Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-12

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.16/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −165.43 against this barn's trailing median of $405.59.

Average price

$240.16

26 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,316

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$23.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.76

vs KY average

−11.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	241.07	1,320	25
Medium and Large 2-3	555	217.50	1,207	1thin

One grade step is worth $23.57/cwt here — about $113 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 sale26 hd

240.16

—

KY average25 barns · 820 hd

245.93

−5.76

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−11.78

This barn, trailing median10 sales

405.59

−165.43

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	1,849	172.35	3,187	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,493	144.00	2,149	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,354	143.32	1,941	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,040	117.43	1,221	16

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,373	$1,880	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,110	$1,400	1thin

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 1-2Fancy	400–450	412	283.30/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,167	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	260.65/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,108	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	467	237.95/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,111	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	227.47/cwt	224.00–231.00	1,410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	240.84/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,370	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,480	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	270.47/cwt	269.00–275.00	1,425	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	270.01/cwt	267.50–272.50	1,669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	996	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,296	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	295.14/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,154	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	375	314.93/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,181	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	315	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,047	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	510	287.71/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,467	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	140.29/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,975	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	115.62/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,140	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	137.70/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,553	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	126.96/cwt	122.00–133.00	1,381	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,052	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,249	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	147.35/cwt	147.00–148.00	1,891	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	99.20/cwt	90.00–107.00	996	5
Bulls	—	—	1,849	172.35/cwt	166.00–183.00	3,187	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	230.51/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,171	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	250.40/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,330	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	426	312.11/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,330	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	490	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,519	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,207	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	264.11/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,513	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,373	1,880.12/head	1,625.00–2,025.00	1,880	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	407	308.35/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,255	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	279.47/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,327	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	237.45/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,456	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,164	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	255.01/cwt	252.50–260.00	1,252	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,495	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,308	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	258.58/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,469	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,094	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,455	2

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 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 139Last week 107Year ago 135

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 43Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 3Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	412	275.00–295.00	283.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	277.50	277.50
1	350–400	355	295.00	295.00
4	400–450	425	250.00–272.50	260.65
11	450–500	491	252.50–260.00	255.01
5	500–550	508	230.00–232.50	230.51
14	550–600	569	230.00–247.50	240.84
2	600–650	620	224.00–231.00	227.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	260.00	260.00
4	450–500	467	230.00–242.50	237.95
1	550–600	555	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	531	250.00–252.50	250.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	420	270.00	270.00
3	450–500	463	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	527	269.00–275.00	270.47
3	550–600	573	260.00–272.50	264.11
2	600–650	618	267.50–272.50	270.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	240.00	240.00
2	600–650	630	231.00	231.00
1	650–700	655	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	426	300.00–316.00	312.11
6	450–500	490	310.00	310.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	140.00	140.00
1	600–650	610	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	425	230.00	230.00
1	450–500	485	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	545	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	600	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	391	285.00–300.00	295.14
1	400–450	405	270.00	270.00
4	450–500	475	270.00–282.50	279.47
1	500–550	500	272.50	272.50
10	550–600	568	250.00–272.50	258.58
2	600–650	613	235.00–240.00	237.45
2	650–700	650	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	750	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	332.50	332.50
3	350–400	375	310.00–322.50	314.93
3	400–450	407	300.00–312.50	308.35
10	500–550	510	280.00–302.50	287.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,408	134.00–143.00	140.29
3	—	1,283	147.00–148.00	147.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	986	110.00–119.00	115.62
4	—	1,128	135.00–139.00	137.70
2	—	1,088	122.00–133.00	126.96
5	—	1,004	90.00–107.00	99.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	141.00	141.00
1	—	1,530	147.00	147.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,849	166.00–183.00	172.35

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	—	920	181.00	181.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,373	1,625.00–2,025.00	1,880.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,400.00	1,400.00

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) - Stanford, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle