Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday:Feeder steers and heifers 2.00-4.00 lower,Moderate 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 $126.56/cwt on 828 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −145.12 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$126.56

828 head · 690 lb average

Value per head Derived

$874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

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

$3.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.50

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	698	126.71	884	796
Medium and Large 2-3	503	122.81	618	32

One grade step is worth $3.90/cwt here — about $266 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 sale828 hd

126.56

—

KY average27 barns · 6,267 hd

130.06

−3.50

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−145.12

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	—	Average	1,318	86.11	1,135	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,775	67.00	1,189	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,257	60.23	757	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,020	55.93	570	37

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	135.20/cwt	124.00–140.00	448	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	874	46.05/cwt	43.00–48.00	402	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	62.40/cwt	60.00–68.00	796	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	61.64/cwt	60.00–68.00	659	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	143.12/cwt	132.00–147.00	763	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	146.75/cwt	141.00–161.00	641	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	595	148.17/cwt	148.00–148.25	882	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	158.55/cwt	157.00–160.00	507	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	125.79/cwt	120.00–130.00	713	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	155.92/cwt	145.00–164.00	585	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	133.10/cwt	125.00–145.00	699	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	136.50/cwt	133.00–140.00	526	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	316	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	411	3
Bulls	—	—	1,211	85.50/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,035	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,775	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,189	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	56.03/cwt	51.00–59.00	582	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	57.13/cwt	52.00–59.00	703	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	821	108.97/cwt	107.00–111.75	895	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	883	108.58/cwt	106.75–110.30	959	133
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	379	134.34/cwt	121.00–142.00	509	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	510	152.34/cwt	152.00–153.00	777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	158.21/cwt	155.00–163.00	538	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	292	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	523	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	131.73/cwt	129.00–133.00	568	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	118.32/cwt	110.00–127.00	556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	120.05/cwt	118.00–123.00	746	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	145.19/cwt	140.00–157.50	608	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	106.66/cwt	106.00–108.00	718	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	363	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	629	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	381	140.50/cwt	140.00–142.00	535	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	90.33/cwt	90.00–91.00	556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	786	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	116.85/cwt	114.00–129.00	667	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	124.98/cwt	118.00–135.00	589	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	107.20/cwt	102.00–111.00	607	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	107.54/cwt	95.00–110.00	562	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	405	139.25/cwt	139.00–140.00	564	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	112.01/cwt	110.00–114.00	481	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	749	102.75/cwt	102.75–102.75	770	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	110.92/cwt	95.00–115.00	692	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	99.69/cwt	95.00–106.00	677	41
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	9,744	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,515	940.00/cwt	940.00–940.00	14,241	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	155.48/cwt	151.00–170.00	600	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	108.71/cwt	105.00–111.00	847	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	149.82/cwt	147.00–152.50	424	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	610	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	885	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	235	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	423	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	612	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	613	135.09/cwt	132.25–138.25	828	86
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	672	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	547	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	140.09/cwt	133.00–145.00	653	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	96.36/cwt	94.00–101.00	752	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	405	1
Bulls	—	—	1,510	91.60/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,383	9
Bulls	—	—	1,098	71.67/cwt	69.00–76.00	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	138.27/cwt	125.00–144.00	397	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	107.26/cwt	95.00–116.00	508	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	81.90/cwt	73.00–91.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	595	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	260	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	393	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	763	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	122.54/cwt	115.00–129.00	647	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	127.63/cwt	120.00–136.00	540	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	132.87/cwt	122.50–139.00	492	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,061	97.75/cwt	97.75–97.75	1,037	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	147.02/cwt	136.00–155.00	698	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	119.43/cwt	108.00–124.00	674	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	129.25/cwt	123.00–131.00	624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	122.72/cwt	118.00–125.00	821	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	100.51/cwt	100.00–101.00	839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	382	181.00/cwt	179.00–183.00	691	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	567	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	868	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	107.56/cwt	99.00–112.00	708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	728	122.95/cwt	121.00–124.50	895	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	775	118.95/cwt	118.95–118.95	922	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	135.02/cwt	133.00–137.00	897	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	140.92/cwt	129.00–146.00	822	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	131.99/cwt	113.00–135.00	565	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	127.73/cwt	121.00–132.00	803	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	117.03/cwt	110.00–122.00	609	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	115.34/cwt	111.00–118.00	817	9

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 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,709Last week 1,151Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 111Last week 61Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 12Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	331	124.00–140.00	135.20
1	—	740	85.00	85.00
76	—	571	114.00–129.00	116.85
50	—	471	118.00–135.00	124.98
1	—	845	88.00	88.00
50	—	624	95.00–115.00	110.92
41	—	679	95.00–106.00	99.69
9	—	287	125.00–144.00	138.27
2	—	925	73.00–91.00	81.90
56	—	528	115.00–129.00	122.54
44	—	423	120.00–136.00	127.63
15	—	370	122.50–139.00	132.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	381	140.00–142.00	140.50
8	—	405	139.00–140.00	139.25
1	—	260	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	90.00–91.00	90.33
15	—	566	102.00–111.00	107.20
8	—	523	95.00–110.00	107.54
4	—	429	110.00–114.00	112.01
1	—	325	95.00	95.00
9	—	474	95.00–116.00	107.26
1	—	670	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	675	116.50	116.50
45	—	749	102.75	102.75
80	—	615	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	533	132.00–147.00	143.12
46	—	437	141.00–161.00	146.75
1	—	910	94.00	94.00
5	—	340	155.00–163.00	158.21
13	—	386	151.00–170.00	155.48
7	—	779	105.00–111.00	108.71
2	—	283	147.00–152.50	149.82
56	—	475	136.00–155.00	147.02
8	—	669	118.00–125.00	122.72
2	—	835	100.00–101.00	100.51
41	—	583	129.00–146.00	140.92
15	—	629	121.00–132.00	127.73
9	—	708	111.00–118.00	115.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	595	148.00–148.25	148.17
71	—	821	107.00–111.75	108.97
133	—	883	106.75–110.30	108.58
86	—	613	132.25–138.25	135.09
48	—	1,061	97.75	97.75
91	—	728	121.00–124.50	122.95
64	—	775	118.95	118.95
10	—	664	133.00–137.00	135.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	379	121.00–142.00	134.34
2	—	612	99.00	99.00
6	—	564	108.00–124.00	119.43
5	—	483	123.00–131.00	129.25
3	—	658	99.00–112.00	107.56
7	—	428	113.00–135.00	131.99
5	—	520	110.00–122.00	117.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	152.00–153.00	152.34
3	—	610	145.00	145.00
1	—	235	180.00	180.00
14	—	382	179.00–183.00	181.00
2	—	567	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	98.00	98.00
2	—	320	157.00–160.00	158.55
7	—	567	120.00–130.00	125.79
13	—	375	145.00–164.00	155.92
21	—	525	125.00–145.00	133.10
13	—	621	118.00–123.00	120.05
10	—	419	140.00–157.50	145.19
3	—	673	106.00–108.00	106.66
1	—	850	95.00	95.00
16	—	466	133.00–145.00	140.09
10	—	780	94.00–101.00	96.36
3	—	805	85.00	85.00
1	—	900	89.00	89.00
1	—	270	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	133.00–140.00	136.50
3	—	316	130.00	130.00
3	—	431	129.00–133.00	131.73
2	—	470	110.00–127.00	118.32
3	—	565	119.00	119.00
2	—	547	120.00	120.00
1	—	635	91.00	91.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	292	179.00	179.00
3	—	363	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	874	43.00–48.00	46.05
10	—	1,069	60.00–68.00	61.64
21	—	1,038	51.00–59.00	56.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,276	60.00–68.00	62.40
14	—	1,231	52.00–59.00	57.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,775	67.00	67.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,211	82.00–89.00	85.50
9	—	1,510	90.00–96.00	91.60
3	—	1,098	69.00–76.00	71.67

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)	1	—	1,120	870.00	870.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,515	940.00	940.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	795	67.00	67.00

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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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle