Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to no sales the last couple weeks.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.12/cwt on 241 head.

Average price

$122.12

241 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$675

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$18.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.60

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	558	123.56	689	222
Medium and Large 2-3	494	105.35	520	19thin

One grade step is worth $18.20/cwt here — about $169 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 sale241 hd

122.12

—

KY average11 barns · 3,392 hd

125.72

−3.60

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	1,882	79.57	1,497	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,595	51.06	814	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,298	49.41	642	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,067	44.86	479	34

Every lot, as filed

75 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	Small and Medium 1-2	—	515	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	118.68/cwt	116.00–121.00	681	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	116.73/cwt	112.00–119.00	724	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	127.50/cwt	127.00–128.00	842	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	134.04/cwt	129.00–139.00	586	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	608	105.64/cwt	102.00–108.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	126.97/cwt	122.00–137.50	408	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	125.76/cwt	121.00–137.50	346	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	230	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	606	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	102.78/cwt	91.00–112.00	594	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	105.72/cwt	100.00–111.00	451	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	866	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	118.98/cwt	114.00–125.00	621	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	677	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	779	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,087	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	643.38/cwt	600.00–680.00	7,624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	133.88/cwt	133.00–135.00	759	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	140.60/cwt	137.00–145.00	654	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	368	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	140.60/cwt	134.00–146.00	748	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	130.08/cwt	124.00–134.00	816	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	564.07/cwt	520.00–610.00	6,825	2
Bulls	—	—	1,785	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,285	1
Bulls	—	—	1,460	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	135.52/cwt	135.00–136.00	637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	137.25/cwt	132.00–142.50	446	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	526	154.14/cwt	152.00–156.00	811	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	350	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	517	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	350	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	318	102.64/cwt	100.00–105.00	326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	112.17/cwt	112.00–112.50	418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	120.05/cwt	114.00–124.00	579	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	45.63/cwt	40.00–49.00	479	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	369	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	45.91/cwt	40.00–49.00	607	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	119.63/cwt	116.00–126.00	447	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	119.23/cwt	114.00–123.00	628	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	120.15/cwt	114.00–125.00	512	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	543	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	649	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	53.14/cwt	50.00–56.00	681	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	46.05/cwt	43.00–49.00	730	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,599	53.07/cwt	51.00–54.00	849	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	52.86/cwt	50.00–56.00	568	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	36.28/cwt	32.00–39.00	397	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	119.71/cwt	115.00–125.00	437	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	137.37/cwt	130.00–148.00	508	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	131.44/cwt	124.00–138.00	756	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	138.06/cwt	130.00–142.00	730	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	297	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	377	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	122.18/cwt	118.00–126.00	403	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	778	93.38/cwt	86.00–101.00	726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	127.53/cwt	125.00–130.00	795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	124.86/cwt	123.00–126.00	817	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	808	89.01/cwt	87.00–91.00	719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	467	108.36/cwt	105.00–110.00	506	3
Bulls	—	—	1,968	79.59/cwt	78.00–82.00	1,566	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	139.12/cwt	127.00–145.00	583	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	593	120.49/cwt	119.00–122.00	715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	103.55/cwt	90.00–117.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	656	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	846	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	775	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,031	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	912	140.90/cwt	140.90–140.90	1,285	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	884	143.90/cwt	143.90–143.90	1,272	59

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 Jan 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 624Last week 268Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 137Last week 60Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 4Year ago 0

No comparison due to no sales the last couple weeks.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	660	127.00–128.00	127.50
8	—	437	129.00–139.00	134.04
9	—	704	123.00	123.00
1	—	330	129.00	129.00
8	—	863	126.00	126.00
7	—	567	133.00–135.00	133.88
6	—	465	137.00–145.00	140.60
3	—	258	142.50	142.50
15	—	532	134.00–146.00	140.60
14	—	627	124.00–134.00	130.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	606	119.00	119.00
3	—	522	114.00–125.00	118.98
2	—	677	115.00	115.00
1	—	450	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	526	152.00–156.00	154.14
1	—	350	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	775	133.00	133.00
58	—	912	140.90	140.90
59	—	884	143.90	143.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	574	116.00–121.00	118.68
23	—	620	112.00–119.00	116.73
9	—	321	122.00–137.50	126.97
6	—	275	121.00–137.50	125.76
1	—	200	115.00	115.00
20	—	482	114.00–124.00	120.05
12	—	374	116.00–126.00	119.63
17	—	527	114.00–123.00	119.23
18	—	426	114.00–125.00	120.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	103.00	103.00
1	—	290	100.00	100.00
3	—	608	102.00–108.00	105.64
4	—	578	91.00–112.00	102.78
4	—	427	100.00–111.00	105.72
1	—	765	106.00	106.00
2	—	318	100.00–105.00	102.64
3	—	373	112.00–112.50	112.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	656	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	135.00–136.00	135.52
2	—	325	132.00–142.50	137.25
1	—	800	106.00	106.00
1	—	225	137.50	137.50
9	—	370	130.00–148.00	137.37
9	—	575	124.00–138.00	131.44
10	—	529	130.00–142.00	138.06
2	—	623	125.00–130.00	127.53
2	—	730	110.00	110.00
8	—	654	123.00–126.00	124.86
16	—	419	127.00–145.00	139.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	517	154.00	154.00
1	—	350	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	119.00–120.00	119.50
8	—	365	115.00–125.00	119.71
2	—	297	127.00	127.00
2	—	330	118.00–126.00	122.18
2	—	778	86.00–101.00	93.38
2	—	808	87.00–91.00	89.01
3	—	467	105.00–110.00	108.36
1	—	405	126.00	126.00
1	—	740	104.00	104.00
2	—	593	119.00–122.00	120.49
2	—	623	90.00–117.00	103.55

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,185	600.00–680.00	643.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,210	520.00–610.00	564.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,785	72.00	72.00
1	—	1,460	87.00	87.00
6	—	1,968	78.00–82.00	79.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,049	40.00–49.00	45.63
8	—	1,075	50.00–56.00	52.86
9	—	1,093	32.00–39.00	36.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	30.00	30.00
19	—	1,322	40.00–49.00	45.91
23	—	1,282	50.00–56.00	53.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,585	43.00–49.00	46.05
5	—	1,599	51.00–54.00	53.07

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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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