Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 500 lbs steady, over 500 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher, Feeder heifers 3.00-5.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.07/cwt on 491 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −118.61 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$153.07

491 head · 720 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$413

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

$20.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.13

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	726	153.68	1,115	476
Medium and Large 2-3	525	133.67	702	15thin

One grade step is worth $20.02/cwt here — about $413 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 sale491 hd

153.07

—

KY average25 barns · 4,507 hd

146.94

+6.13

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−118.61

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	—	High	1,713	95.78	1,641	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,696	62.61	1,062	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,306	60.44	790	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	53.75	576	18

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	119.80/cwt	119.00–121.00	668	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	119.01/cwt	115.00–122.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	519	169.50/cwt	169.00–170.00	880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	122.67/cwt	120.00–125.00	862	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	124.66/cwt	116.00–126.50	788	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	127.31/cwt	127.00–128.00	731	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	880	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	432	136.31/cwt	129.00–140.00	589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	604	165.30/cwt	165.30–165.30	998	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	141.20/cwt	140.00–142.00	957	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	139.14/cwt	131.00–145.00	868	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	976	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	724	157.90/cwt	157.90–157.90	1,143	137
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	141.21/cwt	140.00–146.00	696	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	799	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,187	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	168.77/cwt	157.00–172.00	768	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	159.05/cwt	155.00–164.00	666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	141.55/cwt	136.00–150.00	815	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	851	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	1,202	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,006	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,107	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	909	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,309	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	805	149.37/cwt	144.50–150.75	1,202	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	146.62/cwt	141.00–156.00	635	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	145.40/cwt	136.00–152.00	759	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	127.78/cwt	120.00–131.00	843	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	150.85/cwt	149.00–154.00	707	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	93.04/cwt	90.00–96.00	754	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	59.17/cwt	56.00–62.00	660	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,875	68.65/cwt	68.00–69.00	1,287	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	53.55/cwt	52.00–55.00	715	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	65.43/cwt	63.00–68.00	865	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	48.32/cwt	44.00–52.00	497	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	60.77/cwt	58.00–62.00	779	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	58.98/cwt	55.00–62.00	937	5
Bulls	—	—	1,841	102.79/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,892	4
Bulls	—	—	1,862	93.29/cwt	89.00–96.00	1,737	3
Bulls	—	—	1,235	85.50/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,056	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	7,136	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	13,728	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	13,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	11,563	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	544	129.24/cwt	128.00–131.00	703	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	691	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	770	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	797	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	765	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	129.90/cwt	120.00–137.00	801	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	134.47/cwt	129.00–138.00	636	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	364	119.29/cwt	115.00–121.00	434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	143.50/cwt	132.00–150.00	814	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	834	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	148.08/cwt	140.00–154.00	554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	131.62/cwt	126.00–137.00	691	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	131.67/cwt	124.00–138.00	548	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	124.01/cwt	122.00–125.00	812	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	736	102.67/cwt	98.00–106.00	756	6

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 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 930Last week 1,492Year ago 1,578

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 56Year ago 103

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 0Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	558	119.00–121.00	119.80
3	—	527	115.00–122.00	119.01
1	—	430	122.00	122.00
1	—	870	92.00	92.00
4	—	364	115.00–121.00	119.29
1	—	625	114.00	114.00
1	—	470	111.00	111.00
2	—	665	101.00	101.00
6	—	736	98.00–106.00	102.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	130.00	130.00
9	—	703	120.00–125.00	122.67
18	—	632	116.00–126.50	124.66
10	—	574	127.00–128.00	127.31
6	—	473	129.00–138.00	134.47
1	—	380	125.00	125.00
24	—	525	126.00–137.00	131.62
9	—	416	124.00–138.00	131.67
3	—	655	122.00–125.00	124.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	128.00	128.00
1	—	565	120.00	120.00
1	—	880	103.00	103.00
1	—	730	120.00	120.00
3	—	432	129.00–140.00	136.31
1	—	540	129.00	129.00
5	—	493	140.00–146.00	141.21
2	—	382	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	519	169.00–170.00	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	145.00	145.00
5	—	678	140.00–142.00	141.20
12	—	624	131.00–145.00	139.14
11	—	718	136.00	136.00
1	—	310	160.00	160.00
1	—	770	131.00	131.00
9	—	455	157.00–172.00	168.77
6	—	419	155.00–164.00	159.05
14	—	576	136.00–150.00	141.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	604	165.30	165.30
137	—	724	157.90	157.90
62	—	799	148.50	148.50
10	—	851	141.25	141.25
58	—	909	144.00	144.00
54	—	805	144.50–150.75	149.37
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,006	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	433	141.00–156.00	146.62
12	—	522	136.00–152.00	145.40
4	—	660	120.00–131.00	127.78
2	—	745	111.00	111.00
7	—	469	149.00–154.00	150.85
4	—	810	90.00–96.00	93.04
1	—	955	90.00	90.00
10	—	617	120.00–137.00	129.90
12	—	567	132.00–150.00	143.50
1	—	765	109.00	109.00
4	—	374	140.00–154.00	148.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	135.00	135.00
1	—	860	85.00	85.00
4	—	544	128.00–131.00	129.24
1	—	410	130.00	130.00
5	—	691	111.50	111.50
2	—	797	96.00	96.00
1	—	390	138.00	138.00
1	—	590	125.00	125.00
1	—	460	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,116	56.00–62.00	59.17
9	—	1,029	44.00–52.00	48.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,875	68.00–69.00	68.65
5	—	1,588	55.00–62.00	58.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,335	52.00–55.00	53.55
5	—	1,322	63.00–68.00	65.43
8	—	1,282	58.00–62.00	60.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,841	100.00–106.00	102.79
3	—	1,862	89.00–96.00	93.29
2	—	1,235	85.00–86.00	85.50

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 (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,430	960.00	960.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	925.00	925.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	73.00	73.00

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

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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