Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Comparison

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.18/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$153.18

95 head · 469 lb average

Value per head Derived

$719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$105

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

$38.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.72

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	464	153.99	715	93
Medium and Large 2-3	710	115.50	820	2thin

One grade step is worth $38.49/cwt here — about −$105 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 sale95 hd

153.18

—

KY average24 barns · 7,363 hd

157.89

−4.72

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	1,757	95.38	1,676	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,583	75.13	1,189	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,312	71.26	935	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,077	63.18	681	19

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	157.10/cwt	150.00–168.00	1,051	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	517	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	282	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	191.72/cwt	175.00–198.00	884	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	264	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	482	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	175.67/cwt	175.00–177.00	935	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	191.52/cwt	190.00–197.50	598	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	913	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	176.59/cwt	173.00–178.00	1,030	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	868	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	436	213.48/cwt	205.00–219.00	931	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	610	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	455	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	990	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	575	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	148.79/cwt	141.00–156.00	850	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	963	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	167.08/cwt	159.00–178.00	939	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	183.57/cwt	180.00–187.50	685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	154.46/cwt	145.00–157.00	522	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	540	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	864	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	157.67/cwt	157.00–158.00	970	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	176.10/cwt	170.00–180.00	833	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	188.82/cwt	184.00–192.50	835	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	128.47/cwt	127.00–130.00	999	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	649	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	475	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	149.66/cwt	146.00–152.00	976	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	527	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,017	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	151.51/cwt	151.00–152.00	951	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	152.35/cwt	145.00–162.50	651	3
Bulls	—	—	1,633	80.74/cwt	75.00–86.00	1,318	2
Bulls	—	—	1,508	97.04/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,463	2
Bulls	—	—	2,005	104.04/cwt	103.00–105.00	2,086	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,056	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	56.38/cwt	52.00–59.00	588	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	492	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	66.92/cwt	62.00–71.00	843	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,376	77.38/cwt	73.00–82.00	1,065	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	65.47/cwt	62.00–69.00	712	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	75.64/cwt	74.00–78.00	847	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,596	76.66/cwt	74.00–80.00	1,223	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	693	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	378	130.35/cwt	122.50–137.50	493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	481	162.18/cwt	161.00–166.00	780	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	417	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	726	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	149.15/cwt	136.00–155.00	795	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	388	220.73/cwt	212.50–225.00	856	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	144.27/cwt	141.00–149.00	545	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	157.31/cwt	147.00–159.00	698	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	264	144.38/cwt	141.00–148.00	381	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	431	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	959	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	155.19/cwt	145.00–160.00	732	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	864	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 9, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 247Last week 203Year ago 34

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 62Year ago 15

No Comparison

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	669	150.00–168.00	157.10
1	—	765	154.00	154.00
9	—	461	175.00–198.00	191.72
7	—	264	182.50	182.50
3	—	532	175.00–177.00	175.67
1	—	395	183.00	183.00
5	—	312	190.00–197.50	191.52
2	—	600	144.00	144.00
7	—	583	173.00–178.00	176.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	517	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	156.00	156.00
1	—	465	157.50	157.50
1	—	680	127.00	127.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	122.50–137.50	130.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	388	212.50–225.00	220.73
3	—	431	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	205	137.50	137.50
13	—	571	141.00–156.00	148.79
7	—	338	145.00–157.00	154.46
13	—	533	136.00–155.00	149.15
6	—	378	141.00–149.00	144.27
14	—	444	147.00–159.00	157.31
6	—	264	141.00–148.00	144.38
1	—	655	141.00	141.00
2	—	617	130.00	130.00
10	—	472	145.00–160.00	155.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	121.00	121.00
1	—	735	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	160.00	160.00
3	—	615	157.00–158.00	157.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	481	161.00–166.00	162.18
10	—	417	174.00	174.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	167.00	167.00
3	—	703	137.00	137.00
8	—	562	159.00–178.00	167.08
2	—	373	180.00–187.50	183.57
6	—	473	170.00–180.00	176.10
3	—	442	184.00–192.50	188.82
1	—	330	177.50	177.50
2	—	778	127.00–130.00	128.47
3	—	652	146.00–152.00	149.66
2	—	628	151.00–152.00	151.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	436	205.00–219.00	213.48
1	—	610	166.00	166.00
1	—	360	202.50	202.50
3	—	455	217.50	217.50
1	—	575	186.00	186.00
5	—	527	193.00	193.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	160.00	160.00
1	—	570	155.00	155.00
1	—	460	141.00	141.00
3	—	427	145.00–162.50	152.35
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	122.50	122.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,633	75.00–86.00	80.74
2	—	1,508	95.00–99.00	97.04
3	—	2,005	103.00–105.00	104.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	69.00	69.00
4	—	1,596	74.00–80.00	76.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,043	52.00–59.00	56.38
1	—	1,070	46.00	46.00
9	—	1,087	62.00–69.00	65.47
3	—	1,120	74.00–78.00	75.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,260	62.00–71.00	66.92
8	—	1,376	73.00–82.00	77.38
1	—	1,215	57.00	57.00

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