Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.95/cwt on 412 head.

Average price

$137.95

412 head · 601 lb average

Value per head Derived

$829

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$19.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.89

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	607	139.25	845	371
Medium and Large 2-3	549	128.16	703	31
Small and Medium 1-2	546	120.10	656	10thin

One grade step is worth $19.15/cwt here — about $189 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 sale412 hd

137.95

—

KY average28 barns · 6,870 hd

130.06

+7.89

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

41 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - 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	—	578	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	902	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,057	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	779	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	111.42/cwt	109.00–112.00	871	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,000	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	540	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	401	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	622	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	394	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	591	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	965	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	168.84/cwt	165.00–170.50	655	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	110.39/cwt	105.00–119.00	874	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	157.64/cwt	157.00–161.00	779	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	146.70/cwt	137.00–149.00	742	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	128.21/cwt	123.00–133.50	887	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	127.35/cwt	107.00–128.00	893	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	143.82/cwt	130.00–149.50	859	105
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	841	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	137.82/cwt	130.00–141.00	682	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	597	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	722	21
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	420	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	554	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	519	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	628	4
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	593	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	694	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	538	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	465	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	549	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	689	98.94/cwt	95.00–108.00	682	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	648	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	111.85/cwt	111.00–115.00	655	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	494	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	568	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	615	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	652	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	702	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	765	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	393	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	436	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	840	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	850	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,054	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	758	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	601	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	739	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 Stockyards - Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Stanford, KY

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	401	155.00	155.00
21	—	910	106.00	106.00
23	—	388	165.00–170.50	168.84
26	—	792	105.00–119.00	110.39
31	—	494	157.00–161.00	157.64
53	—	506	137.00–149.00	146.70
31	—	692	123.00–133.50	128.21
55	—	701	107.00–128.00	127.35
105	—	597	130.00–149.50	143.82
2	—	810	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	394	150.00	150.00
1	—	485	132.00	132.00
1	—	841	100.00	100.00
21	—	597	121.00	121.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	132.00	132.00
4	—	519	121.00	121.00
5	—	593	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	109.00	109.00
2	—	708	110.00	110.00
4	—	688	115.00	115.00
5	—	782	109.00–112.00	111.42
5	—	885	113.00	113.00
14	—	412	131.00	131.00
38	—	495	130.00–141.00	137.82
20	—	381	144.00	144.00
22	—	502	129.00	129.00
28	—	586	111.00–115.00	111.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	101.00	101.00
2	—	538	109.00	109.00
7	—	423	110.00	110.00
19	—	689	95.00–108.00	98.94
10	—	494	115.00	115.00
1	—	840	89.00	89.00
2	—	383	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	106.00	106.00
3	—	702	109.00	109.00
4	—	393	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	590	128.50	128.50
8	—	601	123.00	123.00

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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