Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.46/cwt on 1,053 head.

Average price

$137.46

1,053 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$936

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$28.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.59

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	681	137.96	940	1,035
Medium and Large 2-3	674	109.06	735	18thin

One grade step is worth $28.90/cwt here — about $205 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 sale1,053 hd

137.46

—

KY average27 barns · 4,809 hd

135.87

+1.59

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	1,706	104.97	1,791	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,371	67.69	928	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,599	67.54	1,080	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	976	59.66	582	16
Heifers	Select	Average	1,080	105.00	1,134	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,195	103.33	1,235	3thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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	—	618	124.77/cwt	121.00–127.00	771	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	507	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	826	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	134.48/cwt	127.00–144.00	574	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	123.83/cwt	120.00–125.00	662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	837	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	829	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	973	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	140.70/cwt	130.00–151.00	546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	120.62/cwt	117.00–121.00	924	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	137.63/cwt	135.00–139.00	840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	110.50/cwt	110.00–115.00	751	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	790	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	648	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	910	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	142.14/cwt	137.00–149.00	802	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	103.07/cwt	92.00–114.00	855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	537	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	852	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	988	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,080	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	994	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,510	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	18,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	112.53/cwt	110.00–115.00	701	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,569	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	73.05/cwt	72.00–74.00	767	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,458	937.95/cwt	900.00–975.00	13,675	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	17,156	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	447	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	62.56/cwt	60.00–64.00	624	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	740	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	49.83/cwt	45.00–53.00	441	4
Bulls	—	—	1,270	93.61/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,189	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,606	69.33/cwt	66.00–72.00	1,113	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	1,292.86/cwt	1,000.00–1,475.00	15,165	3
Bulls	—	—	1,875	110.18/cwt	105.00–117.00	2,066	14
Heifers	Select	—	1,080	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,134	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,195	103.33/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,235	3
Bulls	—	—	1,178	85.51/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,007	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	62.15/cwt	60.00–64.00	816	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	69.84/cwt	65.00–75.00	973	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	486	146.74/cwt	145.00–149.00	713	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	290	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	487	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	150.04/cwt	145.00–154.00	929	17
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	617	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	769	140.36/cwt	136.00–141.25	1,079	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	220	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	594	145.04/cwt	145.00–146.00	862	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	581	160.24/cwt	160.00–161.00	931	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	346	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	571	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	143.37/cwt	136.00–148.00	824	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	532	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	777	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	169.95/cwt	167.50–172.50	467	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	129.02/cwt	125.00–135.00	935	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	144.32/cwt	144.00–147.00	945	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	693	138.28/cwt	138.25–138.30	958	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,156	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	855	137.62/cwt	130.50–140.30	1,177	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	148.33/cwt	146.00–158.00	687	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	937	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	786	137.46/cwt	130.00–138.80	1,080	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,006	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	905	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	147.05/cwt	146.00–148.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	567	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	144.88/cwt	135.00–154.00	779	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	127.52/cwt	120.00–130.00	862	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	139.06/cwt	127.00–142.50	800	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	136.36/cwt	128.00–140.00	640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	137.41/cwt	125.00–142.00	926	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	132.06/cwt	123.00–141.00	693	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	135.55/cwt	126.00–141.00	836	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	114.00/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,015	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	927	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	166.09/cwt	156.00–175.00	629	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	122.74/cwt	117.00–125.00	900	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	900	134.90/cwt	134.90–134.90	1,214	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	116.82/cwt	109.00–118.00	1,100	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	728	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,012	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	146.54/cwt	140.00–155.00	778	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	164.51/cwt	155.00–172.00	717	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	137.65/cwt	134.75–140.40	988	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	129.57/cwt	126.00–135.00	868	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	645	141.11/cwt	136.00–145.00	910	271

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 Jun 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,743Last week 1,925Year ago 1,699

Slaughter CattleReceipts 91Last week 68Year ago 117

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 1Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	618	121.00–127.00	124.77
5	—	427	127.00–144.00	134.48
11	—	766	117.00–121.00	120.62
5	—	1,006	90.00	90.00
3	—	373	152.00	152.00
63	—	575	127.00–142.50	139.06
5	—	469	128.00–140.00	136.36
1	—	950	92.00	92.00
14	—	525	123.00–141.00	132.06
10	—	890	111.00–117.00	114.00
3	—	806	115.00	115.00
21	—	733	117.00–125.00	122.74
1	—	295	132.00	132.00
37	—	670	126.00–135.00	129.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	837	99.00	99.00
1	—	740	106.00	106.00
1	—	580	110.00	110.00
1	—	885	94.00	94.00
10	—	680	110.00–115.00	110.50
2	—	537	117.00	117.00
1	—	385	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	486	145.00–149.00	146.74
2	—	290	168.00	168.00
3	—	346	165.00	165.00
5	—	532	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	594	145.00–146.00	145.04
111	—	693	138.25–138.30	138.28
220	—	786	130.00–138.80	137.46
155	—	718	134.75–140.40	137.65
271	—	645	136.00–145.00	141.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	107.00	107.00
4	—	535	120.00–125.00	123.83
1	—	495	130.00	130.00
1	—	790	100.00	100.00
2	—	623	110.00–115.00	112.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	507	163.00	163.00
5	—	648	140.50	140.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	791	123.00	123.00
1	—	380	163.00	163.00
1	—	885	110.00	110.00
3	—	610	135.00–139.00	137.63
5	—	564	137.00–149.00	142.14
2	—	1,050	94.00	94.00
2	—	473	146.00–148.00	147.05
15	—	538	135.00–154.00	144.88
11	—	676	120.00–130.00	127.52
1	—	705	124.00	124.00
15	—	942	109.00–118.00	116.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	140.00	140.00
2	—	388	130.00–151.00	140.70
2	—	830	92.00–114.00	103.07
1	—	665	103.00	103.00
2	—	852	116.00	116.00
1	—	600	121.00	121.00
1	—	1,080	92.00	92.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	619	145.00–154.00	150.04
85	—	769	136.00–141.25	140.36
38	—	655	144.00–147.00	144.32
195	—	855	130.50–140.30	137.62
57	—	900	134.90	134.90
6	—	728	139.00	139.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	617	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	201.00	201.00
8	—	581	160.00–161.00	160.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	575	136.00–148.00	143.37
2	—	275	167.50–172.50	169.95
4	—	725	125.00–135.00	129.02
2	—	940	123.00	123.00
5	—	463	146.00–158.00	148.33
5	—	774	121.00	121.00
1	—	800	128.00	128.00
19	—	674	125.00–142.00	137.41
12	—	617	126.00–141.00	135.55
10	—	379	156.00–175.00	166.09
1	—	850	126.00	126.00
16	—	531	140.00–155.00	146.54
7	—	436	155.00–172.00	164.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,510	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,525	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	875.00	875.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	72.00–74.00	73.05
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,458	900.00–975.00	937.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,173	1,000.00–1,475.00	1,292.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	55.00	55.00
7	—	1,606	66.00–72.00	69.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	998	60.00–64.00	62.56
1	—	1,105	67.00	67.00
4	—	885	45.00–53.00	49.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,313	60.00–64.00	62.15
18	—	1,393	65.00–75.00	69.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,270	92.00–95.00	93.61
14	—	1,875	105.00–117.00	110.18
2	—	1,178	85.00–86.00	85.51
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	105.00	105.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,195	101.00–107.00	103.33

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

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle