Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers were fully steady with the yearling packages and loads selling with very good demand, Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 8.00-12.00 higher, Very good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $303.45/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −150.13 against this barn's trailing median of $453.59.

Average price

$303.45

50 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$480

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

$64.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.73

vs KY average

−5.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	304.75	1,692	49
Medium and Large 2-3	505	240.00	1,212	1thin

One grade step is worth $64.75/cwt here — about $480 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 sale50 hd

303.45

—

KY average25 barns · 973 hd

307.19

−3.73

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

−5.71

This barn, trailing median30 sales

453.59

−150.13

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	1,731	176.06	3,048	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,708	146.72	2,506	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,349	142.02	1,915	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,069	129.91	1,389	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,215	156.00	1,895	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,146	201.00	2,303	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,233	181.21	2,234	3thin

Every lot, as filed

106 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 2-3	750–800	770	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	286.59/cwt	270.00–299.00	1,765	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	782	239.90/cwt	239.75–241.00	1,876	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	813	235.91/cwt	225.50–237.75	1,918	155
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	829	256.22/cwt	247.75–260.00	2,124	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,014	233.25/cwt	229.80–237.00	2,365	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	274.78/cwt	272.00–277.00	1,594	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	675	279.10/cwt	267.50–286.00	1,884	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	306.16/cwt	293.00–315.00	1,745	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	257.00/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,606	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	722	233.85/cwt	232.75–238.00	1,688	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	310.44/cwt	302.50–317.50	1,419	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	905	237.97/cwt	237.00–238.00	2,154	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	741	270.69/cwt	256.00–276.00	2,006	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	316.27/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,196	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	251.19/cwt	241.00–264.00	1,429	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	270.07/cwt	262.50–277.50	1,391	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	304.36/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,284	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	533	278.56/cwt	273.00–282.50	1,485	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	271.28/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	234.27/cwt	229.00–242.00	1,457	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	202.50/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	221.90/cwt	214.00–227.00	1,678	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	993	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,329	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	787	255.87/cwt	251.50–277.00	2,014	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,361	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	919	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	905	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	870	258.70/cwt	258.70–258.70	2,251	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	517	315.16/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,629	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	823	187.55/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	425	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	208.77/cwt	195.00–217.50	1,092	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,212	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	558	236.48/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,320	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	486	254.40/cwt	245.00–262.50	1,236	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	500–550	505	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,111	1
Steers	Small 1-2	400–450	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	1
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	370	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	823	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,410	1
Bulls	—	—	1,741	179.42/cwt	175.00–188.00	3,124	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	915	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	133.56/cwt	125.00–143.00	1,444	9
Bulls	—	—	1,698	164.32/cwt	161.00–167.00	2,790	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,233	181.21/cwt	166.00–190.00	2,234	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,164	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,708	146.72/cwt	125.00–155.00	2,506	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	142.83/cwt	126.00–160.00	1,925	32
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,215	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,895	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,146	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,303	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	723	256.96/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,858	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	265.95/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,130	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	734	209.49/cwt	197.50–218.00	1,538	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	985	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,921	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	432	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	900–950	904	257.10/cwt	257.10–257.10	2,324	120
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	578	297.98/cwt	296.00–303.00	1,722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	395	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,274	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	518	307.86/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,595	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	442	324.98/cwt	321.00–327.00	1,436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	912	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	615	278.30/cwt	269.00–281.00	1,712	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	355	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,083	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	313.60/cwt	313.00–315.00	1,035	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	303.80/cwt	302.50–305.00	966	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	329	326.70/cwt	321.00–335.00	1,075	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	919	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,105	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	398	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,365	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	227	274.32/cwt	260.00–285.00	623	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	205.15/cwt	204.00–211.00	1,789	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	270.52/cwt	270.00–271.00	879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	239.10/cwt	228.00–245.00	1,626	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	290.12/cwt	272.50–297.00	1,102	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	264.67/cwt	263.00–266.00	1,787	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	242.53/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	227.03/cwt	221.00–229.50	1,628	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	259.97/cwt	253.00–267.50	1,094	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	308.73/cwt	305.00–312.50	1,182	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	245	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	300.37/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,403	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	264.92/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,404	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	286.10/cwt	281.00–288.00	1,602	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	251.01/cwt	243.00–260.00	1,687	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	233.91/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,913	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	482	334.69/cwt	323.00–341.00	1,613	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	235.68/cwt	231.00–237.00	2,062	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,353	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	286.40/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,332	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	427	301.33/cwt	287.00–317.50	1,287	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	440	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,419	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	467	328.77/cwt	327.50–333.50	1,535	5

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 Jun 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,503Last week 1,327Year ago 1,617

Slaughter CattleReceipts 102Last week 74Year ago 131

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	432	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	485	240.00	240.00
3	500–550	523	195.00–217.50	208.77
2	550–600	558	233.00–240.00	236.48
1	650–700	685	217.00	217.00
4	700–750	734	197.50–218.00	209.49
1	750–800	770	205.00	205.00
2	800–850	823	185.00–190.00	187.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	533	273.00–282.50	278.56
7	550–600	580	272.00–277.00	274.78
46	600–650	625	250.00–265.00	257.00
50	700–750	722	232.75–238.00	233.85
72	750–800	782	239.75–241.00	239.90
155	800–850	813	225.50–237.75	235.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	227	260.00–285.00	274.32
2	300–350	325	270.00–271.00	270.52
4	350–400	380	272.50–297.00	290.12
4	400–450	421	253.00–267.50	259.97
3	450–500	485	279.00	279.00
8	500–550	530	262.00–267.00	264.92
7	550–600	569	241.00–264.00	251.19
10	600–650	622	229.00–242.00	234.27
12	650–700	680	228.00–245.00	239.10
18	700–750	717	221.00–229.50	227.03
8	750–800	756	214.00–227.00	221.90
6	850–900	872	204.00–211.00	205.15
2	900–950	910	200.00–205.00	202.50
1	950–1000	970	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	222.50	222.50
1	400–450	425	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	322.50	322.50
10	300–350	330	313.00–315.00	313.60
3	350–400	355	305.00	305.00
14	400–450	427	287.00–317.50	301.33
12	450–500	465	280.00–293.00	286.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	517	295.00–330.00	315.16
33	550–600	570	293.00–315.00	306.16
23	600–650	616	270.00–299.00	286.59
48	650–700	675	267.50–286.00	279.10
42	700–750	741	256.00–276.00	270.69
75	750–800	787	251.50–277.00	255.87
89	800–850	829	247.75–260.00	256.22
64	850–900	870	258.70	258.70
34	900–950	905	237.00–238.00	237.97
65	950–1000	993	234.50	234.50
108	1000–1050	1,014	229.80–237.00	233.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	320.00	320.00
2	300–350	318	302.50–305.00	303.80
2	350–400	383	305.00–312.50	308.73
1	400–450	435	307.50	307.50
8	450–500	467	290.00–312.50	300.37
4	500–550	533	265.00–285.00	271.28
1	550–600	580	277.50	277.50
1	600–650	620	245.00	245.00
3	650–700	675	263.00–266.00	264.67
4	750–800	789	240.00	240.00
8	800–850	818	230.00–240.00	233.91
6	850–900	875	231.00–237.00	235.68
12	900–950	919	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	505	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	735	239.00	239.00
1	900–950	905	189.00	189.00
1	950–1000	985	195.00	195.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	490	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	343.00	343.00
4	400–450	440	322.50	322.50
5	450–500	467	327.50–333.50	328.77
120	900–950	904	257.10	257.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	270.00	270.00
1	300–350	345	310.00	310.00
2	350–400	378	315.00–317.50	316.27
6	400–450	422	295.00–310.00	304.36
5	450–500	457	302.50–317.50	310.44
3	500–550	515	262.50–277.50	270.07
8	550–600	560	281.00–288.00	286.10
2	600–650	633	240.00–245.00	242.53
5	650–700	672	243.00–260.00	251.01
1	750–800	760	229.00	229.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	350	262.50	262.50
3	400–450	425	263.00–270.00	265.95
5	450–500	486	245.00–262.50	254.40
1	550–600	550	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	321.00–335.00	326.70
2	350–400	395	322.50	322.50
3	400–450	442	321.00–327.00	324.98
12	450–500	482	323.00–341.00	334.69
4	500–550	518	300.00–327.50	307.86
5	550–600	578	296.00–303.00	297.98
7	600–650	615	269.00–281.00	278.30
12	700–750	723	250.00–263.00	256.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	120.00	120.00
1	—	855	107.00	107.00
9	—	1,081	125.00–143.00	133.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,708	125.00–155.00	146.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,348	126.00–160.00	142.83
1	—	1,370	116.00	116.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,741	175.00–188.00	179.42
2	—	1,698	161.00–167.00	164.32
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,233	166.00–190.00	181.21
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,146	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	156.00	156.00

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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