Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers unevenly steady, Feeder heifers 2.00-4.00 higher, 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 $142.96/cwt on 529 head.

Average price

$142.96

529 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$858

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$453

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

$53.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.14

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	609	145.17	884	497
Medium and Large 2-3	458	110.41	506	29
Small and Medium 1-2	468	92.00	431	3thin

One grade step is worth $53.17/cwt here — about $453 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 sale529 hd

142.96

—

KY average26 barns · 5,137 hd

132.82

+10.14

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	1,705	92.50	1,577	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,673	59.98	1,003	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,313	54.32	713	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,037	51.78	537	7thin

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 2-3	—	675	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	614	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	482	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	125.72/cwt	121.00–137.00	465	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	127.81/cwt	119.00–137.00	668	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	810	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,061	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	123.19/cwt	115.00–134.00	770	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	136.98/cwt	128.00–141.00	586	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	928	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	1,306	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	403	171.49/cwt	170.00–174.00	691	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	152.54/cwt	152.25–152.80	969	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	768	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,098	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	123.55/cwt	119.00–127.00	702	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	713	122.51/cwt	120.00–125.00	873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	901	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,036	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	659	117.48/cwt	116.00–128.00	774	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	529	119.89/cwt	105.00–133.00	634	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	318	139.98/cwt	138.00–142.00	445	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	755	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,155	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	143.15/cwt	139.00–148.00	948	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	149.38/cwt	139.00–156.00	780	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	574	125.53/cwt	114.00–134.00	721	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	162.21/cwt	157.00–167.50	532	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	152.90/cwt	145.00–168.00	739	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	120.86/cwt	111.00–141.00	583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	160.00/cwt	155.00–166.00	670	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	134.17/cwt	126.00–137.00	1,030	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	139.59/cwt	131.00–142.00	988	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,280	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	166.43/cwt	157.00–173.00	631	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,023	142.90/cwt	142.90–142.90	1,462	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	653	155.90/cwt	155.90–155.90	1,018	55
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	478	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	142.68/cwt	135.00–156.00	830	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	143.24/cwt	130.00–149.00	898	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	611	151.96/cwt	150.00–155.00	928	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	161.97/cwt	161.00–163.00	931	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	800	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,156	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	150.76/cwt	147.00–153.00	633	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	151.86/cwt	142.00–159.00	714	27
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	622	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	509	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	435	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	744	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	55.53/cwt	54.00–59.00	927	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	48.61/cwt	47.00–53.00	513	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	595	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	513	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,674	61.65/cwt	60.00–64.00	1,032	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	54.37/cwt	51.00–56.00	717	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	44.26/cwt	40.00–48.00	577	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	59.23/cwt	57.00–64.00	772	6
Bulls	—	—	1,836	101.04/cwt	99.00–102.00	1,855	4
Bulls	—	—	1,803	92.82/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,674	5
Bulls	—	—	1,503	85.35/cwt	79.00–88.00	1,283	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	798	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	126.75/cwt	124.00–131.00	663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	684	105.86/cwt	101.00–113.00	724	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	128.97/cwt	111.00–136.00	609	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	160.48/cwt	157.00–165.00	600	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	129.83/cwt	129.00–134.00	848	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	132.00/cwt	123.00–143.00	826	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	109.44/cwt	104.00–115.00	775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	129.43/cwt	121.00–132.00	409	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	113.68/cwt	110.00–118.00	762	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	126.74/cwt	112.00–129.00	923	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	586	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	908	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	112.28/cwt	101.00–115.00	543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	110.12/cwt	106.00–114.00	573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	200	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	136.47/cwt	130.00–140.00	640	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	687	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	1,029	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	572	106.56/cwt	94.00–115.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	112.97/cwt	108.00–120.00	478	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	937	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	145.82/cwt	137.00–151.00	776	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	409	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	778	92.94/cwt	89.00–97.00	723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	593	125.20/cwt	109.00–127.00	742	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	440	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	396	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	135.24/cwt	131.00–142.00	759	12

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 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,270Last week 930Year ago 1,311

Slaughter CattleReceipts 87Last week 89Year ago 98

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 5Year 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
1	—	675	91.00	91.00
2	—	340	110.00	110.00
1	—	290	112.00	112.00
5	—	484	101.00–115.00	112.28
2	—	520	106.00–114.00	110.12
1	—	200	117.50	117.50
1	—	615	98.00	98.00
4	—	572	94.00–115.00	106.56
12	—	423	108.00–120.00	112.97
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	482	93.00	93.00
1	—	440	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	370	121.00–137.00	125.72
26	—	523	119.00–137.00	127.81
1	—	265	134.00	134.00
25	—	625	115.00–134.00	123.19
17	—	428	128.00–141.00	136.98
23	—	568	119.00–127.00	123.55
1	—	840	101.00	101.00
6	—	316	121.00–132.00	129.43
6	—	670	110.00–118.00	113.68
10	—	728	112.00–129.00	126.74
22	—	469	130.00–140.00	136.47
1	—	860	109.00	109.00
1	—	790	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	131.00	131.00
174	—	635	152.25–152.80	152.54
8	—	768	143.00	143.00
92	—	586	155.00	155.00
78	—	687	149.75	149.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	928	140.75	140.75
40	—	755	153.00	153.00
53	—	1,023	142.90	142.90
55	—	653	155.90	155.90
7	—	611	150.00–155.00	151.96
4	—	575	161.00–163.00	161.97
54	—	800	144.50	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	403	170.00–174.00	171.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	120.00–125.00	122.51
4	—	901	115.00	115.00
8	—	659	116.00–128.00	117.48
11	—	529	105.00–133.00	119.89
2	—	318	138.00–142.00	139.98
5	—	574	114.00–134.00	125.53
3	—	482	111.00–141.00	120.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	662	139.00–148.00	143.15
33	—	522	139.00–156.00	149.38
2	—	328	157.00–167.50	162.21
17	—	483	145.00–168.00	152.90
4	—	419	155.00–166.00	160.00
4	—	768	126.00–137.00	134.17
10	—	708	131.00–142.00	139.59
1	—	275	177.50	177.50
6	—	948	135.00	135.00
6	—	379	157.00–173.00	166.43
1	—	810	121.00	121.00
31	—	582	135.00–156.00	142.68
38	—	627	130.00–149.00	143.24
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	95.00	95.00
4	—	420	147.00–153.00	150.76
27	—	470	142.00–159.00	151.86
1	—	335	152.00	152.00
4	—	374	157.00–165.00	160.48
6	—	653	129.00–134.00	129.83
8	—	626	123.00–143.00	132.00
2	—	708	104.00–115.00	109.44
2	—	750	100.00	100.00
13	—	532	137.00–151.00	145.82
1	—	290	141.00	141.00
2	—	810	104.00	104.00
12	—	561	131.00–142.00	135.24
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	622	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	124.00–131.00	126.75
1	—	430	134.00	134.00
5	—	684	101.00–113.00	105.86
1	—	730	90.00	90.00
1	—	630	114.00	114.00
7	—	472	111.00–136.00	128.97
1	—	300	120.00	120.00
2	—	778	89.00–97.00	92.94
10	—	593	109.00–127.00	125.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,670	54.00–59.00	55.53
8	—	1,674	60.00–64.00	61.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,056	47.00–53.00	48.61
2	—	1,043	57.00	57.00
1	—	950	54.00	54.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,318	51.00–56.00	54.37
3	—	1,303	40.00–48.00	44.26
6	—	1,304	57.00–64.00	59.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,836	99.00–102.00	101.04
5	—	1,803	91.00–95.00	92.82
5	—	1,503	79.00–88.00	85.35

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	76.00	76.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	77.00	77.00

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