Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady, feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady; Slaughter bulls sold steady. There was moderate demand for all classes of feeder cattle with moderate offering. Buyers showed good interest in weaned cattle and cattle with favorable condition, off colored or pinkeye scared cattle sold at a discount.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.99/cwt on 221 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −141.69 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$129.99

221 head · 796 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,034

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$364

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

$16.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.93

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	800	130.36	1,043	216
Medium and Large 2-3	597	113.80	679	5thin

One grade step is worth $16.56/cwt here — about $364 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 sale221 hd

129.99

—

KY average27 barns · 4,797 hd

132.92

−2.93

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−141.69

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	1,584	75.62	1,198	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,536	51.27	788	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,259	48.25	608	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,114	39.58	441	5thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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	—	554	129.98/cwt	125.00–131.00	720	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	131.77/cwt	126.00–133.00	681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,045	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	131.36/cwt	129.00–135.00	628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	526	144.32/cwt	143.00–146.00	759	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	427	146.21/cwt	142.00–150.00	624	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	276	102.79/cwt	90.00–105.00	284	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	519	96.77/cwt	90.00–103.00	502	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	105.64/cwt	100.00–109.00	518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	91.16/cwt	82.00–100.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	312	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	835	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	697	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	857	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	112.58/cwt	104.00–116.50	593	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	113.63/cwt	106.00–118.00	641	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	118.15/cwt	111.00–121.00	568	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	117.23/cwt	111.00–121.50	491	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	122.45/cwt	119.00–126.00	465	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	118.58/cwt	107.00–122.00	854	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	121.75/cwt	109.00–124.00	802	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	129.39/cwt	119.00–134.00	419	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	929	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	342	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	604	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	852	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	789	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	1,083	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	934	124.22/cwt	121.40–126.85	1,160	114
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	420	148.68/cwt	144.00–155.00	624	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	127.43/cwt	125.00–130.00	361	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	835	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	119.37/cwt	111.00–131.00	446	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	130.14/cwt	111.00–136.00	565	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	133.00/cwt	124.00–134.00	640	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	125.82/cwt	115.00–131.00	710	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	347	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	98.84/cwt	90.00–105.00	458	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	105.20/cwt	105.00–106.00	452	5
Bulls	—	—	1,710	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,436	1
Bulls	—	—	1,553	73.52/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,142	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	652	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	41.98/cwt	36.00–45.00	496	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	50.99/cwt	50.00–53.00	668	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	886	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	49.36/cwt	48.00–50.00	755	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	35.46/cwt	35.00–36.00	377	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	42.32/cwt	41.00–44.00	486	3

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 Oct 3, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,020Last week 2,216Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 190Year 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
6	—	554	125.00–131.00	129.98
6	—	517	126.00–133.00	131.77
4	—	871	120.00	120.00
3	—	478	129.00–135.00	131.36
1	—	705	115.00	115.00
1	—	645	120.00	120.00
1	—	420	135.00	135.00
1	—	360	140.00	140.00
1	—	345	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	526	143.00–146.00	144.32
6	—	427	142.00–150.00	146.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	604	141.00	141.00
40	—	789	137.25	137.25
114	—	934	121.40–126.85	124.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	100.00	100.00
1	—	595	115.00	115.00
1	—	625	116.00	116.00
2	—	660	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	276	90.00–105.00	102.79
5	—	519	90.00–103.00	96.77
3	—	490	100.00–109.00	105.64
2	—	560	82.00–100.00	91.16
2	—	312	114.00	114.00
1	—	705	89.00	89.00
1	—	670	85.00	85.00
1	—	395	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	628	133.00	133.00
9	—	697	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	527	104.00–116.50	112.58
16	—	564	106.00–118.00	113.63
13	—	481	111.00–121.00	118.15
11	—	419	111.00–121.50	117.23
9	—	380	119.00–126.00	122.45
8	—	720	107.00–122.00	118.58
7	—	659	109.00–124.00	121.75
6	—	324	119.00–134.00	129.39
1	—	885	105.00	105.00
1	—	830	105.00	105.00
1	—	600	111.00	111.00
1	—	285	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	420	144.00–155.00	148.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	100.00	100.00
2	—	283	125.00–130.00	127.43
3	—	528	131.00	131.00
4	—	766	109.00	109.00
5	—	374	111.00–131.00	119.37
7	—	434	111.00–136.00	130.14
14	—	481	124.00–134.00	133.00
18	—	564	115.00–131.00	125.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	96.00	96.00
1	—	347	116.00	116.00
1	—	355	109.00	109.00
1	—	515	100.00	100.00
1	—	570	102.00	102.00
2	—	695	100.00	100.00
4	—	463	90.00–105.00	98.84
5	—	430	105.00–106.00	105.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	84.00	84.00
4	—	1,553	72.00–77.00	73.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	55.00	55.00
5	—	1,181	36.00–45.00	41.98
9	—	1,311	50.00–53.00	50.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	57.00	57.00
3	—	1,530	48.00–50.00	49.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	35.00–36.00	35.46
3	—	1,148	41.00–44.00	42.32

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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