Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $273.40/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −181.67 against this barn's trailing median of $455.07.

Average price

$273.40

76 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$411

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

$56.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.72

vs KY average

−51.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	583	280.14	1,634	67
Small 1-2	548	223.22	1,223	9thin

One grade step is worth $56.92/cwt here — about $411 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale76 hd

273.40

—

KY average23 barns · 1,555 hd

297.12

−23.72

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−51.97

This barn, trailing median1 sales

455.07

−181.67

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

42 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	650–700	692	274.31/cwt	272.00–277.00	1,898	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	327.33/cwt	319.00–336.00	1,372	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,683	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,440	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,843	1
Steers	Small 1-2	350–400	360	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	765	1
Steers	Small 1-2	500–550	504	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,114	4
Steers	Small 1-2	550–600	583	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,312	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,409	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,177	1
Steers	Small 1-2	700–750	718	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,659	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	281.39/cwt	281.00–281.50	1,674	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	936	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,242	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	259.84/cwt	255.00–262.30	2,050	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,275	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	703	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,582	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,556	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	244.18/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,233	20
Heifers	Small 1-2	450–500	455	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	804	222.02/cwt	218.00–234.00	1,785	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,727	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,608	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,367	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	261.25/cwt	257.00–263.00	1,583	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,617	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	499	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,432	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	1200–1250	1,212	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,194	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	694	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,797	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,505	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,814	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,444	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	926	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,898	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	290.11/cwt	286.00–294.00	1,216	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,138	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,371	4

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 5, 2024

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

Receipts 516Last week 165Year ago 826

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	385	340.00	340.00
14	400–450	419	319.00–336.00	327.33
11	450–500	499	324.00	324.00
10	500–550	516	273.00	273.00
57	550–600	595	281.00–281.50	281.39
11	600–650	601	280.00	280.00
80	650–700	692	272.00–277.00	274.31
73	750–800	789	255.00–262.30	259.84
64	900–950	936	239.50	239.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	495	304.00	304.00
8	600–650	600	240.00	240.00
6	650–700	694	259.00	259.00
3	750–800	775	234.00	234.00
1	800–850	830	222.00	222.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	212.50	212.50
4	500–550	504	221.00	221.00
5	550–600	583	225.00	225.00
5	700–750	718	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	200.00	200.00
18	450–500	499	287.00	287.00
2	1200–1250	1,212	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	161.00	161.00
1	650–700	650	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	222.50	222.50
20	500–550	505	240.00–246.00	244.18
3	550–600	596	214.00	214.00
11	650–700	684	227.50	227.50
4	700–750	703	225.00	225.00
1	800–850	815	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	297.00	297.00
6	400–450	419	286.00–294.00	290.11
7	450–500	491	294.00	294.00
4	500–550	506	271.00	271.00
15	550–600	584	234.00	234.00
17	600–650	606	257.00–263.00	261.25
10	650–700	680	236.50	236.50
9	700–750	705	245.00	245.00
4	750–800	773	231.00	231.00
8	800–850	804	218.00–234.00	222.02
6	900–950	926	205.00	205.00

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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