Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-09

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $294.06/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −161.01 against this barn's trailing median of $455.07.

Average price

$294.06

89 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

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

$67.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.67

vs KY average

−15.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	297.08	1,671	85
Medium and Large 3	591	230.00	1,359	4thin

One grade step is worth $67.08/cwt here — about $312 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale89 hd

294.06

—

KY average26 barns · 1,094 hd

300.73

−6.67

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

−15.65

This barn, trailing median1 sales

455.07

−161.01

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

26 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 3	550–600	578	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,358	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,589	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,628	28
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	699	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,671	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	591	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,359	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	403	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	323.29/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,633	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,537	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,213	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,731	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	264.37/cwt	259.00–268.00	1,835	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,044	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,806	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	255.66/cwt	252.00–257.50	2,017	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	261.68/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,549	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,280	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	300.64/cwt	297.00–301.00	1,194	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,589	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	232.00/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,830	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,111	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	509	295.75/cwt	291.00–299.00	1,505	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	671	253.43/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,701	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	787	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,133	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	591	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,732	28

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 May 9, 2024

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

Receipts 405Last week 826Year ago 539

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	403	209.00	209.00
2	500–550	528	237.50	237.50
2	550–600	578	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	397	297.00–301.00	300.64
4	400–450	421	264.00	264.00
14	500–550	510	251.00	251.00
47	550–600	592	256.00–270.00	261.68
10	650–700	685	232.00	232.00
8	750–800	789	231.00–239.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	509	291.00–299.00	295.75
4	650–700	671	250.00–257.00	253.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	315.00	315.00
2	400–450	443	347.00	347.00
8	450–500	492	323.00	323.00
29	500–550	505	317.00–330.00	323.29
28	550–600	594	274.00	274.00
10	600–650	616	281.00	281.00
64	650–700	694	259.00–268.00	264.37
10	700–750	700	258.00	258.00
30	750–800	789	252.00–257.50	255.66
36	900–950	923	221.50	221.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	301.00	301.00
4	550–600	591	230.00	230.00
5	650–700	699	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	591	293.00	293.00
17	750–800	787	271.00	271.00

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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