Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.53/cwt on 316 head.

Average price

$137.53

316 head · 806 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,108

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$521

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

$17.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.29

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	819	138.33	1,133	302
Medium and Large 2-3	509	120.39	612	14thin

One grade step is worth $17.94/cwt here — about $521 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 sale316 hd

137.53

—

KY average26 barns · 5,255 hd

139.83

−2.29

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,644	92.12	1,515	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,309	58.45	765	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,037	55.75	578	7thin

Every lot, as filed

55 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) - Stanford, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	724	133.45/cwt	133.00–134.00	966	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	834	142.95/cwt	142.95–142.95	1,192	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	868	137.91/cwt	135.95–140.30	1,197	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	500	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	121.01/cwt	120.00–122.00	675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	134.39/cwt	134.00–135.00	710	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	129.22/cwt	126.00–130.00	818	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	844.73/cwt	610.00–1,070.00	11,302	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	5,841	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	763	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	123.01/cwt	120.00–126.00	877	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	141.61/cwt	136.00–146.00	613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	146.67/cwt	146.00–147.00	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	120.41/cwt	114.00–127.00	642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	119.64/cwt	119.00–121.00	520	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	118.26/cwt	115.00–124.00	544	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	122.64/cwt	118.00–125.00	715	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	127.57/cwt	121.00–135.00	609	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	865	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	124.21/cwt	123.00–125.00	706	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	117.22/cwt	116.00–122.00	714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	131.28/cwt	120.00–137.00	562	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	122.39/cwt	120.00–126.00	651	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	483	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	911	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	60.97/cwt	60.00–62.00	795	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	57.80/cwt	56.00–59.00	759	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	121.24/cwt	121.00–122.00	572	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	117.19/cwt	114.00–123.00	621	4
Bulls	—	—	1,828	87.96/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,608	2
Bulls	—	—	1,522	94.89/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,444	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	56.87/cwt	53.00–59.00	578	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	746	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	962	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	935	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,262	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	627	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	900	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	751	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	999	13

How this sale compares

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 South Stockyards (Monday) - Stanford, KY

Mon Jul 22, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 465Last week 719Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 79Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 8Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	724	133.00–134.00	133.45
55	—	834	142.95	142.95
182	—	868	135.95–140.30	137.91
2	—	935	135.00	135.00
12	—	627	143.50	143.50
13	—	751	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	633	126.00–130.00	129.22
1	—	775	122.00	122.00
2	—	713	120.00–126.00	123.01
3	—	433	136.00–146.00	141.61
3	—	490	131.00	131.00
3	—	551	146.00–147.00	146.67
1	—	395	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	115.00	115.00
2	—	533	114.00–127.00	120.41
3	—	435	119.00–121.00	119.64
3	—	460	115.00–124.00	118.26
3	—	583	118.00–125.00	122.64
1	—	330	130.00	130.00
1	—	620	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	120.00–122.00	121.01
2	—	405	121.00	121.00
2	—	725	106.00	106.00
4	—	472	121.00–122.00	121.24
4	—	530	114.00–123.00	117.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	130.00	130.00
1	—	470	131.00	131.00
5	—	528	134.00–135.00	134.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	477	121.00–135.00	127.57
1	—	295	130.00	130.00
1	—	375	120.00	120.00
2	—	730	118.00	118.00
4	—	752	115.00	115.00
5	—	568	123.00–125.00	124.21
5	—	609	116.00–122.00	117.22
7	—	428	120.00–137.00	131.28
10	—	532	120.00–126.00	122.39
1	—	930	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	115.00	115.00
1	—	495	111.00	111.00
1	—	560	115.00	115.00
1	—	800	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	746	129.00	129.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,338	610.00–1,070.00	844.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	660.00	660.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,090	70.00	70.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	67.00	67.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,304	60.00–62.00	60.97
4	—	1,314	56.00–59.00	57.80
1	—	1,305	51.00	51.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	49.00	49.00
6	—	1,016	53.00–59.00	56.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,828	87.00–89.00	87.96
3	—	1,522	91.00–101.00	94.89

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.

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Stanford Livestock Auction

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) - Stanford, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle