Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday:Feeder steers 2.00-4.00 higher,Feeder heifers 1.00-3.00 higher,Good demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows steady,Slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 higher,Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.79/cwt on 127 head.

Average price

$125.79

127 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$20

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

$31.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.60

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	464	133.41	619	96
Medium and Large 2-3	625	102.19	639	31

One grade step is worth $31.22/cwt here — about −$20 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 sale127 hd

125.79

—

KY average28 barns · 6,480 hd

132.39

−6.60

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	—	Average	1,521	86.53	1,316	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,311	58.91	772	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,649	56.52	932	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,035	50.94	527	20

Every lot, as filed

80 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 1-2	—	431	156.75/cwt	150.00–160.00	676	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	65.34/cwt	64.00–66.00	715	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	908	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	43.84/cwt	40.00–48.00	616	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	44.05/cwt	38.00–48.00	444	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,629	63.28/cwt	62.00–66.00	1,031	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	56.73/cwt	52.00–59.00	747	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	53.30/cwt	51.00–59.00	556	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,730	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	536	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	64.55/cwt	60.00–70.00	829	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	126.95/cwt	120.00–131.00	600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	152.32/cwt	142.00–159.00	646	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	152.82/cwt	147.00–159.00	729	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	114.03/cwt	110.00–120.00	876	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	497	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	123.96/cwt	119.00–128.00	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	129.94/cwt	120.00–141.00	487	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	255	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	141.89/cwt	132.00–149.00	809	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	100.32/cwt	100.00–101.00	831	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	133.02/cwt	127.00–139.00	842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	104.03/cwt	102.00–105.00	765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	125.20/cwt	124.00–126.00	711	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	138.71/cwt	131.00–141.00	527	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	565	132.51/cwt	132.00–133.00	749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	265	154.06/cwt	153.00–155.00	408	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	215	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	101.51/cwt	90.00–115.00	576	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	132.19/cwt	124.00–139.00	558	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	130.46/cwt	130.00–131.00	678	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	133.95/cwt	130.00–140.00	422	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	427	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	330	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	455	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	642	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	609.23/cwt	550.00–660.00	6,866	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	679.81/cwt	640.00–720.00	7,274	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,190	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	6,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	957	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	144.81/cwt	138.00–149.00	821	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	152.33/cwt	149.00–154.00	820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	160.79/cwt	160.00–162.50	423	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	120.95/cwt	120.00–123.00	704	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	134.19/cwt	134.00–136.00	896	21
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	3,843	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	5,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	705	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	134.12/cwt	130.00–139.00	633	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	128.96/cwt	126.00–130.00	787	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	523	135.49/cwt	134.00–137.00	709	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	385	143.51/cwt	143.00–144.00	553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	498	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	588	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	669	95.35/cwt	90.00–101.00	638	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,190	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	9,163	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	995	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	121.75/cwt	115.00–128.00	639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	574	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	134.66/cwt	127.00–140.00	898	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	152.81/cwt	151.00–160.00	601	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	147.63/cwt	146.00–150.00	787	3
Bulls	—	—	1,317	84.83/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,117	3
Bulls	—	—	1,772	95.22/cwt	91.00–104.00	1,687	5
Bulls	—	—	1,361	76.93/cwt	71.00–80.00	1,047	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	750	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	157.54/cwt	156.00–161.00	594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	155.90/cwt	152.00–160.00	511	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	342	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	511	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	820	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	152.17/cwt	148.00–158.00	717	7

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 Feb 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 336Last week 330Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 57Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 18Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	431	150.00–160.00	156.75
2	—	640	140.00	140.00
10	—	567	138.00–149.00	144.81
3	—	538	149.00–154.00	152.33
3	—	263	160.00–162.50	160.79
21	—	668	134.00–136.00	134.19
5	—	377	156.00–161.00	157.54
3	—	328	152.00–160.00	155.90
7	—	471	148.00–158.00	152.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	116.00	116.00
3	—	582	120.00–123.00	120.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	342	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	511	160.50	160.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	120.00–131.00	126.95
1	—	940	85.00	85.00
1	—	680	119.00	119.00
3	—	565	119.00–128.00	123.96
2	—	375	120.00–141.00	129.94
1	—	775	96.00	96.00
1	—	255	147.50	147.50
3	—	735	102.00–105.00	104.03
2	—	525	115.00–128.00	121.75
1	—	850	93.00	93.00
1	—	410	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	424	142.00–159.00	152.32
8	—	477	147.00–159.00	152.82
3	—	768	110.00–120.00	114.03
1	—	325	153.00	153.00
10	—	570	132.00–149.00	141.89
3	—	828	100.00–101.00	100.32
2	—	633	127.00–139.00	133.02
10	—	667	127.00–140.00	134.66
5	—	393	151.00–160.00	152.81
3	—	533	146.00–150.00	147.63
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	100.00	100.00
5	—	567	90.00–115.00	101.51
1	—	750	86.00	86.00
7	—	810	87.00	87.00
2	—	705	95.00	95.00
1	—	430	114.00	114.00
10	—	498	118.00	118.00
4	—	669	90.00–101.00	95.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	568	124.00–126.00	125.20
8	—	380	131.00–141.00	138.71
1	—	270	145.00	145.00
22	—	422	124.00–139.00	132.19
11	—	520	130.00–131.00	130.46
3	—	315	130.00–140.00	133.95
13	—	472	130.00–139.00	134.12
4	—	610	126.00–130.00	128.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	132.00–133.00	132.51
2	—	265	153.00–155.00	154.06
1	—	215	150.00	150.00
3	—	427	140.00	140.00
2	—	330	143.00	143.00
1	—	455	141.00	141.00
6	—	523	134.00–137.00	135.49
2	—	385	143.00–144.00	143.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,095	64.00–66.00	65.34
9	—	1,008	38.00–48.00	44.05
8	—	1,043	51.00–59.00	53.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	55.00	55.00
4	—	1,629	62.00–66.00	63.28
1	—	1,730	31.00	31.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	40.00–48.00	43.84
12	—	1,317	52.00–59.00	56.73
10	—	1,284	60.00–70.00	64.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,317	83.00–87.00	84.83
5	—	1,772	91.00–104.00	95.22
4	—	1,361	71.00–80.00	76.93

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,127	550.00–660.00	609.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,070	640.00–720.00	679.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,170	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	570.00	570.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	725	530.00	530.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	965	560.00	560.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	770.00	770.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	650.00	650.00

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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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle