Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers 1.00-2.00 higher,Feeder heifers steady except 300-400 lbs they were 3.00-5.00 higher, Moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 lower, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.59/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −90.88 against this barn's trailing median of $219.47.

Average price

$128.59

53 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$20.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.27

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	577	133.23	768	41
Medium and Large 2-3	578	112.75	652	12thin

One grade step is worth $20.48/cwt here — about $116 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 sale53 hd

128.59

—

KY average27 barns · 2,828 hd

124.32

+4.27

This barn, trailing median2 sales

219.47

−90.88

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	1,726	79.17	1,366	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,594	53.95	860	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,295	47.92	621	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,026	47.26	485	9thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 1-2	—	526	121.21/cwt	115.00–125.00	638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	723	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	141.67/cwt	140.00–145.00	538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	132.54/cwt	131.00–135.00	485	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	723	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	950.20/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	11,592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	134.01/cwt	130.00–136.00	858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	139.29/cwt	136.00–141.00	783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	119.73/cwt	119.00–122.00	673	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	146.85/cwt	142.00–151.00	768	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	147.52/cwt	135.00–151.00	713	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	141.55/cwt	140.00–145.00	606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	137.58/cwt	129.00–146.00	770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	378	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	51.24/cwt	48.00–55.00	665	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,490	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	731	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	865.70/cwt	800.00–950.00	8,458	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	4,778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	954	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	13,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	16,980	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,210	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	22,113	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	1,224.07/cwt	1,200.00–1,250.00	13,930	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	872.00/cwt	690.00–1,075.00	10,333	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	385	1
Bulls	—	—	1,578	76.97/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,215	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	44.22/cwt	41.00–47.00	566	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	44.66/cwt	42.00–47.00	449	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	645	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,616	57.51/cwt	56.00–59.00	929	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	639	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	784	2
Bulls	—	—	1,849	81.00/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,498	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	52.45/cwt	50.00–56.00	560	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,584	51.35/cwt	48.00–55.00	813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	112.75/cwt	105.00–117.00	710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	80.51/cwt	80.00–81.00	664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	506	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	129.64/cwt	127.00–133.00	609	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	669	103.27/cwt	99.00–105.00	691	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	122.47/cwt	118.00–127.00	704	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	777	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	133.74/cwt	128.00–140.00	566	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	120.97/cwt	117.00–123.00	813	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	123.76/cwt	119.00–132.50	396	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	860	2

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 Oct 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 179Last week 267Year ago 637

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 72Year ago 95

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 3Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	526	115.00–125.00	121.21
3	—	761	95.00	95.00
4	—	366	131.00–135.00	132.54
2	—	657	110.00	110.00
1	—	930	84.00	84.00
1	—	295	130.00	130.00
4	—	562	119.00–122.00	119.73
3	—	630	105.00–117.00	112.75
6	—	470	127.00–133.00	129.64
10	—	423	128.00–140.00	133.74
3	—	320	119.00–132.50	123.76
1	—	705	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	110.00	110.00
2	—	825	80.00–81.00	80.51
1	—	680	81.00	81.00
1	—	530	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	160.00	160.00
1	—	675	135.00	135.00
1	—	535	135.00	135.00
1	—	380	154.00	154.00
3	—	640	130.00–136.00	134.01
3	—	562	136.00–141.00	139.29
1	—	240	157.50	157.50
1	—	900	106.00	106.00
2	—	312	162.50	162.50
1	—	485	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	130.00	130.00
1	—	590	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	140.00–145.00	141.67
1	—	930	80.00	80.00
13	—	523	142.00–151.00	146.85
6	—	483	135.00–151.00	147.52
4	—	428	140.00–145.00	141.55
2	—	560	129.00–146.00	137.58
2	—	602	129.00	129.00
2	—	830	89.00	89.00
6	—	672	117.00–123.00	120.97
2	—	1,075	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	87.00	87.00
1	—	425	119.00	119.00
4	—	669	99.00–105.00	103.27
4	—	575	118.00–127.00	122.47
1	—	275	130.00	130.00
1	—	530	114.00	114.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,220	900.00–1,000.00	950.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	977	800.00–950.00	865.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,185	690.00–1,075.00	872.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	69.00	69.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	735	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,415	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,525	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,138	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,224.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,297	48.00–55.00	51.24
16	—	1,280	41.00–47.00	44.22
2	—	1,400	56.00	56.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,005	42.00–47.00	44.66
3	—	1,067	50.00–56.00	52.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	43.00	43.00
6	—	1,616	56.00–59.00	57.51
4	—	1,584	48.00–55.00	51.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,578	75.00–79.00	76.97
6	—	1,849	80.00–83.00	81.00

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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Bulls · 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