Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-07

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $211.32/cwt on 484 head.

Average price

$211.32

484 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,385

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$434

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

$15.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.29

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	671	212.78	1,428	439
Medium and Large 2-3	504	197.09	994	45

One grade step is worth $15.69/cwt here — about $434 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 sale484 hd

211.32

—

KY average28 barns · 9,589 hd

216.62

−5.29

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	591	196.16/cwt	195.00–197.00	1,159	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	178.51/cwt	176.00–182.00	1,237	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,022	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	850	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	163.00/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,084	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,132	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,073	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,170	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	186.42/cwt	183.00–187.00	1,478	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	405	208.59/cwt	207.00–211.00	845	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	508	196.34/cwt	193.00–201.00	997	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	701	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,255	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	394	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	682	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	394	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	808	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	883	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,155	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	411	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	884	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,537	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	608	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,034	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	504	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,018	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,288	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	865	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,358	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	504	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,265	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	601	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,334	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	898	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,648	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	935	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,264	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	240.45/cwt	239.00–241.00	1,221	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	690	211.37/cwt	209.00–218.00	1,458	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	794	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,548	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	593	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,405	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,469	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	130.61/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,061	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	835	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	723	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,220	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	727	2

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 7, 2023

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

Receipts 826Last week 539Year ago 939

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	591	195.00–197.00	196.16
18	—	405	207.00–211.00	208.59
41	—	508	193.00–201.00	196.34
20	—	701	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	693	176.00–182.00	178.51
40	—	601	170.00	170.00
33	—	500	170.00	170.00
17	—	924	159.00	159.00
16	—	812	125.00–131.00	130.61
11	—	491	170.00	170.00
11	—	404	179.00	179.00
5	—	772	158.00	158.00
2	—	393	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	161.00–167.00	163.00
3	—	760	149.00	149.00
2	—	1,073	109.00	109.00
6	—	394	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	590	185.00	185.00
9	—	394	205.00	205.00
3	—	488	181.00	181.00
7	—	411	215.00	215.00
1	—	650	176.00	176.00
2	—	608	170.00	170.00
17	—	504	202.00	202.00
3	—	865	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	793	183.00–187.00	186.42
1	—	715	202.00	202.00
14	—	608	190.00	190.00
16	—	813	189.00	189.00
3	—	1,233	150.00	150.00
1	—	420	233.00	233.00
37	—	588	219.00	219.00
6	—	388	241.00	241.00
6	—	683	185.00	185.00
47	—	508	239.00–241.00	240.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	504	251.00	251.00
44	—	601	222.00	222.00
43	—	898	183.50	183.50
121	—	690	209.00–218.00	211.37
22	—	794	195.00	195.00
34	—	593	237.00	237.00

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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