Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers 2.00-3.00 lower, Feeder heifers 3.00-5.00 lower, Yearlings 1.00-2.00 higher, Moderate to lite demand for feeders and good demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.36/cwt on 299 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −139.32 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$132.36

299 head · 756 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,001

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$381

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

$21.46/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	767	133.58	1,024	282
Medium and Large 2-3	574	112.13	643	17thin

One grade step is worth $21.46/cwt here — about $381 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 sale299 hd

132.36

—

KY average26 barns · 4,085 hd

131.99

+0.37

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−139.32

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	75.40	1,087	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,674	56.07	938	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,310	53.88	706	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,102	49.03	540	11

Every lot, as filed

79 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	—	557	128.02/cwt	121.00–133.00	713	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	880	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	104.45/cwt	93.00–110.00	757	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	127.67/cwt	117.00–129.00	1,053	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	143.04/cwt	140.00–149.00	551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	122.50/cwt	122.00–123.00	833	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	103.41/cwt	99.00–109.00	702	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	524	110.89/cwt	106.00–115.00	581	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	120.31/cwt	115.00–123.00	858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	141.06/cwt	130.00–151.00	597	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	141.88/cwt	138.00–146.00	678	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	390	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	621	112.98/cwt	110.00–114.00	702	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	128.98/cwt	124.00–134.00	691	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,123	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	132.71/cwt	132.00–134.00	815	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	880	132.19/cwt	130.40–134.00	1,163	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	127.90/cwt	118.00–130.00	785	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	124.05/cwt	119.00–126.00	602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	132.69/cwt	130.00–136.00	744	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	316	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	528	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	123.08/cwt	114.00–126.00	1,087	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	77.63/cwt	75.00–79.00	794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,081	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	136.63/cwt	128.00–143.00	588	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	105.22/cwt	101.00–111.00	759	8
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	725	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	788	137.95/cwt	137.95–137.95	1,087	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	894	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	113.23/cwt	109.00–122.00	658	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	272	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	731	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	790.01/cwt	725.00–850.00	7,861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	80.50/cwt	80.00–81.00	777	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,750	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	645	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	516	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	697	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	579	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	54.07/cwt	52.00–57.00	603	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,832	61.15/cwt	58.00–62.50	1,120	3
Bulls	—	—	1,889	84.18/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,590	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	50.40/cwt	46.00–53.00	642	5
Bulls	—	—	1,438	74.48/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,071	3
Bulls	—	—	1,071	68.55/cwt	64.00–71.00	734	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	50.99/cwt	48.00–53.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	100.11/cwt	89.00–110.00	373	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	338	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	95.74/cwt	83.00–104.00	559	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	55.81/cwt	54.00–60.00	743	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	4,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	371	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	98.49/cwt	97.00–100.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	581	116.55/cwt	108.00–122.00	677	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	92.69/cwt	82.00–102.00	439	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	47.14/cwt	43.00–50.00	517	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	105.91/cwt	92.00–110.00	553	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	101.52/cwt	100.00–103.00	638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	411	116.62/cwt	104.00–121.00	479	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	385	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	761.72/cwt	650.00–875.00	9,560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	112.90/cwt	108.00–121.00	754	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	137.11/cwt	133.00–146.00	506	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	115.53/cwt	108.00–123.00	707	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	118.49/cwt	117.00–120.00	507	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	109.83/cwt	97.00–119.00	627	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	137.18/cwt	133.00–149.00	647	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	115.98/cwt	111.00–126.00	617	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	135.07/cwt	131.00–139.00	712	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	666	97.87/cwt	85.00–102.00	652	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	94.86/cwt	92.00–97.00	581	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	125.52/cwt	119.00–132.00	581	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	123.46/cwt	117.00–128.00	540	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	115.63/cwt	103.00–118.00	710	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 Oct 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 675Last week 1,004Year ago 1,433

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 98Year ago 105

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 6Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	557	121.00–133.00	128.02
9	—	430	128.00–143.00	136.63
8	—	721	101.00–111.00	105.22
1	—	885	101.00	101.00
2	—	965	80.00–81.00	80.50
3	—	668	108.00–121.00	112.90
5	—	369	133.00–146.00	137.11
23	—	612	108.00–123.00	115.53
11	—	472	133.00–149.00	137.18
16	—	527	131.00–139.00	135.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	106.00–115.00	110.89
4	—	485	119.00–126.00	124.05
2	—	725	91.00	91.00
2	—	628	100.00–103.00	101.52
4	—	411	104.00–121.00	116.62
6	—	571	97.00–119.00	109.83
1	—	395	120.00	120.00
6	—	666	85.00–102.00	97.87
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	72.00	72.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	104.00	104.00
4	—	621	110.00–114.00	112.98
1	—	330	112.50	112.50
2	—	668	97.00–100.00	98.49
5	—	581	108.00–122.00	116.55
1	—	455	121.00	121.00
2	—	428	117.00–120.00	118.49
1	—	505	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	825	117.00–129.00	127.67
3	—	385	140.00–149.00	143.04
2	—	680	122.00–123.00	122.50
3	—	713	115.00–123.00	120.31
2	—	423	130.00–151.00	141.06
19	—	478	138.00–146.00	141.88
10	—	536	124.00–134.00	128.98
1	—	985	114.00	114.00
15	—	614	118.00–130.00	127.90
7	—	561	130.00–136.00	132.69
8	—	883	114.00–126.00	123.08
1	—	1,070	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	614	132.00–134.00	132.71
123	—	880	130.40–134.00	132.19
62	—	788	137.95	137.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	316	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	725	93.00–110.00	104.45
8	—	679	99.00–109.00	103.41
1	—	785	100.00	100.00
3	—	325	120.00	120.00
2	—	850	99.00	99.00
6	—	581	109.00–122.00	113.23
1	—	205	132.50	132.50
22	—	532	111.00–126.00	115.98
27	—	463	119.00–132.00	125.52
10	—	437	117.00–128.00	123.46
9	—	614	103.00–118.00	115.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	373	89.00–110.00	100.11
2	—	338	105.00	105.00
1	—	815	77.00	77.00
7	—	584	83.00–104.00	95.74
7	—	474	82.00–102.00	92.69
29	—	522	92.00–110.00	105.91
1	—	410	94.00	94.00
7	—	613	92.00–97.00	94.86
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	80.00	80.00
2	—	697	83.00	83.00

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	3	—	1,023	75.00–79.00	77.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	65.00	65.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	995	725.00–850.00	790.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	425.00	425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,255	650.00–875.00	761.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	52.00–57.00	54.07
8	—	1,097	43.00–50.00	47.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,832	58.00–62.50	61.15
3	—	1,515	48.00–53.00	50.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,273	46.00–53.00	50.40
9	—	1,331	54.00–60.00	55.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,889	82.00–90.00	84.18
3	—	1,438	73.00–77.00	74.48
6	—	1,071	64.00–71.00	68.55

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle