Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to being closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.85/cwt on 969 head.

Average price

$125.85

969 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$808

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$20.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.61

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	641	126.63	811	933
Medium and Large 2-3	671	105.65	709	36

One grade step is worth $20.98/cwt here — about $102 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 sale969 hd

125.85

—

KY average27 barns · 7,341 hd

123.23

+2.61

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	1,812	83.22	1,508	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,638	52.80	865	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,266	49.37	625	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	46.27	470	14

Every lot, as filed

97 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	—	444	140.16/cwt	135.00–141.00	622	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	118.07/cwt	110.00–123.00	736	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,152	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	115.44/cwt	110.00–118.00	763	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,176	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	124.66/cwt	124.00–125.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	125.54/cwt	118.00–129.00	599	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	148.91/cwt	145.00–152.50	481	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	129.50/cwt	123.00–135.00	739	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	105.02/cwt	103.00–106.00	702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	128.59/cwt	127.00–131.00	495	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	117.34/cwt	112.00–120.00	860	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	963	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	127.54/cwt	120.00–131.00	543	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	996	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	289	128.34/cwt	126.00–131.00	371	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	130.86/cwt	125.00–138.00	424	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	120.43/cwt	118.00–125.00	938	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	124.01/cwt	114.00–129.00	652	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	132.69/cwt	124.00–136.00	827	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,026	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	123.25/cwt	119.00–126.00	881	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	158.97/cwt	150.00–163.00	763	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	119.12/cwt	116.00–120.50	1,030	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,036	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,316	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	142.69/cwt	138.00–149.00	799	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	127.47/cwt	120.00–132.00	863	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	156.63/cwt	150.00–162.50	666	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	556	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	845	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	903	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,219	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	305	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	526	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	168.00/cwt	160.00–173.00	643	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	405	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	152.27/cwt	144.00–159.00	792	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	782	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	956	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	252	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	701	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	841	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	285	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	506	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	732	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,017	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	690	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	900	446
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,657	52.82/cwt	50.00–55.00	875	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	56.49/cwt	56.00–57.00	699	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	48.32/cwt	45.00–52.00	509	6
Bulls	—	—	1,385	70.42/cwt	70.00–71.00	975	2
Bulls	—	—	2,108	90.51/cwt	89.00–92.00	1,908	3
Bulls	—	—	1,807	83.76/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,514	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	936	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	44.16/cwt	40.00–47.00	566	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	55.88/cwt	55.00–57.00	553	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	50.25/cwt	48.00–55.00	635	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	406	145.00/cwt	140.00–146.00	589	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	41.01/cwt	38.00–43.00	405	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	8,370	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	4,893	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	832	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	207	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	191	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	820	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	47.51/cwt	47.00–48.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	728	106.35/cwt	101.00–108.00	774	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	110.68/cwt	110.00–111.00	636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	719	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	370	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	621	117.30/cwt	113.00–121.00	728	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	691.80/cwt	475.00–875.00	8,648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	96.67/cwt	94.00–98.00	943	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	922	93.34/cwt	92.00–96.00	861	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	787	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	795	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	135.75/cwt	133.00–141.00	714	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	638	106.28/cwt	104.00–107.00	678	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	117.19/cwt	116.00–118.00	496	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	768	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	883	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	727	116.32/cwt	115.00–117.00	846	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	146.82/cwt	145.00–148.00	627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,064	104.50/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,112	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	538	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	676	114.65/cwt	112.00–118.00	775	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	134.27/cwt	130.00–137.00	512	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	464	144.65/cwt	143.00–147.00	671	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	118.02/cwt	116.00–120.00	661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	101.01/cwt	100.00–103.00	665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	155.80/cwt	150.00–162.50	600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	130.64/cwt	125.00–135.00	749	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	139.49/cwt	138.00–144.00	651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	339	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	127.65/cwt	125.00–133.00	617	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	113.57/cwt	110.00–115.00	720	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	113.48/cwt	112.50–115.00	584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	123.60/cwt	117.00–128.50	711	94
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,035	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,087	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	112.01/cwt	110.00–113.00	815	3

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 Dec 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,857Last week 1,819Year ago 2,671

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 121Year ago 147

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 8Year ago 6

No trends due to being closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	444	135.00–141.00	140.16
3	—	507	124.00–125.00	124.66
3	—	323	145.00–152.50	148.91
21	—	571	123.00–135.00	129.50
2	—	252	164.00	164.00
3	—	385	150.00–162.50	155.80
6	—	467	138.00–144.00	139.49
16	—	634	110.00–115.00	113.57
3	—	728	110.00–113.00	112.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	103.00–106.00	105.02
1	—	705	102.00	102.00
1	—	340	132.50	132.50
1	—	830	93.00	93.00
2	—	560	116.00–120.00	118.02
6	—	483	125.00–133.00	127.65
2	—	360	142.00	142.00
5	—	515	112.50–115.00	113.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	164.00	164.00
1	—	370	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	623	110.00–123.00	118.07
16	—	661	110.00–118.00	115.44
34	—	477	118.00–129.00	125.54
7	—	385	127.00–131.00	128.59
32	—	733	112.00–120.00	117.34
28	—	426	120.00–131.00	127.54
11	—	910	109.50	109.50
5	—	289	126.00–131.00	128.34
9	—	324	125.00–138.00	130.86
86	—	526	114.00–129.00	124.01
94	—	575	117.00–128.50	123.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	782	122.25	122.25
21	—	701	120.00	120.00
446	—	690	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	406	140.00–146.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	100.00	100.00
6	—	728	101.00–108.00	106.35
3	—	575	110.00–111.00	110.68
3	—	975	94.00–98.00	96.67
3	—	922	92.00–96.00	93.34
3	—	787	101.00	101.00
4	—	638	104.00–107.00	106.28
5	—	423	116.00–118.00	117.19
2	—	470	114.00–115.00	114.50
5	—	658	100.00–103.00	101.01
1	—	295	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	120.00	120.00
12	—	1,023	115.00	115.00
6	—	823	117.00	117.00
16	—	779	118.00–125.00	120.43
67	—	623	124.00–136.00	132.69
3	—	900	114.00	114.00
32	—	715	119.00–126.00	123.25
25	—	480	150.00–163.00	158.97
2	—	290	155.00	155.00
10	—	865	116.00–120.50	119.12
36	—	560	138.00–149.00	142.69
42	—	677	120.00–132.00	127.47
15	—	425	150.00–162.50	156.63
11	—	383	160.00–173.00	168.00
26	—	520	144.00–159.00	152.27
1	—	325	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,036	127.00	127.00
43	—	556	152.00	152.00
62	—	903	135.00	135.00
145	—	732	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	172.50	172.50
1	—	285	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	621	113.00–121.00	117.30
13	—	526	133.00–141.00	135.75
3	—	768	115.00	115.00
3	—	727	115.00–117.00	116.32
5	—	427	145.00–148.00	146.82
8	—	1,064	101.00–105.00	104.50
7	—	676	112.00–118.00	114.65
4	—	381	130.00–137.00	134.27
6	—	464	143.00–147.00	144.65
1	—	950	112.00	112.00
1	—	830	106.00	106.00
9	—	573	125.00–135.00	130.64
2	—	1,035	105.00	105.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	207	92.50	92.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,657	50.00–55.00	52.82
2	—	1,613	58.00	58.00
2	—	1,570	47.00–48.00	47.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,238	56.00–57.00	56.49
10	—	1,282	40.00–47.00	44.16
27	—	1,264	48.00–55.00	50.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,054	45.00–52.00	48.32
2	—	990	55.00–57.00	55.88
6	—	987	38.00–43.00	41.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	70.00–71.00	70.42
3	—	2,108	89.00–92.00	90.51
7	—	1,807	80.00–87.00	83.76

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,240	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	475.00	475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	475.00–875.00	691.80
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	66.00	66.00

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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Stanford Livestock Auction

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