Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sharply higher, 400-700 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher, 800 lbs up steady, Feeder heifers under 700 lbs 8.00-12.00 higher, 800 lbs up steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $293.41/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −160.17 against this barn's trailing median of $453.59.

Average price

$293.41

88 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$322

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

$61.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.32

vs KY average

−16.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	296.16	1,673	82
Medium and Large 2-3	553	260.00	1,438	5thin
Small 1-2	575	235.00	1,351	1thin

One grade step is worth $61.16/cwt here — about $322 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.05, low $359.98, median $453.59 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale88 hd

293.41

—

KY average26 barns · 1,094 hd

300.73

−7.32

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

−16.30

This barn, trailing median30 sales

453.59

−160.17

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	—	Average	1,607	150.52	2,418	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,324	124.60	1,649	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,572	116.43	1,831	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,077	115.56	1,245	9thin

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,455	$1,625	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,215	$1,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

101 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	600–650	616	245.18/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,510	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	382	349.49/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,335	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	273.34/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,402	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	527	312.40/cwt	290.00–321.00	1,646	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	246.25/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,978	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	221	331.61/cwt	327.50–342.50	733	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,958	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	236.52/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,057	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	286.69/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,046	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,366	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,851	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,075	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	271.35/cwt	265.00–287.50	1,444	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	244.88/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,663	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	247.11/cwt	239.00–260.00	1,673	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1050–1100	1,080	207.30/cwt	207.30–207.30	2,239	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	256	390.19/cwt	352.50–410.00	999	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	311	319.60/cwt	307.00–340.00	994	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	292.90/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,230	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	489	282.46/cwt	278.00–290.00	1,381	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	230	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	581	287.06/cwt	285.00–292.50	1,668	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	628	260.95/cwt	257.50–267.50	1,639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	412	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,370	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	278.66/cwt	274.00–283.00	1,602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	473	312.46/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,478	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	220	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	754	2
Steers	Small 1-2	550–600	575	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,351	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	450–500	495	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	891	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	313	357.30/cwt	322.50–395.00	1,118	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	192.01/cwt	191.00–193.00	2,064	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,315	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	123.13/cwt	118.00–127.00	1,364	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	111.88/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,213	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,335	1
Bulls	—	—	1,680	143.59/cwt	136.00–148.00	2,412	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	463	324.89/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,504	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	388.86/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,478	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	125.51/cwt	115.00–139.00	1,673	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	925	1
Bulls	—	—	1,533	157.44/cwt	150.00–171.00	2,414	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	126.39/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,993	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	970	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,727	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,260	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	143.98/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	282	357.38/cwt	352.50–367.50	1,008	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	437	329.94/cwt	321.00–345.00	1,442	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	255	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	463	228.23/cwt	222.50–240.00	1,057	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,060	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	940	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,429	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	553	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,438	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	537	315.86/cwt	301.00–326.00	1,696	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	267.18/cwt	252.00–279.00	1,659	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	921	207.75/cwt	207.75–207.75	1,913	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	267.98/cwt	261.00–278.00	1,544	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	917	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,132	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	709	238.14/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,688	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	271.90/cwt	264.00–281.00	1,854	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	301.96/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,721	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	984	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	244.49/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	700	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,806	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	256.01/cwt	252.00–263.00	1,754	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	299.50/cwt	290.00–309.00	1,213	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	280.16/cwt	269.00–292.50	1,717	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	271.21/cwt	268.00–272.00	1,340	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	284.16/cwt	275.00–293.00	1,662	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	802	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,901	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	890	229.22/cwt	226.75–229.75	2,040	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	760	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,961	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,918	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	308.17/cwt	302.50–314.00	1,445	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	769	231.25/cwt	231.25–231.25	1,778	61
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	946	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	537	286.86/cwt	261.00–301.00	1,540	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	244.45/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,308	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	219.03/cwt	217.00–223.00	1,573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	248.66/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,442	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 May 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,041Last week 1,117Year ago 1,974

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 160Year ago 116

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 5Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	292	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	340	260.00	260.00
3	350–400	365	285.00–290.00	286.69
1	400–450	430	250.00	250.00
5	450–500	494	268.00–272.00	271.21
8	500–550	535	235.00–250.00	244.45
3	550–600	580	247.00–250.00	248.66
13	600–650	616	230.00–249.00	245.18
8	650–700	679	244.00–245.00	244.88
3	700–750	718	217.00–223.00	219.03
1	750–800	790	224.00	224.00
1	800–850	825	202.00	202.00
1	850–900	860	197.00	197.00
4	950–1000	965	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	221	327.50–342.50	331.61
3	250–300	282	352.50–367.50	357.38
5	300–350	311	307.00–340.00	319.60
12	400–450	420	280.00–301.00	292.90
11	450–500	489	278.00–290.00	282.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	222.50–240.00	228.23
1	500–550	505	200.00	200.00
1	900–950	940	152.00	152.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	500–550	537	261.00–301.00	286.86
16	550–600	576	261.00–278.00	267.98
65	600–650	621	252.00–279.00	267.18
29	650–700	685	252.00–263.00	256.01
7	700–750	709	237.00–245.00	238.14
61	750–800	769	231.25	231.25
47	900–950	921	207.75	207.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	342.50	342.50
3	250–300	256	352.50–410.00	390.19
2	300–350	313	322.50–395.00	357.30
3	350–400	382	340.00–367.50	349.49
2	400–450	412	332.50	332.50
4	450–500	473	310.00–315.00	312.46
17	500–550	527	290.00–321.00	312.40
7	550–600	581	285.00–292.50	287.06
3	600–650	628	257.50–267.50	260.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	292.50	292.50
1	400–450	405	300.00	300.00
3	450–500	471	290.00	290.00
6	500–550	513	260.00–280.00	273.34
2	550–600	575	274.00–283.00	278.66
4	600–650	616	245.00–250.00	246.25
2	650–700	660	235.00–238.00	236.52
1	750–800	780	228.00	228.00
1	900–950	900	193.00	193.00
1	950–1000	955	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	600	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	680	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	725	186.00	186.00
1	950–1000	970	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	267.50	267.50
2	400–450	405	290.00–309.00	299.50
11	450–500	469	302.50–314.00	308.17
6	500–550	532	265.00–287.50	271.35
32	550–600	585	275.00–293.00	284.16
11	650–700	677	239.00–260.00	247.11
4	700–750	729	240.00–249.00	244.49
3	750–800	781	237.00	237.00
1	800–850	805	220.00	220.00
60	850–900	874	219.50	219.50
1	900–950	910	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	537	301.00–326.00	315.86
24	550–600	570	295.00–315.00	301.96
38	600–650	613	269.00–292.50	280.16
27	650–700	682	264.00–281.00	271.90
9	700–750	700	258.00	258.00
17	750–800	760	258.00	258.00
2	800–850	802	237.00	237.00
153	850–900	890	226.75–229.75	229.22
57	900–950	917	232.50	232.50
48	1050–1100	1,080	207.30	207.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	390.00	390.00
1	250–300	255	392.50	392.50
3	350–400	380	375.00–395.00	388.86
8	400–450	437	321.00–345.00	329.94
4	450–500	463	320.00–327.50	324.89
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	240.00	240.00
5	550–600	553	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	670	230.00	230.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	650	252.00	252.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	900–950	946	155.00	155.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,455	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,215	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,075	191.00–193.00	192.01
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	990	143.00–145.00	143.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	111.00	111.00
15	—	1,333	115.00–139.00	125.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,108	118.00–127.00	123.13
4	—	1,084	109.00–114.00	111.88
1	—	925	100.00	100.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	89.00	89.00
1	—	1,630	114.00	114.00
3	—	1,577	125.00–128.00	126.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,680	136.00–148.00	143.59
4	—	1,533	150.00–171.00	157.44

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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Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

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