Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday:Feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs 8.00-10.00 lower,over 500 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower,Moderate demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-3.00 lower, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.73/cwt on 452 head.

Average price

$131.73

452 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$15.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.40

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	566	135.48	766	346
Medium and Large 2-3	510	119.50	609	106

One grade step is worth $15.99/cwt here — about $157 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 sale452 hd

131.73

—

KY average26 barns · 4,775 hd

126.34

+5.40

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	1,694	85.28	1,444	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,676	63.86	1,070	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,270	61.49	781	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	56.05	582	14

Every lot, as filed

78 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - 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
Bulls	—	—	2,065	92.23/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,905	3
Bulls	—	—	1,685	83.87/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,413	3
Bulls	—	—	1,150	76.97/cwt	76.00–78.00	885	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	54.96/cwt	51.00–59.00	570	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	62.50/cwt	60.00–65.00	679	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	47.53/cwt	46.00–49.00	447	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,676	63.86/cwt	62.00–67.00	1,070	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	63.86/cwt	60.00–68.00	826	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	56.37/cwt	51.00–59.00	687	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	469	128.06/cwt	121.00–132.00	601	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	139.28/cwt	133.00–145.00	578	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	137.60/cwt	133.00–143.00	729	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	875	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	142.46/cwt	139.00–149.00	472	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	141.79/cwt	137.00–143.00	879	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	141.13/cwt	135.00–150.00	677	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	125.19/cwt	120.00–130.00	536	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	123.95/cwt	122.00–126.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	135.09/cwt	134.00–137.00	365	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	108.76/cwt	108.00–111.00	767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	132.04/cwt	130.00–134.00	416	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	119.99/cwt	116.00–122.00	794	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	376	113.45/cwt	100.00–123.00	427	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	748	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	759	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	421	122.03/cwt	118.00–125.00	514	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	122.17/cwt	117.00–123.00	689	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	537	122.24/cwt	112.00–124.00	656	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	121.70/cwt	111.00–124.00	578	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	587	145.90/cwt	145.90–145.90	856	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	609	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	871	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	102.25/cwt	102.00–103.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	327	123.94/cwt	120.00–125.00	405	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	129.42/cwt	126.00–133.00	547	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	132.13/cwt	130.00–135.00	490	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	129.57/cwt	125.00–132.00	610	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	122.05/cwt	119.00–125.00	752	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	126.30/cwt	125.00–128.50	735	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	128.88/cwt	126.00–130.50	680	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	128.61/cwt	123.00–136.00	675	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	841	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	131.33/cwt	130.00–133.00	548	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	129.06/cwt	124.00–129.50	742	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	147.75/cwt	143.00–156.00	785	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	526	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	256	134.66/cwt	134.00–136.00	345	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	107.55/cwt	105.00–110.00	828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	315	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	595	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	506	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	415	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	307	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	132.61/cwt	130.00–138.00	641	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	129.23/cwt	127.00–129.50	951	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	137.61/cwt	131.00–141.00	872	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	143.76/cwt	142.00–145.00	483	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	945	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	983	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	578	158.14/cwt	157.00–159.00	914	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	137.31/cwt	129.00–142.00	931	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	147.51/cwt	139.00–154.00	701	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	146.74/cwt	142.00–149.00	537	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	129.50/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,002	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	144.91/cwt	135.00–155.00	843	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	141.06/cwt	136.00–146.00	595	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	265	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	735	137.90/cwt	137.90–137.90	1,014	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	827	124.10/cwt	124.10–124.10	1,026	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	872	126.95/cwt	126.95–126.95	1,107	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	146.68/cwt	143.00–152.00	917	41

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 (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Thu Jun 27, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,091Last week 1,049Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 93Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,065	90.00–94.00	92.23
3	—	1,685	80.00–86.00	83.87
2	—	1,150	76.00–78.00	76.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,038	51.00–59.00	54.96
4	—	1,086	60.00–65.00	62.50
2	—	940	46.00–49.00	47.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,676	62.00–67.00	63.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,294	60.00–68.00	63.86
6	—	1,218	51.00–59.00	56.37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	469	121.00–132.00	128.06
5	—	428	120.00–130.00	125.19
2	—	523	122.00–126.00	123.95
1	—	740	99.00	99.00
1	—	690	111.00	111.00
1	—	570	117.00	117.00
1	—	395	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	415	133.00–145.00	139.28
11	—	530	133.00–143.00	137.60
9	—	706	124.00	124.00
7	—	331	139.00–149.00	142.46
6	—	620	137.00–143.00	141.79
5	—	480	135.00–150.00	141.13
3	—	365	144.00	144.00
3	—	256	134.00–136.00	134.66
2	—	770	105.00–110.00	107.55
1	—	680	129.00	129.00
1	—	595	146.00	146.00
1	—	220	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	270	134.00–137.00	135.09
4	—	705	108.00–111.00	108.76
4	—	841	94.00	94.00
6	—	315	130.00–134.00	132.04
6	—	662	116.00–122.00	119.99
10	—	423	126.00–133.00	129.42
15	—	371	130.00–135.00	132.13
19	—	471	125.00–132.00	129.57
28	—	616	119.00–125.00	122.05
37	—	582	125.00–128.50	126.30
38	—	528	126.00–130.50	128.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	376	100.00–123.00	113.45
5	—	748	101.50	101.50
8	—	421	118.00–125.00	122.03
16	—	564	117.00–123.00	122.17
23	—	537	112.00–124.00	122.24
38	—	475	111.00–124.00	121.70
1	—	625	103.00	103.00
1	—	750	93.00	93.00
4	—	658	102.00–103.00	102.25
5	—	327	120.00–125.00	123.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	587	145.90	145.90
88	—	609	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	135.00	135.00
1	—	640	121.00	121.00
6	—	525	123.00–136.00	128.61
6	—	662	127.00	127.00
9	—	417	130.00–133.00	131.33
12	—	575	124.00–129.50	129.06
17	—	483	130.00–138.00	132.61
1	—	265	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	531	143.00–156.00	147.75
9	—	736	127.00–129.50	129.23
6	—	634	131.00–141.00	137.61
4	—	336	142.00–145.00	143.76
1	—	270	143.00	143.00
20	—	678	129.00–142.00	137.31
19	—	475	139.00–154.00	147.51
12	—	366	142.00–149.00	146.74
11	—	774	125.00–133.00	129.50
11	—	582	135.00–155.00	144.91
11	—	422	136.00–146.00	141.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	578	157.00–159.00	158.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	735	137.90	137.90
64	—	827	124.10	124.10
62	—	872	126.95	126.95
41	—	625	143.00–152.00	146.68
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	85.00	85.00
1	—	415	74.00	74.00

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