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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.61/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −134.46 against this barn's trailing median of $455.07.

Average price

$320.61

119 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$458

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

$68.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.60

vs KY average

−3.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	322.93	1,789	115
Medium and Large 2	524	254.00	1,331	4thin

One grade step is worth $68.93/cwt here — about $458 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale119 hd

320.61

—

KY average29 barns · 1,889 hd

296.02

+24.60

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−3.74

This barn, trailing median1 sales

455.07

−134.46

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

32 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 1-2	400–450	418	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,133	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,566	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,573	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	275.29/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,398	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	698	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	255.04/cwt	251.00–257.00	1,196	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	273.94/cwt	271.00–279.00	1,671	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	755	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,964	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	244.08/cwt	241.00–248.00	1,677	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	264.35/cwt	263.00–271.00	1,293	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,331	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	616	300.75/cwt	300.75–300.75	1,853	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	253.54/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,065	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	235.59/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,859	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	310.89/cwt	309.50–314.00	1,844	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	582	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,176	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	336.53/cwt	326.00–341.00	1,716	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	233.66/cwt	233.00–235.00	1,374	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	794	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,374	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	212.88/cwt	212.00–219.00	1,309	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	892	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,934	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,913	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	786	194.98/cwt	192.00–199.00	1,533	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	895	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,584	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 12, 2024

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

Receipts 408Last week 516Year ago 826

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	271.00	271.00
3	450–500	469	251.00–257.00	255.04
13	500–550	508	271.00–285.00	275.29
11	600–650	605	260.00	260.00
7	650–700	690	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	207.50	207.50
3	550–600	582	202.00	202.00
3	650–700	698	197.00	197.00
6	750–800	794	173.00	173.00
1	850–900	895	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	237.00	237.00
6	550–600	588	233.00–235.00	233.66
8	600–650	615	212.00–219.00	212.88
7	750–800	786	192.00–199.00	194.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	312.00	312.00
1	400–450	430	341.00	341.00
54	500–550	510	326.00–341.00	336.53
61	550–600	593	309.50–314.00	310.89
19	600–650	610	271.00–279.00	273.94
41	650–700	693	276.00	276.00
16	700–750	706	274.00	274.00
22	750–800	789	235.00–236.00	235.59
2	800–850	800	228.00	228.00
3	900–950	905	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	250.00–257.00	253.54
1	750–800	755	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	489	263.00–271.00	264.35
4	500–550	524	254.00	254.00
9	650–700	687	241.00–248.00	244.08
2	700–750	710	229.00	229.00
3	750–800	780	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
86	600–650	616	300.75	300.75

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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