Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-16

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $278.85/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −142.51 against this barn's trailing median of $421.36.

Average price

$278.85

31 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+15.77

vs KY average

+8.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	569	278.85	1,587	31

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale31 hd

278.85

—

KY average24 barns · 1,237 hd

263.08

+15.77

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

+8.85

This barn, trailing median1 sales

421.36

−142.51

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

22 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	600–650	600	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,776	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,801	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,255	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,462	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,505	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	237.86/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,636	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	275.32/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,627	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,008	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	262.72/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,821	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,356	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,727	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,850	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,773	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	242.55/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,877	7

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 16, 2024

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

Receipts 165Last week 405Year ago 539

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	600	296.00	296.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	402.50	402.50
1	400–450	435	395.00	395.00
1	450–500	450	327.50	327.50
5	500–550	513	340.00	340.00
5	550–600	572	310.00	310.00
5	600–650	602	250.00	250.00
22	650–700	693	260.00–270.00	262.72
2	700–750	723	240.00	240.00
7	750–800	774	240.00–246.00	242.55
15	900–950	915	219.50	219.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	415	302.50	302.50
8	500–550	506	289.00	289.00
23	550–600	591	265.00–279.00	275.32
2	600–650	603	235.00	235.00
13	650–700	688	234.00–244.00	237.86
18	700–750	705	245.00	245.00
8	750–800	774	239.00	239.00
2	850–900	870	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	495	274.00	274.00

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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