Sale reports / Kentucky / Albany Livestock Auction / 2024-11-13

Albany Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Albany, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 13
● Final124 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2189
Feeder Cattle receipts
884 head
▲ 331 vs last sale 553▲ 177 vs year ago 707 · +25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 84▼ 33 vs year ago 82 · −40.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 7▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher with a few instances of sharply higher on feeder steers under 450lbs. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with feeder heifers over 500lbs mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower with slaughter bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $283.33/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −161.99 against this barn's trailing median of $445.32.
Average price
$283.33
68 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$44.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.21
vs KY average
−22.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559290.531,62554
Medium and Large 2544262.861,4308thin
Large 1-2528246.231,3002thin
Medium and Large 2-3571245.571,4024thin
One grade step is worth $44.96/cwt here — about $223 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale68 hd
283.33
—
KY average24 barns · 906 hd
270.11
+13.21
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
−22.11
This barn, trailing median34 sales
445.32
−161.99
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
505447389332median 445.3203/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,725134.832,32510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,486111.701,6607thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,244111.301,38510
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03492.279545thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,410$2,0501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,135$1,5001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)911$1,2645

Every lot

124 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300302.50/cwt302.50–302.509081
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340334.62/cwt330.00–340.001,1387
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,1691
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2394351.40/cwt342.50–352.501,3859
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added403355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4313
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,2291
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443329.02/cwt317.50–337.501,45817
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460278.68/cwt275.00–280.001,2824
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466304.00/cwt292.50–312.501,4175
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3495254.95/cwt250.00–265.001,2623
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523263.22/cwt252.50–272.501,3774
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525306.53/cwt305.00–312.501,60914
Steers500–550Large 1-2528246.23/cwt245.00–247.501,3002
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543295.22/cwt287.50–296.001,60311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added557295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6436
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565262.50/cwt255.00–265.001,4834
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3571245.57/cwt242.50–247.501,4024
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589277.38/cwt270.00–287.501,63423
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2609238.59/cwt230.00–240.001,4537
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613261.92/cwt258.00–265.001,6068
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3645226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4581
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5961
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667264.93/cwt250.00–268.001,76750
Steers650–700Large 1-2675232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5691
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added701258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,8094
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5732
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2739239.22/cwt230.00–242.501,76854
Steers700–750Large 1-2740213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,5761
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8331
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2783213.02/cwt211.00–215.001,6682
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added832250.80/cwt250.80–250.802,087130
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835217.07/cwt216.00–230.001,81313
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,9581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers45 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy210290.00/cwt290.00–290.006091
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225275.00/cwt275.00–275.006191
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2286266.13/cwt260.00–267.507615
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326263.81/cwt250.00–270.0086019
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330230.00/cwt230.00–230.007591
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330222.50/cwt222.50–222.507341
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy347285.00/cwt285.00–285.009894
Heifers350–400Large 1-2365242.50/cwt242.50–242.508851
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375237.50/cwt237.50–237.508911
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380266.16/cwt257.50–277.501,01111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3387215.00/cwt215.00–215.008322
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3405200.00/cwt200.00–200.008101
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added421280.76/cwt270.00–285.001,18212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435260.05/cwt250.00–267.501,13113
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,0964
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3462216.98/cwt200.00–227.501,0026
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465253.07/cwt245.00–257.501,1777
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added472278.38/cwt270.00–280.001,31418
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484237.15/cwt232.50–242.501,1488
Heifers450–500Large 1-2490235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1522
Heifers500–550Large 1-2510233.76/cwt232.50–235.001,1922
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3596
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519232.11/cwt220.00–235.001,2055
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525247.79/cwt240.00–257.501,30132
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added555270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4996
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577238.11/cwt230.00–242.501,37438
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585226.23/cwt225.00–227.501,3232
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615233.89/cwt220.00–242.501,4388
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3618193.98/cwt188.00–200.001,1992
Heifers600–650Large 1-2630214.96/cwt212.50–217.501,3542
Heifers600–650Large 2-3630177.56/cwt170.00–185.001,1192
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635218.75/cwt217.50–220.001,3892
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added642237.84/cwt236.00–247.501,52725
Heifers650–700Large 1-2660209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3794
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4303
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678227.87/cwt219.00–237.001,54511
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added705222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,5691
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3715170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2161
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723204.36/cwt200.00–215.001,4787
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2723184.88/cwt180.00–190.001,3372
Heifers750–800Large 1-2750190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4251
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6564
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4041
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2820169.72/cwt167.00–172.501,3922
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2880187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,6461
Feeder Cattle · Bulls35 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2265311.37/cwt305.00–317.508252
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3320272.50/cwt272.50–272.508721
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2330320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0561
Bulls350–400Large 1-2360295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0621
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375323.78/cwt312.50–332.501,2149
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy380350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3302
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2387282.81/cwt262.50–302.501,0945
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3395240.00/cwt240.00–240.009481
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy413327.06/cwt315.00–330.001,3516
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428294.92/cwt287.50–300.001,2629
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433272.02/cwt255.00–282.501,1789
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3435240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0441
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2473272.45/cwt265.00–277.501,28911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473248.33/cwt247.50–250.001,1753
Bulls450–500Large 2476257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,2263
Bulls450–500Medium 1-2490210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0291
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518237.68/cwt230.00–245.001,2312
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy520279.88/cwt275.00–282.501,4553
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2524257.06/cwt250.00–262.501,34714
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3986
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583231.69/cwt230.00–235.001,3513
Bulls550–600Large 2-3590207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,2241
Bulls600–650Medium 2613205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2573
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2615222.49/cwt220.00–227.501,36810
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3615180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1071
Bulls600–650Large 1-2620217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3491
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628210.22/cwt208.00–212.501,3202
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673205.22/cwt200.00–215.001,38114
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3690191.20/cwt185.00–197.501,3192
Bulls650–700Large 2-3695185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2861
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3716179.18/cwt177.50–180.001,2833
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4021
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3755186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4041
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2775180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3952
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2825176.49/cwt175.00–178.001,4562
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,649129.14/cwt124.00–134.002,1306
Bulls——1,838143.36/cwt140.00–149.002,6354
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00087.45/cwt79.00–92.008753
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08599.51/cwt99.00–100.001,0802
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173113.62/cwt112.00–116.001,3333
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267104.60/cwt98.00–110.001,3255
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295124.55/cwt123.00–126.001,6132
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,486111.70/cwt108.00–119.001,6607
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29111,264.17/head1,160.00–1,469.001,2645
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4102,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501

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.