Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 600 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower, over 600 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower, Feeder heifers under 700 lbs 2.00-4.00 lower, over 700 lbs steady, Moderate to good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and 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 $167.08/cwt on 1,200 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −104.60 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$167.08

1,200 head · 757 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,264

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$529

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

$27.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.11

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	762	167.71	1,278	1,172
Medium and Large 2-3	533	140.58	749	28

One grade step is worth $27.13/cwt here — about $529 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 sale1,200 hd

167.08

—

KY average22 barns · 7,164 hd

167.19

−0.11

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−104.60

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	1,677	100.05	1,678	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,667	70.74	1,179	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,292	65.72	849	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,077	62.70	675	14

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$925	1thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	158.78/cwt	156.00–160.00	988	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	855	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,069	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	631	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	381	214.23/cwt	210.00–215.00	816	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	148.76/cwt	141.00–159.00	851	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	572	137.67/cwt	128.00–140.00	787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	181.31/cwt	171.00–192.50	671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	629	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,122	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	706	165.31/cwt	162.50–167.90	1,167	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	151.59/cwt	145.00–156.00	734	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	821	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,141	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	201.67/cwt	200.00–207.50	857	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	675	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	130.32/cwt	123.00–140.00	757	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,008	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,552	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	133.03/cwt	121.00–137.00	682	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	751	169.95/cwt	169.95–169.95	1,276	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,048	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	763	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	129.35/cwt	120.00–139.00	827	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	665	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	951	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	139.57/cwt	134.00–151.00	734	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	150.99/cwt	134.00–157.00	1,246	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,359	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	150.65/cwt	140.00–157.00	1,160	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	157.04/cwt	150.00–171.00	807	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	163.21/cwt	161.50–167.00	1,002	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	782	171.58/cwt	169.00–175.25	1,342	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	142.47/cwt	136.00–149.00	1,274	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	723	168.95/cwt	165.00–169.50	1,222	81
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	205	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	231	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	370	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	374	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	153.93/cwt	137.00–160.00	1,027	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	166.04/cwt	159.00–183.00	772	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	691	173.89/cwt	161.00–175.00	1,202	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	826	170.24/cwt	162.25–174.95	1,406	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	866	166.34/cwt	163.25–169.95	1,441	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	151.00/cwt	138.00–156.00	1,096	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	157.09/cwt	144.00–163.00	917	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	144.77/cwt	130.00–151.00	989	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	119.05/cwt	113.00–125.00	986	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	144.89/cwt	131.00–149.00	913	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	418	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	867	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	65.35/cwt	62.00–67.00	704	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,636	74.66/cwt	71.00–80.00	1,221	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	72.46/cwt	69.00–76.00	933	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	50.98/cwt	50.00–52.00	505	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	56.02/cwt	55.00–57.00	630	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	70.52/cwt	70.00–71.00	785	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,710	65.25/cwt	62.00–67.00	1,116	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	64.19/cwt	60.00–68.00	840	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	56.61/cwt	55.00–58.00	711	7
Bulls	—	—	1,832	105.07/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,925	5
Bulls	—	—	1,455	98.65/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,435	2
Bulls	—	—	1,510	88.92/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,343	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	768	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	144.98/cwt	135.00–155.00	764	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	137.98/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,007	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	308	149.12/cwt	145.00–157.50	459	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	131.62/cwt	124.00–134.00	642	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	153.14/cwt	151.00–157.50	681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	288	144.96/cwt	140.00–150.00	417	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	884	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	117.58/cwt	115.00–120.00	674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	511	139.83/cwt	135.00–141.00	715	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	185.05/cwt	170.00–195.00	785	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	166.40/cwt	157.00–177.50	787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	887	92.70/cwt	90.00–101.00	822	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	515	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	419	120.08/cwt	100.00–130.00	503	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	142.21/cwt	131.00–155.00	600	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	117.99/cwt	115.00–121.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	139.98/cwt	130.00–151.00	462	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	418	103.68/cwt	100.00–107.50	433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	640	169.90/cwt	169.90–169.90	1,087	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,006	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,177	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	89.30/cwt	87.00–95.00	732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	107.55/cwt	103.00–111.00	724	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	636	110.91/cwt	101.00–114.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	983	94.94/cwt	90.00–100.00	933	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	123.84/cwt	117.00–128.00	827	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	148.93/cwt	141.00–160.00	548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	136.57/cwt	123.00–142.00	1,067	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	717	105.72/cwt	95.00–112.00	758	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,096	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	139.58/cwt	131.00–157.00	659	50

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 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,300Last week 1,749Year ago 1,310

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 113Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 7Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	622	156.00–160.00	158.78
33	—	572	141.00–159.00	148.76
2	—	370	171.00–192.50	181.31
1	—	340	185.00	185.00
1	—	925	134.00	134.00
4	—	429	195.00	195.00
18	—	825	134.00–157.00	150.99
5	—	971	140.00	140.00
15	—	770	140.00–157.00	150.65
30	—	514	150.00–171.00	157.04
1	—	230	182.50	182.50
8	—	894	136.00–149.00	142.47
33	—	667	137.00–160.00	153.93
13	—	465	159.00–183.00	166.04
9	—	726	138.00–156.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	125.00	125.00
3	—	631	137.00	137.00
5	—	572	128.00–140.00	137.67
8	—	484	145.00–156.00	151.59
7	—	513	121.00–137.00	133.03
1	—	745	124.00	124.00
3	—	368	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	381	210.00–215.00	214.23
9	—	425	200.00–207.50	201.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,008	154.00	154.00
25	—	614	161.50–167.00	163.21
271	—	782	169.00–175.25	171.58
81	—	723	165.00–169.50	168.95
157	—	691	161.00–175.00	173.89
247	—	826	162.25–174.95	170.24
133	—	866	163.25–169.95	166.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	912	123.00	123.00
39	—	581	123.00–140.00	130.32
7	—	730	143.50	143.50
51	—	639	120.00–139.00	129.35
24	—	526	134.00–151.00	139.57
32	—	422	131.00–155.00	142.21
11	—	330	130.00–151.00	139.98
1	—	805	115.00	115.00
1	—	290	145.00	145.00
12	—	1,006	117.00	117.00
16	—	668	117.00–128.00	123.84
6	—	368	141.00–160.00	148.93
7	—	781	123.00–142.00	136.57
4	—	863	127.00	127.00
50	—	472	131.00–157.00	139.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	706	162.50–167.90	165.31
5	—	821	139.00	139.00
26	—	665	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	110.00	110.00
1	—	515	111.00	111.00
2	—	418	100.00–107.50	103.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
199	—	751	169.95	169.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	763	72.00	72.00
1	—	465	114.00	114.00
4	—	887	90.00–101.00	92.70
11	—	419	100.00–130.00	120.08
2	—	533	115.00–121.00	117.99
1	—	340	110.00	110.00
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
4	—	820	87.00–95.00	89.30
4	—	673	103.00–111.00	107.55
4	—	636	101.00–114.00	110.91
2	—	983	90.00–100.00	94.94
7	—	717	95.00–112.00	105.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	640	169.90	169.90
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	205	112.50	112.50
1	—	370	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	584	144.00–163.00	157.09
1	—	295	162.50	162.50
13	—	683	130.00–151.00	144.77
2	—	828	113.00–125.00	119.05
19	—	630	131.00–149.00	144.89
15	—	527	135.00–155.00	144.98
3	—	730	137.00–139.00	137.98
12	—	424	170.00–195.00	185.05
5	—	473	157.00–177.50	166.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	207.50	207.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	308	145.00–157.50	149.12
4	—	488	124.00–134.00	131.62
3	—	445	151.00–157.50	153.14
2	—	288	140.00–150.00	144.96
2	—	875	101.00	101.00
2	—	573	115.00–120.00	117.58
6	—	511	135.00–141.00	139.83
1	—	670	116.00	116.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,077	62.00–67.00	65.35
2	—	990	50.00–52.00	50.98
2	—	1,125	55.00–57.00	56.02
2	—	1,113	70.00–71.00	70.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,636	71.00–80.00	74.66
5	—	1,710	62.00–67.00	65.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,288	69.00–76.00	72.46
20	—	1,308	60.00–68.00	64.19
7	—	1,256	55.00–58.00	56.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,832	102.00–112.00	105.07
2	—	1,455	97.00–100.00	98.65
2	—	1,510	88.00–90.00	88.92

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	—	960	80.00	80.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	925.00	925.00

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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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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