Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.96/cwt on 274 head.

Average price

$127.96

274 head · 755 lb average

Value per head Derived

$966

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$5.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.66

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	758	128.02	970	271
Medium and Large 2-3	532	122.67	652	3thin

One grade step is worth $5.36/cwt here — about $318 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 sale274 hd

127.96

—

KY average27 barns · 5,133 hd

133.62

−5.66

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	1,782	98.99	1,764	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	64.03	653	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,601	63.25	1,013	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,319	62.51	825	6thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,022	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	147.55/cwt	140.00–150.00	783	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	515	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	158.16/cwt	158.00–159.00	697	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	673	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	128.31/cwt	128.25–130.00	930	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	813	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,052	103.25/cwt	103.25–103.25	1,086	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	131.49/cwt	125.00–135.00	828	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	137.44/cwt	137.00–137.50	838	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	133.22/cwt	125.00–136.00	910	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	139.51/cwt	133.00–149.00	658	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	474	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	129.96/cwt	125.00–135.00	799	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	108.57/cwt	104.00–113.00	883	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	612	1
Bulls	—	—	1,885	90.55/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,707	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	146.26/cwt	143.00–151.00	626	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	817	1
Bulls	—	—	1,713	104.62/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,792	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	142.09/cwt	135.00–147.00	752	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	920	119.80/cwt	119.80–119.80	1,102	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	167.04/cwt	160.00–178.00	635	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,348	1,178.92/cwt	1,100.00–1,275.00	15,892	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	960.75/cwt	925.00–1,000.00	11,846	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	243	116.19/cwt	110.00–122.50	282	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	662	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	622	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	429	99.96/cwt	95.00–105.00	429	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	372	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	391	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	315	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	362	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	553	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	556	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,280	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	718	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	64.77/cwt	64.00–67.00	881	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	891	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,624	63.90/cwt	62.00–67.00	1,038	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	487	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	67.04/cwt	66.00–68.00	744	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	620	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	129.16/cwt	127.00–130.00	679	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	118.28/cwt	114.00–120.00	753	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	132.42/cwt	130.00–135.00	507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	129.59/cwt	124.00–138.00	617	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	97.48/cwt	95.00–100.00	702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	123.95/cwt	123.00–124.10	775	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	718	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	140.82/cwt	130.00–144.00	470	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	389	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	608	5

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 Jun 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 476Last week 553Year ago 515

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 42Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 4Year ago 9

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	881	116.00	116.00
4	—	531	140.00–150.00	147.55
1	—	840	116.00	116.00
6	—	441	158.00–159.00	158.16
3	—	332	177.00	177.00
1	—	495	136.00	136.00
90	—	725	128.25–130.00	128.31
4	—	557	146.00	146.00
4	—	630	125.00–135.00	131.49
4	—	683	125.00–136.00	133.22
5	—	380	160.00–178.00	167.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	133.00	133.00
1	—	500	127.00	127.00
1	—	650	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,052	103.25	103.25
52	—	610	137.00–137.50	137.44
60	—	920	119.80	119.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	114.00	114.00
7	—	526	127.00–130.00	129.16
1	—	760	101.00	101.00
14	—	637	114.00–120.00	118.28
2	—	383	130.00–135.00	132.42
20	—	476	124.00–138.00	129.59
2	—	720	95.00–100.00	97.48
4	—	565	127.00	127.00
5	—	334	130.00–144.00	140.82
1	—	255	152.50	152.50
5	—	434	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	625	123.00–124.10	123.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	120.00	120.00
2	—	465	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	472	133.00–149.00	139.51
2	—	275	172.50	172.50
2	—	330	169.00	169.00
2	—	615	125.00–135.00	129.96
2	—	813	104.00–113.00	108.57
1	—	360	170.00	170.00
3	—	428	143.00–151.00	146.26
1	—	670	122.00	122.00
5	—	529	135.00–147.00	142.09
1	—	715	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	135.00	135.00
1	—	530	124.00	124.00
1	—	590	107.00	107.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	243	110.00–122.50	116.19
7	—	662	94.00	94.00
4	—	429	95.00–105.00	99.96
4	—	372	105.00	105.00
2	—	315	115.00	115.00
5	—	553	100.50	100.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,885	90.00–91.00	90.55
3	—	1,713	101.00–107.00	104.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	58.00	58.00
4	—	1,360	64.00–67.00	64.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	60.00	60.00
5	—	1,624	62.00–67.00	63.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	58.00	58.00
2	—	1,110	66.00–68.00	67.04

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,348	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,178.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,233	925.00–1,000.00	960.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	800.00	800.00

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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Stanford Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

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