Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers 2.00-4.00 higher,Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady,Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady,Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.45/cwt on 215 head.

Average price

$128.45

215 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$29.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.90

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	628	129.97	816	204
Medium and Large 2-3	569	100.28	571	11thin

One grade step is worth $29.69/cwt here — about $245 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 sale215 hd

128.45

—

KY average27 barns · 4,493 hd

125.55

+2.90

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	1,778	100.59	1,788	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,684	68.14	1,147	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,110	61.34	681	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,298	60.36	784	15

Every lot, as filed

58 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	—	225	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	383	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	889	128.27/cwt	126.60–129.90	1,140	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	113.47/cwt	110.00–117.00	991	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	831	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	935	100.49/cwt	100.00–101.00	940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	313	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	347	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	401	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	134.92/cwt	132.00–138.00	843	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	115.61/cwt	113.00–118.00	719	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	126.23/cwt	125.00–126.50	687	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	135.00/cwt	133.00–137.00	547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	678	90.90/cwt	72.00–101.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	128.96/cwt	125.00–135.00	613	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	117.22/cwt	116.00–119.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	666	132.01/cwt	129.50–134.60	879	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	128.03/cwt	122.00–134.00	462	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	10,175	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,445	1,222.04/cwt	1,000.00–1,350.00	17,658	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	119.20/cwt	116.00–121.00	497	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	122.78/cwt	120.00–125.00	755	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	605	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	877	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	150.65/cwt	150.00–155.00	786	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	526	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	121.80/cwt	121.00–122.00	700	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,272	915.85/cwt	900.00–950.00	11,650	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,684	68.14/cwt	65.00–71.00	1,147	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	61.34/cwt	61.00–62.00	681	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	55.91/cwt	51.00–58.00	729	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	63.32/cwt	60.00–65.00	820	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	466	120.15/cwt	114.00–125.00	560	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	116.92/cwt	115.00–123.00	796	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	132.24/cwt	128.00–137.00	641	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	670	2
Bulls	—	—	1,735	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	893	2
Bulls	—	—	1,786	101.31/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,809	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	138.26/cwt	133.00–140.00	597	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	547	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	662	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	127.28/cwt	124.00–134.00	742	4

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 Jul 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 430Last week 380Year ago 465

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 45Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 0Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	170.00	170.00
4	—	615	120.00–125.00	122.78
1	—	335	147.50	147.50
4	—	681	115.00–123.00	116.92
1	—	830	101.00	101.00
5	—	485	128.00–137.00	132.24
2	—	540	124.00	124.00
2	—	770	116.00	116.00
4	—	432	133.00–140.00	138.26
4	—	583	124.00–134.00	127.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	417	116.00–121.00	119.20
4	—	466	114.00–125.00	120.15
1	—	335	130.00	130.00
1	—	645	100.00	100.00
2	—	547	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	107.00	107.00
2	—	575	120.00	120.00
1	—	465	117.00	117.00
2	—	935	100.00–101.00	100.49
1	—	745	100.00	100.00
3	—	313	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	889	126.60–129.90	128.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	873	110.00–117.00	113.47
1	—	670	124.00	124.00
2	—	962	104.00	104.00
1	—	795	115.00	115.00
3	—	490	140.00	140.00
4	—	401	157.00	157.00
5	—	625	132.00–138.00	134.92
9	—	522	150.00–155.00	150.65
2	—	380	142.00	142.00
1	—	305	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	100.00	100.00
1	—	700	88.00	88.00
1	—	850	71.00	71.00
3	—	678	72.00–101.00	90.90
4	—	526	116.00–119.00	117.22
1	—	270	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	130.00	130.00
8	—	622	113.00–118.00	115.61
1	—	825	89.00	89.00
11	—	544	125.00–126.50	126.23
2	—	405	133.00–137.00	135.00
20	—	475	125.00–135.00	128.96
2	—	735	105.00	105.00
4	—	361	122.00–134.00	128.03
5	—	575	121.00–122.00	121.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	666	129.50–134.60	132.01

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,445	1,000.00–1,350.00	1,222.04
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,272	900.00–950.00	915.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,684	65.00–71.00	68.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,110	61.00–62.00	61.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,303	51.00–58.00	55.91
9	—	1,295	60.00–65.00	63.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	97.00	97.00
5	—	1,786	100.00–105.00	101.31

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

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