Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 lower, Moderate demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 lower,Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.68/cwt on 113 head.

Average price

$132.68

113 head · 756 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,003

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$401

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

$14.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.43

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	769	133.44	1,026	107
Medium and Large 2-3	524	119.17	624	6thin

One grade step is worth $14.27/cwt here — about $401 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 sale113 hd

132.68

—

KY average27 barns · 5,713 hd

141.11

−8.43

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	1,399	81.44	1,140	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,299	57.49	747	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,019	51.42	524	5thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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 1-2Fancy	—	360	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	290	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	245	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	423	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	131.49/cwt	130.00–133.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,062	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	892	128.95/cwt	128.95–128.95	1,150	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	634	139.06/cwt	139.00–140.00	882	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	971	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	140.56/cwt	138.00–145.00	658	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	911	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	486	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	578	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	133.40/cwt	125.00–136.00	587	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	115.49/cwt	114.00–117.00	823	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	131.43/cwt	128.00–135.00	484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	555	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	744	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	506	137.14/cwt	133.00–138.00	694	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	126.80/cwt	120.00–129.50	730	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	119.37/cwt	114.00–122.00	820	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	125.10/cwt	118.00–128.00	659	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	130.82/cwt	120.00–134.00	631	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	96.51/cwt	95.00–98.00	762	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	335	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	486	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	46.54/cwt	45.00–48.00	482	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	592	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	62.14/cwt	60.00–67.00	807	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	55.73/cwt	54.00–59.00	729	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	45.95/cwt	43.00–49.00	579	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	51.50/cwt	51.00–52.00	529	2
Bulls	—	—	1,860	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,655	1
Bulls	—	—	1,307	79.93/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,045	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	618	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	70.54/cwt	69.00–72.00	603	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	7,076	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	10,389	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	20,206	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,362.24/cwt	1,350.00–1,375.00	16,483	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	720	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	590	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	585	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	474	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	490	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	821	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	355	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	340	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	113.65/cwt	113.00–115.00	716	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	124.02/cwt	120.00–128.00	723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	130.22/cwt	125.00–138.00	675	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	138.62/cwt	131.00–145.00	596	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	125.40/cwt	119.00–132.00	781	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	133.49/cwt	132.00–134.00	749	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	99.51/cwt	99.00–100.00	866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	127.52/cwt	124.00–131.00	584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	124.00/cwt	120.00–128.00	428	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	865	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	485	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	440	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	682	1

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 Aug 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 301Last week 338Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 90Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 28Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 lower, Moderate demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 lower,Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	170.00	170.00
1	—	290	205.00	205.00
1	—	245	172.50	172.50
1	—	485	156.00	156.00
1	—	440	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	780	130.00–132.00	131.00
2	—	428	130.00–133.00	131.49
1	—	970	114.00	114.00
1	—	900	110.00	110.00
1	—	885	120.00	120.00
1	—	615	133.00	133.00
10	—	730	133.00	133.00
6	—	468	138.00–145.00	140.56
3	—	690	132.00	132.00
1	—	575	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	117.00	117.00
4	—	486	119.00	119.00
1	—	640	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	892	128.95	128.95
16	—	634	139.00–140.00	139.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	440	125.00–136.00	133.40
2	—	713	114.00–117.00	115.49
2	—	368	128.00–135.00	131.43
2	—	290	135.00	135.00
1	—	920	98.00	98.00
1	—	855	103.00	103.00
17	—	576	120.00–129.50	126.80
13	—	687	114.00–122.00	119.37
13	—	527	118.00–128.00	125.10
7	—	482	120.00–134.00	130.82
1	—	785	118.00	118.00
1	—	615	115.00	115.00
1	—	340	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	555	134.00	134.00
6	—	506	133.00–138.00	137.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	117.00	117.00
2	—	790	95.00–98.00	96.51
2	—	583	115.00–117.00	116.00
1	—	740	104.00	104.00
1	—	645	110.00	110.00
1	—	545	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	82.00	82.00
1	—	585	81.00	81.00
1	—	490	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	111.00	111.00
1	—	470	136.00	136.00
1	—	365	140.00	140.00
1	—	335	155.00	155.00
10	—	518	125.00–138.00	130.22
8	—	430	131.00–145.00	138.62
6	—	623	119.00–132.00	125.40
4	—	561	132.00–134.00	133.49
2	—	870	99.00–100.00	99.51
2	—	292	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	167.50	167.50
1	—	340	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	113.00–115.00	113.65
2	—	583	120.00–128.00	124.02
2	—	458	124.00–131.00	127.52
2	—	345	120.00–128.00	124.00
1	—	865	96.00	96.00
1	—	695	110.00	110.00
1	—	545	111.00	111.00
1	—	385	122.00	122.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,035	45.00–48.00	46.54
1	—	970	61.00	61.00
2	—	1,028	51.00–52.00	51.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,299	60.00–67.00	62.14
8	—	1,308	54.00–59.00	55.73
2	—	1,260	43.00–49.00	45.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,860	89.00	89.00
5	—	1,307	78.00–81.00	79.93

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	60.00	60.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	855	69.00–72.00	70.54
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	610.00	610.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	790.00	790.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,525	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,210	1,350.00–1,375.00	1,362.24

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle