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Albany Livestock Auction

Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 18

● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189

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Feeder Cattle receipts

605 head

▼ 83 vs last sale 688▼ 198 vs year ago 803 · −24.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

54 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 67▼ 21 vs year ago 75 · −28.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Weaned and preconditioned feeders still bringing premiums. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $264.30/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −181.01 against this barn's trailing median of $445.32.

Average price

$264.30

18 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,435

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$333

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$56.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.57

vs KY average

−2.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	290.50	1,577	5thin
Medium and Large 2	545	260.25	1,417	10thin
Large 1-2	545	235.00	1,281	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	533	233.75	1,245	2thin

One grade step is worth $56.75/cwt here — about $333 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

264.30

—

KY average24 barns · 1,021 hd

259.74

+4.57

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−2.34

This barn, trailing median34 sales

445.32

−181.01

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.69, low $345.86, median $445.32 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,811	150.51	2,726	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,257	125.60	1,579	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,474	124.14	1,830	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,085	112.29	1,219	15
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,285	190.00	2,442	1thin

Every lot

109 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	315	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,000	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	288.73/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,120	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	413	308.73/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,275	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	291.52/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,224	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,219	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,384	3
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	492	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,210	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	505	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,212	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	268.67/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,405	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,549	2
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	545	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,281	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,596	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	254.63/cwt	253.00–262.50	1,423	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	560	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,274	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	605	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,640	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	235.75/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,471	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	255.04/cwt	249.00–262.00	1,599	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	222.52/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,458	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	253.02/cwt	243.00–255.00	1,726	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	243.68/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,750	7
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	758	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,903	69
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,828	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	218.36/cwt	217.00–221.00	1,797	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	841	241.90/cwt	241.90–241.90	2,034	69
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	863	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,795	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	902	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,651	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	903	218.75/cwt	218.75–218.75	1,975	23
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,781	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	952	214.75/cwt	214.75–214.75	2,044	56
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	987	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,806	2
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,000	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,850	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,850	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,090	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	2,153	1
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2	1,108	186.25/cwt	185.00–187.50	2,064	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	230	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	581	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	252	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	636	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	321	249.90/cwt	247.50–255.00	802	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	781	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	252.13/cwt	245.00–257.50	930	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	800	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	955	1
Heifers	400–450	Large 2	420	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	893	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	241.55/cwt	237.50–248.00	1,019	6
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	438	226.31/cwt	225.00–229.00	991	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	444	252.63/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,122	4
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	470	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,034	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	246.76/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,167	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	478	266.45/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,274	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	478	218.74/cwt	217.50–220.00	1,046	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	236.25/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,162	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	520	202.60/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,054	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	219.05/cwt	212.50–226.00	1,143	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	235.34/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,236	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	220.84/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,230	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	233.84/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,307	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	560	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,106	1
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	615	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,255	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	621	239.86/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,490	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	221.14/cwt	212.00–230.00	1,375	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,245	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	220.64/cwt	214.00–233.00	1,465	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,320	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	759	193.41/cwt	191.00–199.00	1,468	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	185.68/cwt	180.00–194.00	1,521	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,466	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,836	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	275	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	880	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	310	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	829	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	324	301.51/cwt	290.00–307.50	977	4
Bulls	300–350	Large 1-2	325	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	869	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	277.62/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,022	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	301.46/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,112	5
Bulls	350–400	Large 1-2	375	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,050	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	262.60/cwt	260.00–265.00	998	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	405	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,276	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	287.56/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,193	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,141	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,323	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,191	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	474	232.37/cwt	215.00–242.50	1,101	6
Bulls	500–550	Large 1-2	508	217.54/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,105	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	234.01/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,215	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	215.17/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,136	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	530	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,073	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	224.00/cwt	217.00–231.00	1,299	2
Bulls	550–600	Large 1-2	595	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,214	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	215.22/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,334	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	188.45/cwt	182.00–195.00	1,197	2
Bulls	600–650	Large 2-3	635	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,022	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	191.00/cwt	190.00–193.00	1,280	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	210.49/cwt	210.00–211.00	1,417	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	210.12/cwt	207.50–212.00	1,500	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,329	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	204.60/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,582	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,485	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,610	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	950	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,511	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,285	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,442	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,800	151.76/cwt	149.00–154.00	2,732	6
Bulls	—	—	1,880	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,688	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,320	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,062	114.90/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,220	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,128	105.87/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,194	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,221	134.44/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,642	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	115.39/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,460	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,267	124.45/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,577	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,900	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,486	120.71/cwt	119.00–124.00	1,794	6

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

Wed Sep 18, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 605Last week 688Year ago 803

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 67Year ago 75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	287.50–290.00	288.73
5	400–450	420	285.00–302.50	291.52
3	450–500	490	282.50	282.50
2	500–550	525	295.00	295.00
3	550–600	555	287.50	287.50
11	600–650	627	249.00–262.00	255.04
9	650–700	682	243.00–255.00	253.02
7	700–750	718	238.00–246.00	243.68
2	750–800	765	239.00	239.00
3	800–850	823	217.00–221.00	218.36
1	900–950	925	192.50	192.50
2	950–1000	987	183.00	183.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	185.00	185.00
1	1050–1100	1,090	197.50	197.50
2	1100–1150	1,108	185.00–187.50	186.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	492	246.00	246.00
1	500–550	545	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	730	220.00	220.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	265.00	265.00
4	500–550	523	265.00–275.00	268.67
6	550–600	559	253.00–262.50	254.63
5	600–650	624	230.00–238.00	235.75
2	650–700	655	220.00–225.00	222.52
2	850–900	863	208.00	208.00
2	900–950	902	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	560	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	307.50–310.00	308.73
6	600–650	605	271.00	271.00
69	750–800	758	251.00	251.00
69	800–850	841	241.90	241.90
23	900–950	903	218.75	218.75
56	950–1000	952	214.75	214.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	220.00	220.00
1	400–450	415	230.00	230.00
4	450–500	492	235.00–237.50	236.25
5	500–550	522	212.50–226.00	219.05
3	550–600	557	220.00–222.50	220.84
1	600–650	645	193.00	193.00
1	700–750	725	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	444	251.00–256.00	252.63
12	450–500	478	260.00–272.50	266.45
11	600–650	621	234.00–245.00	239.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	200.00	200.00
2	450–500	478	217.50–220.00	218.74
2	500–550	520	200.00–205.00	202.60
1	550–600	560	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	252.50	252.50
2	250–300	252	252.50	252.50
4	300–350	321	247.50–255.00	249.90
7	350–400	369	245.00–257.50	252.13
6	400–450	422	237.50–248.00	241.55
14	450–500	473	240.00–253.00	246.76
11	500–550	525	230.00–250.00	235.34
10	550–600	559	225.00–240.00	233.84
8	600–650	622	212.00–230.00	221.14
9	650–700	664	214.00–233.00	220.64
4	750–800	759	191.00–199.00	193.41
5	800–850	819	180.00–194.00	185.68
1	850–900	850	172.50	172.50
1	1000–1050	1,020	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	225.00–229.00	226.31
1	450–500	470	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	615	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	267.50	267.50
1	350–400	375	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	508	215.00–220.00	217.54
1	550–600	595	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	324	290.00–307.50	301.51
5	350–400	369	297.50–305.00	301.46
3	400–450	415	282.50–292.50	287.56
1	450–500	460	287.50	287.50
8	500–550	519	230.00–240.00	234.01
2	550–600	580	217.00–231.00	224.00
9	600–650	620	210.00–219.00	215.22
4	650–700	673	210.00–211.00	210.49
4	700–750	714	207.50–212.00	210.12
2	750–800	773	200.00–209.00	204.60
1	800–850	825	180.00	180.00
1	850–900	870	185.00	185.00
1	950–1000	950	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	275.00–280.00	277.62
2	400–450	415	275.00	275.00
2	450–500	467	255.00	255.00
2	500–550	528	210.00–220.00	215.17
2	600–650	635	182.00–195.00	188.45
3	650–700	670	190.00–193.00	191.00
1	750–800	755	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	405	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	267.50	267.50
2	350–400	380	260.00–265.00	262.60
6	450–500	474	215.00–242.50	232.37
1	500–550	530	202.50	202.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	114.00–117.00	115.39
13	—	1,267	121.00–129.00	124.45
4	—	1,221	132.00–137.00	134.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	130.00	130.00
6	—	1,128	100.00–110.00	105.87
8	—	1,062	113.00–118.00	114.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,450	130.00–132.00	131.00
6	—	1,486	119.00–124.00	120.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	143.00	143.00
6	—	1,800	149.00–154.00	151.76

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.