Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday:Feeder steers and heifers 2.00-4.00 lower on a mostly plain quality offering,Moderate demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-3.00 lower,Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $118.08/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −100.79 against this barn's trailing median of $218.87.

Average price

$118.08

122 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$10

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

$38.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.47

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	482	126.60	611	80
Medium and Large 2-3	587	102.19	600	41
Small and Medium 1-2	705	88.00	620	1thin

One grade step is worth $38.60/cwt here — about −$10 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $220.08, low $190.45, median $218.87 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale122 hd

118.08

—

KY average27 barns · 4,105 hd

119.55

−1.47

This barn, trailing median3 sales

218.87

−100.79

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	1,583	75.51	1,195	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,581	50.19	793	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,287	46.54	599	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,059	44.43	471	18

Every lot, as filed

78 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	55.56/cwt	54.00–57.00	867	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	285	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	463	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	51.05/cwt	50.00–52.00	517	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	45.63/cwt	43.00–49.00	578	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	36.97/cwt	36.00–38.00	492	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	36.96/cwt	35.00–41.00	381	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	46.18/cwt	43.00–49.00	502	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,591	47.51/cwt	46.00–49.00	756	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	54.51/cwt	52.00–56.00	727	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	83.48/cwt	80.00–87.00	697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	127.66/cwt	123.00–130.00	479	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	122.66/cwt	118.00–130.00	678	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	86.50/cwt	85.00–88.00	846	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	274	1
Bulls	—	—	1,503	70.10/cwt	65.00–74.00	1,054	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	684	101.99/cwt	90.00–112.00	698	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	110.38/cwt	101.00–114.00	523	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	413	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	110.12/cwt	104.00–116.00	573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	128.69/cwt	121.00–134.00	667	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	113.86/cwt	111.00–119.00	691	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	124.38/cwt	124.00–126.00	521	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	406	100.68/cwt	92.00–105.00	409	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	257	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	263	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	110.61/cwt	105.00–118.00	635	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	116.06/cwt	110.00–123.00	548	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	826	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	385	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	440	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	85.25/cwt	83.00–90.00	531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	118.95/cwt	110.00–122.00	329	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	111.71/cwt	110.00–116.00	473	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	649	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,645	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	525	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	423	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,001	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	393	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	136.36/cwt	135.00–139.00	727	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	515	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	731	1
Bulls	—	—	1,623	78.22/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,270	8
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	705	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	109.81/cwt	101.00–120.00	458	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	586	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	717	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	305	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	133.00/cwt	125.00–141.00	444	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	129.09/cwt	125.00–132.00	605	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	480	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	677	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	572	106.42/cwt	99.00–114.00	609	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	768	93.38/cwt	90.00–96.00	717	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	98.50/cwt	85.00–105.00	467	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	935	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	213	96.03/cwt	90.00–102.50	205	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	116.02/cwt	111.00–118.00	437	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	114.37/cwt	110.00–119.00	598	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	111.73/cwt	108.00–114.00	697	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	572	95.10/cwt	86.00–103.00	544	11
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	575	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	129.01/cwt	119.00–132.00	813	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	140.49/cwt	139.00–142.00	362	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	506	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 Oct 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 333Last week 637Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 95Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 21Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	54.00–57.00	55.56
4	—	1,591	46.00–49.00	47.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,012	50.00–52.00	51.05
5	—	1,030	35.00–41.00	36.96
10	—	1,088	43.00–49.00	46.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,267	43.00–49.00	45.63
2	—	1,330	36.00–38.00	36.97
4	—	1,334	52.00–56.00	54.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,503	65.00–74.00	70.10
8	—	1,623	76.00–81.00	78.22

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	—	285	162.50	162.50
1	—	515	142.00	142.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	102.00	102.00
1	—	575	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	113.00	113.00
1	—	395	107.00	107.00
1	—	740	108.00	108.00
1	—	460	110.00	110.00
1	—	325	121.00	121.00
1	—	620	101.00	101.00
1	—	440	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	788	127.00	127.00
1	—	560	120.00	120.00
1	—	385	130.00	130.00
3	—	533	135.00–139.00	136.36
1	—	455	130.00	130.00
5	—	630	119.00–132.00	129.01
2	—	258	139.00–142.00	140.49
1	—	405	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	80.00–87.00	83.48
1	—	915	71.00	71.00
8	—	684	90.00–112.00	101.99
4	—	474	101.00–114.00	110.38
3	—	375	110.00	110.00
2	—	520	104.00–116.00	110.12
5	—	417	101.00–120.00	109.81
3	—	610	96.00	96.00
2	—	717	91.00	91.00
1	—	305	100.00	100.00
7	—	572	99.00–114.00	106.42
3	—	768	90.00–96.00	93.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	375	123.00–130.00	127.66
6	—	553	118.00–130.00	122.66
2	—	978	85.00–88.00	86.50
1	—	215	127.50	127.50
20	—	518	121.00–134.00	128.69
8	—	607	111.00–119.00	113.86
5	—	419	124.00–126.00	124.38
1	—	655	120.00	120.00
9	—	334	125.00–141.00	133.00
5	—	469	125.00–132.00	129.09
1	—	700	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	480	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	406	92.00–105.00	100.68
2	—	257	102.50	102.50
1	—	720	85.00	85.00
3	—	623	83.00–90.00	85.25
2	—	522	100.00	100.00
1	—	845	81.00	81.00
1	—	345	90.00	90.00
11	—	474	85.00–105.00	98.50
2	—	935	81.00	81.00
2	—	213	90.00–102.50	96.03
1	—	395	100.00	100.00
11	—	572	86.00–103.00	95.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	574	105.00–118.00	110.61
8	—	472	110.00–123.00	116.06
4	—	751	110.00	110.00
2	—	335	115.00	115.00
9	—	277	110.00–122.00	118.95
6	—	423	110.00–116.00	111.71
2	—	662	98.00	98.00
9	—	377	111.00–118.00	116.02
6	—	523	110.00–119.00	114.37
4	—	624	108.00–114.00	111.73
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	98.00	98.00

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	—	1,370	850.00	850.00

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 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

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