Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday:Feeder steers 6.00-10.00 lower,Feeder heifers 4.00-6.00 lower, Moderate demand for feeder classes except for Loads of heifers they sold with very good demand.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 $124.09/cwt on 495 head.

Average price

$124.09

495 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$715

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$23.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.79

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	580	125.80	730	459
Medium and Large 2-3	525	102.33	537	36

One grade step is worth $23.47/cwt here — about $193 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 sale495 hd

124.09

—

KY average28 barns · 5,066 hd

119.30

+4.79

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	1,618	80.94	1,310	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,522	56.04	853	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	52.40	668	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	973	50.38	490	12

Every lot, as filed

100 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 1-2Fancy	—	405	155.74/cwt	155.00–158.00	631	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	121.67/cwt	121.00–122.00	944	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	116.74/cwt	116.00–118.00	969	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	262	135.49/cwt	132.50–142.50	355	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	104.30/cwt	92.00–115.00	492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	105.26/cwt	104.00–108.00	616	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	98.87/cwt	90.00–112.00	520	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	315	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	505	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	235	158.80/cwt	157.50–160.00	373	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	868	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	138.51/cwt	130.00–138.90	817	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	258	104.85/cwt	100.00–110.00	271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	96.04/cwt	90.00–99.00	658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	611	99.77/cwt	93.00–102.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	106.68/cwt	100.00–111.00	451	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	121.07/cwt	115.00–128.00	519	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	118.67/cwt	111.00–121.00	568	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	117.23/cwt	110.00–121.00	610	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	722	122.41/cwt	121.00–123.00	884	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	689	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	827	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	763	123.10/cwt	123.10–123.10	939	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	123.20/cwt	120.00–130.00	352	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	110.33/cwt	104.00–116.00	687	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	381	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	575	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	128.05/cwt	121.00–132.00	744	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	139.83/cwt	130.00–147.50	445	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	136.13/cwt	130.00–145.00	632	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	123.31/cwt	115.00–129.00	826	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	143.89/cwt	140.00–149.00	527	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	126.51/cwt	122.00–128.00	767	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	890	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,117	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	132.54/cwt	124.00–138.00	681	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	142.56/cwt	135.00–145.00	596	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	125.66/cwt	121.00–129.00	897	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	106.51/cwt	102.50–110.00	344	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	337	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	741	137.11/cwt	130.00–138.25	1,016	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	764	129.50/cwt	127.50–130.00	989	81
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	524	114.86/cwt	110.00–118.00	602	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	361	121.18/cwt	120.00–127.00	437	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	112.35/cwt	105.00–117.00	646	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	113.13/cwt	100.00–119.00	488	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	678	105.56/cwt	100.00–111.00	716	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	545	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	349	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	473	87.38/cwt	85.00–90.00	413	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	118.26/cwt	100.00–125.00	561	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	773	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	505	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	677	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	610	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	315	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	124.63/cwt	118.00–130.00	651	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	555	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	760	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	657	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	138.95/cwt	135.00–143.00	611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	416	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	604	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	118.08/cwt	100.00–127.00	458	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	90.48/cwt	90.00–91.00	566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	131.05/cwt	122.00–136.00	636	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	109.66/cwt	104.00–114.00	672	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	887	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	105.50/cwt	105.00–106.00	733	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	324	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	108.18/cwt	90.00–116.00	555	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	111.53/cwt	100.00–115.00	533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	112.88/cwt	109.00–118.00	651	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	120.87/cwt	114.00–128.00	444	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	657	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	54.04/cwt	50.00–58.00	692	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	46.81/cwt	41.00–49.00	577	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,374	59.73/cwt	59.00–62.00	821	4
Bulls	—	—	1,802	83.72/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,509	6
Bulls	—	—	1,116	72.50/cwt	70.00–76.00	809	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	53.90/cwt	51.00–57.00	519	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	43.34/cwt	41.00–46.00	430	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,572	55.27/cwt	50.00–58.00	869	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	59.94/cwt	59.00–62.00	888	3
Bulls	—	—	2,070	89.47/cwt	89.00–90.00	1,852	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	71.09/cwt	63.00–79.00	658	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	722.22/cwt	600.00–850.00	8,197	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	674.11/cwt	670.00–680.00	7,954	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	609.33/cwt	560.00–650.00	7,281	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,325	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	11,393	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	10,320	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	667.52/cwt	620.00–700.00	7,576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	117.73/cwt	115.00–128.00	390	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	111.18/cwt	100.00–116.00	794	12

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 Sep 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,119Last week 1,670Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 97Last week 88Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 16Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	405	155.00–158.00	155.74
1	—	315	155.00	155.00
1	—	505	143.00	143.00
2	—	235	157.50–160.00	158.80
4	—	381	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	140.00	140.00
3	—	776	121.00–122.00	121.67
4	—	830	116.00–118.00	116.74
7	—	262	132.50–142.50	135.49
15	—	581	121.00–132.00	128.05
15	—	318	130.00–147.50	139.83
14	—	464	130.00–145.00	136.13
12	—	670	115.00–129.00	123.31
9	—	366	140.00–149.00	143.89
8	—	606	122.00–128.00	126.51
47	—	514	124.00–138.00	132.54
24	—	418	135.00–145.00	142.56
23	—	714	121.00–129.00	125.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	890	125.50	125.50
6	—	615	130.00	130.00
4	—	668	130.00	130.00
84	—	741	130.00–138.25	137.11
81	—	764	127.50–130.00	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	102.50–110.00	106.51
1	—	795	110.00	110.00
1	—	630	103.00	103.00
1	—	275	122.50	122.50
8	—	524	110.00–118.00	114.86
6	—	361	120.00–127.00	121.18
5	—	575	105.00–117.00	112.35
3	—	431	100.00–119.00	113.13
2	—	735	97.00	97.00
2	—	678	100.00–111.00	105.56
9	—	474	100.00–125.00	118.26
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	85.00–90.00	87.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	92.00–115.00	104.30
8	—	585	104.00–108.00	105.26
9	—	526	90.00–112.00	98.87
2	—	258	100.00–110.00	104.85
3	—	685	90.00–99.00	96.04
4	—	611	93.00–102.00	99.77
5	—	423	100.00–111.00	106.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	629	138.00	138.00
90	—	590	130.00–138.90	138.51
7	—	722	121.00–123.00	122.41
8	—	689	120.00	120.00
68	—	763	123.10	123.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	429	115.00–128.00	121.07
39	—	479	111.00–121.00	118.67
41	—	520	110.00–121.00	117.23
6	—	286	120.00–130.00	123.20
9	—	623	104.00–116.00	110.33
4	—	821	108.00	108.00
2	—	750	100.00	100.00
2	—	695	105.00–106.00	105.50
2	—	240	135.00	135.00
24	—	577	109.00–118.00	112.88
19	—	367	114.00–128.00	120.87
17	—	331	115.00–128.00	117.73
12	—	714	100.00–116.00	111.18
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	64.00	64.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	103.00	103.00
1	—	585	120.00	120.00
6	—	522	118.00–130.00	124.63
4	—	380	146.00	146.00
3	—	745	102.00	102.00
3	—	650	101.00	101.00
2	—	440	135.00–143.00	138.95
2	—	292	142.50	142.50
12	—	485	122.00–136.00	131.05
7	—	613	104.00–114.00	109.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	505	134.00	134.00
1	—	655	120.00	120.00
1	—	610	118.00	118.00
1	—	315	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	105.00	105.00
3	—	388	100.00–127.00	118.08
2	—	625	90.00–91.00	90.48
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
8	—	513	90.00–116.00	108.18
5	—	478	100.00–115.00	111.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	49.00	49.00
6	—	1,572	50.00–58.00	55.27
3	—	1,482	59.00–62.00	59.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,280	50.00–58.00	54.04
12	—	1,233	41.00–49.00	46.81
4	—	1,374	59.00–62.00	59.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	963	51.00–57.00	53.90
4	—	993	41.00–46.00	43.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,802	80.00–87.00	83.72
4	—	1,116	70.00–76.00	72.50
2	—	2,070	89.00–90.00	89.47

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	2	—	925	63.00–79.00	71.09
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,135	600.00–850.00	722.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,180	670.00–680.00	674.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,195	560.00–650.00	609.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	500.00	500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,135	620.00–700.00	667.52

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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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