Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady,Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 5.00-8.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.10/cwt on 134 head.

Average price

$135.10

134 head · 790 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$297

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

$20.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.50

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	792	135.41	1,072	132
Medium and Large 2-3	678	114.50	776	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.91/cwt here — about $297 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 sale134 hd

135.10

—

KY average24 barns · 4,790 hd

138.60

−3.50

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	1,871	100.34	1,878	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,584	63.73	1,009	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,310	63.71	835	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,063	63.33	673	10

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	340	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	137.71/cwt	135.00–139.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	123.50/cwt	121.00–126.00	519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	562	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	148.05/cwt	146.00–150.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	132.22/cwt	121.00–136.00	703	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	773	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	122.94/cwt	119.00–127.00	709	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	102.62/cwt	100.00–105.00	739	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	791	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,037	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	64.91/cwt	62.00–67.00	835	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	65.30/cwt	62.00–67.00	702	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	56.83/cwt	52.00–59.00	753	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	53.59/cwt	52.00–55.00	533	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	68.83/cwt	68.00–70.00	932	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	766	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	64.02/cwt	60.00–67.00	1,018	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	934	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	145.90/cwt	142.00–150.00	849	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	831	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	122.67/cwt	122.00–124.00	843	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	132.30/cwt	131.00–135.00	703	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	918	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,203	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	122.52/cwt	121.00–124.00	992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	779	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,057	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	158.95/cwt	140.00–162.00	752	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	140.27/cwt	130.00–144.00	849	4
Bulls	—	—	1,839	94.23/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,733	6
Bulls	—	—	1,910	107.68/cwt	100.00–115.00	2,057	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	94.68/cwt	90.00–100.00	916	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	133.67/cwt	133.00–135.00	769	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	436	121.62/cwt	120.00–125.00	530	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	114.49/cwt	113.00–116.00	811	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	497	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	143.54/cwt	140.00–147.00	589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	130.15/cwt	129.00–135.00	639	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	120.94/cwt	117.00–127.00	815	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	151.04/cwt	149.00–153.00	770	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 Aug 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 235Last week 222Year ago 301

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 64Year ago 34

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady,Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 5.00-8.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	135.00–139.00	137.71
2	—	420	121.00–126.00	123.50
2	—	365	146.00–150.00	148.05
7	—	532	121.00–136.00	132.22
1	—	750	103.00	103.00
6	—	577	119.00–127.00	122.94
1	—	690	108.00	108.00
3	—	720	100.00–105.00	102.62
1	—	205	122.50	122.50
3	—	633	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	562	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	157.50	157.50
4	—	582	142.00–150.00	145.90
3	—	687	122.00–124.00	122.67
3	—	531	131.00–135.00	132.30
2	—	810	121.00–124.00	122.52
1	—	715	130.00	130.00
9	—	473	140.00–162.00	158.95
1	—	440	150.00	150.00
4	—	605	130.00–144.00	140.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	117.00	117.00
1	—	645	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	918	131.00	131.00
48	—	779	135.75	135.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	967	90.00–100.00	94.68
3	—	575	133.00–135.00	133.67
2	—	708	113.00–116.00	114.49
2	—	410	140.00–147.00	143.54
5	—	491	129.00–135.00	130.15
1	—	610	125.00	125.00
4	—	674	117.00–127.00	120.94
1	—	365	140.00	140.00
4	—	510	149.00–153.00	151.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	436	120.00–125.00	121.62
2	—	497	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	68.00	68.00
5	—	1,590	60.00–67.00	64.02
1	—	1,610	58.00	58.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,287	62.00–67.00	64.91
6	—	1,325	52.00–59.00	56.83
5	—	1,354	68.00–70.00	68.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,075	62.00–67.00	65.30
2	—	995	52.00–55.00	53.59
1	—	1,110	69.00	69.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,839	92.00–97.00	94.23
5	—	1,910	100.00–115.00	107.68

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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