Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday:Feeder steers and heifers 1.00-3.00 lower,Good demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower,Slaughter bulls 1.00-3.00 lower,Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.38/cwt on 964 head.

Average price

$134.38

964 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$21.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.12

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	635	135.01	857	936
Medium and Large 2-3	574	113.38	650	28

One grade step is worth $21.63/cwt here — about $206 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 sale964 hd

134.38

—

KY average27 barns · 5,882 hd

132.27

+2.12

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	1,456	86.92	1,265	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,578	62.00	978	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,236	61.49	760	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,006	56.02	563	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,200	103.00	1,236	1thin

Every lot, as filed

103 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 2-3	—	665	109.54/cwt	104.00–115.00	728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	118.52/cwt	112.00–120.00	676	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	385	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	325	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	137.44/cwt	128.00–142.00	935	321
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	708	103.02/cwt	101.00–105.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	128.85/cwt	122.00–134.00	684	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	603	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	138.32/cwt	136.00–141.50	723	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	486	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	706	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	579	133.25/cwt	132.00–133.50	772	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	724	133.75/cwt	127.00–137.95	968	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	125.56/cwt	121.00–126.50	953	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	125.16/cwt	117.00–127.00	832	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	125.40/cwt	122.00–128.00	714	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	133.11/cwt	124.00–139.50	574	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	131.36/cwt	125.00–138.00	619	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	126.71/cwt	123.00–130.00	792	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	121.00/cwt	120.00–122.00	580	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	103.10/cwt	92.00–111.00	653	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	139.80/cwt	130.00–143.50	865	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	144.95/cwt	141.00–147.00	615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,102	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	817	145.10/cwt	145.10–145.10	1,185	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	458	159.49/cwt	157.00–162.00	730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	424	156.51/cwt	155.00–159.00	664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	144.31/cwt	136.00–149.00	762	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	147.50/cwt	137.00–152.00	704	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	143.66/cwt	135.00–146.00	817	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	135.83/cwt	131.00–137.00	914	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	132.71/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,025	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	134.53/cwt	134.00–135.00	952	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	817	138.64/cwt	136.75–140.00	1,133	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	149.49/cwt	144.00–151.00	907	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	783	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,084	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	915	137.10/cwt	137.10–137.10	1,254	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	559	153.80/cwt	150.00–157.00	860	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	662	146.19/cwt	145.00–147.00	968	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	978	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	642	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	720	141.93/cwt	136.00–144.85	1,022	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	893	138.91/cwt	138.00–139.75	1,240	118
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	56.45/cwt	52.00–59.00	565	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	61.18/cwt	60.00–63.00	628	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	45.80/cwt	40.00–49.00	451	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,050	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	909	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	63.37/cwt	60.00–70.00	783	16
Steers	Select	—	1,200	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,236	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	58.38/cwt	57.00–59.00	715	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	618	1
Bulls	—	—	1,260	87.61/cwt	81.00–91.00	1,104	10
Bulls	—	—	1,844	92.72/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,710	6
Bulls	—	—	1,363	76.50/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,043	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	760	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	760	60
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	771	124.76/cwt	121.00–126.00	962	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	542	121.67/cwt	115.00–129.00	659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	129.27/cwt	120.00–134.00	605	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	370	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	240	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	124.97/cwt	121.00–127.00	841	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	142.55/cwt	135.00–148.00	696	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	147.70/cwt	143.00–153.00	561	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	828	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	137.66/cwt	129.00–141.00	391	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	131.85/cwt	125.00–139.00	512	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	306	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	363	144.35/cwt	141.00–146.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	282	143.22/cwt	142.00–144.00	404	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	463	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	657	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	421	144.10/cwt	140.00–145.00	607	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	422	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	467	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	588	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	663	113.95/cwt	110.00–118.00	755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	570	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	815	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	485	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	514	114.23/cwt	110.00–125.00	587	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	144.88/cwt	136.00–152.00	614	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	134.90/cwt	130.00–142.00	706	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	136.43/cwt	133.00–148.00	791	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	796	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	144.50/cwt	144.00–145.00	467	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	789	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	725.60/cwt	580.00–840.00	8,620	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	8,414	1

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 Aug 8, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,191Last week 2,056Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 102Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	665	104.00–115.00	109.54
8	—	570	112.00–120.00	118.52
1	—	380	110.00	110.00
1	—	795	97.00	97.00
2	—	417	114.00	114.00
2	—	708	101.00–105.00	103.02
3	—	533	118.00	118.00
4	—	479	120.00–122.00	121.00
3	—	633	92.00–111.00	103.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
321	—	680	128.00–142.00	137.44
3	—	603	132.00	132.00
34	—	523	136.00–141.50	138.32
44	—	486	145.25	145.25
58	—	579	132.00–133.50	133.25
265	—	724	127.00–137.95	133.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	531	122.00–134.00	128.85
6	—	759	121.00–126.50	125.56
10	—	665	117.00–127.00	125.16
20	—	569	122.00–128.00	125.40
24	—	431	124.00–139.50	133.11
29	—	471	125.00–138.00	131.36
30	—	625	123.00–130.00	126.71
1	—	905	100.00	100.00
1	—	950	92.00	92.00
1	—	1,000	84.00	84.00
3	—	733	113.00	113.00
4	—	284	129.00–141.00	137.66
5	—	388	125.00–139.00	131.85
1	—	315	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	306	144.00	144.00
3	—	363	141.00–146.00	144.35
5	—	282	142.00–144.00	143.22
5	—	463	142.00	142.00
19	—	421	140.00–145.00	144.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	159.00	159.00
3	—	325	163.00	163.00
64	—	817	145.10	145.10
4	—	458	157.00–162.00	159.49
4	—	424	155.00–159.00	156.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	619	130.00–143.50	139.80
4	—	424	141.00–147.00	144.95
1	—	950	116.00	116.00
33	—	528	136.00–149.00	144.31
28	—	477	137.00–152.00	147.50
25	—	569	135.00–146.00	143.66
23	—	673	131.00–137.00	135.83
17	—	772	130.00–134.00	132.71
15	—	708	134.00–135.00	134.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	817	136.75–140.00	138.64
77	—	607	144.00–151.00	149.49
62	—	783	138.50	138.50
61	—	915	137.10	137.10
10	—	559	150.00–157.00	153.80
5	—	662	145.00–147.00	146.19
171	—	720	136.00–144.85	141.93
118	—	893	138.00–139.75	138.91
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	115.00	115.00
2	—	642	125.00	125.00
1	—	555	130.00	130.00
1	—	370	134.00	134.00
4	—	771	121.00–126.00	124.76
3	—	542	115.00–129.00	121.67
3	—	468	120.00–134.00	129.27
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	760	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	108.00	108.00
1	—	790	110.00	110.00
1	—	725	120.00	120.00
1	—	280	145.00	145.00
9	—	673	121.00–127.00	124.97
7	—	488	135.00–148.00	142.55
7	—	380	143.00–153.00	147.70
10	—	424	136.00–152.00	144.88
15	—	523	130.00–142.00	134.90
18	—	580	133.00–148.00	136.43
1	—	905	99.00	99.00
2	—	323	144.00–145.00	144.50
2	—	612	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	159.00	159.00
1	—	240	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	467	126.00	126.00
2	—	663	110.00–118.00	113.95
3	—	445	128.00	128.00
3	—	755	108.00	108.00
4	—	388	125.00	125.00
4	—	514	110.00–125.00	114.23
1	—	280	140.00	140.00
1	—	570	131.00	131.00
1	—	925	86.00	86.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,000	52.00–59.00	56.45
7	—	1,026	60.00–63.00	61.18
4	—	985	40.00–49.00	45.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	65.00	65.00
1	—	1,540	59.00	59.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,235	60.00–70.00	63.37
5	—	1,225	57.00–59.00	58.38
1	—	1,315	47.00	47.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	103.00	103.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,260	81.00–91.00	87.61
6	—	1,844	91.00–95.00	92.72
4	—	1,363	74.00–81.00	76.50

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	68.00	68.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,188	580.00–840.00	725.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,185	710.00	710.00

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