Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers under 400 lbs steady, over 400 lbs 6.00-10.00 higher, Feeder and yearling heifers under 400 lbs steady, 500-600 lbs 12.00-15.00 higher, over 600 lbs 4.00-8.00 higher, Good to Very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 5.00-8.00 higher, 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 $278.75/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −174.84 against this barn's trailing median of $453.59.

Average price

$278.75

36 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$403

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

$50.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.96

vs KY average

−8.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	280.14	1,565	35
Medium and Large 2-3	505	230.00	1,162	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.14/cwt here — about $403 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale36 hd

278.75

—

KY average23 barns · 761 hd

269.79

+8.96

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−8.07

This barn, trailing median30 sales

453.59

−174.84

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	1,726	149.32	2,578	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,601	118.86	1,902	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,047	118.08	1,236	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,292	117.24	1,515	60

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,280	$1,621	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,170	$1,570	16
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	940	$1,065	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,129	$2,028	4thin

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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,202	1,662.10/head	1,300.00–2,100.00	1,662	13
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	697	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,220	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,570	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	874	244.95/cwt	244.90–245.00	2,141	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	738	257.49/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,900	222
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	933	241.23/cwt	238.90–243.90	2,251	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	808	251.25/cwt	251.25–251.25	2,030	61
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,304	1,757.91/head	1,400.00–2,000.00	1,758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,673	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	264.02/cwt	252.50–275.00	1,349	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	694	252.10/cwt	252.10–252.10	1,750	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	283.88/cwt	282.00–289.00	1,607	27
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,129	2,028.27/head	1,350.00–2,500.00	2,028	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	290.13/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	223.51/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,357	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	262.56/cwt	255.00–270.00	861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	698	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,899	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,216	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	222.39/cwt	217.50–227.50	1,152	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	539	230.42/cwt	210.00–238.00	1,242	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	221.71/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,281	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	688	195.82/cwt	187.50–200.00	1,347	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	453	225.04/cwt	200.00–245.00	1,019	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	228.29/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,399	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,162	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	780	184.12/cwt	182.50–187.50	1,436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	659	220.97/cwt	213.00–230.00	1,456	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	205.83/cwt	185.00–210.00	978	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	767	185.93/cwt	180.00–197.50	1,426	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	209.47/cwt	202.50–213.00	1,309	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,092	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,418	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,030	1,168.41/head	1,075.00–1,275.00	1,168	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,185	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	940	1,065.49/head	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,065	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	839	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,602	11
Bulls	—	—	1,676	152.55/cwt	150.00–157.00	2,557	5
Bulls	—	—	1,768	146.63/cwt	144.00–148.00	2,592	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	101.36/cwt	96.00–106.00	1,017	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	130.69/cwt	121.00–137.50	1,408	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,723	110.43/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,903	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	128.66/cwt	126.00–132.00	1,941	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	92.80/cwt	91.00–94.00	906	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	117.06/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,240	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,597	117.17/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,871	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	125.29/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,641	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	116.20/cwt	112.00–122.00	1,490	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	107.92/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,400	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	631	204.00/cwt	192.50–212.50	1,287	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	880	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,298	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,060	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,208	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	860	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,127	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	810	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	618	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,508	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	345	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	235	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	746	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	566	215.46/cwt	197.00–222.50	1,220	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	618	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,805	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,471	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	234.93/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,811	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	462	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	509	292.99/cwt	289.00–297.00	1,491	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	285	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,693	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,011	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	231.60/cwt	228.00–232.00	1,904	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	475	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	366	288.80/cwt	287.50–289.00	1,057	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	231.56/cwt	222.50–236.00	1,116	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	240.83/cwt	232.50–247.50	1,250	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	239.62/cwt	231.00–247.50	1,356	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	247.47/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,678	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	285.65/cwt	280.00–289.00	1,417	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	221.78/cwt	215.50–227.00	1,481	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,703	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	248.52/cwt	237.00–261.00	1,516	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	286	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	801	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	219.56/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,640	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,549	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	275.53/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,284	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	260.75/cwt	252.50–270.00	1,455	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	924	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	250.55/cwt	242.50–265.00	1,355	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	231.86/cwt	221.00–237.00	1,016	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	972	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,333	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	270.02/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,131	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	275.72/cwt	261.00–282.50	1,015	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,693	1

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 Oct 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,286Last week 1,898Year ago 941

Slaughter CattleReceipts 148Last week 70Year ago 75

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 9Year ago 9

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,202	1,300.00–2,100.00	1,662.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,304	1,400.00–2,000.00	1,757.91
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,030	1,075.00–1,275.00	1,168.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,185	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	940	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,065.49
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,129	1,350.00–2,500.00	2,028.27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	697	175.00	175.00
3	750–800	780	182.50–187.50	184.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	580	267.00	267.00
18	600–650	628	250.00	250.00
73	650–700	694	252.10	252.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	240.00	240.00
2	350–400	377	245.00	245.00
17	400–450	438	221.00–237.00	231.86
20	450–500	482	222.50–236.00	231.56
18	500–550	519	232.50–247.50	240.83
17	550–600	566	231.00–247.50	239.62
1	600–650	645	220.00	220.00
12	650–700	668	215.50–227.00	221.78
18	700–750	747	218.00–225.00	219.56
26	750–800	774	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	820	212.00	212.00
1	850–900	855	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	223.00	223.00
1	400–450	440	202.50	202.50
6	450–500	475	185.00–210.00	205.83
10	500–550	518	217.50–227.50	222.39
11	550–600	566	197.00–222.50	215.46
6	600–650	631	192.50–212.50	204.00
3	650–700	688	187.50–200.00	195.82
3	750–800	767	180.00–197.50	185.93
11	800–850	839	191.00	191.00
1	850–900	880	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	286	280.00	280.00
1	300–350	335	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	233.00	233.00
1	400–450	420	240.00	240.00
5	450–500	453	200.00–245.00	225.04
11	500–550	539	210.00–238.00	230.42
3	550–600	578	220.00–225.00	221.71
3	600–650	625	202.50–213.00	209.47
1	650–700	695	204.00	204.00
1	700–750	735	175.00	175.00
1	750–800	760	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	255.00–270.00	262.56
8	350–400	368	261.00–282.50	275.72
8	400–450	419	260.00–277.00	270.02
4	450–500	466	275.00–277.00	275.53
19	500–550	511	252.50–275.00	264.02
14	550–600	558	252.50–270.00	260.75
5	600–650	607	220.00–230.00	223.51
2	650–700	697	217.00	217.00
1	700–750	720	190.00	190.00
1	950–1000	965	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	317.50	317.50
1	300–350	345	290.00	290.00
1	400–450	440	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	475	293.00	293.00
4	500–550	509	289.00–297.00	292.99
3	600–650	618	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	518	285.00–295.00	290.13
27	550–600	566	282.00–289.00	283.88
21	600–650	615	272.00	272.00
14	650–700	698	272.00	272.00
222	700–750	738	250.00–260.00	257.49
61	800–850	808	251.25	251.25
123	850–900	874	244.90–245.00	244.95
112	900–950	933	238.90–243.90	241.23
52	950–1000	972	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	286.00	286.00
10	450–500	496	280.00–289.00	285.65
4	500–550	541	242.50–265.00	250.55
1	550–600	550	267.50	267.50
10	600–650	610	237.00–261.00	248.52
12	650–700	678	242.00–255.00	247.47
7	700–750	736	230.00	230.00
17	750–800	771	225.00–242.00	234.93
10	800–850	822	228.00–232.00	231.60
24	850–900	890	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	455	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	505	230.00	230.00
6	600–650	613	215.00–235.00	228.29
9	650–700	659	213.00–230.00	220.97
1	700–750	710	219.00	219.00
1	800–850	835	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	307.50	307.50
8	350–400	366	287.50–289.00	288.80
1	400–450	430	297.50	297.50
2	450–500	462	302.50	302.50
5	600–650	618	292.00	292.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	810	159.00	159.00
1	850–900	860	131.00	131.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	114.00	114.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,676	150.00–157.00	152.55
6	—	1,768	144.00–148.00	146.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,003	96.00–106.00	101.36
13	—	1,077	121.00–137.50	130.69
5	—	976	91.00–94.00	92.80
4	—	1,059	115.00–120.00	117.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,723	107.00–112.00	110.43
5	—	1,509	126.00–132.00	128.66
9	—	1,597	115.00–120.00	117.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,310	123.00–130.00	125.29
34	—	1,282	112.00–122.00	116.20
10	—	1,297	104.00–111.00	107.92

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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Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

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Stanford Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle