Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady, Yearling steers steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 10.00-12.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady on a lite test, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.87/cwt on 138 head.

Average price

$165.87

138 head · 838 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,390

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$728

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

$17.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.00

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	849	166.39	1,413	134
Medium and Large 2-3	461	148.50	685	4thin

One grade step is worth $17.89/cwt here — about $728 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 sale138 hd

165.87

—

KY average25 barns · 5,791 hd

164.88

+1.00

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	1,267	106.01	1,343	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,699	78.05	1,326	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,343	75.91	1,020	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	62.64	645	12

Every lot, as filed

54 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	—	451	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,002	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	146.83/cwt	140.00–160.00	551	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	143.57/cwt	142.00–146.00	892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	875	165.98/cwt	163.70–168.25	1,452	123
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	452	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	173.43/cwt	170.00–174.00	990	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	982	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	153.49/cwt	145.00–156.00	804	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	143.99/cwt	140.00–150.00	989	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	831	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	507	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	154.01/cwt	150.00–164.00	733	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	158.31/cwt	151.00–161.00	704	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	442	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	170.04/cwt	160.00–175.00	663	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	136.88/cwt	134.00–139.00	660	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	147.34/cwt	141.00–156.00	775	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	142.47/cwt	141.00–144.00	831	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,049	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	137.49/cwt	135.00–140.00	953	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	987	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	156.26/cwt	150.00–160.00	655	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	157.30/cwt	152.00–159.00	904	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	588	136.91/cwt	130.00–144.00	805	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,008	1
Bulls	—	—	1,208	103.52/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,251	2
Bulls	—	—	1,385	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,537	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	74.56/cwt	67.00–77.00	989	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,374	80.32/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,104	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	845	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	76.63/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,284	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,715	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,355	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	70.46/cwt	68.00–75.00	761	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	716	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	53.38/cwt	52.00–55.00	505	5

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 Jul 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 306Last week 658Year ago 391

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 95Year ago 64

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 7Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	451	167.00	167.00
1	—	725	130.00	130.00
1	—	975	115.00	115.00
1	—	290	148.00	148.00
4	—	375	140.00–160.00	146.83
1	—	840	135.00	135.00
5	—	621	142.00–146.00	143.57
1	—	345	153.00	153.00
8	—	445	151.00–161.00	158.31
1	—	850	136.00	136.00
14	—	526	141.00–156.00	147.34
2	—	583	141.00–144.00	142.47
1	—	755	139.00	139.00
2	—	693	135.00–140.00	137.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	127.00	127.00
1	—	485	135.00	135.00
1	—	385	124.00	124.00
1	—	305	132.50	132.50
1	—	675	128.00	128.00
2	—	442	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	167.00	167.00
1	—	520	174.00	174.00
1	—	390	175.00	175.00
7	—	571	170.00–174.00	173.43
1	—	650	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	875	163.70–168.25	165.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	149.00	149.00
2	—	452	150.00	150.00
1	—	525	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	524	145.00–156.00	153.49
5	—	687	140.00–150.00	143.99
2	—	620	134.00	134.00
1	—	235	169.00	169.00
3	—	315	161.00	161.00
17	—	476	150.00–164.00	154.01
10	—	390	160.00–175.00	170.04
1	—	705	140.00	140.00
18	—	419	150.00–160.00	156.26
4	—	575	152.00–159.00	157.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	482	134.00–139.00	136.88
1	—	400	140.00	140.00
1	—	685	117.00	117.00
2	—	588	130.00–144.00	136.91

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	1	—	1,120	90.00	90.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	103.00–104.00	103.52
1	—	1,385	111.00	111.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,327	67.00–77.00	74.56
4	—	1,374	79.00–83.00	80.32
1	—	1,300	65.00	65.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,675	75.00–78.00	76.63
3	—	1,715	79.00	79.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,080	68.00–75.00	70.46
1	—	1,155	62.00	62.00
5	—	946	52.00–55.00	53.38

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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Stanford Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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