Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2023-07-19

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 19
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
567 head
▼ 239 vs last sale 806▼ 53 vs year ago 620 · −8.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 68▼ 22 vs year ago 70 · −31.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 46▲ 4 vs year ago 5 · +80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher with slaughter 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 $250.23/cwt on 210 head.
Average price
$250.23
210 head · 724 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,812
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$709
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$3.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.63
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2727250.261,818208
Medium and Large 2450246.501,1092thin
One grade step is worth $3.76/cwt here — about $709 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 sale210 hd
250.23
—
KY average26 barns · 5,041 hd
237.60
+12.63
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—Average1,635121.581,9885thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,305105.381,3758thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,68798.671,6653thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04191.2095033

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,045$1,4701thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,058$1,0823thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,760$2,0201thin

Every lot

78 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 1-2245250.00/cwt250.00–250.006131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380260.00/cwt260.00–260.009885
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,1043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,1141
Steers—Medium and Large 2445245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0901
Steers—Medium and Large 2455248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,1281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added460276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,2706
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472266.31/cwt260.00–270.001,25710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515259.81/cwt250.00–265.001,3383
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517279.93/cwt277.00–284.001,44712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,5283
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added598281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,6804
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5681
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635273.17/cwt273.00–275.001,73512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657256.05/cwt248.00–263.001,6824
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2734250.27/cwt250.00–251.001,8377
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2751247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,85510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added829240.34/cwt240.00–240.701,992126
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285227.59/cwt220.00–235.006495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2305220.00/cwt220.00–220.006711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318208.54/cwt207.00–210.006632
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368212.49/cwt212.00–213.007822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374226.46/cwt220.00–236.008477
Heifers—Medium and Large 2412203.30/cwt197.00–210.008383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428223.35/cwt210.00–235.0095611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3435190.00/cwt190.00–190.008272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480209.46/cwt200.00–215.001,0055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481235.18/cwt226.00–239.001,13113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3513187.56/cwt185.00–190.009622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517228.76/cwt222.00–233.001,18311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523242.80/cwt239.00–245.001,2707
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566230.39/cwt223.00–237.001,30426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570213.61/cwt203.00–219.001,2185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added587242.14/cwt241.50–244.001,42129
Heifers—Large 1-2590202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1921
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613206.58/cwt200.00–213.001,2662
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3615186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626227.68/cwt222.00–235.001,4255
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3690181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,2491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2706222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,5718
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3765163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2471
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2230244.00/cwt244.00–244.005611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2278246.50/cwt242.50–254.006853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330246.00/cwt246.00–246.008121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2381235.95/cwt230.00–241.008997
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425236.54/cwt230.00–255.001,00512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425196.70/cwt194.00–200.008364
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy432263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,1364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465213.92/cwt204.00–220.0099510
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3470188.00/cwt188.00–188.008841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474231.18/cwt225.00–238.001,0965
Bulls—Large 1-2485200.00/cwt200.00–200.009701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521228.97/cwt224.00–236.001,1934
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531205.20/cwt199.00–210.001,0904
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568227.67/cwt224.00–238.001,2938
Bulls—Medium and Large 2586210.00/cwt194.00–214.001,2317
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2619222.63/cwt213.00–229.001,3784
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663219.04/cwt217.00–221.001,4522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2692197.66/cwt194.00–200.001,3683
Bulls—Medium and Large 2715188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720208.49/cwt207.00–210.001,5012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2805189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,5211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2855165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2860171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,4711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,485115.32/cwt110.00–120.001,7132
Bulls——1,735125.76/cwt124.00–128.002,1823
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01885.72/cwt80.00–90.0087315
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02560.00/cwt60.00–60.006151
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06397.87/cwt91.00–105.001,04017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300106.58/cwt101.00–114.001,3867
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,3001
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,615108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,7441
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,72394.00/cwt94.00–94.001,6202
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0451,470.00/head1,470.00–1,470.001,4701
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0581,082.28/head860.00–1,230.001,0823
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,7602,020.00/head2,020.00–2,020.002,0201

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.