Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.37/cwt on 134 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −131.31 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$140.37

134 head · 1,038 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,457

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$455

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

$18.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.39

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	1,041	140.65	1,464	132
Medium and Large 2-3	828	122.00	1,010	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.65/cwt here — about $455 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 sale134 hd

140.37

—

KY average19 barns · 4,058 hd

156.76

−16.39

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−131.31

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	1,505	88.16	1,327	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,590	71.18	1,132	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,354	65.71	889	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,038	60.19	625	5thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	—	471	136.08/cwt	130.00–141.00	641	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	164.54/cwt	158.00–179.00	704	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	777	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	141.50/cwt	131.00–148.00	741	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	146.72/cwt	143.00–151.00	558	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	845	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	71.18/cwt	67.00–75.00	1,132	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	666	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	68.95/cwt	67.00–70.00	971	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	120.73/cwt	115.00–122.00	868	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,077	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	716	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,103	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	144.54/cwt	142.00–147.00	992	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	941	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	139.49/cwt	139.00–140.00	855	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	685	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	165.40/cwt	165.00–166.00	756	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	447	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	477	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	151.97/cwt	146.00–154.00	947	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	63.05/cwt	62.00–64.00	634	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	58.29/cwt	57.00–60.00	618	3
Bulls	—	—	1,675	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,575	1
Bulls	—	—	1,448	86.22/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,248	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,348	1,053.06/cwt	975.00–1,125.00	14,195	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	137.93/cwt	131.00–141.00	594	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	145.33/cwt	138.00–150.00	837	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	133.29/cwt	122.00–134.50	1,048	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	152.43/cwt	151.00–154.00	799	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	542	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	144.40/cwt	139.00–147.00	898	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	117.41/cwt	113.00–122.00	432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	154.58/cwt	150.00–156.00	485	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	159.59/cwt	153.00–161.00	771	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,219	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,646	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	924	4

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 Jan 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 259Last week 1,952Year ago 1,021

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 104Year ago 44

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 2

No comparison due to limited supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	471	130.00–141.00	136.08
10	—	524	131.00–148.00	141.50
15	—	380	143.00–151.00	146.72
1	—	665	127.00	127.00
7	—	719	115.00–122.00	120.73
5	—	431	131.00–141.00	137.93
10	—	786	122.00–134.50	133.29
1	—	200	150.00	150.00
3	—	622	139.00–147.00	144.40
7	—	314	150.00–156.00	154.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	106.00	106.00
1	—	485	120.00	120.00
1	—	875	88.00	88.00
2	—	542	121.00	121.00
2	—	368	113.00–122.00	117.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	158.00–179.00	164.54
2	—	532	146.00	146.00
1	—	365	160.00	160.00
4	—	686	142.00–147.00	144.54
1	—	325	178.00	178.00
2	—	282	169.00	169.00
8	—	623	146.00–154.00	151.97
7	—	483	153.00–161.00	159.59
4	—	581	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	121.00	121.00
1	—	765	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	716	154.00	154.00
97	—	1,219	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	139.00–140.00	139.49
3	—	410	167.00	167.00
1	—	275	154.00	154.00
5	—	457	165.00–166.00	165.40
1	—	300	149.00	149.00
1	—	390	173.00	173.00
5	—	576	138.00–150.00	145.33
5	—	524	151.00–154.00	152.43
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,590	67.00–75.00	71.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	56.00	56.00
3	—	1,408	67.00–70.00	68.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	62.00–64.00	63.05
3	—	1,060	57.00–60.00	58.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	94.00	94.00
3	—	1,448	85.00–88.00	86.22

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,348	975.00–1,125.00	1,053.06

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

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