Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday:Feeder steers 3.00-5.00 higher,Feeder heifers 6.00-8.00 higher,Very good demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher,Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.44/cwt on 1,305 head.

Average price

$139.44

1,305 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$911

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$30.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.67

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	654	139.60	912	1,298
Medium and Large 2-3	630	109.00	687	7thin

One grade step is worth $30.60/cwt here — about $226 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 sale1,305 hd

139.44

—

KY average26 barns · 5,010 hd

131.76

+7.67

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	—	Low	1,370	87.24	1,195	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,554	67.66	1,051	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,262	60.64	765	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,006	53.53	538	17
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,128	100.93	1,138	2thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	119.91/cwt	112.00–125.00	855	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	133.33/cwt	123.00–138.00	576	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	696	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	508	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	55.81/cwt	51.00–59.00	690	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	63.82/cwt	60.00–72.00	815	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	910	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	937	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	128.86/cwt	122.00–135.00	612	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	126.14/cwt	118.00–129.00	859	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	116.99/cwt	116.00–118.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	812	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	755	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	54.43/cwt	51.00–58.00	560	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	123.38/cwt	123.00–123.50	981	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	124.11/cwt	116.00–127.00	756	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,554	67.66/cwt	64.00–71.00	1,051	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	63.94/cwt	62.00–65.00	638	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	43.48/cwt	40.00–47.00	415	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	853	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	876	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	125.45/cwt	124.00–129.00	590	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	140.59/cwt	130.00–145.00	724	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	145.57/cwt	139.00–151.00	689	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	147.63/cwt	140.00–155.00	551	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	133.21/cwt	123.00–137.00	819	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	158.22/cwt	157.50–159.00	451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	145.68/cwt	136.00–151.00	637	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	123.95/cwt	120.00–126.00	828	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	125	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	137.32/cwt	135.00–138.00	788	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	138.04/cwt	135.00–141.00	726	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	415	144.86/cwt	139.00–146.00	601	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	494	138.16/cwt	138.00–140.00	683	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	641	145.90/cwt	145.90–145.90	935	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	738	132.60/cwt	128.50–135.00	979	124
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	—	975	91.87/cwt	91.75–92.00	896	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	767	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,081	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	469	162.25/cwt	154.00–169.00	761	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	640	148.02/cwt	147.00–152.00	947	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	654	147.33/cwt	144.50–150.00	964	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	143.80/cwt	139.50–144.50	1,043	82
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	403	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	657	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	601	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	889	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	635	150.80/cwt	150.80–150.80	958	404
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	220	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	365	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	574	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	850	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	343	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	552	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	366	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	597	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	828	144.20/cwt	144.20–144.20	1,194	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	505	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	853	1
Bulls	—	—	1,040	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	780	1
Bulls	—	—	1,579	92.41/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,459	6
Bulls	—	—	1,299	85.80/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,115	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	131.75/cwt	123.00–139.00	754	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	608	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,338	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	739	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	525	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	420	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	621	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	565	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	100	63.33/cwt	40.00–90.00	63	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	146.37/cwt	132.00–151.00	698	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	141.11/cwt	131.00–146.00	526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	317	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	4,042	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	143.50/cwt	134.00–153.00	751	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	139.14/cwt	126.00–146.00	867	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	132.49/cwt	132.00–133.00	1,101	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	126.00/cwt	123.00–131.00	977	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	137.51/cwt	128.00–141.00	924	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	145.15/cwt	135.00–152.00	615	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	422	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	528	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	141.11/cwt	129.00–147.00	814	53
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,128	100.93/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,138	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,041	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	130.52/cwt	120.00–134.00	750	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	130.31/cwt	121.00–134.00	691	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	133.56/cwt	124.00–140.00	493	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	136.13/cwt	128.00–141.00	447	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	926	129.16/cwt	127.00–133.90	1,196	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	757	132.11/cwt	130.25–133.30	1,000	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,019	124.44/cwt	120.75–128.20	1,268	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	862	136.46/cwt	135.25–137.75	1,176	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	829	139.88/cwt	134.75–142.75	1,160	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	160.52/cwt	156.00–163.00	852	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	592	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	885	15

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 Jul 25, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,706Last week 2,064Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 78Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	713	112.00–125.00	119.91
23	—	432	123.00–138.00	133.33
16	—	475	122.00–135.00	128.86
17	—	681	118.00–129.00	126.14
17	—	795	123.00–123.50	123.38
18	—	609	116.00–127.00	124.11
36	—	575	120.00–134.00	130.52
37	—	530	121.00–134.00	130.31
8	—	369	124.00–140.00	133.56
9	—	328	128.00–141.00	136.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	118.00	118.00
1	—	675	115.00	115.00
1	—	475	110.00	110.00
2	—	523	116.00–118.00	116.99
2	—	812	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	574	135.00–138.00	137.32
48	—	526	135.00–141.00	138.04
9	—	415	139.00–146.00	144.86
12	—	494	138.00–140.00	138.16
74	—	641	145.90	145.90
124	—	738	128.50–135.00	132.60
327	—	757	130.25–133.30	132.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
404	—	635	150.80	150.80
1	—	220	142.50	142.50
1	—	365	147.00	147.00
79	—	574	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	103.00	103.00
1	—	535	130.00	130.00
1	—	235	135.00	135.00
1	—	460	125.00	125.00
2	—	422	125.00	125.00
1	—	625	117.00	117.00
1	—	765	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	767	141.00	141.00
32	—	469	154.00–169.00	162.25
34	—	640	147.00–152.00	148.02
80	—	654	144.50–150.00	147.33
82	—	725	139.50–144.50	143.80
180	—	926	127.00–133.90	129.16
104	—	1,019	120.75–128.20	124.44
119	—	862	135.25–137.75	136.46
229	—	829	134.75–142.75	139.88
13	—	531	156.00–163.00	160.52
15	—	592	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	161.00	161.00
4	—	366	163.00	163.00
65	—	828	144.20	144.20
1	—	505	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	477	132.00–151.00	146.37
3	—	373	131.00–146.00	141.11
17	—	523	134.00–153.00	143.50
18	—	623	126.00–146.00	139.14
4	—	831	132.00–133.00	132.49
6	—	775	123.00–131.00	126.00
14	—	672	128.00–141.00	137.51
19	—	424	135.00–152.00	145.15
53	—	577	129.00–147.00	141.11
1	—	905	115.00	115.00
2	—	705	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	121.00	121.00
2	—	782	112.00	112.00
9	—	515	130.00–145.00	140.59
10	—	473	139.00–151.00	145.57
1	—	330	150.00	150.00
5	—	373	140.00–155.00	147.63
6	—	615	123.00–137.00	133.21
2	—	285	157.50–159.00	158.22
3	—	437	136.00–151.00	145.68
3	—	668	120.00–126.00	123.95
1	—	125	250.00	250.00
13	—	572	123.00–139.00	131.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	124.00–129.00	125.45
1	—	420	130.00	130.00
1	—	590	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	403	163.00	163.00
3	—	601	148.00	148.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	975	91.75–92.00	91.87
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	80.00	80.00
3	—	621	91.00	91.00
3	—	100	40.00–90.00	63.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	42.00	42.00
8	—	1,236	51.00–59.00	55.81
18	—	1,277	60.00–72.00	63.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,028	51.00–58.00	54.43
3	—	998	62.00–65.00	63.94
4	—	955	40.00–47.00	43.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,554	64.00–71.00	67.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	75.00	75.00
6	—	1,579	90.00–96.00	92.41
13	—	1,299	80.00–89.00	85.80
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,128	100.00–102.00	100.93

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,245	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	860	470.00	470.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	83.00	83.00

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 (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle