Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 lower, Moderate demand on a mostly plain quality offering. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.72/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$111.72

96 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$588

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$27.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.74

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	506	115.42	584	83
Small and Medium 1-2	555	95.00	527	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	663	87.50	580	12thin

One grade step is worth $27.92/cwt here — about $4 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 sale96 hd

111.72

—

KY average17 barns · 2,547 hd

120.46

−8.74

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	1,780	77.53	1,380	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,544	52.77	815	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,343	50.77	682	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,081	42.07	455	14

Every lot, as filed

71 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	—	678	105.70/cwt	95.00–110.00	717	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	126.98/cwt	126.00–129.00	485	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	143.58/cwt	135.00–149.00	688	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	124.70/cwt	122.50–132.50	354	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	99.01/cwt	97.00–101.00	647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	104.45/cwt	101.00–115.00	647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	109.64/cwt	104.00–115.00	619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	119.10/cwt	114.00–122.00	617	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	117.40/cwt	110.00–121.00	434	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	126.57/cwt	122.00–134.00	648	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	131.02/cwt	128.00–133.00	558	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	122.07/cwt	110.00–124.00	892	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	118.32/cwt	110.00–122.00	379	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	806	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	371	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	107.59/cwt	101.00–117.00	663	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	180	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	333	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	139.62/cwt	125.00–141.00	792	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	147.70/cwt	140.00–155.00	554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	130.40/cwt	125.00–136.00	552	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	715	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	443	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	555	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	527	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	585	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	837	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	51.42/cwt	49.00–55.00	563	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	57.03/cwt	55.00–59.00	907	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	777	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	675	1
Bulls	—	—	1,789	81.22/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,453	4
Bulls	—	—	1,763	70.15/cwt	66.00–75.00	1,237	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,109	67.17/cwt	61.00–78.00	745	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	215	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	392	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	52.08/cwt	48.00–55.00	703	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	34.24/cwt	30.00–45.00	366	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	644	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	42.14/cwt	35.00–46.00	559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	560	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	58.28/cwt	56.00–61.00	784	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	579	115.23/cwt	100.00–120.00	667	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	133.30/cwt	130.00–135.00	704	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	724	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	394	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	822	77.35/cwt	74.00–79.00	636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	672	101.64/cwt	99.00–105.00	683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	118.54/cwt	117.00–120.00	492	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	205	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	728	83.47/cwt	81.00–86.00	608	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	105.18/cwt	90.00–114.00	398	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	117.56/cwt	110.00–124.00	491	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	101.27/cwt	94.00–105.00	742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	91.49/cwt	88.00–95.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	267	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	96.59/cwt	95.00–100.00	782	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	133.57/cwt	129.00–141.00	638	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	128.55/cwt	125.00–130.00	424	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	92.67/cwt	90.00–94.00	582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	95.68/cwt	93.00–100.00	751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	118.01/cwt	110.00–125.00	550	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	116.43/cwt	108.00–120.00	654	14

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 Nov 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 262Last week 157Year ago 158

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 64Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 2Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	678	95.00–110.00	105.70
3	—	382	126.00–129.00	126.98
4	—	619	101.00–115.00	104.45
3	—	512	122.00–134.00	126.57
6	—	426	128.00–133.00	131.02
1	—	270	137.50	137.50
1	—	890	94.00	94.00
2	—	555	120.00	120.00
1	—	905	80.00	80.00
3	—	733	94.00–105.00	101.27
5	—	810	95.00–100.00	96.59
7	—	478	129.00–141.00	133.57
7	—	330	125.00–130.00	128.55
3	—	785	93.00–100.00	95.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	104.00–115.00	109.64
2	—	415	117.00–120.00	118.54
1	—	205	110.00	110.00
3	—	378	90.00–114.00	105.18
1	—	525	114.00	114.00
3	—	628	90.00–94.00	92.67
1	—	670	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	180	185.00	185.00
1	—	215	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	62.00	62.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	71.00	71.00
1	—	390	101.00	101.00
3	—	822	74.00–79.00	77.35
2	—	728	81.00–86.00	83.47
2	—	623	88.00–95.00	91.49
1	—	260	102.50	102.50
1	—	675	91.00	91.00
1	—	480	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	284	122.50–132.50	124.70
2	—	653	97.00–101.00	99.01
14	—	518	114.00–122.00	119.10
6	—	370	110.00–121.00	117.40
5	—	320	110.00–122.00	118.32
3	—	760	106.00	106.00
15	—	616	101.00–117.00	107.59
5	—	418	110.00–124.00	117.56
15	—	466	110.00–125.00	118.01
14	—	562	108.00–120.00	116.43
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	479	135.00–149.00	143.58
1	—	650	111.00	111.00
1	—	605	122.00	122.00
7	—	731	110.00–124.00	122.07
1	—	320	130.00	130.00
12	—	567	125.00–141.00	139.62
2	—	375	140.00–155.00	147.70
1	—	750	118.00	118.00
2	—	423	125.00–136.00	130.40
3	—	528	130.00–135.00	133.30
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	116.00	116.00
6	—	579	100.00–120.00	115.23
3	—	672	99.00–105.00	101.64
2	—	425	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,094	49.00–55.00	51.42
8	—	1,069	30.00–45.00	34.24
1	—	1,110	58.00	58.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,590	55.00–59.00	57.03
1	—	1,495	52.00	52.00
1	—	1,500	45.00	45.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,350	48.00–55.00	52.08
5	—	1,327	35.00–46.00	42.14
4	—	1,345	56.00–61.00	58.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,789	80.00–85.00	81.22
2	—	1,763	66.00–75.00	70.15

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,109	61.00–78.00	67.17
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	63.00	63.00

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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle