Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers 1.00-3.00 lower, Yearling steers 1.00-2.00 higher, Moderate demand for feeders and good demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.88/cwt on 126 head.

Average price

$166.88

126 head · 816 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,362

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$860

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

$31.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.59

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	820	167.13	1,370	125
Medium and Large 2-3	375	136.00	510	1thin

One grade step is worth $31.13/cwt here — about $860 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 sale126 hd

166.88

—

KY average24 barns · 4,313 hd

167.48

−0.59

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	1,498	113.37	1,698	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,647	78.17	1,287	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,254	75.39	945	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,018	62.50	636	2thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	665	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,051	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	168.48/cwt	164.00–173.00	814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	150.29/cwt	148.00–151.00	948	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	150.60/cwt	147.00–154.00	791	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	132.43/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,033	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	844	168.05/cwt	166.00–170.00	1,418	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	137.10/cwt	133.00–140.00	794	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,152	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	157.98/cwt	153.00–163.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	154.02/cwt	153.00–155.00	870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	146.58/cwt	145.00–151.00	689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	128.31/cwt	125.00–130.00	860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	868	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	142.85/cwt	135.00–148.00	740	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	156.21/cwt	152.00–160.00	570	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	807	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	157.52/cwt	156.00–159.00	1,052	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	122.03/cwt	120.00–124.00	708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	120.00/cwt	115.00–125.00	462	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	713	1
Bulls	—	—	1,498	113.37/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,698	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	551	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	727	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	69.40/cwt	66.00–73.00	866	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	81.38/cwt	76.00–93.00	1,025	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,647	78.17/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,287	7

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 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 210Last week 306Year ago 314

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 48Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	158.00	158.00
2	—	483	164.00–173.00	168.48
1	—	375	155.00	155.00
4	—	631	148.00–151.00	150.29
2	—	525	147.00–154.00	150.60
2	—	780	127.00–138.00	132.43
1	—	445	174.00	174.00
1	—	585	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	120.00	120.00
2	—	385	115.00–125.00	120.00
1	—	495	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	844	166.00–170.00	168.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	154.00	154.00
1	—	720	160.00	160.00
2	—	543	153.00–163.00	157.98
1	—	300	152.50	152.50
2	—	565	153.00–155.00	154.02
1	—	370	160.00	160.00
2	—	668	156.00–159.00	157.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	579	133.00–140.00	137.10
5	—	470	145.00–151.00	146.58
3	—	670	125.00–130.00	128.31
3	—	723	120.00	120.00
7	—	518	135.00–148.00	142.85
6	—	365	152.00–160.00	156.21
2	—	602	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	130.00	130.00
1	—	720	110.00	110.00
2	—	580	120.00–124.00	122.03
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,498	110.00–116.00	113.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	58.00	58.00
1	—	1,085	67.00	67.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,248	66.00–73.00	69.40
4	—	1,259	76.00–93.00	81.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,647	76.00–81.00	78.17

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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