Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday:Feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher,Good demand for all feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-5.00 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 $125.31/cwt on 835 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −146.37 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$125.31

835 head · 766 lb average

Value per head Derived

$960

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$241

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

$5.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.76

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	556	130.50	725	21
Medium and Large 1-2	772	125.17	966	814

One grade step is worth $5.33/cwt here — about −$241 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 sale835 hd

125.31

—

KY average28 barns · 6,870 hd

130.06

−4.76

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−146.37

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	1,442	97.55	1,406	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,595	70.84	1,130	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,311	61.29	803	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,050	58.53	614	23
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,272	93.00	1,183	2thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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	—	611	134.73/cwt	132.00–138.00	823	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	64.86/cwt	62.00–71.00	682	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	64.04/cwt	60.00–73.00	833	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	56.56/cwt	52.00–59.00	610	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	70.84/cwt	66.00–75.00	1,130	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	937	46.74/cwt	42.00–50.00	438	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	55.79/cwt	51.00–59.00	742	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	322	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	114.50/cwt	113.00–116.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	719	116.23/cwt	113.00–117.90	836	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	115.78/cwt	108.00–121.00	779	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	137.36/cwt	131.00–148.00	516	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	109.31/cwt	101.00–111.00	803	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	102.00/cwt	101.00–103.00	804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	276	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	516	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	609	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,272	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,183	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	131.52/cwt	122.00–139.00	627	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	136.57/cwt	123.00–142.00	580	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	117.08/cwt	111.00–121.00	727	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	128.00/cwt	125.00–131.00	348	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	132.00/cwt	121.00–138.00	680	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	130.12/cwt	129.00–133.00	791	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	166.06/cwt	157.00–174.00	563	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	793	1
Bulls	—	—	1,657	107.19/cwt	101.00–112.00	1,776	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	113.64/cwt	109.00–120.00	836	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	125.00/cwt	123.00–127.00	838	2
Bulls	—	—	1,253	89.11/cwt	82.00–99.00	1,117	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	132.73/cwt	122.00–139.00	765	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	139.90/cwt	130.00–145.00	669	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	165.97/cwt	163.00–170.00	621	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	727	124.06/cwt	122.00–125.75	902	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,008	104.07/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,049	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	176.21/cwt	166.00–178.00	557	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	311	152.99/cwt	151.00–155.00	476	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	476	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	566	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	652	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	127.72/cwt	122.75–128.70	863	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	125.59/cwt	124.00–126.00	800	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	128.64/cwt	120.00–132.00	664	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	122.55/cwt	120.00–126.00	706	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	143.53/cwt	141.00–149.00	462	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	685	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	982	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	643	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	146.55/cwt	140.00–154.00	769	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	134.16/cwt	127.00–136.00	771	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	642	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	936	110.78/cwt	109.60–112.90	1,037	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	658	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	954	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	147.79/cwt	141.00–153.00	647	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,004	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	582	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	908	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	149.86/cwt	139.00–151.00	733	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	140.78/cwt	138.00–148.00	814	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	130.83/cwt	121.00–137.00	563	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	864	118.60/cwt	116.75–121.30	1,025	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	835	123.95/cwt	120.00–127.50	1,035	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	166.16/cwt	151.00–169.00	655	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	868	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	126.88/cwt	123.00–138.00	864	31

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 May 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,914Last week 1,028Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 126Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last 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
13	—	611	132.00–138.00	134.73
7	—	316	166.00–178.00	176.21
1	—	935	105.00	105.00
1	—	765	116.00	116.00
27	—	525	140.00–154.00	146.55
13	—	438	141.00–153.00	147.79
3	—	965	104.00	104.00
1	—	865	111.00	111.00
84	—	489	139.00–151.00	149.86
18	—	578	138.00–148.00	140.78
8	—	394	151.00–169.00	166.16
2	—	742	117.00	117.00
1	—	815	112.00	112.00
31	—	681	123.00–138.00	126.88
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	127.00	127.00
13	—	575	127.00–136.00	134.16
2	—	642	119.00	119.00
1	—	385	134.00	134.00
3	—	430	121.00–137.00	130.83
1	—	760	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	727	122.00–125.75	124.06
77	—	1,008	100.00–105.00	104.07
5	—	643	143.00	143.00
118	—	936	109.60–112.90	110.78
24	—	658	145.00	145.00
163	—	864	116.75–121.30	118.60
88	—	835	120.00–127.50	123.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	582	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	140.00	140.00
32	—	673	108.00–121.00	115.78
25	—	376	131.00–148.00	137.36
10	—	735	101.00–111.00	109.31
2	—	788	101.00–103.00	102.00
37	—	477	122.00–139.00	131.52
26	—	425	123.00–142.00	136.57
22	—	621	111.00–121.00	117.08
3	—	272	125.00–131.00	128.00
31	—	516	120.00–132.00	128.64
24	—	576	120.00–126.00	122.55
6	—	322	141.00–149.00	143.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	113.00–116.00	114.50
1	—	670	101.00	101.00
3	—	516	118.00	118.00
6	—	476	119.00	119.00
1	—	805	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	719	113.00–117.90	116.23
280	—	676	122.75–128.70	127.72
111	—	637	124.00–126.00	125.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	276	150.00	150.00
5	—	311	151.00–155.00	152.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	515	121.00–138.00	132.00
8	—	608	129.00–133.00	130.12
6	—	339	157.00–174.00	166.06
1	—	835	95.00	95.00
13	—	430	140.00	140.00
7	—	736	109.00–120.00	113.64
2	—	670	123.00–127.00	125.00
13	—	576	122.00–139.00	132.73
8	—	478	130.00–145.00	139.90
5	—	374	163.00–170.00	165.97
1	—	270	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	121.00	121.00
1	—	595	102.00	102.00
1	—	685	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,051	62.00–71.00	64.86
11	—	1,079	52.00–59.00	56.56
3	—	937	42.00–50.00	46.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,301	60.00–73.00	64.04
7	—	1,330	51.00–59.00	55.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,595	66.00–75.00	70.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,272	93.00	93.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,657	101.00–112.00	107.19
8	—	1,253	82.00–99.00	89.11

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	1	—	1,050	76.00	76.00

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Stanford Livestock Auction

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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

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle