Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 600 lbs 4.00-8.00 higher over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder heifers 1.00-2.00 higher, Yearling steers and heifers mostly steady, Good to very 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 $158.58/cwt on 1,023 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −113.10 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$158.58

1,023 head · 791 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$580

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

$21.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.46

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	794	158.80	1,261	1,013
Medium and Large 2-3	497	136.99	681	10thin

One grade step is worth $21.81/cwt here — about $580 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 sale1,023 hd

158.58

—

KY average26 barns · 9,976 hd

155.12

+3.46

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−113.10

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	1,710	92.32	1,578	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,365	56.74	774	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,597	56.45	902	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,109	51.74	574	14

Every lot, as filed

91 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	—	810	94.08/cwt	91.00–103.00	762	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	139.51/cwt	136.00–142.50	805	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	706	149.90/cwt	149.90–149.90	1,058	72
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	136.70/cwt	136.00–141.00	655	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	868	126.43/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,097	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,133	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	271	147.52/cwt	140.00–155.00	400	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	530	173.23/cwt	171.00–177.00	918	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	431	185.40/cwt	182.50–186.00	799	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	138.50/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,060	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	784	147.80/cwt	147.80–147.80	1,159	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	140.50/cwt	136.00–143.00	738	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	995	79
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	155.13/cwt	155.00–156.00	904	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	469	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	844	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	376	197.57/cwt	192.50–200.00	743	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	145.52/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,212	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	141.21/cwt	137.00–144.00	884	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	627	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	941	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	169.96/cwt	155.00–176.00	801	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	140.31/cwt	135.00–145.00	932	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	162.63/cwt	135.00–163.00	1,197	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	738	148.42/cwt	143.00–154.00	1,095	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	908	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,416	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	145.63/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,263	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	170.86/cwt	167.50–172.50	617	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	161.62/cwt	157.00–164.00	931	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	874	160.39/cwt	160.00–161.50	1,402	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	689	148.47/cwt	148.00–148.50	1,023	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	460	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	158.37/cwt	148.00–159.50	1,204	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,088	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	1,564	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	165.77/cwt	158.00–169.00	869	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	813	160.45/cwt	156.75–163.00	1,304	280
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	116.83/cwt	116.00–119.00	846	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	172.00/cwt	171.00–174.00	685	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	294	167.02/cwt	162.50–170.00	491	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	169.36/cwt	162.00–173.00	811	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	135.29/cwt	121.00–141.00	850	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	376	192.01/cwt	190.00–195.00	722	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	44.24/cwt	42.00–46.00	473	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	51.03/cwt	49.00–53.00	579	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,562	55.20/cwt	54.00–56.00	862	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,661	58.75/cwt	57.00–62.00	976	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,382	59.38/cwt	56.00–65.00	821	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	52.25/cwt	49.00–55.00	698	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	58.44/cwt	56.00–61.00	651	5
Bulls	—	—	1,720	90.10/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,550	3
Bulls	—	—	1,816	99.69/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,810	4
Bulls	—	—	1,558	84.70/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,320	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	78.74/cwt	67.50–98.00	857	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	463	185.63/cwt	181.00–188.00	859	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	511	164.30/cwt	161.00–166.00	840	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	868	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	145.93/cwt	136.00–152.00	759	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	132.44/cwt	121.00–143.00	890	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,137	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	111.38/cwt	110.00–112.00	916	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	140.78/cwt	130.00–145.00	822	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	684	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	123.35/cwt	122.00–124.00	699	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	565	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	927	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	388	152.16/cwt	152.00–152.50	590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	137.08/cwt	127.00–142.00	648	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	123.75/cwt	115.00–129.00	786	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	886	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	129.88/cwt	121.00–135.00	682	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	125.32/cwt	122.00–126.00	887	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	121.92/cwt	114.00–130.00	960	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	857	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	140.04/cwt	137.00–142.00	881	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	115.60/cwt	113.00–117.00	783	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	439	150.15/cwt	148.00–154.00	659	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	682	110.75/cwt	110.00–111.00	755	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	124.77/cwt	119.00–135.00	722	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	133.19/cwt	128.00–141.00	557	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	475	143.47/cwt	143.00–145.00	681	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	133.59/cwt	127.50–140.00	453	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	126.41/cwt	123.00–130.00	480	2

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 Dec 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,924Last week 1,860Year ago 2,672

Slaughter CattleReceipts 123Last week 65Year ago 120

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 3Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	810	91.00–103.00	94.08
2	—	857	102.00	102.00
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
1	—	710	95.00	95.00
4	—	682	110.00–111.00	110.75
1	—	560	103.00	103.00
1	—	400	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	577	136.00–142.50	139.51
72	—	706	149.90	149.90
67	—	784	147.80	147.80
23	—	525	136.00–143.00	140.50
79	—	663	150.00	150.00
22	—	629	137.00–142.00	140.04
16	—	439	148.00–154.00	150.15
19	—	475	143.00–145.00	143.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	868	125.00–129.00	126.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	115.00	115.00
11	—	271	140.00–155.00	147.52
45	—	473	127.00–142.00	137.08
21	—	635	115.00–129.00	123.75
21	—	525	121.00–135.00	129.88
6	—	708	122.00–126.00	125.32
7	—	787	114.00–130.00	121.92
5	—	677	113.00–117.00	115.60
16	—	579	119.00–135.00	124.77
13	—	418	128.00–141.00	133.19
4	—	339	127.50–140.00	133.59
2	—	380	123.00–130.00	126.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	388	152.00–152.50	152.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	479	136.00–141.00	136.70
1	—	695	128.00	128.00
1	—	360	150.00	150.00
1	—	560	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	530	171.00–177.00	173.23
6	—	431	182.50–186.00	185.40
9	—	469	180.00	180.00
9	—	376	192.50–200.00	197.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	765	137.00–140.00	138.50
8	—	583	155.00–156.00	155.13
8	—	833	140.00–147.00	145.52
22	—	626	137.00–144.00	141.21
24	—	471	155.00–176.00	169.96
13	—	664	135.00–145.00	140.31
76	—	736	135.00–163.00	162.63
6	—	867	139.00–148.00	145.63
7	—	361	167.50–172.50	170.86
1	—	520	144.00	144.00
1	—	300	182.50	182.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	627	150.00	150.00
19	—	738	143.00–154.00	148.42
56	—	908	156.00	156.00
19	—	576	157.00–164.00	161.62
261	—	874	160.00–161.50	160.39
15	—	689	148.00–148.50	148.47
83	—	760	148.00–159.50	158.37
50	—	1,088	143.75	143.75
7	—	524	158.00–169.00	165.77
280	—	813	156.75–163.00	160.45
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	724	116.00–119.00	116.83
6	—	398	171.00–174.00	172.00
5	—	294	162.50–170.00	167.02
4	—	479	162.00–173.00	169.36
16	—	628	121.00–141.00	135.29
2	—	758	114.00–115.00	114.50
12	—	520	136.00–152.00	145.93
29	—	672	121.00–143.00	132.44
1	—	980	116.00	116.00
8	—	822	110.00–112.00	111.38
8	—	584	130.00–145.00	140.78
1	—	240	167.50	167.50
1	—	860	103.00	103.00
1	—	920	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	376	190.00–195.00	192.01
3	—	463	181.00–188.00	185.63
16	—	511	161.00–166.00	164.30
1	—	565	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	141.00	141.00
3	—	567	122.00–124.00	123.35
1	—	720	99.00	99.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,070	42.00–46.00	44.24
5	—	1,135	49.00–53.00	51.03
5	—	1,114	56.00–61.00	58.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,562	54.00–56.00	55.20
6	—	1,661	57.00–62.00	58.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,382	56.00–65.00	59.38
10	—	1,336	49.00–55.00	52.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,720	87.00–94.00	90.10
4	—	1,816	98.00–102.00	99.69
3	—	1,558	83.00–86.00	84.70

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	7	—	1,088	67.50–98.00	78.74

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle