Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers 4.00-6.00 higher, Yearling steers 2.00-3.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.91/cwt on 143 head.

Average price

$169.91

143 head · 803 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,364

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$588

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

$28.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.75

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	813	171.11	1,392	137
Medium and Large 2-3	564	142.33	803	6thin

One grade step is worth $28.78/cwt here — about $588 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 sale143 hd

169.91

—

KY average25 barns · 4,006 hd

171.66

−1.75

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	120.91	2,063	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,627	78.41	1,276	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,347	76.25	1,027	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,074	69.69	749	12

Every lot, as filed

59 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	—	755	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	993	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,201	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	822	173.84/cwt	164.00–175.00	1,429	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	169.34/cwt	169.00–170.00	781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	157.00/cwt	151.00–163.00	1,115	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	141.51/cwt	141.00–142.00	517	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	167.49/cwt	166.00–169.00	1,097	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	508	151.00/cwt	150.00–152.00	767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	162.04/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,026	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	871	169.60/cwt	169.60–169.60	1,477	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	179.35/cwt	177.00–181.00	1,049	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,194	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,033	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	164.36/cwt	152.00–169.00	860	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	158.01/cwt	147.00–165.00	910	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	700	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	245	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	496	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	793	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	73.34/cwt	70.00–77.00	983	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,715	75.10/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,288	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	83.44/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,158	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	49.76/cwt	43.00–55.00	532	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	644	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	74.53/cwt	70.00–78.00	809	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	80.62/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,264	3
Bulls	—	—	1,725	122.88/cwt	120.00–126.00	2,120	5
Bulls	—	—	1,658	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,923	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	536	135.31/cwt	132.00–137.00	725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	144.16/cwt	139.00–156.00	768	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	139.98/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,033	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	171.97/cwt	163.00–174.00	825	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	146.60/cwt	141.00–153.00	825	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	152.09/cwt	145.00–156.00	634	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	153.72/cwt	144.00–161.00	732	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	162.44/cwt	160.00–165.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	143.82/cwt	140.00–147.00	903	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	475	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 Aug 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 330Last week 210Year ago 379

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 28Year ago 80

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	131.00	131.00
1	—	685	145.00	145.00
1	—	390	159.00	159.00
17	—	533	139.00–156.00	144.16
13	—	563	141.00–153.00	146.60
6	—	417	145.00–156.00	152.09
9	—	476	144.00–161.00	153.72
2	—	333	160.00–165.00	162.44
16	—	628	140.00–147.00	143.82
1	—	295	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	140.00	140.00
2	—	365	141.00–142.00	141.51
1	—	550	130.00	130.00
1	—	520	135.00	135.00
1	—	470	138.00	138.00
1	—	680	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	157.00	157.00
1	—	445	173.00	173.00
3	—	461	169.00–170.00	169.34
2	—	710	151.00–163.00	157.00
2	—	655	166.00–169.00	167.49
1	—	525	165.00	165.00
2	—	633	160.00–164.00	162.04
1	—	360	160.00	160.00
1	—	850	141.00	141.00
3	—	585	177.00–181.00	179.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	822	164.00–175.00	173.84
55	—	871	169.60	169.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	130.00	130.00
1	—	695	141.00	141.00
2	—	508	150.00–152.00	151.00
1	—	715	140.00	140.00
1	—	645	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	120.00	120.00
1	—	840	123.00	123.00
9	—	523	152.00–169.00	164.36
7	—	576	147.00–165.00	158.01
1	—	200	190.00	190.00
1	—	380	155.00	155.00
2	—	738	138.00–142.00	139.98
11	—	480	163.00–174.00	171.97
2	—	405	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	160.00	160.00
1	—	245	202.50	202.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	122.00	122.00
1	—	550	145.00	145.00
3	—	536	132.00–137.00	135.31
1	—	720	120.00	120.00
1	—	450	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	65.00	65.00
6	—	1,340	70.00–77.00	73.34
4	—	1,388	81.00–87.00	83.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,715	73.00–77.00	75.10
3	—	1,568	80.00–82.00	80.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	43.00–55.00	49.76
1	—	975	66.00	66.00
9	—	1,086	70.00–78.00	74.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,725	120.00–126.00	122.88
2	—	1,658	116.00	116.00

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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