Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Hereford Influence Feeder Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.27/cwt on 698 head.

Average price

$173.27

698 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$475

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

$48.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.55

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	646	173.97	1,124	687
Small 1-2	717	133.33	956	6thin
Medium and Large 3	519	125.00	649	5thin

One grade step is worth $48.97/cwt here — about $475 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 sale698 hd

173.27

—

KY average22 barns · 7,233 hd

170.71

+2.55

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

28 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	509	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	850	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	147.18/cwt	141.00–159.00	874	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	999	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	139.62/cwt	134.00–151.00	551	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	830	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	180.69/cwt	175.00–192.00	914	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	169.74/cwt	169.00–172.00	1,183	160
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	728	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	801	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	179.44/cwt	178.00–189.00	748	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	797	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,307	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	171.04/cwt	165.00–185.00	1,341	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	176.98/cwt	173.00–180.00	1,051	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	593	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	682	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	784	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,520	17
Steers	Small 1-2	—	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	899	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,438	35
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	519	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	649	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	773	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,036	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	135.77/cwt	131.00–140.00	953	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	136.00/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,078	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,242	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	787	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,175	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 Stockyards - Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Stanford, KY

Thu Dec 1, 2022

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

Receipts 939Last week 498Year ago 806

Hereford Influence Feeder Sale

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	509	167.00	167.00
7	—	797	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	594	141.00–159.00	147.18
35	—	694	144.00	144.00
21	—	395	134.00–151.00	139.62
38	—	505	135.00	135.00
17	—	702	131.00–140.00	135.77
12	—	793	135.00–141.00	136.00
7	—	887	140.00	140.00
7	—	483	163.00	163.00
2	—	438	160.00	160.00
1	—	1,040	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	110.00	110.00
1	—	620	121.00	121.00
1	—	355	131.00	131.00
2	—	593	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	506	175.00–192.00	180.69
160	—	697	169.00–172.00	169.74
23	—	417	178.00–189.00	179.44
97	—	784	165.00–185.00	171.04
219	—	594	173.00–180.00	176.98
9	—	398	197.00	197.00
17	—	1,010	150.50	150.50
35	—	899	160.00	160.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	130.00	130.00
5	—	773	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	519	125.00	125.00

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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