Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday:Feeder steers 1.00-2.00 higher,Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower, Yearlings sold steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower,Slaughter 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 $139.72/cwt on 404 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −131.96 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$139.72

404 head · 754 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$436

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

$14.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.21

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	757	139.90	1,059	399
Medium and Large 2-3	498	125.22	624	5thin

One grade step is worth $14.68/cwt here — about $436 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 sale404 hd

139.72

—

KY average19 barns · 3,075 hd

140.93

−1.21

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−131.96

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	1,584	88.33	1,399	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,602	62.05	994	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,294	58.61	758	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,040	57.71	600	19
Steers	Choice	Average	1,155	104.00	1,201	1thin

Every lot, as filed

82 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	—	435	148.41/cwt	140.00–161.00	646	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	450	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	606	132.13/cwt	128.00–133.50	801	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	119.27/cwt	116.00–121.00	798	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	123.20/cwt	119.00–125.00	760	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	677	93.97/cwt	91.00–100.00	636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	695	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	923	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	139.41/cwt	126.00–143.00	538	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	509	109.74/cwt	100.00–113.00	559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	129.40/cwt	122.00–133.00	681	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	119.93/cwt	106.00–122.00	582	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	131.54/cwt	125.00–137.00	622	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	121.89/cwt	118.00–127.00	881	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,155	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,201	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	143.40/cwt	142.00–148.00	845	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	910	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	157.88/cwt	156.00–169.00	614	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	161.18/cwt	146.00–167.00	687	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	567	155.85/cwt	154.00–157.00	884	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	127.30/cwt	115.00–129.00	1,057	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	132.11/cwt	121.00–138.00	819	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	124.08/cwt	110.00–135.00	534	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	157.90/cwt	152.00–160.00	576	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	453	121.94/cwt	112.00–132.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	130.44/cwt	125.00–135.00	807	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	423	1
Bulls	—	—	1,525	83.66/cwt	75.00–88.00	1,276	5
Bulls	—	—	1,635	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,668	1
Bulls	—	—	1,825	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,789	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	113.49/cwt	112.00–115.00	670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	122.40/cwt	117.00–126.00	823	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	579	117.56/cwt	111.00–121.00	681	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	115.53/cwt	111.00–120.00	489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	128.95/cwt	122.00–133.00	743	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	110.67/cwt	109.00–114.00	788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	111.06/cwt	107.00–115.00	694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	559	148.90/cwt	148.90–148.90	832	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	135.30/cwt	129.00–139.00	576	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	138.33/cwt	135.00–142.00	461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	88.50/cwt	87.00–90.00	712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	122.04/cwt	120.00–124.00	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	808	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,089	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	152.97/cwt	146.00–163.00	730	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	738	142.60/cwt	142.60–142.60	1,052	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	140.68/cwt	139.00–143.00	722	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	512	157.32/cwt	154.00–160.00	805	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	869	137.85/cwt	136.90–138.90	1,198	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	133.58/cwt	124.00–136.00	886	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	935	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,333	807.70/cwt	760.00–850.00	10,767	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	52.27/cwt	49.00–54.00	554	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	62.40/cwt	61.00–64.00	623	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	51.66/cwt	51.00–52.00	673	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	56.90/cwt	55.00–59.00	608	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	63.57/cwt	61.00–68.00	823	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	57.13/cwt	54.00–60.00	738	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	58.00/cwt	56.00–60.00	901	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	66.09/cwt	64.00–68.00	1,090	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	761	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	859	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	11,938	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	835.80/cwt	825.00–850.00	9,679	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	13,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	371	130.33/cwt	125.00–140.00	484	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	142.98/cwt	136.00–153.00	745	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	921	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	621	106.21/cwt	102.00–113.00	660	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	141.55/cwt	131.00–152.00	808	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	140.96/cwt	138.00–144.00	445	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	661	111.70/cwt	105.00–114.00	738	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	157.41/cwt	145.00–166.00	745	23

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 Sep 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 921Last week 1,181Year ago 1,119

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 79Year ago 97

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 5Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	140.00–161.00	148.41
6	—	365	152.00–160.00	157.90
1	—	230	142.50	142.50
7	—	619	125.00–135.00	130.44
1	—	280	151.00	151.00
7	—	672	117.00–126.00	122.40
1	—	705	117.00	117.00
14	—	521	136.00–153.00	142.98
1	—	990	93.00	93.00
17	—	571	131.00–152.00	141.55
4	—	316	138.00–144.00	140.96
23	—	473	145.00–166.00	157.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	430	110.00–135.00	124.08
1	—	530	125.00	125.00
2	—	453	112.00–132.00	121.94
2	—	590	112.00–115.00	113.49
4	—	371	125.00–140.00	130.33
4	—	621	102.00–113.00	106.21
4	—	661	105.00–114.00	111.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	606	128.00–133.50	132.13
81	—	695	132.75	132.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	669	116.00–121.00	119.27
1	—	280	144.00	144.00
4	—	617	119.00–125.00	123.20
14	—	386	126.00–143.00	139.41
17	—	526	122.00–133.00	129.40
26	—	473	125.00–137.00	131.54
32	—	576	122.00–133.00	128.95
6	—	712	109.00–114.00	110.67
1	—	775	108.00	108.00
10	—	426	129.00–139.00	135.30
3	—	333	135.00–142.00	138.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	91.00–100.00	93.97
5	—	509	100.00–113.00	109.74
1	—	335	107.50	107.50
8	—	485	106.00–122.00	119.93
1	—	370	111.00	111.00
9	—	579	111.00–121.00	117.56
2	—	423	111.00–120.00	115.53
2	—	625	107.00–115.00	111.06
2	—	805	87.00–90.00	88.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	559	148.90	148.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
1	—	525	126.00	126.00
1	—	595	126.00	126.00
2	—	470	120.00–124.00	122.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	144.00	144.00
7	—	623	146.00	146.00
15	—	567	154.00–157.00	155.85
33	—	808	134.75	134.75
60	—	738	142.60	142.60
182	—	869	136.90–138.90	137.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	723	118.00–127.00	121.89
5	—	589	142.00–148.00	143.40
7	—	389	156.00–169.00	157.88
6	—	426	146.00–167.00	161.18
8	—	830	115.00–129.00	127.30
6	—	620	121.00–138.00	132.11
9	—	477	146.00–163.00	152.97
16	—	513	139.00–143.00	140.68
27	—	663	124.00–136.00	133.58
2	—	773	120.00–122.00	120.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	512	154.00–160.00	157.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	104.00	104.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,525	75.00–88.00	83.66
1	—	1,635	102.00	102.00
1	—	1,825	98.00	98.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,060	49.00–54.00	52.27
7	—	998	61.00–64.00	62.40
7	—	1,069	55.00–59.00	56.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,302	51.00–52.00	51.66
9	—	1,294	61.00–68.00	63.57
16	—	1,292	54.00–60.00	57.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,553	56.00–60.00	58.00
2	—	1,650	64.00–68.00	66.09

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)	3	—	1,333	760.00–850.00	807.70
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	87.50	87.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	75.00	75.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,158	825.00–850.00	835.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,280	1,075.00	1,075.00

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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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