Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 600 lbs 8.00-10.00 higher,over 600 lbs steady to 4.00 higher, Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 5.00-8.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady, Good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-5.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.19/cwt on 972 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −119.49 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$152.19

972 head · 802 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,221

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$363

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

$27.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.28

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	803	152.42	1,224	964
Medium and Large 2-3	689	124.99	861	8thin

One grade step is worth $27.43/cwt here — about $363 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 sale972 hd

152.19

—

KY average24 barns · 6,814 hd

158.47

−6.28

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−119.49

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	1,743	100.06	1,744	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,657	74.53	1,235	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,323	71.43	945	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,090	65.17	710	6thin

Every lot, as filed

100 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	—	478	144.75/cwt	131.00–152.00	692	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	880	104.45/cwt	100.00–109.00	919	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,232	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,282	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	183.16/cwt	176.00–190.00	610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,057	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	180.69/cwt	169.00–187.00	786	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	147.56/cwt	144.00–149.00	913	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	350	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	432	191.58/cwt	190.00–195.00	828	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	692	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,045	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	176.18/cwt	174.00–185.00	854	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	970	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	152.36/cwt	142.00–161.00	562	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	867	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	147.88/cwt	147.00–148.00	991	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	517	152.48/cwt	152.00–155.00	788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	913	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,172	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	144.79/cwt	135.00–149.00	983	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	179.61/cwt	177.00–194.00	674	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,179	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	174.71/cwt	171.00–185.00	1,022	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	155.21/cwt	152.00–162.00	815	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,243	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	158.66/cwt	152.00–163.00	987	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	980	141.52/cwt	139.75–143.00	1,387	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	936	143.09/cwt	143.00–143.10	1,339	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,023	142.40/cwt	141.90–142.90	1,457	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	165.52/cwt	150.00–168.00	975	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	144.65/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,028	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	179.86/cwt	174.00–189.00	946	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	761	154.25/cwt	153.50–154.75	1,174	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	815	150.90/cwt	150.90–150.90	1,230	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	731	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,126	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	876	147.94/cwt	143.75–152.75	1,296	130
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	636	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	918	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	182.15/cwt	170.00–187.00	763	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	110.98/cwt	109.00–113.00	966	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	135.61/cwt	131.00–144.00	854	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	126.98/cwt	123.00–134.00	919	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	527	173.39/cwt	170.00–189.00	914	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,040	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	785	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	591	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	847	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	65.50/cwt	62.00–69.00	708	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,662	75.36/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,252	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	74.35/cwt	70.00–79.00	995	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	64.32/cwt	61.00–67.00	816	4
Bulls	—	—	1,843	109.85/cwt	104.00–117.00	2,025	6
Bulls	—	—	1,826	95.85/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,750	4
Bulls	—	—	1,432	86.11/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,233	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	908	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	940.00/cwt	940.00–940.00	9,306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	137.31/cwt	125.00–142.00	917	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	186.04/cwt	175.00–190.00	690	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	999	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	158.79/cwt	147.00–166.00	842	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	160.11/cwt	153.00–168.00	783	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	531	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	743	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	154.97/cwt	141.00–163.00	894	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	474	192.25/cwt	192.00–194.00	911	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	126.06/cwt	121.00–134.00	900	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	143.04/cwt	135.00–149.00	765	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	140.46/cwt	129.00–146.00	874	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	491	125.55/cwt	111.00–129.00	616	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	723	143.49/cwt	140.75–146.00	1,037	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	122.57/cwt	120.00–125.00	531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,129	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	842	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	850	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	138.94/cwt	125.00–144.00	939	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	138.40/cwt	130.00–145.00	786	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	121.69/cwt	111.00–125.00	770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	103.49/cwt	101.00–106.00	957	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	152.92/cwt	150.00–160.00	349	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	635	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,003	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	138.74/cwt	130.00–141.00	598	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	147.08/cwt	135.00–155.00	393	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	121.97/cwt	116.00–129.00	944	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	156.44/cwt	147.50–160.00	490	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	118.56/cwt	114.00–125.00	619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	790	1

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 27, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,926Last week 259Year ago 1,031

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 15Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	478	131.00–152.00	144.75
14	—	369	142.00–161.00	152.36
5	—	1,010	116.00	116.00
12	—	714	121.00–134.00	126.06
38	—	535	135.00–149.00	143.04
44	—	622	129.00–146.00	140.46
4	—	875	129.00	129.00
36	—	676	125.00–144.00	138.94
13	—	568	130.00–145.00	138.40
3	—	228	150.00–160.00	152.92
8	—	431	130.00–141.00	138.74
4	—	267	135.00–155.00	147.08
10	—	313	147.50–160.00	156.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	578	150.00	150.00
34	—	670	147.00–148.00	147.88
6	—	517	152.00–155.00	152.48
6	—	617	148.00	148.00
142	—	723	140.75–146.00	143.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	121.00	121.00
5	—	491	111.00–129.00	125.55
2	—	433	120.00–125.00	122.57
2	—	700	118.00	118.00
2	—	842	101.00	101.00
5	—	633	111.00–125.00	121.69
2	—	925	101.00–106.00	103.49
3	—	522	114.00–125.00	118.56
1	—	315	128.00	128.00
1	—	380	135.00	135.00
1	—	790	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	635	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	100.00–109.00	104.45
1	—	810	119.00	119.00
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
2	—	460	140.00	140.00
1	—	970	116.00	116.00
1	—	550	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	893	138.00	138.00
1	—	275	175.00	175.00
5	—	1,068	120.00	120.00
2	—	333	176.00–190.00	183.16
1	—	755	140.00	140.00
1	—	225	197.50	197.50
16	—	435	169.00–187.00	180.69
5	—	619	144.00–149.00	147.56
2	—	942	130.00	130.00
19	—	485	174.00–185.00	176.18
31	—	679	135.00–149.00	144.79
8	—	375	177.00–194.00	179.61
6	—	830	142.00	142.00
3	—	525	152.00–162.00	155.21
2	—	1,027	121.00	121.00
26	—	589	150.00–168.00	165.52
33	—	711	135.00–147.00	144.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	200.00	200.00
23	—	432	190.00–195.00	191.58
8	—	474	192.00–194.00	192.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	692	151.00	151.00
60	—	585	171.00–185.00	174.71
46	—	622	152.00–163.00	158.66
168	—	980	139.75–143.00	141.52
68	—	936	143.00–143.10	143.09
108	—	1,023	141.90–142.90	142.40
23	—	526	174.00–189.00	179.86
75	—	761	153.50–154.75	154.25
64	—	815	150.90	150.90
5	—	731	154.00	154.00
130	—	876	143.75–152.75	147.94
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	636	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	102.00	102.00
6	—	419	170.00–187.00	182.15
2	—	870	109.00–113.00	110.98
11	—	630	131.00–144.00	135.61
10	—	724	123.00–134.00	126.98
16	—	668	125.00–142.00	137.31
6	—	371	175.00–190.00	186.04
5	—	847	118.00	118.00
6	—	530	147.00–166.00	158.79
5	—	489	153.00–168.00	160.11
15	—	577	141.00–163.00	154.97
13	—	774	116.00–129.00	121.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	527	170.00–189.00	173.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	100.00	100.00
1	—	400	147.00	147.00
1	—	725	110.00	110.00
1	—	560	128.00	128.00
1	—	250	145.00	145.00
3	—	531	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,600	65.00	65.00
23	—	1,662	70.00–81.00	75.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	59.00	59.00
14	—	1,338	70.00–79.00	74.35
4	—	1,268	61.00–67.00	64.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	56.00	56.00
1	—	1,160	73.00	73.00
4	—	1,081	62.00–69.00	65.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,843	104.00–117.00	109.85
4	—	1,826	92.00–99.00	95.85
3	—	1,432	84.00–88.00	86.11

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	—	1,210	75.00	75.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	940.00	940.00

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

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