Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday:Feeder steers under 400 lbs 6.00-10.00 higher,over 400 lbs steady,Feeder heifers under 400 lbs 6.00-10.00 higher,over 400 lbs 1.00-3.00 higher,Moderate to good demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 higher,Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.32/cwt on 943 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −133.36 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$138.32

943 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$339

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

$19.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.15

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	694	139.79	970	872
Medium and Large 2-3	525	120.26	632	71

One grade step is worth $19.53/cwt here — about $339 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 sale943 hd

138.32

—

KY average27 barns · 7,213 hd

138.17

+0.15

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−133.36

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	1,652	77.44	1,279	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	51.43	802	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	46.15	564	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,010	43.09	435	35

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 1-2Value Added	—	543	128.01/cwt	127.50–130.00	695	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	731	137.80/cwt	137.80–137.80	1,007	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	134.32/cwt	131.50–136.75	833	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	285	140.11/cwt	137.00–143.00	399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	97.67/cwt	95.00–103.00	872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	963	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	692	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	900	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	122.00/cwt	112.00–130.00	515	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	116.82/cwt	111.00–123.00	676	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	133.43/cwt	125.00–136.00	384	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	125.82/cwt	115.00–130.00	474	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	125.15/cwt	119.00–132.00	414	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	113.23/cwt	109.00–116.00	701	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	43.98/cwt	41.00–47.00	540	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	51.28/cwt	48.00–56.00	632	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	47.02/cwt	45.00–49.00	733	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	53.20/cwt	50.00–57.00	830	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	34.67/cwt	34.00–36.00	337	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	49.71/cwt	47.00–54.00	510	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	41.94/cwt	37.00–46.00	423	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	35.75/cwt	30.00–40.00	420	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	906	141.39/cwt	140.80–141.95	1,281	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	863	141.18/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,218	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,121	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	124.23/cwt	120.00–130.50	1,027	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	118.71/cwt	117.00–119.00	810	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	122.50/cwt	122.00–123.00	691	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	131.47/cwt	129.00–139.00	472	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	831	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	834	2
Bulls	—	—	1,495	82.81/cwt	81.00–84.00	1,238	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	115.27/cwt	112.00–121.00	651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	733	105.51/cwt	104.00–107.00	773	2
Bulls	—	—	1,383	70.15/cwt	69.00–71.00	970	2
Bulls	—	—	1,797	76.58/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,376	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	536	111.90/cwt	104.00–121.00	600	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	106.58/cwt	101.00–111.00	717	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	407	121.67/cwt	117.50–125.00	495	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	733	95.51/cwt	93.00–97.00	700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	220	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	248	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	100.33/cwt	100.00–101.00	692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	106.46/cwt	100.00–113.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	366	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	232	118.38/cwt	115.00–120.00	275	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	782	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	993	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	617	102.29/cwt	91.00–111.00	631	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	109.70/cwt	106.00–112.00	642	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	459	110.58/cwt	107.00–112.50	508	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	519	108.99/cwt	101.00–113.00	566	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	415	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	332	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	230	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	122.64/cwt	119.00–125.00	957	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	141.93/cwt	140.00–144.00	397	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	762	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,074	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	682	120.33/cwt	106.00–123.00	821	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	534	120.20/cwt	114.00–122.00	642	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	586	114.60/cwt	110.00–120.00	672	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	68.89/cwt	65.00–82.00	902	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	330	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	103.50/cwt	98.00–105.00	916	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	122.45/cwt	120.00–126.00	764	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	135.58/cwt	126.00–145.00	590	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	133.74/cwt	129.00–143.00	625	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	130.09/cwt	129.00–134.00	693	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	891	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	113.07/cwt	108.00–118.00	537	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	107.06/cwt	101.00–110.00	667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	121.14/cwt	114.00–126.00	573	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	118.55/cwt	113.00–125.00	615	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	118.58/cwt	107.00–129.00	805	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	112.87/cwt	103.00–118.00	831	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	114.83/cwt	107.00–126.00	497	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	932	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	230	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	290	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	515	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	322	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	506	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	492	152.01/cwt	150.00–153.00	748	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	413	150.42/cwt	150.00–151.00	621	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	132.60/cwt	130.00–137.00	831	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	136.15/cwt	124.00–142.75	722	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	134.30/cwt	125.00–141.00	768	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	494	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	741	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	916	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	849	139.95/cwt	139.95–139.95	1,188	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	148.80/cwt	140.00–151.00	461	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	122.61/cwt	117.00–130.00	882	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	131.56/cwt	128.00–137.00	885	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	140.27/cwt	134.00–150.00	520	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	138.03/cwt	130.00–149.00	663	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	139.91/cwt	131.00–145.00	596	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	476	122.40/cwt	110.00–129.00	583	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	616	121.08/cwt	110.00–128.00	746	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	273	118.44/cwt	110.00–129.00	323	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	317	125.13/cwt	113.00–132.00	397	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	376	126.77/cwt	117.50–131.00	477	5

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 Nov 7, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,086Last week 1,433Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 170Last week 105Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 2Year 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
52	—	543	127.50–130.00	128.01
80	—	731	137.80	137.80
163	—	620	131.50–136.75	134.32
7	—	692	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	137.00–143.00	140.11
5	—	782	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	893	95.00–103.00	97.67
5	—	1,019	94.50	94.50
41	—	422	112.00–130.00	122.00
45	—	579	111.00–123.00	116.82
12	—	288	125.00–136.00	133.43
18	—	377	115.00–130.00	125.82
21	—	331	119.00–132.00	125.15
27	—	619	109.00–116.00	113.23
3	—	232	115.00–120.00	118.38
1	—	810	102.00	102.00
77	—	473	114.00–126.00	121.14
50	—	519	113.00–125.00	118.55
34	—	679	107.00–129.00	118.58
27	—	736	103.00–118.00	112.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	733	93.00–97.00	95.51
4	—	220	112.50	112.50
3	—	690	100.00–101.00	100.33
2	—	755	100.00	100.00
2	—	418	100.00–113.00	106.46
1	—	330	111.00	111.00
13	—	617	91.00–111.00	102.29
10	—	585	106.00–112.00	109.70
6	—	459	107.00–112.50	110.58
5	—	519	101.00–113.00	108.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	906	140.80–141.95	141.39
213	—	863	135.00–144.00	141.18
7	—	762	141.00	141.00
44	—	494	150.00	150.00
59	—	619	148.00	148.00
63	—	849	139.95	139.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,028	109.00	109.00
11	—	827	120.00–130.50	124.23
3	—	780	119.00–125.00	122.64
3	—	280	140.00–144.00	141.93
47	—	627	130.00–137.00	132.60
59	—	530	124.00–142.75	136.15
60	—	572	125.00–141.00	134.30
12	—	310	140.00–151.00	148.80
15	—	719	117.00–130.00	122.61
21	—	673	128.00–137.00	131.56
26	—	371	134.00–150.00	140.27
39	—	480	130.00–149.00	138.03
43	—	426	131.00–145.00	139.91
1	—	925	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	111.00	111.00
10	—	682	106.00–123.00	120.33
7	—	534	114.00–122.00	120.20
6	—	586	110.00–120.00	114.60
6	—	433	107.00–126.00	114.83
2	—	810	115.00	115.00
12	—	476	110.00–129.00	122.40
13	—	616	110.00–128.00	121.08
4	—	273	110.00–129.00	118.44
5	—	317	113.00–132.00	125.13
5	—	376	117.50–131.00	126.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	160.00	160.00
1	—	290	160.00	160.00
1	—	515	145.00	145.00
4	—	360	157.00	157.00
5	—	322	157.00	157.00
6	—	492	150.00–153.00	152.01
7	—	413	150.00–151.00	150.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	682	117.00–119.00	118.71
4	—	564	122.00–123.00	122.50
4	—	359	129.00–139.00	131.47
2	—	755	110.00	110.00
2	—	725	115.00	115.00
17	—	885	98.00–105.00	103.50
14	—	624	120.00–126.00	122.45
14	—	435	126.00–145.00	135.58
13	—	467	129.00–143.00	133.74
9	—	533	129.00–134.00	130.09
10	—	810	110.00	110.00
1	—	280	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	112.00–121.00	115.27
2	—	733	104.00–107.00	105.51
12	—	536	104.00–121.00	111.90
5	—	673	101.00–111.00	106.58
5	—	407	117.50–125.00	121.67
1	—	300	110.00	110.00
4	—	475	108.00–118.00	113.07
3	—	623	101.00–110.00	107.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	80.00	80.00
1	—	230	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,228	41.00–47.00	43.98
26	—	1,232	48.00–56.00	51.28
8	—	1,176	30.00–40.00	35.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,558	45.00–49.00	47.02
10	—	1,561	50.00–57.00	53.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	972	34.00–36.00	34.67
8	—	1,026	47.00–54.00	49.71
24	—	1,009	37.00–46.00	41.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,495	81.00–84.00	82.81
2	—	1,383	69.00–71.00	70.15
8	—	1,797	74.00–79.00	76.58

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	4	—	1,310	65.00–82.00	68.89

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Reporter comment USDA

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle