cwt171.00–171.005133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465171.00/cwt171.00–171.007957
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478159.57/cwt148.00–168.0076329
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519165.00/cwt165.00–165.008565
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522154.33/cwt151.00–156.008066
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561157.15/cwt155.00–159.0088223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587150.25/cwt143.00–155.0088210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614160.40/cwt147.00–163.2598553
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625140.99/cwt124.00–147.0088119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671140.03/cwt128.00–145.0094020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720134.87/cwt117.00–155.0097113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735136.40/cwt134.50–136.751,00325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added816136.28/cwt129.00–137.001,11269
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added898131.95/cwt131.95–131.951,18556
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382143.63/cwt130.00–153.005498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420139.07/cwt131.00–150.005848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473133.63/cwt128.00–140.006328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added490146.00/cwt146.00–146.007152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added506143.00/cwt143.00–143.007246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537138.12/cwt133.00–140.0074210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573128.31/cwt125.00–132.0073512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585142.16/cwt141.00–144.0083220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2606130.61/cwt122.00–135.0079116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617137.76/cwt136.00–139.0085017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671119.83/cwt117.00–125.008049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2721109.46/cwt107.00–117.007894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735121.00/cwt121.00–121.008896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added771118.50/cwt118.50–118.509148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2820109.00/cwt109.00–109.008942
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2362137.90/cwt125.00–145.004996
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400164.00/cwt164.00–164.006561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2487147.93/cwt145.00–161.0072016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2524143.26/cwt130.00–155.0075119
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2581131.55/cwt122.00–143.0076419
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2642129.91/cwt129.00–133.0083411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2661122.84/cwt120.00–124.008127
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705113.00/cwt113.00–113.007971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2763106.48/cwt104.00–109.008122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-296598.00/cwt98.00–98.009462
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,76596.21/cwt94.00–98.001,6984
Bulls——1,985103.80/cwt102.00–105.002,0603
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94060.26/cwt55.00–65.005665
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05366.29/cwt65.00–68.006982
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17668.92/cwt65.00–72.008107
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27973.28/cwt68.00–79.009377
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43170.61/cwt68.00–72.001,0107
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47575.52/cwt74.00–77.001,1142
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,180865.00/cwt865.00–865.0010,2071
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4301,409.50/cwt1,375.00–1,475.0020,1563
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,218955.57/cwt750.00–1,075.0011,6397
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,280835.47/cwt710.00–930.0010,6942
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3801,090.00/cwt1,090.00–1,090.0015,0422

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.