Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers steady,Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower, Yearlings mostly steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-3.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.47/cwt on 635 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −136.21 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$135.47

635 head · 801 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,086

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$309

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

$9.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.03

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	802	135.53	1,088	631
Medium and Large 2-3	619	125.79	778	4thin

One grade step is worth $9.74/cwt here — about $309 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 sale635 hd

135.47

—

KY average26 barns · 4,015 hd

138.49

−3.03

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−136.21

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	1,498	96.88	1,451	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,558	77.86	1,213	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,282	70.71	907	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,083	65.40	708	5thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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 1-2	—	474	137.37/cwt	130.00–142.00	651	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	139.54/cwt	132.00–141.00	537	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	120.52/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,133	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	152.39/cwt	140.00–160.00	721	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	137.62/cwt	136.00–141.00	403	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	948	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	134.22/cwt	122.00–138.00	762	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,066	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	122.85/cwt	115.00–128.00	827	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	136.86/cwt	126.00–140.00	727	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	702	143.57/cwt	141.00–143.90	1,008	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	153.21/cwt	143.00–157.00	827	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	932	125.90/cwt	125.90–125.90	1,173	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	139.79/cwt	131.00–145.00	939	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	958	122.10/cwt	122.10–122.10	1,170	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,077	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	799	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	601	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	151.29/cwt	146.00–154.00	867	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	500	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	723	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	440	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	119.28/cwt	109.00–125.00	850	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	844	135.70/cwt	135.60–135.80	1,145	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	894	129.15/cwt	125.75–134.00	1,155	121
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	532	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	529	164.03/cwt	161.00–165.00	868	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	615	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	70.66/cwt	70.00–71.00	803	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	539	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	77.86/cwt	74.00–84.00	1,213	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	70.71/cwt	65.00–77.00	907	5
Bulls	—	—	1,528	83.22/cwt	79.00–86.00	1,272	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	631	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	909	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	230	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	185	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	375	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	657	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	598	2
Bulls	—	—	1,544	106.17/cwt	101.00–113.00	1,639	6
Bulls	—	—	1,300	96.31/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,252	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	133.33/cwt	132.00–134.00	775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	118.06/cwt	115.00–121.00	561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	124.39/cwt	121.00–126.00	784	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,833	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,114	1,058.98/cwt	900.00–1,150.00	11,797	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	142.53/cwt	140.00–145.00	520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	114.93/cwt	111.00–120.00	601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	126.11/cwt	121.00–131.00	593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	529	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	144.46/cwt	140.00–150.00	740	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	407	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	102.52/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,013	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	161.85/cwt	155.00–164.00	670	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	712	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	733	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	153.59/cwt	140.00–162.00	723	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	143.14/cwt	140.00–145.00	905	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	104.30/cwt	98.00–108.00	970	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	168.65/cwt	151.00–173.00	622	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	151.08/cwt	145.00–157.50	420	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	128.63/cwt	121.00–139.00	785	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	128.34/cwt	125.00–132.50	802	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	138.03/cwt	135.00–140.00	588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	117.36/cwt	111.00–123.00	910	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 May 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 956Last week 1,932Year ago 2,158

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 94Year ago 89

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 16Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	474	130.00–142.00	137.37
7	—	385	132.00–141.00	139.54
3	—	293	136.00–141.00	137.62
33	—	568	122.00–138.00	134.22
24	—	673	115.00–128.00	122.85
30	—	531	126.00–140.00	136.86
6	—	930	98.00–108.00	104.30
1	—	825	120.00	120.00
22	—	625	125.00–132.50	128.34
1	—	725	112.00	112.00
1	—	245	135.00	135.00
5	—	426	135.00–140.00	138.03
3	—	775	111.00–123.00	117.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	500	144.50	144.50
3	—	440	149.00	149.00
8	—	485	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	115.00–121.00	118.06
1	—	570	121.00	121.00
3	—	523	111.00–120.00	114.93
1	—	445	100.00	100.00
1	—	375	120.00	120.00
1	—	345	118.00	118.00
5	—	712	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	940	117.00–124.00	120.52
15	—	473	140.00–160.00	152.39
1	—	735	129.00	129.00
1	—	820	130.00	130.00
1	—	405	160.00	160.00
39	—	540	143.00–157.00	153.21
44	—	672	131.00–145.00	139.79
1	—	890	121.00	121.00
18	—	573	146.00–154.00	151.29
15	—	632	140.00–145.00	143.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	164.00	164.00
61	—	702	141.00–143.90	143.57
117	—	932	125.90	125.90
52	—	958	122.10	122.10
7	—	473	169.00	169.00
3	—	601	153.00	153.00
125	—	844	135.60–135.80	135.70
121	—	894	125.75–134.00	129.15
4	—	529	161.00–165.00	164.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	200.00	200.00
1	—	185	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	121.00–126.00	124.39
1	—	585	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	165.00	165.00
1	—	220	172.50	172.50
6	—	713	109.00–125.00	119.28
1	—	870	115.00	115.00
3	—	581	132.00–134.00	133.33
13	—	512	140.00–150.00	144.46
2	—	988	100.00–105.00	102.52
1	—	685	125.00	125.00
10	—	414	155.00–164.00	161.85
8	—	471	140.00–162.00	153.59
5	—	369	151.00–173.00	168.65
2	—	278	145.00–157.50	151.08
9	—	610	121.00–139.00	128.63
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	532	157.00	157.00
4	—	631	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	140.00–145.00	142.53
2	—	470	121.00–131.00	126.11
2	—	423	125.00	125.00
1	—	715	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	657	91.00	91.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	60.00	60.00
3	—	1,137	70.00–71.00	70.66
1	—	980	55.00	55.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,558	74.00–84.00	77.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,282	65.00–77.00	70.71
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,528	79.00–86.00	83.22
6	—	1,544	101.00–113.00	106.17
2	—	1,300	94.00–98.00	96.31

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	—	1,205	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,114	900.00–1,150.00	1,058.98
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	750.00	750.00

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