Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.58/cwt on 145 head.

Average price

$140.58

145 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$17.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.66

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	532	141.43	752	138
Medium and Large 2-3	463	123.99	574	7thin

One grade step is worth $17.43/cwt here — about $178 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 sale145 hd

140.58

—

KY average24 barns · 6,110 hd

142.25

−1.66

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	—	High	1,706	98.47	1,680	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,660	75.60	1,255	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,328	70.67	939	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,073	62.87	675	10

Every lot, as filed

68 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	—	593	135.99/cwt	134.00–138.00	806	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	775	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,147	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	724	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	131.54/cwt	128.00–135.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	606	141.59/cwt	140.00–145.00	858	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	147.77/cwt	138.00–149.00	697	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	118.98/cwt	118.00–120.00	488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	142.05/cwt	130.00–150.00	517	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	142.46/cwt	135.00–146.00	597	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	907	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	130.35/cwt	127.00–134.00	936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	128.49/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,246	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	134.96/cwt	130.00–140.00	436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	129.91/cwt	120.00–132.00	944	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	949	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	127.33/cwt	122.00–130.00	955	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	673	153.00/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,030	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,026	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	182.86/cwt	176.00–185.00	887	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	135.50/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,034	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	750	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	596	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	608	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	757	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	765	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	948	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	172.67/cwt	166.00–179.00	577	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	162.88/cwt	161.00–164.00	946	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	150.56/cwt	144.00–161.00	775	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	157.07/cwt	151.00–161.00	735	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	564	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	959	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	75.14/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,005	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	66.53/cwt	62.00–69.00	884	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	55.72/cwt	49.00–59.00	603	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	723	1
Bulls	—	—	1,748	109.27/cwt	101.00–117.00	1,910	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	65.94/cwt	60.00–69.00	705	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	75.60/cwt	74.00–80.00	1,255	6
Bulls	—	—	1,785	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,660	1
Bulls	—	—	1,603	85.00/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,363	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,640	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	1,155.01/cwt	1,050.00–1,225.00	15,766	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	929.45/cwt	825.00–1,075.00	11,321	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	1,375.86/cwt	1,325.00–1,400.00	16,029	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	11,066	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	79.15/cwt	75.00–82.00	881	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	990	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	11,385	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,595	1,345.92/cwt	1,250.00–1,450.00	21,467	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	110.33/cwt	110.00–111.00	982	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	173.19/cwt	165.00–176.00	637	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	137.77/cwt	128.00–141.00	926	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	127.51/cwt	127.00–128.00	982	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	143.25/cwt	130.00–148.00	751	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	129.30/cwt	127.00–131.00	939	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	507	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	143.22/cwt	135.00–145.00	815	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	200	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	345	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	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 31, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 334Last week 292Year ago 18

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 66Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 9Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	134.00–138.00	135.99
1	—	695	119.00	119.00
1	—	495	120.00	120.00
2	—	507	141.00	141.00
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	334	166.00–179.00	172.67
8	—	581	161.00–164.00	162.88
7	—	515	144.00–161.00	150.56
3	—	468	151.00–161.00	157.07
3	—	890	110.00–111.00	110.33
17	—	368	165.00–176.00	173.19
18	—	672	128.00–141.00	137.77
2	—	442	169.00	169.00
2	—	770	127.00–128.00	127.51
1	—	615	136.00	136.00
4	—	726	127.00–131.00	129.30
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	564	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	148.00	148.00
7	—	673	150.00–154.00	153.00
3	—	618	166.00	166.00
2	—	515	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	161.00	161.00
3	—	718	127.00–134.00	130.35
2	—	970	127.00–130.00	128.49
1	—	680	131.00	131.00
4	—	485	176.00–185.00	182.86
2	—	763	135.00–136.00	135.50
1	—	500	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	127.00	127.00
2	—	410	118.00–120.00	118.98
2	—	527	126.00	126.00
1	—	450	125.00	125.00
1	—	345	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	128.00–135.00	131.54
34	—	472	138.00–149.00	147.77
13	—	364	130.00–150.00	142.05
10	—	419	135.00–146.00	142.46
10	—	667	136.00	136.00
2	—	323	130.00–140.00	134.96
9	—	727	120.00–132.00	129.91
3	—	855	111.00	111.00
3	—	750	122.00–130.00	127.33
22	—	524	130.00–148.00	143.25
2	—	807	116.00	116.00
21	—	569	135.00–145.00	143.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	606	140.00–145.00	141.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	200	172.50	172.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	110.00	110.00
3	—	596	102.00	102.00
4	—	757	101.00	101.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,338	70.00–79.00	75.14
8	—	1,329	62.00–69.00	66.53
1	—	1,225	59.00	59.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,082	49.00–59.00	55.72
7	—	1,069	60.00–69.00	65.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,660	74.00–80.00	75.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,748	101.00–117.00	109.27
1	—	1,785	93.00	93.00
2	—	1,603	84.00–86.00	85.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	960	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,365	1,050.00–1,225.00	1,155.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,218	825.00–1,075.00	929.45
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,165	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,375.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,595	1,250.00–1,450.00	1,345.92
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	1,150.00	1,150.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,113	75.00–82.00	79.15

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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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