Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder classes sold with increased demand on a lite test of good quality, Slaughter classes sold considerably higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.96/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$156.96

49 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$42.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.10

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	487	160.26	780	45
Small 1-2	540	127.00	686	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	572	117.33	671	3thin

One grade step is worth $42.93/cwt here — about $109 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 sale49 hd

156.96

—

KY average23 barns · 4,036 hd

155.86

+1.10

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	1,708	109.18	1,865	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,810	88.27	1,598	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,330	87.85	1,168	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,102	84.13	927	3thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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 2-3	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	971	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	981	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	154.14/cwt	145.00–161.00	732	8
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	540	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	316	178.73/cwt	178.00–179.00	565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	967	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	170.51/cwt	170.00–171.00	691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	146.75/cwt	145.00–150.00	930	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	154.04/cwt	152.00–156.00	801	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	433	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	587	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,109	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	539	195.75/cwt	195.00–199.00	1,055	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	641	177.80/cwt	174.00–185.00	1,140	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	152.78/cwt	145.00–161.00	1,108	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	146.51/cwt	146.00–147.00	979	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	178.64/cwt	173.00–184.00	1,036	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	418	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	920	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	373	211.06/cwt	202.00–220.00	787	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	632	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,131	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	275	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	557	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	76.01/cwt	70.00–79.00	933	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	86.69/cwt	83.00–90.00	967	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	849	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,802	93.36/cwt	89.00–101.00	1,682	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,835	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,340	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	93.93/cwt	83.00–106.00	1,288	13
Bulls	—	—	1,878	114.63/cwt	111.00–119.00	2,153	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	887	1
Bulls	—	—	1,453	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,468	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	840	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	903	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	182.46/cwt	181.00–184.00	936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	181.18/cwt	180.00–182.50	679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	215	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	381	181.68/cwt	181.00–182.00	692	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	162.42/cwt	160.00–165.00	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	154.34/cwt	151.00–158.00	866	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	970	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	148.33/cwt	145.00–150.00	949	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	183.98/cwt	170.00–195.00	589	3

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 30, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 152Last week 104Year ago 334

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 13Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 19

Compared to last Monday: Feeder classes sold with increased demand on a lite test of good quality, Slaughter classes sold considerably higher with very good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
1	—	480	135.00	135.00
1	—	700	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	146.00	146.00
8	—	475	145.00–161.00	154.14
2	—	405	170.00–171.00	170.51
5	—	634	145.00–150.00	146.75
2	—	520	152.00–156.00	154.04
2	—	275	157.50	157.50
2	—	378	160.00–165.00	162.42
9	—	561	151.00–158.00	154.34
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	316	178.00–179.00	178.73
6	—	381	181.00–182.00	181.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	628	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	157.00	157.00
1	—	505	182.00	182.00
2	—	725	145.00–161.00	152.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	172.50	172.50
1	—	490	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	587	189.00	189.00
5	—	539	195.00–199.00	195.75
6	—	641	174.00–185.00	177.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	146.00–147.00	146.51
2	—	580	173.00–184.00	178.64
1	—	710	142.00	142.00
1	—	845	111.00	111.00
2	—	513	181.00–184.00	182.46
2	—	375	180.00–182.50	181.18
1	—	445	179.00	179.00
1	—	490	198.00	198.00
3	—	640	145.00–150.00	148.33
3	—	320	170.00–195.00	183.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	220.00	220.00
8	—	373	202.00–220.00	211.06
2	—	632	179.00	179.00
2	—	275	202.50	202.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	141.00	141.00
1	—	755	125.00	125.00
1	—	840	89.00	89.00
2	—	575	157.00	157.00
1	—	640	128.00	128.00
1	—	280	155.00	155.00
1	—	215	147.50	147.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,228	70.00–79.00	76.01
13	—	1,371	83.00–106.00	93.93
1	—	1,305	68.00	68.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,115	83.00–90.00	86.69
1	—	1,075	79.00	79.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,802	89.00–101.00	93.36
1	—	1,835	73.00	73.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,878	111.00–119.00	114.63
2	—	1,453	101.00	101.00

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	—	800	93.00	93.00

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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Stanford Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle