Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers 8.00-10.00 higher, Feeder and yearling heifers 5.00-8.00 higher, Good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 6.00-10.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Very good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.29/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −146.07 against this barn's trailing median of $452.36.

Average price

$306.29

103 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$45.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.88

vs KY average

−4.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	308.48	1,671	98
Medium and Large 2-3	563	263.37	1,483	5thin

One grade step is worth $45.11/cwt here — about $189 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

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.05, low $359.98, median $452.36 across 31 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 sale103 hd

306.29

—

KY average25 barns · 984 hd

300.40

+5.88

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

−4.48

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.36

−146.07

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	1,577	154.49	2,436	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,582	137.52	2,176	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	126.82	1,590	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,062	122.12	1,297	17
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	188.00	2,265	1thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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	400–450	424	352.98/cwt	342.50–363.00	1,497	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,821	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	292.64/cwt	282.00–299.00	1,495	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	286.52/cwt	270.00–297.50	1,519	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	234.12/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,676	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	958	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	296.29/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,283	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	259.19/cwt	246.00–269.00	1,734	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	210	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	246.27/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,544	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	241.45/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,818	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	240.02/cwt	239.00–241.00	1,584	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	312.14/cwt	305.00–323.00	1,411	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	221.92/cwt	219.00–228.00	1,942	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	906	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	421	305.15/cwt	293.00–312.50	1,285	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	331	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,096	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	234.57/cwt	227.00–237.00	1,710	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	307.89/cwt	301.00–315.00	1,155	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	264.96/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,394	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	385	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	200	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	472	300.24/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,417	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	971	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,952	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,016	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	219.32/cwt	209.00–221.50	1,770	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	284.48/cwt	279.00–289.00	1,371	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	357	321.50/cwt	320.00–323.00	1,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	275	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	887	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	318.18/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,212	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	290.44/cwt	279.00–293.00	1,647	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	117.31/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,500	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	105.66/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,125	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	127.46/cwt	122.00–142.00	1,368	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	115.67/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,193	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	137.52/cwt	135.00–140.00	2,176	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	129.54/cwt	120.00–143.00	1,614	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	461	347.42/cwt	329.00–351.00	1,602	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	615	276.52/cwt	271.00–292.50	1,701	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,323	1
Bulls	—	—	1,731	160.37/cwt	155.00–162.00	2,776	5
Bulls	—	—	1,384	147.15/cwt	146.00–149.00	2,037	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,205	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	228.63/cwt	217.00–241.00	1,310	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	563	263.37/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,483	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	225	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	525	307.09/cwt	304.00–322.50	1,612	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	334.20/cwt	327.50–363.00	1,387	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	501	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,242	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,133	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,373	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	736	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,077	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	753	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,890	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	710	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,839	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,155	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,241	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	659	258.54/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,704	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	721	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,745	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	835	240.85/cwt	232.00–250.00	2,011	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	875	245.06/cwt	231.50–251.50	2,144	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,020	221.66/cwt	219.50–223.60	2,261	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	265.07/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,665	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	286.41/cwt	273.00–295.00	1,466	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	280.20/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,603	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	622	255.44/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,589	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	316.04/cwt	302.50–327.50	1,643	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	293.29/cwt	284.00–297.00	1,830	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	587	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,820	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	222.86/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,863	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	325.70/cwt	323.00–331.00	1,401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	751	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,885	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	236.20/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,797	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,077	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,057	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	291.99/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,708	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	262.18/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,494	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	274.76/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,225	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	244.88/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,506	2

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 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,306Last week 1,041Year ago 1,598

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 65Year ago 88

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	367.50	367.50
1	350–400	385	360.00	360.00
5	400–450	424	342.50–363.00	352.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	325.00	325.00
1	250–300	265	312.50	312.50
3	400–450	430	323.00–331.00	325.70
1	450–500	470	327.50	327.50
9	500–550	530	270.00–297.50	286.52
16	550–600	585	270.00–296.00	291.99
10	600–650	628	250.00–273.00	265.07
12	650–700	669	246.00–269.00	259.19
6	700–750	716	230.00–243.00	234.12
6	750–800	753	230.00–247.00	241.45
5	800–850	836	210.00–226.00	222.86
3	850–900	875	219.00–228.00	221.92
1	900–950	940	210.00	210.00
2	1050–1100	1,077	191.00	191.00
2	1150–1200	1,155	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	247.50	247.50
2	450–500	472	240.00	240.00
5	550–600	563	260.00–269.00	263.37
3	700–750	736	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	500–550	520	302.50–327.50	316.04
15	550–600	587	310.00	310.00
44	600–650	624	284.00–297.00	293.29
4	700–750	710	259.00	259.00
4	750–800	753	251.00	251.00
206	800–850	835	232.00–250.00	240.85
158	850–900	875	231.50–251.50	245.06
106	1000–1050	1,020	219.50–223.60	221.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	312.50	312.50
4	350–400	381	305.00–327.50	318.18
2	400–450	433	290.00–302.50	296.29
8	450–500	452	305.00–323.00	312.14
10	500–550	511	282.00–299.00	292.64
14	550–600	567	279.00–293.00	290.44
2	600–650	615	240.00–250.00	244.88
1	750–800	795	229.00	229.00
1	800–850	835	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	367.50	367.50
7	400–450	415	327.50–363.00	334.20
6	450–500	461	329.00–351.00	347.42
7	500–550	525	304.00–322.50	307.09
5	600–650	615	271.00–292.50	276.52
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	315.00	315.00
1	300–350	320	317.50	317.50
10	350–400	375	301.00–315.00	307.89
13	400–450	446	271.00–280.00	274.76
6	450–500	482	279.00–289.00	284.48
16	500–550	526	259.00–270.00	264.96
17	550–600	570	250.00–270.00	262.18
23	600–650	627	240.00–249.00	246.27
5	650–700	660	239.00–241.00	240.02
10	700–750	729	227.00–237.00	234.57
15	750–800	761	235.00–237.00	236.20
6	800–850	807	209.00–221.50	219.32
3	950–1000	971	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	330.00	330.00
1	250–300	275	322.50	322.50
5	300–350	331	331.00	331.00
4	350–400	357	320.00–323.00	321.50
18	400–450	421	293.00–312.50	305.15
33	450–500	472	290.00–311.00	300.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	257.00	257.00
3	500–550	501	248.00	248.00
2	550–600	573	217.00–241.00	228.63
1	650–700	690	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	500–550	512	273.00–295.00	286.41
38	550–600	572	280.00–281.00	280.20
16	600–650	622	254.00–260.00	255.44
32	650–700	659	255.00–260.00	258.54
82	700–750	721	242.00	242.00
10	750–800	751	251.00	251.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,279	116.00–118.00	117.31
14	—	1,246	120.00–143.00	129.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,065	103.00–108.00	105.66
11	—	1,073	122.00–142.00	127.46
4	—	1,031	110.00–119.00	115.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,582	135.00–140.00	137.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,731	155.00–162.00	160.37
4	—	1,384	146.00–149.00	147.15
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	188.00	188.00

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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