Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 500 lbs 10.00-15.00 higher, 500-700 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher, over 700 lbs 1.00-2.00 lower, Feeder heifers 3.00-5.00 higher, Good demand for feeder classes, Moderate demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows 8.00-12.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 6.00-10.00 higher, Very good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.35/cwt on 614 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −97.33 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.

Average price

$174.35

614 head · 773 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,347

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$448

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

$36.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.95

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	773	174.47	1,348	612
Medium and Large 2-3	653	138.00	900	2thin

One grade step is worth $36.47/cwt here — about $448 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 sale614 hd

174.35

—

KY average21 barns · 3,462 hd

177.30

−2.95

This barn, trailing median2 sales

271.68

−97.33

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	1,528	100.94	1,542	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,611	101.44	1,634	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,322	88.22	1,166	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	983	74.52	732	4thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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 1-2Fancy	—	460	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,021	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	971	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,072	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,199	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,360	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	883	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	335	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	744	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	158.43/cwt	154.00–165.00	1,296	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	171.19/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,159	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	191.75/cwt	180.00–197.00	907	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	163.06/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,254	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	959	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,391	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,043	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	964	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,576	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	709	185.90/cwt	185.90–185.90	1,318	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	528	196.18/cwt	193.00–203.00	1,036	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	775	171.80/cwt	167.00–175.80	1,331	172
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	373	228.39/cwt	225.00–232.50	852	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	192.05/cwt	189.00–195.00	1,102	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	809	166.25/cwt	166.25–166.25	1,345	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	186.39/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,163	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	179.79/cwt	178.50–181.00	1,194	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	878	171.34/cwt	168.50–174.50	1,504	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,068	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	160.17/cwt	149.00–163.00	1,176	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	883	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,048	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,048	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	118.49/cwt	118.00–119.00	1,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	560	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,053	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	77.83/cwt	75.00–83.00	1,009	4
Bulls	—	—	1,765	116.35/cwt	115.00–117.00	2,054	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,611	101.44/cwt	91.00–107.00	1,634	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	608	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	869	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	76.53/cwt	76.00–77.00	723	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,349	98.55/cwt	85.00–107.00	1,329	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	62.49/cwt	61.00–64.00	781	2
Bulls	—	—	1,308	80.75/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,056	2
Bulls	—	—	1,393	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,365	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	182.82/cwt	175.00–193.00	686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	500	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	328	177.72/cwt	172.50–185.00	583	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	474	180.45/cwt	174.00–189.00	855	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	505	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	165.58/cwt	152.00–170.00	700	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	750	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	154.95/cwt	152.50–157.50	418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	161.37/cwt	143.00–164.00	921	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	140.92/cwt	138.00–149.00	1,044	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	157.87/cwt	154.00–158.50	990	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	948	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	421	189.14/cwt	185.00–197.00	796	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	175.15/cwt	172.75–177.50	1,086	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	705	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,153	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	149.30/cwt	144.00–156.00	990	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	162.38/cwt	153.00–166.00	862	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	164.17/cwt	156.00–172.00	778	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	200	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	220.91/cwt	202.00–235.00	939	8

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 Feb 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,069Last week 945Year ago 80

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 18Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	222.00	222.00
1	—	335	222.00	222.00
3	—	373	225.00–232.50	228.39
1	—	200	202.50	202.50
8	—	425	202.00–235.00	220.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	880	154.50	154.50
1	—	265	182.50	182.50
1	—	535	165.00	165.00
5	—	818	154.00–165.00	158.43
15	—	677	164.00–174.00	171.19
9	—	473	180.00–197.00	191.75
8	—	769	155.00–165.00	163.06
5	—	959	145.00	145.00
1	—	590	181.00	181.00
17	—	734	149.00–163.00	160.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	147.00	147.00
1	—	735	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	964	163.50	163.50
75	—	709	185.90	185.90
10	—	528	193.00–203.00	196.18
172	—	775	167.00–175.80	171.80
19	—	574	189.00–195.00	192.05
28	—	809	166.25	166.25
12	—	624	185.00–190.00	186.39
29	—	664	178.50–181.00	179.79
120	—	878	168.50–174.50	171.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	578	168.00	168.00
18	—	668	160.50	160.50
1	—	500	171.00	171.00
162	—	620	172.75–177.50	175.15
65	—	705	163.50	163.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	967	124.00	124.00
8	—	834	125.00	125.00
1	—	360	150.00	150.00
4	—	423	152.00–170.00	165.58
2	—	270	152.50–157.50	154.95
26	—	571	143.00–164.00	161.37
23	—	741	138.00–149.00	140.92
7	—	627	154.00–158.50	157.87
5	—	752	126.00	126.00
16	—	663	144.00–156.00	149.30
15	—	531	153.00–166.00	162.38
8	—	474	156.00–172.00	164.17
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	120.00	120.00
1	—	750	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	175.00–193.00	182.82
3	—	328	172.50–185.00	177.72
24	—	474	174.00–189.00	180.45
8	—	421	185.00–197.00	189.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	132.00	132.00
2	—	700	110.00–112.00	111.00
1	—	815	101.00	101.00
1	—	915	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	162.00	162.00
1	—	685	153.00	153.00
1	—	635	165.00	165.00
2	—	865	118.00–119.00	118.49
1	—	745	141.00	141.00
1	—	570	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	188.00	188.00
1	—	505	185.00	185.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,296	75.00–83.00	77.83
9	—	1,349	85.00–107.00	98.55
2	—	1,250	61.00–64.00	62.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,611	91.00–107.00	101.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	59.00	59.00
1	—	1,010	86.00	86.00
2	—	945	76.00–77.00	76.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,765	115.00–117.00	116.35
2	—	1,308	77.00–85.00	80.75
2	—	1,393	98.00	98.00

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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