Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 500 lbs 8.00-10.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady, Feeder heifers under 500 lbs steady, over 500 lbs 6.00-8.00 higher, Moderate demand for calves and Good demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 1.00-3.00 lower, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.21/cwt on 631 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −103.47 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$168.21

631 head · 796 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,339

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$795

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

$32.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.99

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	809	169.33	1,369	603
Medium and Large 2-3	537	145.06	780	25
Small and Medium 1-2	420	136.67	574	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.66/cwt here — about $795 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 sale631 hd

168.21

—

KY average24 barns · 6,103 hd

170.20

−1.99

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−103.47

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	—	Low	1,790	104.92	1,878	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,565	80.40	1,258	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,299	76.10	989	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,046	63.73	666	21

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,338	$962	2thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	885	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	161.49/cwt	161.25–164.00	1,353	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	155.27/cwt	147.00–160.00	669	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	148.42/cwt	139.00–153.00	1,165	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	172.52/cwt	163.00–180.00	911	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	156.17/cwt	151.00–162.00	1,057	13
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	400	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	560	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	336	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	153.10/cwt	140.00–159.00	1,093	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	387	149.53/cwt	140.00–154.00	579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	150.00/cwt	140.00–157.00	642	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	654	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,077	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	723	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,135	81
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	771	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	948	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	642	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,085	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	145.83/cwt	140.00–149.00	696	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	136.74/cwt	127.00–147.00	394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	150.76/cwt	139.00–164.00	859	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	332	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	465	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	781	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	151.76/cwt	140.00–160.00	794	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	148.05/cwt	143.00–151.00	1,282	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	832	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,456	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	671	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,134	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	171.70/cwt	164.00–191.00	723	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	175.96/cwt	163.00–189.00	991	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	130.61/cwt	121.00–140.00	820	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	468	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	531	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	155.67/cwt	150.00–164.00	964	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	191.52/cwt	190.00–193.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	175.68/cwt	162.00–182.00	847	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,065	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	960	158.75/cwt	158.75–158.75	1,524	51
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	655	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	655	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,080	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,415	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	886	173.55/cwt	172.50–173.90	1,538	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	770	175.33/cwt	170.00–178.80	1,350	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	942	158.75/cwt	158.75–158.75	1,495	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	185.00/cwt	180.00–190.00	537	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,078	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	118.33/cwt	117.00–121.00	915	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	151.75/cwt	148.00–165.00	841	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	166.35/cwt	160.00–172.50	541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	134.36/cwt	130.00–141.00	891	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,203	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	76.75/cwt	72.00–82.00	992	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	55.33/cwt	50.00–58.00	560	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	66.84/cwt	62.00–72.00	706	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,609	84.27/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,356	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	69.70/cwt	69.00–70.00	901	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	74.50/cwt	73.00–76.00	818	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,529	77.30/cwt	72.00–82.00	1,182	5
Bulls	—	—	1,661	99.60/cwt	87.00–105.00	1,654	7
Bulls	—	—	1,935	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	2,264	1
Bulls	—	—	1,980	111.22/cwt	106.00–114.00	2,202	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	961.68/head	875.00–1,050.00	962	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	88.13/cwt	85.00–90.00	912	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	139.53/cwt	122.50–157.00	582	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	667	120.81/cwt	116.00–126.00	806	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	626	119.96/cwt	119.00–122.00	751	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	141.07/cwt	121.00–150.00	681	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	136.64/cwt	126.00–141.00	772	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	176.79/cwt	162.00–185.00	658	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	179.33/cwt	173.00–192.50	766	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	131.52/cwt	130.00–133.00	931	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	166.32/cwt	153.00–181.00	877	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,068	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	147.14/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,143	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	144.11/cwt	135.00–162.00	885	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	121.00/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,032	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	921	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,170	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	140.40/cwt	128.00–151.00	1,022	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	561	116.49/cwt	108.00–122.00	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	167.30/cwt	160.00–180.00	810	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	155.24/cwt	133.00–159.00	966	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	142.00/cwt	138.00–142.50	1,197	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	118.80/cwt	112.50–130.00	503	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	150.26/cwt	140.00–155.00	1,019	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	143.30/cwt	137.50–150.00	471	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	144.20/cwt	133.00–155.00	529	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	512	120.64/cwt	114.00–135.00	618	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	857	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	404	3

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 Sep 29, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,507Last week 1,176Year ago 1,492

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 76Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 8Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	571	155.00	155.00
6	—	431	147.00–160.00	155.27
1	—	915	121.00	121.00
3	—	387	140.00–154.00	149.53
1	—	515	150.00	150.00
4	—	771	123.00	123.00
2	—	332	140.00	140.00
2	—	485	161.00	161.00
2	—	628	121.00–140.00	130.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	838	161.25–164.00	161.49
3	—	785	139.00–153.00	148.42
15	—	528	163.00–180.00	172.52
13	—	677	151.00–162.00	156.17
2	—	210	160.00	160.00
5	—	714	140.00–159.00	153.10
5	—	866	143.00–151.00	148.05
19	—	421	164.00–191.00	171.70
17	—	563	163.00–189.00	175.96
1	—	920	131.00	131.00
1	—	260	180.00	180.00
15	—	619	150.00–164.00	155.67
2	—	380	190.00–193.00	191.52
9	—	482	162.00–182.00	175.68
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	130.00	130.00
2	—	400	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	832	175.00	175.00
4	—	671	169.00	169.00
9	—	630	169.00	169.00
51	—	960	158.75	158.75
231	—	886	172.50–173.90	173.55
110	—	770	170.00–178.80	175.33
40	—	942	158.75	158.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	428	140.00–157.00	150.00
12	—	477	140.00–149.00	145.83
2	—	288	127.00–147.00	136.74
28	—	570	139.00–164.00	150.76
27	—	523	140.00–160.00	151.76
4	—	875	122.00	122.00
14	—	777	141.00–149.00	147.14
4	—	921	127.00	127.00
8	—	728	128.00–151.00	140.40
33	—	622	133.00–159.00	155.24
9	—	843	138.00–142.50	142.00
7	—	678	140.00–155.00	150.26
11	—	329	137.50–150.00	143.30
17	—	367	133.00–155.00	144.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	654	164.75	164.75
81	—	723	157.00	157.00
78	—	642	169.00	169.00
1	—	560	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	561	108.00–122.00	116.49
1	—	390	132.50	132.50
1	—	820	103.00	103.00
1	—	635	117.00	117.00
6	—	423	112.50–130.00	118.80
2	—	485	112.00	112.00
13	—	512	114.00–135.00	120.64
3	—	720	119.00	119.00
3	—	323	125.00	125.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	531	135.00	135.00
1	—	655	100.00	100.00
50	—	1,080	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	180.00–190.00	185.00
2	—	910	117.00–120.00	118.51
3	—	773	117.00–121.00	118.33
11	—	554	148.00–165.00	151.75
2	—	325	160.00–172.50	166.35
13	—	663	130.00–141.00	134.36
7	—	372	162.00–185.00	176.79
12	—	427	173.00–192.50	179.33
2	—	708	130.00–133.00	131.52
33	—	527	153.00–181.00	166.32
1	—	805	125.00	125.00
16	—	614	135.00–162.00	144.11
2	—	853	120.00–122.00	121.00
17	—	484	160.00–180.00	167.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	417	122.50–157.00	139.53
1	—	370	150.00	150.00
11	—	667	116.00–126.00	120.81
5	—	626	119.00–122.00	119.96
5	—	483	121.00–150.00	141.07
1	—	720	120.00	120.00
12	—	565	126.00–141.00	136.64
1	—	540	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	85.00	85.00
16	—	1,293	72.00–82.00	76.75
3	—	1,292	69.00–70.00	69.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,013	50.00–58.00	55.33
12	—	1,056	62.00–72.00	66.84
2	—	1,098	73.00–76.00	74.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,609	84.00–85.00	84.27
5	—	1,529	72.00–82.00	77.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,661	87.00–105.00	99.60
1	—	1,935	117.00	117.00
4	—	1,980	106.00–114.00	111.22

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,338	875.00–1,050.00	961.68
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,035	85.00–90.00	88.13

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

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

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Slaughter Cattle

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