Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers steady to 2.00 lower except 800 weights were 2.00-3.00 higher, Feeder heifers steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 lower, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.86/cwt on 732 head.

Average price

$143.86

732 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$979

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$599

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

$46.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.70

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	682	144.36	984	720
Medium and Large 2-3	625	115.35	721	11thin
Small and Medium 1-2	395	97.50	385	1thin

One grade step is worth $46.86/cwt here — about $599 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 sale732 hd

143.86

—

KY average26 barns · 5,746 hd

139.15

+4.70

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	1,742	94.63	1,649	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,557	69.74	1,086	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,331	66.75	888	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,018	58.71	598	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,090	102.00	1,112	1thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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	—	295	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	148.67/cwt	148.00–149.00	699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	134.55/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,043	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	118.67/cwt	114.00–124.00	858	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	133.76/cwt	128.00–136.00	894	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	137.81/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,016	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	157.94/cwt	144.00–161.00	907	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	877	144.40/cwt	144.40–144.40	1,266	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	150.68/cwt	150.00–152.00	707	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	143.60/cwt	133.00–149.00	754	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	154.11/cwt	148.00–162.00	718	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,059	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	143.67/cwt	135.00–150.00	886	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	674	147.88/cwt	142.00–151.40	997	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	139.09/cwt	137.00–141.00	437	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	142.87/cwt	134.00–149.00	616	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	138.22/cwt	130.00–145.00	511	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	819	149.16/cwt	148.00–149.70	1,222	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	427	153.74/cwt	150.00–154.00	656	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	919	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,186	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	144.24/cwt	136.00–150.00	981	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	527	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	812	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	129.30/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,073	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	390	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	150.65/cwt	142.00–161.00	773	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	815	137.74/cwt	131.50–138.30	1,123	74
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	395	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	913	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,242	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	994	137.40/cwt	137.40–137.40	1,366	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	727	145.31/cwt	143.90–146.00	1,056	220
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	146.25/cwt	138.00–150.00	841	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	693	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	60.75/cwt	59.00–62.00	657	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	53.56/cwt	48.00–57.00	494	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,090	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,112	1
Bulls	—	—	2,200	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	2,244	1
Bulls	—	—	1,628	92.79/cwt	89.00–96.00	1,511	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	62.98/cwt	62.00–64.00	1,003	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	68.21/cwt	65.00–70.00	911	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	868	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	830	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	959	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	904.46/cwt	890.00–920.00	8,773	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	484	153.82/cwt	153.00–155.00	744	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	220	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	451	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	124.58/cwt	120.00–127.00	714	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	63.09/cwt	62.00–64.00	833	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,549	71.24/cwt	66.00–74.00	1,104	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	126.33/cwt	124.00–130.00	850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	456	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	847	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	702	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	601	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	902	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	7,440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	773	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	113.45/cwt	107.00–120.00	766	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	139.89/cwt	131.00–145.00	809	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	151.02/cwt	145.00–154.00	639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	123.08/cwt	118.00–123.50	993	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,234	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	136.67/cwt	125.00–141.00	838	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	921	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	409	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,041	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	130.49/cwt	121.00–136.00	932	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	154.36/cwt	152.00–158.00	585	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	132.97/cwt	129.00–136.00	895	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	137.52/cwt	129.00–144.00	862	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	104.97/cwt	99.00–111.00	971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	840	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	823	92.93/cwt	90.00–99.00	765	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	693	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	762	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 Jul 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,417Last week 1,812Year ago 2,086

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 62Year ago 82

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 2Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	163.00	163.00
5	—	723	114.00–124.00	118.67
1	—	310	157.50	157.50
6	—	469	150.00–152.00	150.68
14	—	513	142.00–161.00	150.65
14	—	575	138.00–150.00	146.25
3	—	423	145.00–154.00	151.02
4	—	774	119.00	119.00
1	—	860	121.00	121.00
5	—	379	152.00–158.00	154.36
2	—	812	115.00	115.00
4	—	673	129.00–136.00	132.97
20	—	627	129.00–144.00	137.52
2	—	925	99.00–111.00	104.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	119.00	119.00
3	—	573	120.00–127.00	124.58
1	—	360	145.00	145.00
1	—	645	121.00	121.00
1	—	305	134.00	134.00
1	—	475	129.00	129.00
3	—	823	90.00–99.00	92.93
3	—	693	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	601	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	148.00–149.00	148.67
21	—	668	128.00–136.00	133.76
20	—	525	133.00–149.00	143.60
6	—	890	119.00	119.00
9	—	314	137.00–141.00	139.09
7	—	431	134.00–149.00	142.87
3	—	370	130.00–145.00	138.22
2	—	260	150.00	150.00
19	—	578	131.00–145.00	139.89
13	—	807	118.00–123.50	123.08
9	—	613	125.00–141.00	136.67
9	—	714	121.00–136.00	130.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
271	—	674	142.00–151.40	147.88
7	—	527	154.00	154.00
74	—	815	131.50–138.30	137.74
220	—	727	143.90–146.00	145.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	427	150.00–154.00	153.74
11	—	484	153.00–155.00	153.82
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	97.50	97.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	830	100.00	100.00
2	—	365	125.00	125.00
2	—	702	113.00	113.00
2	—	675	107.00–120.00	113.45
2	—	640	120.00–122.00	120.99
1	—	455	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	775	130.00–139.00	134.55
40	—	737	134.00–144.00	137.81
30	—	574	144.00–161.00	157.94
6	—	466	148.00–162.00	154.11
12	—	617	135.00–150.00	143.67
3	—	395	161.00	161.00
1	—	425	154.00	154.00
1	—	285	165.00	165.00
15	—	919	129.00	129.00
2	—	522	156.00	156.00
13	—	680	136.00–150.00	144.24
3	—	830	124.00–134.00	129.30
2	—	875	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	877	144.40	144.40
200	—	819	148.00–149.70	149.16
1	—	610	155.00	155.00
58	—	913	136.00	136.00
57	—	994	137.40	137.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	115.00	115.00
3	—	673	124.00–130.00	126.33
1	—	700	121.00	121.00
1	—	560	138.00	138.00
1	—	630	111.00	111.00
1	—	840	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	66.00	66.00
4	—	1,081	59.00–62.00	60.75
3	—	923	48.00–57.00	53.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,593	62.00–64.00	62.98
9	—	1,549	66.00–74.00	71.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,335	65.00–70.00	68.21
2	—	1,320	62.00–64.00	63.09
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	102.00	102.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,200	102.00	102.00
4	—	1,628	89.00–96.00	92.79

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,245	77.00	77.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	970	890.00–920.00	904.46
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	800	930.00	930.00

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