Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600 lbs and under sold steady to 1.00 higher and over 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. 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 $130.43/cwt on 445 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −141.25 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$130.43

445 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$8.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.20

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	692	131.23	908	402
Medium and Large 2-3	612	122.97	752	43

One grade step is worth $8.26/cwt here — about $156 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 sale445 hd

130.43

—

KY average25 barns · 4,132 hd

136.63

−6.20

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−141.25

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	—	Low	1,435	83.40	1,197	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,740	60.00	1,044	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	55.25	657	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	914	50.76	464	17

Every lot, as filed

91 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	—	205	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,020	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	796	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	91.00/cwt	90.00–92.00	796	2
Bulls	—	—	1,442	77.48/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,117	3
Bulls	—	—	1,503	85.99/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,292	2
Bulls	—	—	1,280	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	150.98/cwt	141.00–155.50	663	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	115.87/cwt	114.00–121.00	774	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	121.71/cwt	119.00–125.00	746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	579	128.22/cwt	122.00–131.00	742	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	376	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	534	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	905	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	859	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	984	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	879	44.26/cwt	41.00–46.00	389	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	55.13/cwt	50.00–59.00	664	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	64.15/cwt	60.00–68.00	557	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	63.07/cwt	60.00–68.00	748	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	52.12/cwt	49.00–56.00	494	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,740	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	1,044	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	45.39/cwt	42.00–48.00	511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	135.63/cwt	135.00–137.00	648	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	111.50/cwt	110.00–113.00	747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	154.54/cwt	147.00–157.00	750	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	167.79/cwt	165.00–170.00	463	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	503	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	218	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	377	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	543	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	737	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	132.09/cwt	127.00–137.00	753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	119.61/cwt	117.00–121.00	520	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	581	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	742	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	128.96/cwt	121.00–134.50	611	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	93.49/cwt	91.00–95.00	642	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	131.56/cwt	121.00–137.00	489	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	93.74/cwt	90.00–95.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	97.64/cwt	94.00–103.00	615	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	111.84/cwt	105.00–116.00	696	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	92.40/cwt	92.00–94.00	694	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	334	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	770.81/cwt	560.00–860.00	8,194	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	745.13/cwt	740.00–750.00	6,356	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	5,639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	634	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	924	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	136.83/cwt	129.00–140.00	851	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	130.37/cwt	122.00–133.00	872	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	158.41/cwt	154.00–166.00	583	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	106.41/cwt	105.00–109.00	802	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	143.55/cwt	137.00–148.00	768	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	130.67/cwt	130.00–132.00	608	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	92.55/cwt	90.00–95.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	849	113.80/cwt	113.80–113.80	966	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	218	161.03/cwt	157.50–165.00	351	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	152.14/cwt	150.25–156.00	797	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	153.60/cwt	146.00–159.00	731	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	142.53/cwt	133.00–149.00	820	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	111.01/cwt	107.00–112.00	904	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	78.84/cwt	75.00–82.00	820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	910	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	108.12/cwt	105.00–112.00	616	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	104.06/cwt	102.00–108.00	499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	807	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	791	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	131.87/cwt	125.00–139.00	546	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	124.38/cwt	119.00–130.00	637	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	140.43/cwt	137.00–144.00	462	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	133.22/cwt	127.00–141.00	377	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	110.40/cwt	104.00–116.00	575	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	109.17/cwt	109.00–110.00	791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	661	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,002	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	892	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	271	147.96/cwt	142.00–152.50	401	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	340	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	364	175.51/cwt	172.00–176.00	639	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	161.10/cwt	157.00–168.00	673	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	908	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	164.32/cwt	160.00–171.00	536	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	124.02/cwt	118.00–126.00	876	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	123.46/cwt	120.00–126.00	784	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	145.82/cwt	139.00–152.00	758	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	144.96/cwt	141.00–150.00	822	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	352	156.35/cwt	155.00–159.00	550	3

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 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 961Last week 2,362Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 87Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 3Year 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	—	205	155.00	155.00
15	—	439	141.00–155.50	150.98
8	—	668	114.00–121.00	115.87
3	—	613	119.00–125.00	121.71
1	—	715	120.00	120.00
10	—	485	147.00–157.00	154.54
4	—	276	165.00–170.00	167.79
2	—	342	147.00	147.00
10	—	520	139.00–152.00	145.82
5	—	567	141.00–150.00	144.96
3	—	352	155.00–159.00	156.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,020	78.00	78.00
2	—	875	90.00–92.00	91.00
3	—	478	135.00–137.00	135.63
2	—	670	110.00–113.00	111.50
2	—	415	118.00–120.00	118.99
1	—	600	114.00	114.00
3	—	543	129.00	129.00
2	—	737	112.00	112.00
2	—	570	127.00–137.00	132.09
1	—	910	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	218	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	579	122.00–131.00	128.22
3	—	376	142.00	142.00
1	—	905	91.00	91.00
1	—	285	141.00	141.00
5	—	535	137.00–148.00	143.55
3	—	465	130.00–132.00	130.67
2	—	780	90.00–95.00	92.55
1	—	305	130.00	130.00
6	—	725	109.00–110.00	109.17
3	—	661	118.00	118.00
2	—	1,002	89.00	89.00
1	—	415	147.00	147.00
11	—	635	120.00–126.00	123.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	859	114.50	114.50
47	—	634	145.75	145.75
120	—	849	113.80	113.80
16	—	364	172.00–176.00	175.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	180.00	180.00
1	—	340	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	622	129.00–140.00	136.83
15	—	669	122.00–133.00	130.37
8	—	368	154.00–166.00	158.41
5	—	754	105.00–109.00	106.41
2	—	857	101.00	101.00
2	—	218	157.50–165.00	161.03
30	—	524	150.25–156.00	152.14
16	—	476	146.00–159.00	153.60
13	—	575	133.00–149.00	142.53
5	—	814	107.00–112.00	111.01
4	—	271	142.00–152.50	147.96
17	—	418	157.00–168.00	161.10
14	—	917	99.00	99.00
7	—	326	160.00–171.00	164.32
4	—	706	118.00–126.00	124.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	117.00–121.00	119.61
6	—	630	94.00–103.00	97.64
1	—	360	110.00	110.00
13	—	570	105.00–112.00	108.12
3	—	480	102.00–108.00	104.06
15	—	521	104.00–116.00	110.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	581	127.75	127.75
40	—	807	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	474	121.00–134.50	128.96
28	—	687	91.00–95.00	93.49
18	—	372	121.00–137.00	131.56
4	—	711	90.00–95.00	93.74
1	—	800	90.00	90.00
38	—	622	105.00–116.00	111.84
5	—	751	92.00–94.00	92.40
2	—	230	145.00	145.00
34	—	414	125.00–139.00	131.87
19	—	512	119.00–130.00	124.38
6	—	329	137.00–144.00	140.43
4	—	283	127.00–141.00	133.22
1	—	555	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,442	75.00–79.00	77.48
2	—	1,503	85.00–87.00	85.99
1	—	1,280	96.00	96.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	879	41.00–46.00	44.26
2	—	868	60.00–68.00	64.15
9	—	947	49.00–56.00	52.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,204	50.00–59.00	55.13
4	—	1,186	60.00–68.00	63.07
3	—	1,125	42.00–48.00	45.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	60.00	60.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,063	560.00–860.00	770.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	853	740.00–750.00	745.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	895	630.00	630.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,040	75.00–82.00	78.84

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

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle