Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to Christmas Holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.60/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$106.60

63 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$15.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.95

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	582	110.28	642	48
Medium and Large 2-3	626	94.80	593	15thin

One grade step is worth $15.48/cwt here — about $49 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 sale63 hd

106.60

—

KY average8 barns · 1,394 hd

122.55

−15.95

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	1,335	81.79	1,092	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,623	56.00	909	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,319	52.87	697	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,105	48.30	533	8thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	817	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	620	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	353	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	51.63/cwt	48.00–54.00	659	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	58.02/cwt	57.00–59.00	640	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	51.29/cwt	50.00–52.00	576	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	38.82/cwt	32.00–43.00	422	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	56.50/cwt	56.00–59.00	912	8
Bulls	—	—	1,442	85.38/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,231	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	133.64/cwt	130.00–138.00	699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	114.76/cwt	112.00–116.00	661	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	86.69/cwt	79.00–96.00	583	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	93.54/cwt	90.00–100.00	777	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	126.58/cwt	125.00–129.00	522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	735	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	622	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	788	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	102.50/cwt	95.00–107.00	637	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	115.66/cwt	115.00–116.00	557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	632	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	119.59/cwt	119.00–121.00	578	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	133.97/cwt	130.00–136.00	815	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	592	106.66/cwt	106.00–107.00	631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	136.49/cwt	135.00–138.00	482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	146.85/cwt	139.00–156.00	606	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	86.98/cwt	86.00–89.00	626	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	140.32/cwt	129.00–144.00	664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	129.03/cwt	126.00–130.00	672	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	879	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	56.40/cwt	55.00–58.00	759	13
Bulls	—	—	1,015	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	768	80.68/cwt	76.00–86.00	620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	682	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	457	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	45.68/cwt	43.00–47.00	601	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	245	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	121.79/cwt	121.00–125.00	944	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	119.39/cwt	119.00–121.00	620	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	611	1

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 Jan 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 149Last week 106Year ago 624

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 35Year ago 137

No comparison due to Christmas Holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	115.00	115.00
5	—	523	130.00–138.00	133.64
1	—	830	113.00	113.00
10	—	608	130.00–136.00	133.97
8	—	413	139.00–156.00	146.85
4	—	473	129.00–144.00	140.32
5	—	775	121.00–125.00	121.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	102.00	102.00
1	—	400	132.00	132.00
1	—	485	126.00	126.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	57.00	57.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	576	112.00–116.00	114.76
5	—	412	125.00–129.00	126.58
5	—	808	91.00	91.00
12	—	621	95.00–107.00	102.50
5	—	483	119.00–121.00	119.59
1	—	320	121.00	121.00
2	—	967	90.00	90.00
2	—	353	135.00–138.00	136.49
3	—	720	86.00–89.00	86.98
5	—	519	119.00–121.00	119.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	622	88.00	88.00
1	—	535	90.00	90.00
3	—	482	115.00–116.00	115.66
3	—	592	106.00–107.00	106.66
1	—	715	83.00	83.00
3	—	768	76.00–86.00	80.68
2	—	682	82.00	82.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	115.00	115.00
1	—	495	136.00	136.00
5	—	831	90.00–100.00	93.54
3	—	606	130.00	130.00
1	—	440	135.00	135.00
1	—	365	142.00	142.00
2	—	690	116.00	116.00
4	—	521	126.00–130.00	129.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	673	79.00–96.00	86.69
2	—	632	115.00	115.00
1	—	380	125.00	125.00
1	—	415	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,277	48.00–54.00	51.63
13	—	1,346	55.00–58.00	56.40
5	—	1,316	43.00–47.00	45.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	57.00–59.00	58.02
3	—	1,123	50.00–52.00	51.29
3	—	1,087	32.00–43.00	38.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,615	56.00–59.00	56.50
1	—	1,690	52.00	52.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,442	81.00–87.00	85.38
1	—	1,015	71.00	71.00

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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