Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers 3.00-5.00 higher, Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 6.00-10.00 higher, over 600 lbs 2.00-4.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher, 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 $171.39/cwt on 778 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −100.29 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$171.39

778 head · 756 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,296

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$768

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

$54.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.67

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	759	171.76	1,303	769
Medium and Large 2-3	589	147.00	866	7thin
Small and Medium 1-2	458	117.00	535	2thin

One grade step is worth $54.76/cwt here — about $768 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 sale778 hd

171.39

—

KY average23 barns · 5,916 hd

169.72

+1.67

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−100.29

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	1,571	91.01	1,430	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,639	73.52	1,205	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,272	65.11	829	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,116	56.19	627	15

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 Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	865	$1,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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 1-2Value Added	—	836	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,471	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,401	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	430	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	754	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	155.29/cwt	143.00–160.00	1,287	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	169.29/cwt	160.00–177.00	984	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	615	184.16/cwt	180.00–186.50	1,133	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	906	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,540	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	480	185.91/cwt	185.00–186.00	892	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	150.55/cwt	148.00–152.00	1,084	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	178.89/cwt	172.00–182.00	868	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	140.34/cwt	130.00–152.50	393	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	739	161.63/cwt	153.00–163.75	1,194	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	634	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	1,051	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,119	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	485	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	565	157.87/cwt	153.00–159.00	892	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	581	115.41/cwt	110.00–122.00	671	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	902	163.07/cwt	163.00–164.00	1,471	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	305	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	144.58/cwt	135.00–154.00	684	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	168.79/cwt	161.00–180.00	704	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	155.01/cwt	152.00–163.00	812	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,390	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	160.45/cwt	152.00–163.00	1,083	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	570	183.75/cwt	180.00–189.00	1,047	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	697	177.75/cwt	177.75–177.75	1,239	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	865	170.79/cwt	169.00–172.50	1,477	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	174.97/cwt	172.50–180.00	604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	151.96/cwt	149.00–153.00	1,156	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	723	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,164	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	630	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	680	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	975	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,248	56
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,043	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,252	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	157.46/cwt	156.00–159.00	976	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	169.23/cwt	167.00–172.00	1,081	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,478	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	180.63/cwt	180.00–182.00	932	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	977	158.81/cwt	158.75–162.00	1,552	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	796	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,266	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	168.05/cwt	161.00–171.00	790	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	136.94/cwt	132.00–143.00	1,068	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	500	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	435	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	822	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	48.72/cwt	46.00–50.00	559	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,092	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	74.52/cwt	70.00–84.00	927	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	64.40/cwt	60.00–68.00	826	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	55.57/cwt	53.00–58.00	617	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	63.02/cwt	62.00–64.00	695	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	75.67/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,237	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	636	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	57.32/cwt	55.00–59.00	731	6
Bulls	—	—	1,405	84.03/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,181	3
Bulls	—	—	1,671	95.20/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,591	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	657	153.00/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,005	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	134.80/cwt	131.00–138.00	984	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	586	126.08/cwt	110.00–137.00	739	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	755	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,178	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	602	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	167.51/cwt	158.00–171.00	953	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	160.52/cwt	152.00–171.00	843	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	610	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	952	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	376	199.17/cwt	197.50–200.00	749	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	133.21/cwt	115.00–148.00	695	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	180.57/cwt	180.00–182.50	655	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	288	114.69/cwt	112.00–120.00	330	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	618	108.29/cwt	100.00–116.00	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	155.81/cwt	145.00–160.00	572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	166.90/cwt	166.90–166.90	1,127	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	835	156.90/cwt	156.90–156.90	1,310	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	873	94.93/cwt	90.00–100.00	829	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	98.51/cwt	97.00–100.00	793	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	136.75/cwt	130.00–150.00	431	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	149.16/cwt	139.00–154.00	631	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	137.78/cwt	130.00–143.00	704	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	139.52/cwt	130.00–148.00	805	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	782	95.25/cwt	86.00–100.00	745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	127.45/cwt	125.00–130.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	359	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	592	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	916	156.90/cwt	156.90–156.90	1,437	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	121.05/cwt	110.00–125.00	642	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	122.28/cwt	120.00–126.00	763	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	138.40/cwt	125.00–147.00	926	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	140.90/cwt	125.00–146.00	960	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	441	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	697	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	120.84/cwt	116.00–133.00	869	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	308	144.88/cwt	140.00–150.00	446	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,108	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	135.22/cwt	130.00–145.00	837	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	172.12/cwt	166.00–185.00	757	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 Nov 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,991Last week 1,330Year ago 2,014

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 67Year ago 82

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 10Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	836	176.00	176.00
62	—	902	163.00–164.00	163.07
36	—	570	180.00–189.00	183.75
70	—	697	177.75	177.75
123	—	865	169.00–172.50	170.79
3	—	723	161.00	161.00
21	—	639	167.00–172.00	169.23
32	—	516	180.00–182.00	180.63
54	—	977	158.75–162.00	158.81
3	—	796	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	154.00	154.00
4	—	829	143.00–160.00	155.29
2	—	375	172.00	172.00
22	—	581	160.00–177.00	169.29
11	—	720	148.00–152.00	150.55
21	—	485	172.00–182.00	178.89
6	—	417	161.00–180.00	168.79
4	—	524	152.00–163.00	155.01
1	—	880	158.00	158.00
27	—	675	152.00–163.00	160.45
3	—	345	172.50–180.00	174.97
4	—	761	149.00–153.00	151.96
9	—	620	156.00–159.00	157.46
1	—	985	150.00	150.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	110.00	110.00
1	—	485	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	131.00	131.00
3	—	480	157.00	157.00
1	—	595	142.00	142.00
1	—	805	139.00	139.00
1	—	510	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	615	180.00–186.50	184.16
105	—	906	170.00	170.00
10	—	480	185.00–186.00	185.91
2	—	305	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	280	130.00–152.50	140.34
27	—	473	135.00–154.00	144.58
6	—	367	145.00–160.00	155.81
9	—	315	130.00–150.00	136.75
19	—	423	139.00–154.00	149.16
16	—	511	130.00–143.00	137.78
38	—	577	130.00–148.00	139.52
13	—	624	120.00–126.00	122.28
1	—	820	114.00	114.00
19	—	681	125.00–146.00	140.90
10	—	719	116.00–133.00	120.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	739	153.00–163.75	161.63
87	—	634	165.75	165.75
61	—	565	153.00–159.00	157.87
162	—	675	166.90	166.90
59	—	835	156.90	156.90
60	—	916	156.90	156.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	102.00	102.00
5	—	581	110.00–122.00	115.41
1	—	335	125.00	125.00
3	—	288	112.00–120.00	114.69
3	—	618	100.00–116.00	108.29
4	—	873	90.00–100.00	94.93
2	—	805	97.00–100.00	98.51
3	—	782	86.00–100.00	95.25
2	—	470	125.00–130.00	127.45
11	—	530	110.00–125.00	121.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	359	165.00	165.00
3	—	441	158.00	158.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	108.00	108.00
56	—	975	128.00	128.00
16	—	1,043	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	470	161.00–171.00	168.05
3	—	780	132.00–143.00	136.94
1	—	905	134.00	134.00
1	—	215	187.50	187.50
5	—	730	131.00–138.00	134.80
1	—	860	125.00	125.00
9	—	569	158.00–171.00	167.51
15	—	525	152.00–171.00	160.52
9	—	363	180.00–182.50	180.57
8	—	669	125.00–147.00	138.40
1	—	250	165.00	165.00
1	—	815	136.00	136.00
6	—	619	130.00–145.00	135.22
3	—	440	166.00–185.00	172.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	178.00	178.00
1	—	435	189.00	189.00
4	—	657	150.00–156.00	153.00
1	—	755	156.00	156.00
1	—	610	156.00	156.00
3	—	376	197.50–200.00	199.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	152.50	152.50
7	—	586	110.00–137.00	126.08
2	—	482	144.00	144.00
1	—	395	152.50	152.50
11	—	522	115.00–148.00	133.21
2	—	308	140.00–150.00	144.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,148	46.00–50.00	48.72
8	—	1,110	53.00–58.00	55.57
4	—	1,103	62.00–64.00	63.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,655	66.00	66.00
7	—	1,635	70.00–81.00	75.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,244	70.00–84.00	74.52
16	—	1,282	60.00–68.00	64.40
1	—	1,325	48.00	48.00
6	—	1,276	55.00–59.00	57.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	83.00–85.00	84.03
5	—	1,671	94.00–98.00	95.20

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	1,050.00	1,050.00

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

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