Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday:Feeder steers under 800 lbs steady,over 800 lbs 2.00-4.00 lower,Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower,Moderate to good demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows and bulls steady,Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.78/cwt on 437 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −134.90 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$136.78

437 head · 754 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,031

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$513

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

$39.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.77

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	758	137.34	1,041	428
Medium and Large 2-3	550	119.44	657	5thin
Small and Medium 1-2	538	98.25	528	4thin

One grade step is worth $39.09/cwt here — about $513 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 sale437 hd

136.78

—

KY average25 barns · 5,580 hd

143.55

−6.77

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−134.90

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	1,497	84.02	1,258	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,597	60.16	961	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,335	56.69	757	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,103	51.82	571	20

Every lot, as filed

95 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	571	156.48/cwt	151.00–159.00	894	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	495	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	834	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	119.59/cwt	110.00–130.00	506	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,435	1,096.17/cwt	1,000.00–1,200.00	15,730	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	12,035	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	7,252	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	148.55/cwt	144.00–150.00	775	4
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	535	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	540	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	695	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	631	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	460	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	152.36/cwt	152.00–155.00	634	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	118.63/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,097	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	124.29/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,032	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	132.53/cwt	121.00–134.50	1,013	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	159.77/cwt	152.50–167.50	511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	154.33/cwt	153.00–155.00	725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	143.84/cwt	139.00–148.00	843	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	141.96/cwt	133.00–148.00	882	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	138.56/cwt	137.00–146.00	923	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	133.71/cwt	130.00–136.00	977	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	616	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,079	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	685	89.67/cwt	89.00–91.00	614	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	83.12/cwt	74.00–93.00	776	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	948	1
Bulls	—	—	1,860	93.08/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,731	2
Bulls	—	—	1,343	73.97/cwt	73.00–75.00	993	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	149.98/cwt	149.00–151.00	645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	223	176.32/cwt	170.00–182.50	393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	428	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	603	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	394	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	559	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	523	135.77/cwt	132.00–139.00	710	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	420	165.00/cwt	160.00–170.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	520	164.10/cwt	155.00–170.00	853	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	573	131.56/cwt	130.00–135.00	754	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	465	140.40/cwt	140.00–142.00	653	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	310	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	420	161.85/cwt	161.00–163.00	680	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	519	155.07/cwt	151.00–157.00	805	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	600	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	879	133.67/cwt	131.50–135.90	1,175	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	984	123.85/cwt	123.85–123.85	1,219	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	606	150.46/cwt	149.00–151.00	912	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	714	125.21/cwt	124.00–126.00	894	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	820	114.28/cwt	113.50–115.25	937	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	611	130.43/cwt	130.00–131.00	797	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	452	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	355	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	149.54/cwt	137.00–157.00	712	21
Bulls	—	—	1,428	84.35/cwt	79.00–87.00	1,205	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	136.22/cwt	131.00–138.00	842	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	130.58/cwt	127.00–133.00	853	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	890	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	113.34/cwt	110.00–115.00	916	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	776	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	141.20/cwt	132.00–150.00	740	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	62.20/cwt	59.00–67.00	979	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	55.05/cwt	54.00–56.00	911	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	61.30/cwt	58.00–74.00	825	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	46.47/cwt	45.00–47.00	623	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	51.30/cwt	47.00–56.00	562	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	59.84/cwt	57.00–70.00	671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	208	136.39/cwt	132.50–140.00	284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	410	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	53.27/cwt	48.00–57.00	704	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	43.14/cwt	38.00–45.00	471	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	315	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	315	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	461	114.13/cwt	101.00–119.00	526	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	682	110.33/cwt	110.00–111.00	752	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	350	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	389	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	107.78/cwt	103.00–112.00	816	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	136.33/cwt	135.00–138.00	570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	645	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	129.34/cwt	121.00–129.50	761	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	133.65/cwt	120.00–137.00	646	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	123.45/cwt	115.00–125.50	825	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	116.75/cwt	114.00–121.00	834	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	889	104.42/cwt	102.00–106.50	928	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	123.10/cwt	120.00–126.00	750	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	567	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 Jan 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,042Last week 1,632Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 91Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 1Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	160.00	160.00
1	—	255	159.00	159.00
2	—	430	149.00–151.00	149.98
1	—	380	153.00	153.00
21	—	476	137.00–157.00	149.54
13	—	618	131.00–138.00	136.22
5	—	653	127.00–133.00	130.58
4	—	706	126.00	126.00
3	—	808	110.00–115.00	113.34
3	—	575	135.00	135.00
13	—	524	132.00–150.00	141.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	125.00	125.00
1	—	505	122.00	122.00
1	—	385	117.50	117.50
1	—	290	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	170.00	170.00
7	—	420	161.00–163.00	161.85
6	—	519	151.00–157.00	155.07
1	—	600	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	571	151.00–159.00	156.48
10	—	495	168.50	168.50
2	—	223	170.00–182.50	176.32
2	—	420	160.00–170.00	165.00
15	—	520	155.00–170.00	164.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	110.00–130.00	119.59
1	—	535	118.00	118.00
1	—	640	130.00	130.00
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	522	144.00–150.00	148.55
8	—	416	152.00–155.00	152.36
9	—	925	116.00–122.00	118.63
14	—	830	122.00–128.00	124.29
22	—	764	121.00–134.50	132.53
2	—	320	152.50–167.50	159.77
3	—	470	153.00–155.00	154.33
12	—	586	139.00–148.00	143.84
28	—	621	133.00–148.00	141.96
45	—	666	137.00–146.00	138.56
46	—	731	130.00–136.00	133.71
2	—	385	160.00	160.00
4	—	881	122.50	122.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	101.00	101.00
1	—	695	92.00	92.00
2	—	460	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	879	131.50–135.90	133.67
51	—	984	123.85	123.85
11	—	606	149.00–151.00	150.46
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	685	89.00–91.00	89.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	428	141.00	141.00
7	—	394	142.00	142.00
44	—	523	132.00–139.00	135.77
43	—	573	130.00–135.00	131.56
22	—	465	140.00–142.00	140.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	714	124.00–126.00	125.21
29	—	820	113.50–115.25	114.28
16	—	611	130.00–131.00	130.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	208	132.50–140.00	136.39
1	—	945	102.00	102.00
1	—	375	122.00	122.00
1	—	325	126.00	126.00
5	—	757	103.00–112.00	107.78
3	—	418	135.00–138.00	136.33
7	—	504	128.00	128.00
86	—	588	121.00–129.50	129.34
28	—	483	120.00–137.00	133.65
27	—	668	115.00–125.50	123.45
16	—	714	114.00–121.00	116.75
15	—	889	102.00–106.50	104.42
9	—	609	120.00–126.00	123.10
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	100.00	100.00
1	—	350	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	461	101.00–119.00	114.13
3	—	682	110.00–111.00	110.33
1	—	335	115.00	115.00
1	—	245	112.50	112.50
1	—	400	107.00	107.00
1	—	605	107.00	107.00
1	—	540	105.00	105.00

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	2	—	1,435	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,096.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	875.00	875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,450	830.00	830.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	740.00	740.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	933	74.00–93.00	83.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,860	92.00–94.00	93.08
2	—	1,343	73.00–75.00	73.97
6	—	1,428	79.00–87.00	84.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,574	59.00–67.00	62.20
2	—	1,655	54.00–56.00	55.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,346	58.00–74.00	61.30
4	—	1,341	45.00–47.00	46.47
19	—	1,321	48.00–57.00	53.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,096	47.00–56.00	51.30
6	—	1,122	57.00–70.00	59.84
5	—	1,092	38.00–45.00	43.14

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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Stanford Livestock Auction

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle