Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday:Feeder steers and heifers 8.00-10.00 lower with instances of 15.00-20.00 lower,Moderate to lite demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows and bulls steady,Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.92/cwt on 870 head.

Average price

$116.92

870 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$13.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.39

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	572	117.54	672	830
Medium and Large 2-3	509	103.98	529	40

One grade step is worth $13.56/cwt here — about $142 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 sale870 hd

116.92

—

KY average27 barns · 7,103 hd

125.30

−8.39

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	1,633	86.84	1,418	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,590	66.40	1,056	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	59.61	772	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,053	52.06	548	17

Every lot, as filed

94 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	—	716	112.69/cwt	111.00–118.00	807	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	170.43/cwt	160.00–173.00	452	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,028	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	527	165.62/cwt	165.00–167.00	873	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	622	120.48/cwt	120.00–121.00	749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	783	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	911	115.32/cwt	114.10–116.60	1,051	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	154.35/cwt	142.00–164.00	730	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	322	182.77/cwt	180.00–187.50	589	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	61.84/cwt	60.00–64.00	660	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	58.49/cwt	58.00–59.00	921	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	55.87/cwt	51.00–59.00	712	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	56.67/cwt	55.00–58.00	612	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	67.60/cwt	62.00–74.00	865	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	45.09/cwt	36.00–49.00	468	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	71.67/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,147	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	45.77/cwt	43.00–49.00	620	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	219	127.76/cwt	122.50–137.50	280	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	373	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	522	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	111.19/cwt	98.00–115.00	423	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	579	105.81/cwt	105.00–106.00	613	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	123.43/cwt	123.00–124.00	642	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	694	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	123.44/cwt	115.00–131.00	530	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	116.51/cwt	111.00–122.00	609	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	129.49/cwt	119.00–138.00	483	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	125.90/cwt	116.00–132.00	426	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	86.06/cwt	82.00–102.00	590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	767	84.99/cwt	79.00–88.00	652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	813	105.10/cwt	105.10–105.10	854	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	123.75/cwt	115.00–132.00	587	97
Bulls	—	—	1,665	95.39/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,588	2
Bulls	—	—	1,665	86.22/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	443	113.20/cwt	104.00–122.50	501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	120.33/cwt	113.50–131.00	805	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	171.08/cwt	160.00–177.50	657	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	151.70/cwt	150.00–152.50	434	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	325	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	115.43/cwt	111.00–120.00	563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	156.50/cwt	144.00–169.00	662	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	138.90/cwt	129.00–150.00	740	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	144.91/cwt	142.50–150.00	465	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	373	183.41/cwt	180.00–185.00	684	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	585	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	415	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	535	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	465	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	450	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	383	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	805.63/cwt	720.00–850.00	10,070	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	438	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	159.42/cwt	150.00–163.00	671	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	162.98/cwt	152.50–173.00	632	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	171.16/cwt	155.00–179.00	556	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	164.27/cwt	161.00–173.00	394	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	377	182.63/cwt	180.00–195.00	689	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	116.13/cwt	111.00–118.00	766	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	127.11/cwt	114.00–133.00	725	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	876	115.75/cwt	115.00–116.60	1,014	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	144.41/cwt	142.00–145.50	895	23
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	726	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	12,351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	121.84/cwt	110.00–125.00	692	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	148.13/cwt	131.00–155.00	695	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	136.46/cwt	129.00–145.00	779	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	119.26/cwt	119.00–120.00	742	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	816	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	500	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	835	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	132.92/cwt	125.00–140.00	824	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	151.61/cwt	136.00–159.50	793	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	117.41/cwt	117.00–119.00	916	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	691	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	933	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	333	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	421	132.94/cwt	110.00–140.00	560	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	519	128.63/cwt	125.00–134.00	668	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	667	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	100.75/cwt	95.00–103.50	937	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	128.60/cwt	121.00–134.00	864	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	145.16/cwt	135.00–156.00	832	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	482	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	800	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	106.01/cwt	101.00–107.00	765	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	110.85/cwt	107.00–113.75	759	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	117.69/cwt	110.00–122.00	674	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	700	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	781	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	466	108.63/cwt	101.00–112.00	506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	105.32/cwt	90.00–111.00	550	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	285	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	103.44/cwt	100.00–107.00	799	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	113.13/cwt	110.00–115.00	696	36
Bulls	—	—	1,505	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,069	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 Mar 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,116Last week 1,260Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 72Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 1Year 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
10	—	716	111.00–118.00	112.69
6	—	265	160.00–173.00	170.43
4	—	1,028	100.00	100.00
83	—	473	142.00–164.00	154.35
55	—	421	150.00–163.00	159.42
12	—	388	152.50–173.00	162.98
7	—	325	155.00–179.00	171.16
5	—	240	161.00–173.00	164.27
39	—	620	125.00–140.00	132.92
57	—	523	136.00–159.50	151.61
60	—	780	117.00–119.00	117.41
5	—	833	111.00	111.00
8	—	930	95.00–103.50	100.75
33	—	672	121.00–134.00	128.60
56	—	573	135.00–156.00	145.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	527	165.00–167.00	165.62
8	—	322	180.00–187.50	182.77
3	—	438	173.00	173.00
25	—	377	180.00–195.00	182.63
12	—	482	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	622	120.00–121.00	120.48
1	—	870	90.00	90.00
6	—	660	111.00–118.00	116.13
5	—	570	114.00–133.00	127.11
1	—	310	107.50	107.50
6	—	421	110.00–140.00	132.94
8	—	519	125.00–134.00	128.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	911	114.10–116.60	115.32
120	—	876	115.00–116.60	115.75
23	—	620	142.00–145.50	144.41
62	—	691	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	667	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	219	122.50–137.50	127.76
86	—	429	115.00–131.00	123.44
54	—	523	111.00–122.00	116.51
36	—	373	119.00–138.00	129.49
6	—	338	116.00–132.00	125.90
1	—	275	120.00	120.00
97	—	474	115.00–132.00	123.75
22	—	722	101.00–107.00	106.01
46	—	685	107.00–113.75	110.85
192	—	573	110.00–122.00	117.69
2	—	832	99.00	99.00
12	—	772	100.00–107.00	103.44
36	—	615	110.00–115.00	113.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	140.00	140.00
1	—	285	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	380	98.00–115.00	111.19
5	—	579	105.00–106.00	105.81
5	—	685	82.00–102.00	86.06
3	—	767	79.00–88.00	84.99
4	—	466	101.00–112.00	108.63
8	—	522	90.00–111.00	105.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	520	123.00–124.00	123.43
10	—	560	124.00	124.00
68	—	813	105.10	105.10
75	—	700	111.50	111.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	104.00–122.50	113.20
1	—	295	137.50	137.50
2	—	488	111.00–120.00	115.43
6	—	568	110.00–125.00	121.84
1	—	315	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	669	113.50–131.00	120.33
10	—	384	160.00–177.50	171.08
3	—	286	150.00–152.50	151.70
1	—	705	104.00	104.00
17	—	423	144.00–169.00	156.50
11	—	533	129.00–150.00	138.90
3	—	321	142.50–150.00	144.91
1	—	790	90.00	90.00
20	—	469	131.00–155.00	148.13
14	—	571	129.00–145.00	136.46
4	—	622	119.00–120.00	119.26
1	—	960	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	172.50	172.50
3	—	373	180.00–185.00	183.41
3	—	500	167.00	167.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	71.00	71.00
4	—	535	87.00	87.00
2	—	450	85.00	85.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,067	60.00–64.00	61.84
3	—	1,080	55.00–58.00	56.67
9	—	1,037	36.00–49.00	45.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,575	58.00–59.00	58.49
3	—	1,600	70.00–74.00	71.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,275	51.00–59.00	55.87
11	—	1,279	62.00–74.00	67.60
5	—	1,354	43.00–49.00	45.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,665	90.00–100.00	95.39
2	—	1,665	84.00–89.00	86.22
1	—	1,505	71.00	71.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,250	720.00–850.00	805.63
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	73.00	73.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	1,025.00	1,025.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

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