Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher,Feeder heifers 1.00 - 2.00 higher, Good demand for calves and yearlings. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher,Slaughter 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 $134.58/cwt on 219 head.

Average price

$134.58

219 head · 813 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,094

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$421

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

$11.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.15

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	817	134.80	1,102	215
Medium and Large 2-3	554	122.99	681	4thin

One grade step is worth $11.81/cwt here — about $421 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 sale219 hd

134.58

—

KY average28 barns · 5,626 hd

135.73

−1.15

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	1,686	98.66	1,664	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,583	73.58	1,165	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,011	68.07	688	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,239	65.08	806	9thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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	—	—	1,275	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,109	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	137.83/cwt	125.00–143.00	714	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	156.95/cwt	156.00–160.00	766	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	126.65/cwt	126.00–127.00	656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	129.53/cwt	127.00–135.00	804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	937	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	147.30/cwt	135.00–151.00	848	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	611	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	858	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	123.99/cwt	123.00–125.00	831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	927	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,205	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	167.71/cwt	161.00–171.00	595	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	836	133.98/cwt	132.95–135.00	1,120	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	125.33/cwt	125.00–126.00	910	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	305	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	134.74/cwt	125.00–139.00	573	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	122.46/cwt	119.00–125.00	702	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	534	113.75/cwt	110.00–115.00	607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	132.14/cwt	125.00–139.00	493	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	689	103.24/cwt	95.00–106.00	711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	124.74/cwt	119.00–129.00	664	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	104.94/cwt	100.00–115.00	611	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	115.87/cwt	109.00–121.00	709	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	684	1
Bulls	—	—	1,486	93.14/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,384	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	145.66/cwt	130.00–150.00	683	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	525	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	798	1
Bulls	—	—	1,838	102.87/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,891	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	97.02/cwt	95.00–99.00	697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	126.78/cwt	122.00–131.00	615	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	115.45/cwt	113.00–118.00	531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	739	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	555	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	450	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	450	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	365	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	520	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	69.26/cwt	62.00–73.00	704	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	625	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	56.79/cwt	54.00–60.00	763	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	70.52/cwt	67.00–74.00	845	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	73.58/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,165	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	909	71.90/cwt	69.00–74.00	654	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	133.05/cwt	125.00–143.00	757	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	144.99/cwt	139.00–153.00	641	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	103.32/cwt	100.00–110.00	445	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	127.72/cwt	121.00–135.00	787	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	116.50/cwt	113.00–120.00	821	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	102.49/cwt	101.00–105.00	777	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 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 375Last week 430Year ago 465

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 33Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 9Year ago 8

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	87.00	87.00
4	—	1,486	90.00–98.00	93.14
8	—	1,838	100.00–106.00	102.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	55.00	55.00
11	—	1,017	62.00–73.00	69.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	49.00	49.00
2	—	1,343	54.00–60.00	56.79
6	—	1,198	67.00–74.00	70.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,583	72.00–75.00	73.58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	112.00	112.00
1	—	570	122.00	122.00
1	—	695	92.00	92.00
1	—	720	90.00	90.00
3	—	431	100.00–110.00	103.32
1	—	395	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	518	125.00–143.00	137.83
7	—	469	130.00–150.00	145.66
7	—	569	125.00–143.00	133.05
1	—	350	167.50	167.50
13	—	442	139.00–153.00	144.99
2	—	342	175.00	175.00
13	—	616	121.00–135.00	127.72
2	—	705	113.00–120.00	116.50
4	—	758	101.00–105.00	102.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	488	156.00–160.00	156.95
1	—	765	125.00	125.00
4	—	621	127.00–135.00	129.53
1	—	815	115.00	115.00
8	—	576	135.00–151.00	147.30
1	—	935	110.00	110.00
2	—	670	123.00–125.00	123.99
3	—	355	161.00–171.00	167.71
3	—	726	125.00–126.00	125.33
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	126.00–127.00	126.65
1	—	660	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	611	140.50	140.50
60	—	927	130.00	130.00
120	—	836	132.95–135.00	133.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	305	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	425	125.00–139.00	134.74
7	—	573	119.00–125.00	122.46
8	—	373	125.00–139.00	132.14
9	—	532	119.00–129.00	124.74
1	—	295	135.00	135.00
9	—	612	109.00–121.00	115.87
1	—	770	97.00	97.00
2	—	718	95.00–99.00	97.02
13	—	485	122.00–131.00	126.78
2	—	910	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	534	110.00–115.00	113.75
1	—	240	110.00	110.00
4	—	689	95.00–106.00	103.24
1	—	340	110.00	110.00
6	—	582	100.00–115.00	104.94
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
1	—	645	106.00	106.00
1	—	790	89.00	89.00
2	—	460	113.00–118.00	115.45
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	81.00	81.00
1	—	450	81.00	81.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	909	69.00–74.00	71.90

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle