Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 700 lbs 2.00-4.00 higher,over 700 lbs 2.00-3.00 lower, Feeder heifers steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling 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 $140.12/cwt on 1,001 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −131.56 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$140.12

1,001 head · 760 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,064

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$22.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.37

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	760	140.28	1,067	994
Medium and Large 2-3	666	118.03	786	7thin

One grade step is worth $22.25/cwt here — about $280 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 sale1,001 hd

140.12

—

KY average28 barns · 5,921 hd

140.50

−0.37

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−131.56

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	1,686	96.77	1,632	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,547	68.70	1,063	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	64.12	841	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,049	63.00	661	18

Every lot, as filed

87 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 1-2Value Added	—	545	145.07/cwt	138.00–145.50	791	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	130.90/cwt	126.00–136.00	668	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	143.37/cwt	142.00–146.00	467	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	139.70/cwt	130.00–143.00	658	73
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	809	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	801	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,881	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	759.61/cwt	650.00–850.00	7,315	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	66.89/cwt	64.00–71.00	725	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	61.60/cwt	58.00–63.00	804	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	67.75/cwt	65.00–74.00	892	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	53.68/cwt	53.00–55.00	702	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	64.51/cwt	62.00–66.00	976	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	70.38/cwt	67.00–77.00	1,098	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	53.55/cwt	51.00–56.00	513	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	60.70/cwt	58.00–63.00	625	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	732	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	114.35/cwt	113.00–115.00	783	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	116.16/cwt	111.00–122.00	832	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	131.23/cwt	121.00–137.00	633	3
Bulls	—	—	1,715	94.58/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,622	10
Bulls	—	—	1,495	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,271	1
Bulls	—	—	1,672	101.59/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,699	7
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	485	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	151.99/cwt	147.00–160.00	714	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	243	154.97/cwt	152.50–157.50	377	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	137.76/cwt	131.00–147.00	785	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	963	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	19,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	120.03/cwt	114.00–122.00	468	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	654	133.23/cwt	129.50–133.75	871	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	120.56/cwt	115.00–125.00	756	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	806	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	585	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	138.89/cwt	126.00–142.00	600	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	257	137.33/cwt	127.50–140.00	353	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	719	130.86/cwt	127.00–133.50	941	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	107.52/cwt	107.00–110.00	759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	305	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	389	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	584	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	674	147.54/cwt	140.50–148.00	994	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	873	135.60/cwt	135.20–135.95	1,184	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	599	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	934	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	131.67/cwt	130.00–138.00	866	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	161.28/cwt	153.00–169.00	529	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	774	141.19/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,093	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	148.68/cwt	145.00–153.00	920	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	158.16/cwt	140.00–162.00	688	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	164.78/cwt	155.00–167.00	641	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	450	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	154.70/cwt	148.00–165.00	746	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	859	125.01/cwt	119.00–134.00	1,074	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	420	167.75/cwt	167.00–169.00	705	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	145.20/cwt	134.00–151.00	765	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	123.54/cwt	121.00–131.00	964	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	602	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	964	129.94/cwt	127.90–131.90	1,253	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	380	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	149.04/cwt	143.00–153.00	857	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	131.89/cwt	131.00–134.00	812	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	911	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,130	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	123.07/cwt	120.00–127.00	711	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	815	135.74/cwt	135.00–136.50	1,106	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	252	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	473	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	503	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	136.32/cwt	122.00–138.00	967	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	138.80/cwt	130.00–144.00	719	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	125.75/cwt	121.00–135.00	846	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	159.51/cwt	159.00–161.00	681	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	154.42/cwt	140.00–158.00	567	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	118.55/cwt	109.00–127.00	787	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	621	132.26/cwt	129.00–137.00	821	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	140.15/cwt	135.00–145.00	538	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	807	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	132.97/cwt	126.00–135.00	773	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	682	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	689	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 Aug 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,682Last week 1,367Year ago 1,551

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 81Year ago 154

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 2Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	545	138.00–145.50	145.07
90	—	654	129.50–133.75	133.23
20	—	719	127.00–133.50	130.86
31	—	389	150.00	150.00
41	—	621	129.00–137.00	132.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	510	126.00–136.00	130.90
3	—	326	142.00–146.00	143.37
73	—	471	130.00–143.00	139.70
17	—	627	115.00–125.00	120.56
3	—	760	106.00	106.00
22	—	432	126.00–142.00	138.89
5	—	257	127.50–140.00	137.33
6	—	706	107.00–110.00	107.52
12	—	664	109.00–127.00	118.55
1	—	875	103.00	103.00
15	—	384	135.00–145.00	140.15
2	—	807	100.00	100.00
37	—	581	126.00–135.00	132.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	390	114.00–122.00	120.03
1	—	415	115.00	115.00
1	—	735	91.00	91.00
1	—	765	88.00	88.00
2	—	527	118.00	118.00
2	—	682	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	165.00	165.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	809	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	732	101.00	101.00
3	—	685	113.00–115.00	114.35
3	—	482	121.00–137.00	131.23
1	—	515	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	716	111.00–122.00	116.16
1	—	900	97.00	97.00
9	—	470	147.00–160.00	151.99
2	—	243	152.50–157.50	154.97
14	—	570	131.00–147.00	137.76
2	—	860	112.00	112.00
15	—	518	130.00–144.00	138.80
3	—	673	121.00–135.00	125.75
1	—	340	142.50	142.50
4	—	427	159.00–161.00	159.51
1	—	600	122.00	122.00
5	—	367	140.00–158.00	154.42
1	—	790	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	674	140.50–148.00	147.54
136	—	873	135.20–135.95	135.60
6	—	599	156.00	156.00
270	—	774	139.00–143.00	141.19
20	—	619	145.00–153.00	148.68
113	—	964	127.90–131.90	129.94
24	—	911	124.00	124.00
127	—	815	135.00–136.50	135.74
3	—	503	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	658	130.00–138.00	131.67
3	—	328	153.00–169.00	161.28
14	—	435	140.00–162.00	158.16
5	—	389	155.00–167.00	164.78
21	—	482	148.00–165.00	154.70
5	—	859	119.00–134.00	125.01
32	—	527	134.00–151.00	145.20
7	—	780	121.00–131.00	123.54
56	—	575	143.00–153.00	149.04
9	—	616	131.00–134.00	131.89
10	—	709	122.00–138.00	136.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	118.00	118.00
1	—	955	97.00	97.00
2	—	602	121.00	121.00
3	—	578	120.00–127.00	123.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	167.00	167.00
8	—	420	167.00–169.00	167.75
1	—	380	175.00	175.00
2	—	252	187.50	187.50

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	963	650.00–850.00	759.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,420	1,350.00	1,350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,084	64.00–71.00	66.89
2	—	958	51.00–56.00	53.55
7	—	1,029	58.00–63.00	60.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,305	58.00–63.00	61.60
19	—	1,317	65.00–74.00	67.75
3	—	1,308	53.00–55.00	53.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,513	62.00–66.00	64.51
10	—	1,560	67.00–77.00	70.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,715	90.00–97.00	94.58
1	—	1,495	85.00	85.00
7	—	1,672	100.00–105.00	101.59

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle