Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.60/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$136.60

84 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$57.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.15

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	512	146.59	750	69
Small and Medium 1-2	370	107.00	396	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	743	89.47	664	14thin

One grade step is worth $57.11/cwt here — about $86 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 sale84 hd

136.60

—

KY average24 barns · 6,977 hd

147.75

−11.15

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	1,758	98.75	1,736	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,714	72.19	1,237	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,310	69.66	913	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,043	66.33	692	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,285	93.00	1,195	1thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1-2Fancy	—	399	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	828	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	633	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	994	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	665	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,057	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	182.54/cwt	159.00–185.00	883	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,091	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	175.25/cwt	166.00–180.00	1,009	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	143.63/cwt	130.00–154.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	131.93/cwt	130.00–138.00	835	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	142.72/cwt	138.00–147.00	798	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	146.52/cwt	146.00–147.00	530	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	172.31/cwt	166.00–179.00	887	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	723	85.64/cwt	71.00–100.00	619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	640	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,088	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	858	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	139.31/cwt	130.00–143.00	581	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	655	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	370	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	142.04/cwt	138.00–149.00	747	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	136.64/cwt	130.00–143.00	984	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	177.02/cwt	167.50–186.00	758	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	894	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,285	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,195	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	690	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	605	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	70.99/cwt	69.00–74.00	717	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	660	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	64.21/cwt	62.00–66.00	780	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,714	72.19/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,237	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,359	73.71/cwt	72.00–76.00	1,002	9
Bulls	—	—	1,724	95.77/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,651	5
Bulls	—	—	1,340	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,126	1
Bulls	—	—	1,876	104.68/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,964	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	154.51/cwt	153.00–156.00	1,017	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	453	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	716	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	143.33/cwt	140.00–150.00	681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	855	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	150.21/cwt	140.00–161.00	541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	155.18/cwt	152.00–156.00	961	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	95.35/cwt	90.00–100.00	605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	858	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 Nov 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 220Last week 545Year ago 296

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 77Year ago 59

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	399	207.50	207.50
3	—	633	157.00	157.00
1	—	665	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	484	159.00–185.00	182.54
1	—	340	197.50	197.50
1	—	820	133.00	133.00
2	—	720	130.00–143.00	136.64
4	—	428	167.50–186.00	177.02
1	—	540	155.00	155.00
2	—	658	153.00–156.00	154.51
1	—	360	192.50	192.50
6	—	619	152.00–156.00	155.18
1	—	550	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	114.00	114.00
1	—	775	95.00	95.00
1	—	440	151.00	151.00
3	—	475	140.00–150.00	143.33
1	—	855	89.00	89.00
2	—	360	140.00–161.00	150.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	576	166.00–180.00	175.25
1	—	900	140.00	140.00
1	—	630	164.00	164.00
2	—	515	166.00–179.00	172.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	640	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	464	130.00–154.00	143.63
4	—	633	130.00–138.00	131.93
10	—	559	138.00–147.00	142.72
1	—	700	117.00	117.00
6	—	362	146.00–147.00	146.52
5	—	417	130.00–143.00	139.31
9	—	526	138.00–149.00	142.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	723	71.00–100.00	85.64
3	—	858	82.00	82.00
1	—	570	100.00	100.00
1	—	655	100.00	100.00
3	—	635	90.00–100.00	95.35
1	—	825	90.00	90.00
1	—	975	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	600	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	453	158.00	158.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	93.00	93.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	55.00	55.00
4	—	1,215	62.00–66.00	64.21
9	—	1,359	72.00–76.00	73.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	54.00	54.00
4	—	1,010	69.00–74.00	70.99
1	—	1,100	60.00	60.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,714	70.00–74.00	72.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,724	93.00–99.00	95.77
1	—	1,340	84.00	84.00
5	—	1,876	101.00–110.00	104.68

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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