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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday:Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 higher,Weaned and vaccinated calves and yearlings sold with good demand and unweaned fleshy calves sold with lite demand.Slaughter cows and bulls steady,Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.32/cwt on 907 head.

Average price

$132.32

907 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$30.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.32

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	598	133.71	799	865
Medium and Large 2-3	500	103.69	519	42

One grade step is worth $30.03/cwt here — about $281 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 sale907 hd

132.32

—

KY average27 barns · 7,073 hd

122.00

+10.32

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	1,454	70.08	1,019	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,645	55.84	919	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,245	49.05	610	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	943	44.74	422	20

Every lot, as filed

102 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 1-2Value Added	—	760	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	935	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	737	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	903	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	841	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	999	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	108.67/cwt	102.00–118.00	851	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	113.60/cwt	101.00–118.00	828	8
Bulls	—	—	1,725	75.84/cwt	75.00–77.00	1,308	2
Bulls	—	—	1,318	67.20/cwt	63.00–70.00	886	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	650	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	930	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	143.80/cwt	143.80–143.80	887	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	539	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	776	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	133.01/cwt	132.50–135.00	771	33
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	65.21/cwt	57.00–78.00	580	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	533.02/cwt	500.00–550.00	5,320	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	681.31/cwt	660.00–700.00	8,857	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,483	788.23/cwt	720.00–860.00	11,689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	404	104.74/cwt	104.00–107.00	423	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	98.31/cwt	91.00–108.00	624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	291	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	335	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	865	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	397	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	330	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	245	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	572	102.19/cwt	97.00–105.00	585	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	514	101.99/cwt	98.00–107.00	524	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	105.10/cwt	98.00–110.00	506	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	956	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	142.34/cwt	140.00–145.00	389	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,102	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	480	146.03/cwt	145.00–148.00	701	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	437	145.48/cwt	145.00–147.00	636	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	137.17/cwt	130.00–143.00	582	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	132.56/cwt	122.00–138.00	896	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	131.44/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,000	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	135.67/cwt	131.00–142.00	506	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,070	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,020	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	742	140.43/cwt	139.00–140.50	1,042	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	682	143.10/cwt	141.00–144.00	976	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	136.64/cwt	129.00–143.00	726	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	136.53/cwt	130.00–141.00	782	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	135.61/cwt	125.00–139.00	857	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	138.22/cwt	129.00–144.00	666	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	145.82/cwt	140.00–148.00	910	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	875	135.34/cwt	133.00–136.10	1,184	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	813	138.95/cwt	135.50–141.00	1,130	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	759	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,025	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	900	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,206	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	144.94/cwt	144.00–147.00	754	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	667	111.98/cwt	97.00–119.00	747	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	426	122.48/cwt	116.00–127.00	522	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	341	118.09/cwt	109.00–129.00	403	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	117.29/cwt	110.00–122.00	432	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	773	103.51/cwt	102.00–105.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	733	106.05/cwt	103.00–109.00	777	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	524	118.25/cwt	110.00–125.00	620	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	114.81/cwt	105.00–121.00	727	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	117.17/cwt	110.00–126.00	669	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	121.25/cwt	110.00–128.00	582	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	744	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	136.24/cwt	126.00–141.00	572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	585	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	892	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	405	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	265	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	305	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	133.00/cwt	129.00–141.00	692	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	118.03/cwt	110.00–127.00	720	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	129.65/cwt	129.00–130.00	735	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	135.48/cwt	130.00–141.00	652	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	574	105.34/cwt	103.00–107.00	605	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	519	110.32/cwt	100.00–121.00	573	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	114.17/cwt	110.00–121.00	489	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	101.66/cwt	100.00–104.00	630	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	873	92.96/cwt	90.00–96.00	812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	118.55/cwt	116.00–121.00	454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	921	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	120.05/cwt	110.00–127.00	569	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	120.89/cwt	115.00–126.00	636	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	119.82/cwt	110.00–127.50	688	72
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	39.38/cwt	37.00–42.00	475	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	52.96/cwt	51.00–56.00	689	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	47.46/cwt	45.00–50.00	572	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	706	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,651	57.53/cwt	54.00–60.00	950	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	53.51/cwt	52.00–56.00	499	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	906	47.11/cwt	45.00–50.00	427	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	40.44/cwt	35.00–44.00	393	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	125.82/cwt	115.00–132.00	409	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	121.23/cwt	114.00–130.00	459	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	126.09/cwt	113.00–131.00	792	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	117.01/cwt	110.00–122.00	496	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	466	116.23/cwt	100.00–120.00	542	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	371	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 Oct 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,027Last week 1,020Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 142Last week 60Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 1Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	760	123.00	123.00
26	—	737	122.50	122.50
31	—	841	118.75	118.75
259	—	650	143.00	143.00
133	—	617	143.80	143.80
92	—	539	144.00	144.00
33	—	580	132.50–135.00	133.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	783	102.00–118.00	108.67
8	—	729	101.00–118.00	113.60
1	—	1,090	106.00	106.00
1	—	885	102.00	102.00
1	—	815	113.00	113.00
44	—	474	110.00–127.00	120.05
50	—	526	115.00–126.00	120.89
72	—	574	110.00–127.50	119.82
15	—	325	115.00–132.00	125.82
17	—	379	114.00–130.00	121.23
29	—	628	113.00–131.00	126.09
40	—	424	110.00–122.00	117.01
1	—	230	123.00	123.00
1	—	275	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	112.50	112.50
4	—	404	104.00–107.00	104.74
3	—	635	91.00–108.00	98.31
3	—	291	115.00	115.00
2	—	370	105.00	105.00
1	—	865	96.00	96.00
1	—	680	95.00	95.00
10	—	572	97.00–105.00	102.19
10	—	514	98.00–107.00	101.99
6	—	481	98.00–110.00	105.10
1	—	340	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	397	149.00	149.00
1	—	330	146.00	146.00
1	—	245	152.50	152.50
12	—	480	145.00–148.00	146.03
4	—	437	145.00–147.00	145.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	817	117.00	117.00
2	—	735	117.00	117.00
2	—	273	140.00–145.00	142.34
1	—	1,060	104.00	104.00
17	—	424	130.00–143.00	137.17
16	—	676	122.00–138.00	132.56
7	—	761	128.00–132.00	131.44
5	—	373	131.00–142.00	135.67
2	—	930	115.00	115.00
2	—	857	119.00	119.00
44	—	531	129.00–143.00	136.64
41	—	573	130.00–141.00	136.53
22	—	632	125.00–139.00	135.61
19	—	482	129.00–144.00	138.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	742	139.00–140.50	140.43
13	—	682	141.00–144.00	143.10
126	—	624	140.00–148.00	145.82
124	—	875	133.00–136.10	135.34
124	—	813	135.50–141.00	138.95
68	—	759	135.00	135.00
54	—	900	134.00	134.00
22	—	520	144.00–147.00	144.94
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	667	97.00–119.00	111.98
7	—	426	116.00–127.00	122.48
5	—	341	109.00–129.00	118.09
3	—	368	110.00–122.00	117.29
2	—	773	102.00–105.00	103.51
2	—	733	103.00–109.00	106.05
18	—	524	110.00–125.00	118.25
13	—	633	105.00–121.00	114.81
13	—	571	110.00–126.00	117.17
10	—	480	110.00–128.00	121.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	111.00	111.00
3	—	420	126.00–141.00	136.24
1	—	740	103.00	103.00
1	—	330	133.00	133.00
10	—	520	129.00–141.00	133.00
8	—	610	110.00–127.00	118.03
6	—	567	129.00–130.00	129.65
6	—	481	130.00–141.00	135.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	152.50	152.50
1	—	405	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	90.00	90.00
1	—	265	115.00	115.00
6	—	574	103.00–107.00	105.34
4	—	519	100.00–121.00	110.32
4	—	428	110.00–121.00	114.17
3	—	620	100.00–104.00	101.66
2	—	873	90.00–96.00	92.96
2	—	383	116.00–121.00	118.55
7	—	466	100.00–120.00	116.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,725	75.00–77.00	75.84
4	—	1,318	63.00–70.00	67.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,205	37.00–42.00	39.38
20	—	1,301	51.00–56.00	52.96
25	—	1,206	45.00–50.00	47.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	44.00	44.00
7	—	1,651	54.00–60.00	57.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	933	52.00–56.00	53.51
7	—	906	45.00–50.00	47.11
10	—	971	35.00–44.00	40.44

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	890	57.00–78.00	65.21
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	998	500.00–550.00	533.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,300	660.00–700.00	681.31
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,483	720.00–860.00	788.23

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