Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2022-04-06

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 6
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
346 head
▼ 555 vs last sale 901▼ 572 vs year ago 918 · −62.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 82▼ 2 vs year ago 53 · −3.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 5▲ 49 vs year ago 7 · +700.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.89/cwt on 182 head.
Average price
$144.89
182 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$71
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$35.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.96
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2509145.81743173
Small 1-2530129.806885thin
Small and Medium 1-2470129.006063thin
Large 1740110.008141thin
One grade step is worth $35.81/cwt here — about −$71 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 sale182 hd
144.89
—
KY average24 barns · 6,312 hd
146.85
−1.96
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—Average1,738110.831,9268thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46980.031,1768thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14775.4686519
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01766.626788thin

Every lot

69 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2245180.00/cwt180.00–180.004411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330165.00/cwt165.00–165.005451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2409186.55/cwt170.00–194.0076310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added435199.00/cwt199.00–199.008663
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468169.28/cwt159.00–180.0079211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520183.19/cwt180.00–190.0095311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523168.34/cwt165.00–171.008806
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566167.93/cwt157.00–172.0095010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578175.15/cwt171.00–179.001,01213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added619160.32/cwt151.00–166.0099213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685154.59/cwt150.00–158.001,05914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2712132.00/cwt132.00–132.009402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added719150.41/cwt148.00–151.001,0815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2771137.95/cwt136.00–140.001,0644
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added778148.41/cwt146.00–149.001,15510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2804133.99/cwt132.00–139.001,07712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2915126.49/cwt124.00–129.001,1572
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2955123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1751
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235167.00/cwt167.00–167.003923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2291154.80/cwt151.00–166.004504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2307152.96/cwt150.00–154.004708
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360152.00/cwt152.00–152.005475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added417165.00/cwt165.00–165.006885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424150.69/cwt144.00–155.0063921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465156.00/cwt156.00–156.007255
Heifers—Small 1-2465134.00/cwt134.00–134.006232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468148.37/cwt139.00–159.0069433
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2470129.00/cwt129.00–129.006063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516146.71/cwt135.00–153.0075724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522157.00/cwt157.00–157.008205
Heifers—Small 1-2573127.00/cwt127.00–127.007283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578149.40/cwt149.00–150.0086410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584143.14/cwt139.00–146.0083615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623130.84/cwt123.00–135.008156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626139.92/cwt138.00–144.008769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678127.31/cwt122.00–130.0086312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2740119.00/cwt119.00–119.008813
Heifers—Large 1740110.00/cwt110.00–110.008141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2780116.30/cwt115.00–119.009073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2828115.04/cwt111.00–119.009532
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2278167.24/cwt149.00–185.0046510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2302180.00/cwt180.00–180.005444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2368168.90/cwt158.00–184.0062212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423172.43/cwt155.00–193.0072927
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474169.74/cwt159.00–185.0080522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515163.41/cwt154.00–172.0084228
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571154.39/cwt147.00–169.0088219
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610151.42/cwt140.00–160.0092415
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675131.49/cwt128.00–140.0088820
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715131.49/cwt130.00–133.009404
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2790117.00/cwt117.00–117.009241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2850112.00/cwt112.00–112.009521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,62897.18/cwt95.00–99.001,5822
Bulls——1,760110.78/cwt108.00–114.001,9503
Bulls——1,788119.97/cwt114.00–123.002,1453
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96062.49/cwt62.00–63.006002
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01565.00/cwt65.00–65.006601
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03668.00/cwt66.00–69.007046
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15277.70/cwt74.00–83.0089513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15971.71/cwt67.00–74.008315
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41981.34/cwt77.00–85.001,1546
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62076.11/cwt74.00–78.001,2332
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,100700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,7004
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900950.00/cwt950.00–950.008,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2950622.63/cwt570.00–670.005,9152
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2980700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,8601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,087889.11/cwt800.00–1,000.009,6653
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100820.00/cwt820.00–820.009,0201
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,145860.00/cwt860.00–860.009,8471

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.