Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2021-07-28

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 28
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
444 head
▼ 229 vs last sale 673▼ 474 vs year ago 918 · −51.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 63▼ 3 vs year ago 37 · −8.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week:Steers steady,heifers 2.00 higher.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 $149.82/cwt on 170 head.
Average price
$149.82
170 head · 629 lb average
Value per head Derived
$942
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$255
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2
$21.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.80
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2631150.45950165
Large 2539129.006955thin
One grade step is worth $21.45/cwt here — about $255 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 sale170 hd
149.82
—
KY average26 barns · 4,584 hd
147.02
+2.80
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—Low1,58089.811,4197thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47772.691,0743thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23367.1282815
CowsLean 85-90%Average95359.135647thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2280171.00/cwt171.00–171.004791
Steers—Large 2340142.00/cwt142.00–142.004831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345178.67/cwt172.00–182.006163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425154.94/cwt150.00–160.006582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added440174.00/cwt174.00–174.007661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481158.17/cwt150.00–161.007614
Steers—Large 2510129.00/cwt129.00–129.006581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520165.00/cwt165.00–165.008581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528156.58/cwt138.00–161.0082721
Steers—Large 2555122.00/cwt122.00–122.006771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577155.81/cwt146.00–160.0089934
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2606141.21/cwt141.00–142.008565
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624155.83/cwt146.00–160.0097219
Steers—Large 2630124.00/cwt124.00–124.007811
Steers—Large 2660128.00/cwt128.00–128.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663153.16/cwt148.00–155.001,01524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2719131.36/cwt126.00–134.009449
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added728141.52/cwt138.00–143.001,03021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added762140.92/cwt139.00–144.501,07413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added836138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1543
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2862127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0954
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340145.00/cwt145.00–145.004931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371141.00/cwt141.00–141.005233
Heifers—Large 2419129.17/cwt124.00–135.005414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424140.17/cwt136.00–147.0059412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added440154.00/cwt154.00–154.006781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483141.89/cwt131.00–146.006858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added488153.28/cwt152.00–154.0074811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522140.01/cwt130.00–144.0073116
Heifers—Large 2525122.05/cwt117.00–125.006413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532151.58/cwt146.00–154.008069
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564148.71/cwt146.00–152.008398
Heifers—Large 2573123.27/cwt115.00–126.007067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579138.32/cwt135.00–142.008017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625142.22/cwt135.00–143.5088920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628124.69/cwt123.00–127.007833
Heifers—Large 2640118.00/cwt118.00–118.007551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662131.14/cwt124.00–133.5086812
Heifers—Large 2668118.46/cwt117.00–120.007912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2719116.91/cwt115.00–120.0084110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added730128.00/cwt128.00–128.009341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775108.00/cwt108.00–108.008372
Heifers—Large 2835100.00/cwt100.00–100.008351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2905104.00/cwt104.00–104.009411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2321156.00/cwt156.00–156.005014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375179.00/cwt179.00–179.006712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400151.00/cwt151.00–151.006041
Bulls—Large 2423136.37/cwt134.00–139.005772
Bulls—Large 2480136.64/cwt130.00–142.006563
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2513141.80/cwt136.00–144.0072715
Bulls—Large 2555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573139.89/cwt135.00–144.008029
Bulls—Large 2600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2626136.97/cwt136.00–139.008573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627150.00/cwt150.00–150.009414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2669132.51/cwt130.00–138.008864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2710129.00/cwt129.00–129.009161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2805108.00/cwt108.00–108.008691
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48985.70/cwt83.00–90.001,2764
Bulls——1,70295.29/cwt94.00–98.001,6223
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%70550.00/cwt50.00–50.003531
Cows—Lean 85-90%98059.48/cwt56.00–61.005834
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02363.00/cwt63.00–63.006442
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13059.00/cwt59.00–59.006671
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23566.91/cwt64.00–71.0082612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27372.46/cwt72.00–73.009222
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47772.69/cwt72.00–74.001,0743

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.