Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday:Feeder steers and heifers 5.00-8.00 higher with instances of 10.00-15.00 higher,Yearlings 3.00-5.00 higher,Very good demand for all feeder classes.Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00-8.00 higher,Very good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.69/cwt on 1,058 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −127.99 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$143.69

1,058 head · 717 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,030

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$296

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

$21.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.72

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	719	144.11	1,036	1,038
Medium and Large 2-3	605	122.25	740	20

One grade step is worth $21.86/cwt here — about $296 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 sale1,058 hd

143.69

—

KY average28 barns · 4,965 hd

146.42

−2.72

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−127.99

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	1,663	89.77	1,493	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,627	65.45	1,065	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,290	60.60	782	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,074	54.58	586	21

Every lot, as filed

101 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	—	626	132.02/cwt	131.00–133.00	826	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	143.21/cwt	135.00–150.00	743	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	313	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	438	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	659	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	788	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	65.04/cwt	61.00–73.00	724	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	56.38/cwt	53.00–59.00	706	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,634	67.66/cwt	60.00–74.00	1,106	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	53.97/cwt	50.00–58.00	585	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	64.16/cwt	60.00–70.00	838	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	41.02/cwt	31.00–48.00	411	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	133.45/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,036	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	157.88/cwt	150.00–162.00	906	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	658	149.82/cwt	143.00–151.00	986	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	427	183.23/cwt	171.00–190.00	782	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	176.75/cwt	170.00–179.00	424	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	137.17/cwt	134.00–147.00	720	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	105.42/cwt	92.00–110.00	717	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	138.25/cwt	135.00–140.00	435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	125.92/cwt	121.00–129.00	773	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	136.35/cwt	125.00–140.00	529	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	118.64/cwt	109.00–120.00	857	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	501	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	746	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	780	121.74/cwt	121.50–123.00	950	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	145.01/cwt	141.00–151.00	699	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	478	162.99/cwt	162.00–166.00	779	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	262	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	498	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	116.00/cwt	107.00–125.00	626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	122.52/cwt	120.00–130.00	809	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	141.37/cwt	133.00–145.00	800	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	533	156.99/cwt	156.00–158.00	837	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	148.99/cwt	140.00–157.50	550	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	579	141.71/cwt	134.00–143.40	821	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	825	117.60/cwt	116.50–119.00	970	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	318	154.61/cwt	145.00–156.00	492	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	134.34/cwt	129.00–139.00	645	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	129.23/cwt	125.00–130.00	752	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	131.01/cwt	130.00–132.00	705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	823	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	140.04/cwt	134.00–144.50	727	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	466	146.15/cwt	140.00–147.00	681	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	868	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	867	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,032	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	419	145.95/cwt	142.00–154.00	612	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	805	78.99/cwt	77.00–81.00	636	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	770	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	161.06/cwt	147.00–163.00	686	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	127.26/cwt	120.00–131.50	1,046	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	332	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	681	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	131.66/cwt	131.00–132.00	936	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	162.66/cwt	160.00–165.00	467	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	476	176.69/cwt	173.00–183.00	841	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	908	131.11/cwt	129.00–133.20	1,190	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	146.21/cwt	141.00–153.00	931	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	117.61/cwt	115.00–117.70	1,144	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	132.78/cwt	128.00–138.00	886	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	123.83/cwt	110.00–130.00	706	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	134.76/cwt	125.00–139.00	838	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	119.74/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,111	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	139.04/cwt	137.00–141.00	674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	500	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	123.54/cwt	115.00–126.00	845	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	132.89/cwt	123.00–139.00	581	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	113.76/cwt	111.00–118.00	866	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,037	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	93.92/cwt	82.00–103.00	967	3
Bulls	—	—	1,802	95.69/cwt	92.00–101.00	1,724	7
Bulls	—	—	1,175	69.03/cwt	65.00–73.00	811	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	618	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	847	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	156.67/cwt	154.00–162.00	743	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	355	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	127.64/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,103	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	179.10/cwt	170.00–187.50	668	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	171.10/cwt	165.00–180.00	577	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	374	198.52/cwt	190.00–200.50	742	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	881	133.44/cwt	131.95–134.85	1,176	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	831	137.82/cwt	133.00–138.75	1,145	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	158.50/cwt	153.50–163.00	826	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	146.87/cwt	145.00–149.00	859	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	762	119.11/cwt	114.00–122.00	908	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	117.75/cwt	110.00–126.00	616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	280	203.49/cwt	182.50–211.00	570	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	713	142.12/cwt	137.50–144.50	1,013	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	119.32/cwt	119.00–120.00	636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	983	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	379	150.73/cwt	142.00–156.00	571	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	631	138.68/cwt	130.00–140.00	875	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	708	124.05/cwt	121.00–124.25	878	49

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 Feb 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,217Last week 480Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 133Last week 7Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year 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
4	—	626	131.00–133.00	132.02
8	—	519	135.00–150.00	143.21
4	—	482	141.00–151.00	145.01
4	—	660	120.00–130.00	122.52
4	—	566	133.00–145.00	141.37
1	—	435	142.00	142.00
5	—	369	140.00–157.50	148.99
1	—	725	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	140.00	140.00
2	—	540	107.00–125.00	116.00
1	—	560	115.00	115.00
1	—	835	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	478	162.00–166.00	162.99
2	—	262	190.00	190.00
2	—	533	156.00–158.00	156.99
3	—	618	137.00	137.00
1	—	355	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	776	129.00–134.00	133.45
4	—	240	170.00–179.00	176.75
5	—	525	134.00–147.00	137.17
11	—	426	147.00–163.00	161.06
8	—	822	120.00–131.50	127.26
6	—	711	131.00–132.00	131.66
5	—	287	160.00–165.00	162.66
60	—	973	115.00–117.70	117.61
22	—	667	128.00–138.00	132.78
16	—	622	125.00–139.00	134.76
8	—	928	119.00–120.00	119.74
9	—	474	154.00–162.00	156.67
6	—	864	121.00–129.00	127.64
5	—	373	170.00–187.50	179.10
3	—	337	165.00–180.00	171.10
25	—	585	145.00–149.00	146.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	574	150.00–162.00	157.88
97	—	658	143.00–151.00	149.82
114	—	908	129.00–133.20	131.11
52	—	637	141.00–153.00	146.21
136	—	881	131.95–134.85	133.44
76	—	831	133.00–138.75	137.82
37	—	521	153.50–163.00	158.50
172	—	713	137.50–144.50	142.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	427	171.00–190.00	183.23
4	—	332	205.00	205.00
12	—	476	173.00–183.00	176.69
1	—	500	174.00	174.00
23	—	374	190.00–200.50	198.52
4	—	280	182.50–211.00	203.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	116.00	116.00
1	—	250	142.50	142.50
4	—	570	110.00–130.00	123.83
2	—	485	137.00–141.00	139.04
1	—	300	116.00	116.00
7	—	762	114.00–122.00	119.11
3	—	523	110.00–126.00	117.75
1	—	670	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
10	—	680	92.00–110.00	105.42
2	—	875	94.00	94.00
3	—	533	119.00–120.00	119.32
1	—	320	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	315	135.00–140.00	138.25
8	—	614	121.00–129.00	125.92
14	—	388	125.00–140.00	136.35
100	—	722	109.00–120.00	118.64
1	—	245	126.00	126.00
17	—	480	129.00–139.00	134.34
9	—	582	125.00–130.00	129.23
3	—	538	130.00–132.00	131.01
1	—	825	106.00	106.00
17	—	684	115.00–126.00	123.54
12	—	437	123.00–139.00	132.89
5	—	761	111.00–118.00	113.76
1	—	960	108.00	108.00
1	—	910	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	501	149.00	149.00
16	—	318	145.00–156.00	154.61
39	—	466	140.00–147.00	146.15
10	—	419	142.00–154.00	145.95
48	—	379	142.00–156.00	150.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	780	121.50–123.00	121.74
117	—	579	134.00–143.40	141.71
25	—	825	116.50–119.00	117.60
127	—	519	134.00–144.50	140.04
45	—	655	132.50	132.50
5	—	867	119.00	119.00
116	—	631	130.00–140.00	138.68
49	—	708	121.00–124.25	124.05
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	805	77.00–81.00	78.99
1	—	770	78.00	78.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	48.00	48.00
16	—	1,253	53.00–59.00	56.38
26	—	1,306	60.00–70.00	64.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	50.00	50.00
7	—	1,634	60.00–74.00	67.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,113	61.00–73.00	65.04
9	—	1,084	50.00–58.00	53.97
5	—	1,001	31.00–48.00	41.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,802	92.00–101.00	95.69
2	—	1,175	65.00–73.00	69.03

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	3	—	1,030	82.00–103.00	93.92

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle