Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.13/cwt on 869 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −136.55 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$135.13

869 head · 759 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,025

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$470

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

$42.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.25

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	751	137.39	1,032	790
Medium and Large 2-3	841	113.01	950	77
Small and Medium 1-2	595	94.50	562	2thin

One grade step is worth $42.89/cwt here — about $470 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 sale869 hd

135.13

—

KY average26 barns · 6,067 hd

139.39

−4.25

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−136.55

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	1,501	85.32	1,280	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,628	65.68	1,069	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,264	59.97	758	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,003	52.60	528	28

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,119	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	6,804	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	763.72/cwt	620.00–900.00	7,072	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	920.00/cwt	920.00–920.00	11,270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	688	111.64/cwt	107.00–114.00	768	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	210	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	347	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	147.32/cwt	139.00–150.00	625	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	141.65/cwt	132.00–147.00	517	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	100.51/cwt	100.00–101.00	837	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	374	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	479	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	888	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	277	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	478	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	331	152.75/cwt	152.00–155.00	506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	550	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	844	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	421	160.14/cwt	156.00–166.00	674	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	371	158.17/cwt	154.00–163.00	587	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	525	153.90/cwt	152.00–157.00	808	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	116.20/cwt	115.00–117.00	662	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	115.89/cwt	110.00–119.00	612	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	612	112.36/cwt	100.00–118.00	688	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	112.96/cwt	107.00–116.00	533	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	1
Bulls	—	—	1,128	77.99/cwt	77.00–79.00	880	3
Bulls	—	—	1,622	90.92/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,475	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	617	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	935	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	478	156.15/cwt	152.00–159.00	746	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	134.94/cwt	123.00–140.00	843	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	131.10/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,020	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	142.23/cwt	138.00–150.00	676	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	128.41/cwt	121.00–139.00	872	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	925	126.60/cwt	126.60–126.60	1,171	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	141.63/cwt	140.50–143.00	860	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	125.45/cwt	125.40–126.00	1,124	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	135.19/cwt	131.00–135.50	950	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	138.26/cwt	130.00–148.00	788	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	143.52/cwt	131.00–150.00	741	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	866	137.20/cwt	132.40–139.50	1,188	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	789	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,081	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	808	136.85/cwt	136.85–136.85	1,106	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	957	121.60/cwt	121.60–121.60	1,164	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	119.92/cwt	111.00–129.00	690	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	127.20/cwt	124.00–130.00	541	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	128.05/cwt	120.00–131.00	410	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	603	117.31/cwt	114.00–119.00	707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	363	130.65/cwt	130.00–131.00	474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	847	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	655	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	583	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	535	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	994	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,078	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	788	113.99/cwt	111.00–120.00	898	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	424	168.75/cwt	165.00–170.00	716	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	305	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	503	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	132.74/cwt	126.00–145.00	697	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	127.93/cwt	121.00–139.00	814	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	117.75/cwt	115.00–120.00	857	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	140.59/cwt	135.00–148.00	664	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	118.99/cwt	115.00–122.00	809	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	139.35/cwt	139.00–140.00	582	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	108.03/cwt	106.00–110.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	110.12/cwt	104.00–116.00	686	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	118.15/cwt	111.00–125.00	555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	393	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	113.99/cwt	110.00–116.00	830	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	135.29/cwt	133.00–137.50	345	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	401	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	561	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	268	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	383	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	114.91/cwt	106.00–123.00	611	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	128.12/cwt	120.00–134.00	735	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	129.34/cwt	122.00–134.00	671	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	122.92/cwt	120.00–127.00	771	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	132.36/cwt	121.00–138.00	569	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	135.26/cwt	124.00–139.00	505	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	136.20/cwt	134.00–138.00	436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	215	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	253	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	855	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	751	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	929	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	588	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	816	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	658	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	892	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	130.02/cwt	122.00–136.00	616	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	102.47/cwt	101.00–104.00	835	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	47.88/cwt	46.00–50.00	478	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	63.23/cwt	61.00–66.00	620	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,643	67.09/cwt	65.00–79.00	1,102	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,547	58.36/cwt	57.00–61.00	903	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	63.99/cwt	60.00–75.00	829	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	56.29/cwt	51.00–59.00	698	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	52.94/cwt	51.00–56.00	536	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	47.68/cwt	47.00–48.00	522	3
Bulls	—	—	1,576	85.84/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,353	10

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 29, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,551Last week 1,164Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 154Last week 140Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 12Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	990	113.00	113.00
9	—	424	139.00–150.00	147.32
3	—	365	132.00–147.00	141.65
1	—	245	155.00	155.00
2	—	267	140.00	140.00
2	—	342	140.00	140.00
20	—	625	123.00–140.00	134.94
18	—	778	126.00–134.00	131.10
15	—	475	138.00–150.00	142.23
12	—	679	121.00–139.00	128.41
51	—	896	125.40–126.00	125.45
35	—	703	131.00–135.50	135.19
26	—	570	130.00–148.00	138.26
23	—	516	131.00–150.00	143.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	165.00	165.00
2	—	277	172.50	172.50
4	—	331	152.00–155.00	152.75
6	—	550	153.50	153.50
7	—	421	156.00–166.00	160.14
15	—	371	154.00–163.00	158.17
16	—	525	152.00–157.00	153.90
61	—	617	151.50	151.50
17	—	478	152.00–159.00	156.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	925	126.60	126.60
19	—	607	140.50–143.00	141.63
187	—	866	132.40–139.50	137.20
62	—	789	137.00	137.00
60	—	808	136.85	136.85
58	—	957	121.60	121.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	125.00	125.00
1	—	470	118.00	118.00
4	—	575	111.00–129.00	119.92
4	—	425	124.00–130.00	127.20
4	—	320	120.00–131.00	128.05
3	—	603	114.00–119.00	117.31
3	—	363	130.00–131.00	130.65
1	—	730	116.00	116.00
52	—	994	108.50	108.50
4	—	788	111.00–120.00	113.99
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	89.00	89.00
1	—	535	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	688	107.00–114.00	111.64
5	—	570	115.00–117.00	116.20
6	—	528	110.00–119.00	115.89
8	—	612	100.00–118.00	112.36
9	—	472	107.00–116.00	112.96
1	—	260	117.50	117.50
1	—	300	110.00	110.00
1	—	420	110.00	110.00
1	—	215	117.50	117.50
2	—	815	101.00–104.00	102.47
1	—	785	100.00	100.00
1	—	735	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	728	110.00–116.00	113.99
2	—	255	133.00–137.50	135.29
37	—	574	120.00–134.00	128.12
35	—	519	122.00–134.00	129.34
24	—	627	120.00–127.00	122.92
24	—	430	121.00–138.00	132.36
18	—	373	124.00–139.00	135.26
6	—	320	134.00–138.00	136.20
45	—	474	122.00–136.00	130.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	401	140.00	140.00
3	—	310	140.00	140.00
3	—	268	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	630	135.75	135.75
72	—	751	123.75	123.75
58	—	588	138.75	138.75
10	—	658	135.50	135.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	100.00–101.00	100.51
2	—	590	132.00	132.00
2	—	382	150.00	150.00
1	—	860	100.00	100.00
17	—	525	126.00–145.00	132.74
9	—	636	121.00–139.00	127.93
4	—	728	115.00–120.00	117.75
4	—	472	135.00–148.00	140.59
3	—	680	115.00–122.00	118.99
3	—	418	139.00–140.00	139.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	165.00–170.00	168.75
1	—	305	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	106.00–110.00	108.03
2	—	623	104.00–116.00	110.12
2	—	470	111.00–125.00	118.15
1	—	775	104.00	104.00
1	—	570	120.00	120.00
1	—	330	119.00	119.00
5	—	532	106.00–123.00	114.91

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	560.00	560.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	926	620.00–900.00	763.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,225	920.00	920.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,045	85.00	85.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,128	77.00–79.00	77.99
3	—	1,622	90.00–92.00	90.92
10	—	1,576	80.00–89.00	85.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	998	46.00–50.00	47.88
4	—	981	61.00–66.00	63.23
14	—	1,013	51.00–56.00	52.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,643	65.00–79.00	67.09
5	—	1,547	57.00–61.00	58.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,296	60.00–75.00	63.99
37	—	1,240	51.00–59.00	56.29
3	—	1,095	47.00–48.00	47.68

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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Steers · 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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle