Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: All classes were mostly steady on a lite test of plain to average quality. Moderate demand for all classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.08/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$120.08

68 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$42.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.79

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	527	123.82	652	62
Medium and Large 2-3	675	81.47	550	6thin

One grade step is worth $42.34/cwt here — about $103 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 sale68 hd

120.08

—

KY average23 barns · 5,044 hd

129.87

−9.79

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	1,599	88.40	1,414	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,646	56.35	927	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,356	52.26	709	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,122	44.93	504	3thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 2-3	—	400	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	146.61/cwt	139.00–155.00	630	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	503	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	118.34/cwt	118.00–119.00	835	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	89.42/cwt	84.00–95.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	109.20/cwt	106.00–111.00	726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	124.30/cwt	121.00–131.00	610	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	747	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	530	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	129.14/cwt	120.00–135.00	549	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	124.65/cwt	122.00–126.00	449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	127.68/cwt	119.00–129.00	691	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	821	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,092	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	119.73/cwt	117.50–122.00	351	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	151.20/cwt	142.00–156.00	706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	700	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	854	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	607	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	677	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	141.55/cwt	136.00–147.50	514	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	869	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	329	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	104.54/cwt	95.00–114.00	583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	154.21/cwt	151.00–158.00	711	4
Bulls	—	—	1,500	86.23/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,293	2
Bulls	—	—	1,832	94.65/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,734	3
Bulls	—	—	1,100	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	814	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	51.35/cwt	50.00–52.00	678	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	803	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,648	52.17/cwt	50.00–54.00	860	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	58.02/cwt	55.00–62.00	954	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	44.93/cwt	43.00–47.00	504	3

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 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 125Last week 296Year ago 157

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 59Year ago 64

Compared to last Monday: All classes were mostly steady on a lite test of plain to average quality. Moderate demand for all classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	120.00	120.00
2	—	605	105.00	105.00
2	—	850	85.00	85.00
2	—	770	80.00	80.00
1	—	235	140.00	140.00
2	—	558	95.00–114.00	104.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	139.00–155.00	146.61
1	—	335	150.00	150.00
1	—	830	105.00	105.00
3	—	706	118.00–119.00	118.34
11	—	543	129.00	129.00
2	—	662	129.00	129.00
2	—	363	136.00–147.50	141.55
3	—	783	111.00	111.00
4	—	461	151.00–158.00	154.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	84.00–95.00	89.42
2	—	747	71.00	71.00
2	—	607	84.00	84.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	665	106.00–111.00	109.20
21	—	491	121.00–131.00	124.30
1	—	320	120.00	120.00
9	—	425	120.00–135.00	129.14
3	—	360	122.00–126.00	124.65
7	—	541	119.00–129.00	127.68
2	—	293	117.50–122.00	119.73
8	—	569	118.00–120.00	118.99
1	—	770	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	821	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	142.00–156.00	151.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,500	85.00–88.00	86.23
3	—	1,832	92.00–99.00	94.65
1	—	1,100	74.00	74.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,321	50.00–52.00	51.35
2	—	1,460	55.00	55.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	50.00–54.00	52.17
5	—	1,645	55.00–62.00	58.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,122	43.00–47.00	44.93

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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