Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday:Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady on a mostly plain quality offering,Moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower,Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.13/cwt on 115 head.

Average price

$120.13

115 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$10.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.95

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	485	123.81	600	73
Medium and Large 2-3	473	113.73	538	42

One grade step is worth $10.08/cwt here — about $62 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 sale115 hd

120.13

—

KY average26 barns · 4,164 hd

126.07

−5.95

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	—	Low	1,574	86.40	1,360	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,490	62.00	924	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,292	58.18	752	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,076	49.98	538	12

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	140.92/cwt	135.00–150.00	442	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	135.25/cwt	127.00–137.00	653	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	110.46/cwt	108.00–116.00	694	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	225	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	252	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	421	115.38/cwt	111.00–120.00	486	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,151	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	933	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	143.02/cwt	136.00–153.00	543	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	910	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	116.79/cwt	109.00–121.00	663	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	410	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	112.85/cwt	101.00–119.00	657	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	6,237	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	560.12/cwt	550.00–570.00	5,814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	832	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	138.48/cwt	131.00–146.00	591	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	509	118.05/cwt	109.00–121.00	601	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	128.13/cwt	123.00–132.00	551	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	311	116.39/cwt	105.00–120.00	362	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	129.33/cwt	121.00–136.00	780	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	98.46/cwt	97.00–100.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	136.95/cwt	131.00–140.00	511	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	115.55/cwt	111.00–120.00	557	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	468	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	125.28/cwt	123.00–129.00	613	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,018	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	124.50/cwt	123.00–126.00	542	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	127.92/cwt	123.00–135.00	672	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	120.39/cwt	116.00–128.00	802	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	470	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	724	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	138.91/cwt	135.00–145.00	722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	635	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	895	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	126.85/cwt	120.00–132.00	670	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	127.99/cwt	126.00–130.00	708	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	294	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	125.73/cwt	122.00–131.00	718	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	356	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	573	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	678	99.64/cwt	92.00–105.00	676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	122.71/cwt	121.00–132.00	470	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	924	1
Bulls	—	—	1,405	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,110	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	54.13/cwt	51.00–57.00	560	5
Bulls	—	—	1,730	91.65/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,586	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	47.02/cwt	43.00–50.00	520	7
Bulls	—	—	1,544	85.56/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,321	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	48.94/cwt	48.00–50.00	630	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	55.07/cwt	53.00–58.00	712	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	63.60/cwt	60.00–68.00	822	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	109.49/cwt	109.00–110.00	737	2

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 26, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 252Last week 164Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 70Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 10Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	314	135.00–150.00	140.92
10	—	483	127.00–137.00	135.25
2	—	880	106.00	106.00
10	—	380	136.00–153.00	143.02
2	—	730	114.00	114.00
7	—	427	131.00–146.00	138.48
1	—	790	109.00	109.00
6	—	603	121.00–136.00	129.33
12	—	525	123.00–135.00	127.92
5	—	666	116.00–128.00	120.39
6	—	571	122.00–131.00	125.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	90.00	90.00
1	—	910	90.00	90.00
5	—	568	109.00–121.00	116.79
1	—	330	115.00	115.00
5	—	509	109.00–121.00	118.05
1	—	285	115.00	115.00
2	—	720	97.00–100.00	98.46
2	—	435	123.00–126.00	124.50
2	—	480	124.00–125.00	124.50
1	—	240	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	154.00	154.00
4	—	356	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	115.00	115.00
5	—	628	108.00–116.00	110.46
3	—	313	131.00	131.00
2	—	802	107.00	107.00
18	—	430	123.00–132.00	128.13
6	—	489	123.00–129.00	125.28
1	—	885	115.00	115.00
16	—	528	120.00–132.00	126.85
2	—	553	126.00–130.00	127.99
17	—	383	121.00–132.00	122.71
2	—	673	109.00–110.00	109.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	225	112.00	112.00
8	—	421	111.00–120.00	115.38
1	—	620	105.00	105.00
7	—	582	101.00–119.00	112.85
4	—	311	105.00–120.00	116.39
13	—	482	111.00–120.00	115.55
2	—	390	120.00	120.00
2	—	525	114.00	114.00
3	—	678	92.00–105.00	99.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	885	130.00	130.00
1	—	755	125.00	125.00
1	—	660	125.00	125.00
3	—	373	131.00–140.00	136.95
3	—	520	135.00–145.00	138.91
1	—	610	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	121.00	121.00
1	—	590	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	141.00	141.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	945	660.00	660.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,038	550.00–570.00	560.12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	62.00	62.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,035	51.00–57.00	54.13
7	—	1,106	43.00–50.00	47.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	48.00–50.00	48.94
8	—	1,293	53.00–58.00	55.07
8	—	1,293	60.00–68.00	63.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	79.00	79.00
3	—	1,730	90.00–94.00	91.65
10	—	1,544	80.00–89.00	85.56

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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