Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-04

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.10/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −162.49 against this barn's trailing median of $405.59.

Average price

$243.10

27 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,328

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$27.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.13

vs KY average

−28.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	246.19	1,343	24
Medium and Large 2-3	552	218.35	1,205	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.85/cwt here — about $139 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.33, low $360.50, median $405.59 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale27 hd

243.10

—

KY average9 barns · 608 hd

250.23

−7.13

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−28.81

This barn, trailing median10 sales

405.59

−162.49

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	1,534	128.31	1,968	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,604	118.44	1,899	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,246	107.27	1,337	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	934	95.91	896	11
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,470	161.00	2,367	1thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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 1-2Fancy	250–300	268	297.36/cwt	292.50–302.50	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	260	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	473	304.32/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,439	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,649	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	115.48/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,485	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	104.15/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,303	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	248.59/cwt	237.00–257.00	1,308	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	234.57/cwt	228.00–241.00	1,590	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,494	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	271.11/cwt	263.00–280.00	1,534	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	272.09/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,301	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	238	272.26/cwt	265.00–280.00	648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,101	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	272.29/cwt	262.50–295.00	918	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	186.52/cwt	185.00–188.00	1,516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	219.14/cwt	209.00–229.00	1,611	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,999	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	263.89/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,372	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	305	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	953	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	355	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	307.46/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,291	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,405	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	422	291.69/cwt	272.50–300.00	1,231	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	283.34/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,182	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	305.90/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,009	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,862	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,037	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	923	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	328	222.90/cwt	215.00–230.00	731	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	222.52/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,179	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	486	300.00/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,458	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	738	157.53/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,163	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,319	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,776	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	596	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	611	287.43/cwt	277.50–292.50	1,756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	740	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	242.84/cwt	232.50–253.00	1,391	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	252.75/cwt	242.50–262.50	1,188	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,727	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	257.41/cwt	252.50–262.50	1,102	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	119.81/cwt	118.00–122.00	1,174	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	710	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	639	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	122.92/cwt	114.00–129.00	1,985	3
Bulls	—	—	1,323	123.31/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,631	3
Bulls	—	—	1,745	133.31/cwt	131.00–136.00	2,326	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,470	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,367	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	101.68/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,020	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	381	324.01/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,234	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	403	309.98/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,249	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	275	314.73/cwt	310.00–320.00	866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	515	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,030	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	85.51/cwt	83.00–87.00	893	4

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 Mar 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 219Last week 133Year ago 133

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 66Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	292.50–302.50	297.36
6	300–350	330	300.00–312.50	305.90
22	400–450	422	272.50–300.00	291.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	265.00–280.00	272.26
2	300–350	342	285.00	285.00
2	400–450	428	252.50–262.50	257.41
13	450–500	470	242.50–262.50	252.75
14	500–550	526	237.00–257.00	248.59
10	550–600	573	232.50–253.00	242.84
3	600–650	605	247.00	247.00
2	650–700	678	228.00–241.00	234.57
3	750–800	785	220.00	220.00
5	800–850	834	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	215.00–230.00	222.90
1	400–450	410	225.00	225.00
2	500–550	530	220.00–225.00	222.52
1	550–600	595	210.00	210.00
1	600–650	625	211.00	211.00
1	650–700	660	200.00	200.00
2	700–750	738	150.00–165.00	157.53
1	750–800	785	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	307.50	307.50
1	300–350	305	312.50	312.50
1	350–400	355	312.50	312.50
3	400–450	420	300.00–311.00	307.46
4	450–500	473	300.00–315.00	304.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	596	295.00	295.00
3	600–650	611	277.50–292.50	287.43
1	650–700	665	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	740	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	450	282.50	282.50
1	500–550	530	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	550	269.00	269.00
1	600–650	645	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	695	228.00	228.00
1	800–850	835	223.00	223.00
1	950–1000	975	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	213.00	213.00
1	750–800	765	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	262.50–295.00	272.29
1	350–400	370	297.50	297.50
6	400–450	417	270.00–290.00	283.34
6	450–500	478	260.00–285.00	272.09
2	500–550	520	260.00–267.50	263.89
6	550–600	566	263.00–280.00	271.11
1	600–650	625	217.50	217.50
1	650–700	655	232.00	232.00
2	700–750	735	209.00–229.00	219.14
2	800–850	813	185.00–188.00	186.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	242.50	242.50
1	300–350	315	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	310.00–320.00	314.73
1	300–350	335	307.50	307.50
5	350–400	381	315.00–330.00	324.01
3	400–450	403	300.00–315.00	309.98
5	450–500	486	290.00–302.50	300.00
1	500–550	515	285.00	285.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	105.00	105.00
3	—	1,615	114.00–129.00	122.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,286	112.00–120.00	115.48
8	—	1,251	100.00–108.00	104.15
1	—	1,060	89.00	89.00
1	—	1,115	93.00	93.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	980	118.00–122.00	119.81
3	—	710	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,003	99.00–104.00	101.68
4	—	1,044	83.00–87.00	85.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,323	120.00–126.00	123.31
3	—	1,745	131.00–136.00	133.31
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	161.00	161.00

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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