Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.83/cwt on 1,044 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −141.85 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$129.83

1,044 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$831

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$4.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.06

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	648	130.37	844	931
Medium and Large 2-3	581	125.43	728	113

One grade step is worth $4.94/cwt here — about $116 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 sale1,044 hd

129.83

—

KY average25 barns · 7,578 hd

137.90

−8.06

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−141.85

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	1,386	72.53	1,005	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,677	48.68	816	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,191	46.10	549	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	939	42.45	399	17

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	400	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	642	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	809	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	183.75/cwt	180.00–187.50	533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	104.42/cwt	100.00–112.00	763	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	157.26/cwt	149.00–162.00	744	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	117.57/cwt	117.00–120.00	809	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	113.41/cwt	110.00–117.00	879	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	106.44/cwt	102.00–112.00	665	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	159.97/cwt	150.00–164.00	598	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	147.69/cwt	146.00–153.00	641	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	86.48/cwt	85.00–88.00	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	286	119.72/cwt	117.00–121.00	342	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	118.48/cwt	115.00–121.00	681	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	136.02/cwt	130.00–140.00	654	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	660	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	521	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	495	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	678	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	887	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	182.95/cwt	179.00–197.00	499	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	107.20/cwt	106.00–109.50	894	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	126.60/cwt	119.00–129.00	739	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	104.53/cwt	100.00–113.00	721	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	151.32/cwt	145.00–155.00	566	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	838	97.86/cwt	94.00–104.00	820	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	140.60/cwt	140.00–141.00	661	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	873	94.74/cwt	94.00–97.00	827	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	438	146.21/cwt	142.00–149.00	640	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	146.84/cwt	140.00–150.00	404	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	103.50/cwt	103.00–104.00	745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	840	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	823	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	104.36/cwt	94.60–111.80	707	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	116.58/cwt	107.00–123.00	720	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	127.02/cwt	119.00–134.00	606	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	114.46/cwt	108.00–124.00	658	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	96.06/cwt	93.00–99.00	701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	672	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	128.48/cwt	126.00–131.00	681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	135.01/cwt	134.00–136.00	581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	985	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	153.21/cwt	146.00–160.00	803	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	137.78/cwt	131.00–142.00	801	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	35.95/cwt	31.00–39.00	337	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	44.05/cwt	41.00–48.00	409	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	53.46/cwt	50.00–56.00	511	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,677	48.68/cwt	45.00–52.00	816	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	47.14/cwt	44.00–52.00	562	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	38.97/cwt	35.00–43.00	470	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	57.05/cwt	56.00–58.00	644	2
Bulls	—	—	1,577	79.77/cwt	79.00–81.00	1,258	3
Bulls	—	—	1,208	62.69/cwt	61.00–64.00	757	3
Bulls	—	—	1,381	73.50/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,015	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	121.13/cwt	113.00–128.00	642	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	127.38/cwt	120.00–135.00	476	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	128.55/cwt	123.00–137.00	536	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	291	142.75/cwt	131.00–146.00	415	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	91.41/cwt	87.00–93.00	741	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	135.16/cwt	129.00–141.00	431	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	99.02/cwt	94.00–101.00	739	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	263	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	421	141.70/cwt	140.00–145.00	597	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	119.80/cwt	119.80–119.80	910	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	930	105.95/cwt	105.95–105.95	985	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	142.11/cwt	132.00–148.00	813	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	113.53/cwt	105.00–120.00	820	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	133.28/cwt	125.00–141.00	837	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	162.01/cwt	157.00–165.00	533	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	177.59/cwt	166.00–182.00	657	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	148.78/cwt	141.00–158.00	772	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	121.47/cwt	119.00–125.50	820	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	158.93/cwt	150.00–167.00	669	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	89.00/cwt	88.00–101.00	806	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	154.68/cwt	144.00–159.00	739	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	629	118.40/cwt	112.00–120.50	745	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	134.21/cwt	131.00–140.00	707	27
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	515	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	464	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	4,976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	324	120.65/cwt	117.50–122.50	391	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	709	94.26/cwt	87.00–98.00	668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	387	114.04/cwt	111.00–115.00	441	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	108.06/cwt	100.00–111.00	625	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	437	119.41/cwt	118.00–126.00	522	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	516	109.03/cwt	102.00–114.00	563	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	471	114.18/cwt	110.00–124.00	538	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	639	102.37/cwt	97.00–106.00	654	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	678	94.96/cwt	92.00–100.00	644	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	265	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	560	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	650	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	170.17/cwt	170.00–171.00	698	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	156.66/cwt	153.00–160.00	345	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	109.39/cwt	104.00–113.00	858	90

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 Apr 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,362Last week 1,014Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 87Last week 183Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 12Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	176.00	176.00
1	—	400	176.00	176.00
2	—	642	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	191.00	191.00
1	—	805	95.00	95.00
1	—	965	101.00	101.00
2	—	290	180.00–187.50	183.75
4	—	731	100.00–112.00	104.42
5	—	473	149.00–162.00	157.26
5	—	688	117.00–120.00	117.57
6	—	775	110.00–117.00	113.41
7	—	625	102.00–112.00	106.44
8	—	374	150.00–164.00	159.97
10	—	434	146.00–153.00	147.69
19	—	524	146.00–160.00	153.21
10	—	581	131.00–142.00	137.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	575	115.00–121.00	118.48
8	—	481	130.00–140.00	136.02
2	—	730	93.00–99.00	96.06
2	—	672	102.00	102.00
2	—	530	126.00–131.00	128.48
2	—	430	134.00–136.00	135.01
1	—	985	72.00	72.00
1	—	845	95.00	95.00
1	—	645	90.00	90.00
1	—	375	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	85.00–88.00	86.48
3	—	286	117.00–121.00	119.72
1	—	900	88.00	88.00
4	—	324	117.50–122.50	120.65
4	—	709	87.00–98.00	94.26
5	—	387	111.00–115.00	114.04
6	—	578	100.00–111.00	108.06
14	—	437	118.00–126.00	119.41
14	—	516	102.00–114.00	109.03
16	—	471	110.00–124.00	114.18
18	—	639	97.00–106.00	102.37
27	—	678	92.00–100.00	94.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	119.00	119.00
3	—	375	140.00	140.00
3	—	521	134.00	134.00
5	—	495	137.00	137.00
17	—	421	140.00–145.00	141.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	840	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	677	94.60–111.80	104.36
167	—	618	107.00–123.00	116.58
79	—	477	119.00–134.00	127.02
67	—	575	108.00–124.00	114.46
61	—	530	113.00–128.00	121.13
60	—	374	120.00–135.00	127.38
56	—	417	123.00–137.00	128.55
17	—	291	131.00–146.00	142.75
14	—	811	87.00–93.00	91.41
11	—	319	129.00–141.00	135.16
7	—	746	94.00–101.00	99.02
2	—	775	92.00	92.00
1	—	215	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	878	101.00	101.00
6	—	273	179.00–197.00	182.95
18	—	834	106.00–109.50	107.20
117	—	572	132.00–148.00	142.11
102	—	722	105.00–120.00	113.53
97	—	628	125.00–141.00	133.28
20	—	329	157.00–165.00	162.01
41	—	370	166.00–182.00	177.59
51	—	519	141.00–158.00	148.78
51	—	675	119.00–125.50	121.47
64	—	421	150.00–167.00	158.93
64	—	906	88.00–101.00	89.00
69	—	478	144.00–159.00	154.68
2	—	220	153.00–160.00	156.66
90	—	784	104.00–113.00	109.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	584	119.00–129.00	126.60
11	—	690	100.00–113.00	104.53
10	—	374	145.00–155.00	151.32
6	—	838	94.00–104.00	97.86
5	—	470	140.00–141.00	140.60
4	—	873	94.00–97.00	94.74
4	—	438	142.00–149.00	146.21
3	—	275	140.00–150.00	146.84
2	—	720	103.00–104.00	103.50
1	—	785	110.00	110.00
23	—	629	112.00–120.50	118.40
27	—	527	131.00–140.00	134.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	760	119.80	119.80
60	—	930	105.95	105.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	205.00	205.00
1	—	560	160.00	160.00
1	—	650	136.00	136.00
6	—	410	170.00–171.00	170.17
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	90.00	90.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	938	31.00–39.00	35.95
5	—	928	41.00–48.00	44.05
4	—	955	50.00–56.00	53.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,677	45.00–52.00	48.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,193	44.00–52.00	47.14
6	—	1,205	35.00–43.00	38.97
2	—	1,128	56.00–58.00	57.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,577	79.00–81.00	79.77
3	—	1,208	61.00–64.00	62.69
8	—	1,381	70.00–78.00	73.50

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	535.00	535.00

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

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