Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 lower on a mostly plain to average quality offering. Moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower, No test on slaughter bulls, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $225.94/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −187.39 against this barn's trailing median of $413.33.

Average price

$225.94

32 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$23.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.13

vs KY average

−11.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	228.83	1,265	28
Medium and Large 2-3	570	205.69	1,172	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.14/cwt here — about $92 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.33, low $307.95, median $413.33 across 9 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 sale32 hd

225.94

—

KY average25 barns · 2,300 hd

239.07

−13.13

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

−11.07

This barn, trailing median9 sales

413.33

−187.39

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	1,414	134.18	1,897	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,627	125.00	2,034	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,333	111.90	1,491	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,077	109.68	1,181	6thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1-2	450–500	496	230.82/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,145	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,193	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	255.00/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,007	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	258.58/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,482	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	264.51/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,256	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	232.39/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	224.95/cwt	220.00–242.50	1,284	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	386	236.49/cwt	230.00–242.50	913	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	484	223.80/cwt	212.50–242.50	1,083	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,378	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,096	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	261.89/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,121	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	235.81/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,226	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	205.00/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,169	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	522	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,258	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	209.77/cwt	207.50–215.00	1,286	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	197.61/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	880	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,074	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,179	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	804	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,343	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	235.05/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,258	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,089	1
Bulls	—	—	2,015	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,942	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,478	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,234	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,780	108.48/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,931	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,584	131.01/cwt	127.00–137.00	2,075	6
Bulls	—	—	1,113	128.27/cwt	121.00–135.00	1,428	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	119.50/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,536	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,453	107.47/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,562	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	127.95/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,661	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,243	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	90.05/cwt	85.00–94.00	955	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	204.58/cwt	200.00–209.00	890	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	371	209.43/cwt	200.00–215.00	777	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,246	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,284	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	92.98/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,159	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,680	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,347	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	271.39/cwt	267.50–275.00	890	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	205.69/cwt	192.50–215.00	1,172	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	261.60/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,400	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	231.70/cwt	222.50–240.00	1,337	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	170.90/cwt	160.00–178.00	1,396	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	184.96/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	810	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,335	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,264	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	265.09/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,095	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 Sep 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 272Last week 636Year ago 326

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 47Year ago 69

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	220.00	220.00
24	450–500	496	225.00–237.50	230.82
10	500–550	520	230.00–250.00	235.81
18	550–600	571	220.00–242.50	224.95
5	600–650	613	207.50–215.00	209.77
2	700–750	702	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	755	182.50	182.50
4	800–850	804	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	200.00–215.00	209.43
4	400–450	435	200.00–209.00	204.58
1	450–500	470	202.50	202.50
4	550–600	570	192.50–215.00	205.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	267.50–275.00	271.39
2	350–400	395	250.00–260.00	255.00
3	400–450	428	250.00–270.00	261.89
2	450–500	450	265.00	265.00
2	500–550	535	230.00–240.00	235.05
7	550–600	577	222.50–240.00	231.70
1	600–650	630	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	665	202.50	202.50
3	800–850	817	160.00–178.00	170.90
1	850–900	890	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	386	230.00–242.50	236.49
4	450–500	484	212.50–242.50	223.80
1	550–600	555	212.50	212.50
1	650–700	650	167.50	167.50
1	750–800	750	153.00	153.00
1	850–900	880	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	260.00–270.00	265.09
9	450–500	475	260.00–270.00	264.51
3	500–550	535	255.00–270.00	261.60
16	550–600	573	250.00–275.00	258.58
1	600–650	600	240.00	240.00
2	650–700	685	225.00–240.00	232.39
1	750–800	760	221.00	221.00
2	800–850	828	190.00–205.00	197.61
2	900–950	913	180.00–190.00	184.96
1	950–1000	980	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	522	241.00	241.00
2	550–600	570	200.00–210.00	205.00
1	650–700	650	197.50	197.50
1	800–850	825	151.00	151.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	160.00	160.00
1	850–900	860	180.00	180.00
1	900–950	910	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,015	146.00	146.00
2	—	1,113	121.00–135.00	128.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	135.00	135.00
2	—	1,073	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,100	113.00	113.00
2	—	1,060	85.00–94.00	90.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,780	107.00–110.00	108.48
6	—	1,584	127.00–137.00	131.01
1	—	1,580	122.00	122.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,285	115.00–122.00	119.50
6	—	1,453	102.00–112.00	107.47
4	—	1,298	125.00–130.00	127.95
4	—	1,246	92.00–94.00	92.98

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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