Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs steady,over 500 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher, Good demand for calves and Very good demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher, Slaughter 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 $132.16/cwt on 1,310 head.

Average price

$132.16

1,310 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

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

$31.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.01

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	663	132.41	878	1,298
Medium and Large 2-3	618	105.30	650	10thin
Small and Medium 1-2	560	101.00	566	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.41/cwt here — about $312 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 sale1,310 hd

132.16

—

KY average28 barns · 5,456 hd

128.15

+4.01

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	1,588	99.18	1,575	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,604	65.93	1,058	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,276	62.03	791	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	55.77	566	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,310	90.00	1,179	2thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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 1-2Value Added	—	808	135.30/cwt	135.30–135.30	1,093	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	126.05/cwt	117.00–135.00	621	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	424	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	67.66/cwt	65.00–71.00	1,045	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,845	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	1,089	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	65.78/cwt	62.00–70.00	846	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	56.76/cwt	54.00–60.00	695	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	55.44/cwt	54.00–56.00	552	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	50.98/cwt	47.00–53.00	673	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	63.87/cwt	62.00–66.00	664	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	46.24/cwt	42.00–53.00	471	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,460	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	12,264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	892	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,044	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	149.04/cwt	141.00–153.00	702	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	915	127.90/cwt	127.90–127.90	1,170	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	392	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	697	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	943	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	120.28/cwt	113.00–124.00	802	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	123.96/cwt	112.00–128.00	770	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	366	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	111.48/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,207	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	149.29/cwt	146.00–154.00	633	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,070	100.51/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,075	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	543	154.61/cwt	154.00–160.00	840	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	131.53/cwt	124.00–139.00	902	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	127.86/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,066	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,049	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	955	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	777	137.51/cwt	132.00–140.30	1,068	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	147.67/cwt	142.00–153.00	787	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	138.25/cwt	129.00–141.00	879	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	714	114.81/cwt	114.00–117.00	820	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	722	134.66/cwt	134.00–135.00	972	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	127.82/cwt	120.00–131.00	984	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,310	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,179	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	152.67/cwt	152.00–153.00	867	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	144.90/cwt	143.00–150.00	897	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,026	114.50/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,175	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	126.49/cwt	123.00–130.00	917	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	555	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	744	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	135.86/cwt	132.00–141.00	579	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	223	134.75/cwt	132.50–137.50	300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	397	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	445	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	142.58/cwt	139.00–146.00	613	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	859	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	133.23/cwt	120.00–136.00	771	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	117.96/cwt	112.00–124.00	796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	145.75/cwt	139.00–152.50	481	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	124.20/cwt	121.00–126.00	590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	630	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	869	318
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	126.92/cwt	120.00–132.00	732	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	114.01/cwt	111.00–117.00	928	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	704	130.59/cwt	127.00–134.10	919	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	128.75/cwt	120.00–132.00	668	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	135.66/cwt	125.00–142.00	463	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	688	104.99/cwt	103.00–107.00	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	134.00/cwt	129.00–134.80	905	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	544	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	729	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	405	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	135.78/cwt	125.00–139.00	657	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	112.85/cwt	109.00–117.00	827	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	148.60/cwt	143.00–150.00	687	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	112.71/cwt	105.00–118.00	798	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	122.83/cwt	116.00–130.00	770	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	930	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	132.32/cwt	125.00–142.00	684	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	512	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	794	2
Bulls	—	—	1,768	104.37/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,845	10
Bulls	—	—	1,105	82.94/cwt	82.00–84.00	916	2
Bulls	—	—	1,450	95.95/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,391	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	960	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	363	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	617	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	767	128.26/cwt	127.80–128.70	984	263
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	133.54/cwt	130.00–133.75	815	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	451	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	658	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	119.36/cwt	107.00–123.50	924	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	137.40/cwt	130.00–142.00	514	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	560	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	566	2

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 Jul 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,086Last week 1,598Year ago 2,706

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 38Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 6Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	808	135.30	135.30
58	—	915	127.90	127.90
89	—	543	154.00–160.00	154.61
208	—	777	132.00–140.30	137.51
3	—	722	134.00–135.00	134.66
25	—	619	143.00–150.00	144.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	117.00–135.00	126.05
2	—	392	138.00	138.00
2	—	1,070	100.00–101.00	100.51
3	—	860	111.00	111.00
5	—	714	114.00–117.00	114.81
1	—	555	124.00	124.00
1	—	675	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	160.00	160.00
4	—	892	117.00	117.00
13	—	471	141.00–153.00	149.04
13	—	1,083	109.00–113.00	111.48
7	—	424	146.00–154.00	149.29
1	—	915	112.00	112.00
18	—	686	124.00–139.00	131.53
7	—	834	125.00–130.00	127.86
1	—	980	107.00	107.00
24	—	533	142.00–153.00	147.67
8	—	636	129.00–141.00	138.25
2	—	377	145.00	145.00
10	—	770	120.00–131.00	127.82
3	—	568	152.00–153.00	152.67
12	—	1,026	113.00–115.00	114.50
4	—	725	123.00–130.00	126.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	697	135.25	135.25
318	—	630	138.00	138.00
2	—	405	144.00	144.00
16	—	451	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	113.00	113.00
1	—	305	120.00	120.00
1	—	770	90.00	90.00
2	—	490	110.00	110.00
2	—	688	103.00–107.00	104.99
3	—	725	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	131.00	131.00
12	—	667	113.00–124.00	120.28
66	—	621	112.00–128.00	123.96
13	—	426	132.00–141.00	135.86
2	—	223	132.50–137.50	134.75
18	—	577	120.00–132.00	126.92
5	—	814	111.00–117.00	114.01
20	—	519	120.00–132.00	128.75
6	—	341	125.00–142.00	135.66
27	—	484	125.00–139.00	135.78
6	—	733	109.00–117.00	112.85
29	—	774	107.00–123.50	119.36
11	—	374	130.00–142.00	137.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	555	134.00	134.00
144	—	704	127.00–134.10	130.59
160	—	675	129.00–134.80	134.00
7	—	544	134.00	134.00
263	—	767	127.80–128.70	128.26
91	—	610	130.00–133.75	133.54
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	397	112.00	112.00
2	—	662	110.00	110.00
6	—	475	121.00–126.00	124.20
1	—	580	115.00	115.00
1	—	930	75.00	75.00
1	—	960	83.00	83.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	139.00–146.00	142.58
1	—	760	113.00	113.00
13	—	579	120.00–136.00	133.23
2	—	675	112.00–124.00	117.96
2	—	330	139.00–152.50	145.75
24	—	462	143.00–150.00	148.60
3	—	708	105.00–118.00	112.71
7	—	627	116.00–130.00	122.83
9	—	517	125.00–142.00	132.32
2	—	380	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	512	155.00	155.00
5	—	363	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,544	65.00–71.00	67.66
1	—	1,845	59.00	59.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,286	62.00–70.00	65.78
8	—	1,224	54.00–60.00	56.76
4	—	1,320	47.00–53.00	50.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	996	54.00–56.00	55.44
5	—	1,040	62.00–66.00	63.87
4	—	1,018	42.00–53.00	46.24
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	90.00	90.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,768	100.00–112.00	104.37
2	—	1,105	82.00–84.00	82.94
6	—	1,450	93.00–99.00	95.95

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	—	1,460	840.00	840.00

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