Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-02

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.71/cwt on 576 head.

Average price

$154.71

576 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,024

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

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

$46.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.09

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	663	156.60	1,038	552
Medium and Large 2-3	642	112.01	720	14thin
Small and Medium 1-2	640	110.00	704	10thin

One grade step is worth $46.60/cwt here — about $334 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 sale576 hd

154.71

—

KY average24 barns · 8,378 hd

152.62

+2.09

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

25 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 1-2	—	594	159.43/cwt	159.00–160.00	947	175
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	480	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	129.33/cwt	124.50–138.00	882	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	131.63/cwt	130.50–132.00	785	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,346	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	147.76/cwt	146.00–153.00	609	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,083	88
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	644	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	584	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	654	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	166.48/cwt	166.00–168.00	857	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	154.48/cwt	153.00–155.50	1,069	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	806	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	686	105.68/cwt	103.00–106.00	725	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	842	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	696	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	752	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	152.61/cwt	148.00–156.50	1,200	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	819	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	127.27/cwt	121.00–132.00	648	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	609	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	123.96/cwt	118.00–130.00	977	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,045	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	135.61/cwt	123.00–155.00	571	6

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 2, 2021

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

Receipts 806Last week 660Year ago 1,164

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	594	159.00–160.00	159.43
50	—	922	146.00	146.00
12	—	412	146.00–153.00	147.76
88	—	701	154.50	154.50
72	—	515	166.00–168.00	166.48
78	—	692	153.00–155.50	154.48
2	—	615	131.00	131.00
6	—	498	169.00	169.00
1	—	385	185.00	185.00
68	—	786	148.00–156.50	152.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	129.00	129.00
2	—	515	125.00	125.00
9	—	686	103.00–106.00	105.68
2	—	490	119.00	119.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	584	112.00	112.00
5	—	696	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	682	124.50–138.00	129.33
52	—	596	130.50–132.00	131.63
26	—	602	136.00	136.00
26	—	509	121.00–132.00	127.27
26	—	499	122.00	122.00
22	—	788	118.00–130.00	123.96
9	—	893	117.00	117.00
6	—	421	123.00–155.00	135.61

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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