Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-03

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.54/cwt on 791 head.

Average price

$133.54

791 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$894

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

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

$21.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.93

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	673	134.34	904	739
Medium and Large 2-3	609	124.42	758	42
Small and Medium 1-2	614	112.40	690	10thin

One grade step is worth $21.94/cwt here — about $215 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 sale791 hd

133.54

—

KY average28 barns · 8,295 hd

135.47

−1.93

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

42 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	—	489	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	768	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	402	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	667	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	407	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	594	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	588	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	123.90/cwt	121.00–126.00	520	12
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	425	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	574	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	418	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	506	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	720	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	612	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	770	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	678	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	498	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	448	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	555	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	908	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	147.81/cwt	147.00–149.00	625	17
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	500	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	555	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	715	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	579	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	770	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	639	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	621	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	739	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	113.55/cwt	113.50–115.00	900	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	931	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,131	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	147.61/cwt	144.00–148.50	744	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	135.97/cwt	130.00–136.75	812	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	126.93/cwt	124.50–127.75	1,004	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	785	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	140.95/cwt	135.50–144.75	858	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	130.18/cwt	128.75–131.60	929	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	920	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	864	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	134.36/cwt	124.00–144.00	564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	772	118.27/cwt	116.00–119.00	913	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	119.23/cwt	118.00–127.00	607	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	121.76/cwt	119.00–124.50	833	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	122.50/cwt	120.00–132.00	728	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	504	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	123.12/cwt	123.00–124.00	628	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	588	130.62/cwt	130.00–134.00	768	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	504	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	588	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	606	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	673	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	687	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	804	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	502	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	673	25

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

Thu Dec 3, 2020

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

Receipts 1,164Last week 633Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	489	157.00	157.00
5	—	402	166.00	166.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	135.00	135.00
1	—	500	111.00	111.00
1	—	715	81.00	81.00
1	—	770	83.00	83.00
6	—	621	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	697	130.25	130.25
17	—	423	147.00–149.00	147.81
51	—	931	121.50	121.50
86	—	504	144.00–148.50	147.61
104	—	597	130.00–136.75	135.97
143	—	791	124.50–127.75	126.93
82	—	609	135.50–144.75	140.95
82	—	714	128.75–131.60	130.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	124.00–144.00	134.36
8	—	772	116.00–119.00	118.27
9	—	510	123.00–124.00	123.12
13	—	588	130.00–134.00	130.62
8	—	687	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	407	146.00	146.00
25	—	502	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	123.00	123.00
12	—	420	121.00–126.00	123.90
29	—	793	113.50–115.00	113.55
2	—	640	120.00	120.00
17	—	807	114.00	114.00
17	—	882	98.00	98.00
59	—	509	118.00–127.00	119.23
71	—	684	119.00–124.50	121.76
113	—	594	120.00–132.00	122.50
6	—	388	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	121.00	121.00
2	—	720	85.00	85.00
2	—	770	88.00	88.00
3	—	498	90.00	90.00
1	—	555	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	126.00	126.00
5	—	595	132.00	132.00
6	—	388	130.00	130.00
6	—	478	123.00	123.00
8	—	606	111.00	111.00

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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