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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 9

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190

← Mar 2Mar 9Mar 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

268 head

▲ 110 vs last sale 158▲ 268 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

39 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 46▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 1▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday:Feeders steers under 500 lbs steady to 5.00 higher,over 500 lbs steady,Feeder heifers steady,Moderate to good demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows and bulls steady,Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.92/cwt on 121 head.

Average price

$125.92

121 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

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

$28.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.71

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	487	128.06	624	112
Medium and Large 2-3	574	99.28	570	9thin

One grade step is worth $28.78/cwt here — about $54 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 sale121 hd

125.92

—

KY average27 barns · 5,005 hd

130.63

−4.71

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,849	82.06	1,517	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,645	63.69	1,047	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,310	59.56	780	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	996	47.34	471	10

Every lot

71 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) - Stanford, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	240	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	396	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	265	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	493	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	338	197.33/cwt	190.00–205.00	667	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	367	190.73/cwt	189.00–194.00	700	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	380	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	494	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	616	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	760	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	420	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	605	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	169.69/cwt	153.00–176.00	736	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	467	136.85/cwt	135.00–142.00	639	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	152.51/cwt	144.00–163.00	731	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	513	165.32/cwt	164.00–168.00	848	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	152.82/cwt	147.00–157.00	798	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	143.77/cwt	139.00–150.00	817	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	623	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	885	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	136.19/cwt	133.00–137.00	857	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	695	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	834	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	922	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	762	121.65/cwt	120.00–125.00	927	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	902	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	127.59/cwt	122.50–132.50	357	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	334	135.71/cwt	133.00–139.00	453	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	345	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	405	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	132.72/cwt	120.00–138.00	483	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	373	141.94/cwt	141.00–144.00	529	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	377	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	422	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	404	142.35/cwt	140.00–144.00	575	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	134.58/cwt	133.00–137.00	567	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	130.70/cwt	120.00–136.00	625	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	510	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	694	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	125.38/cwt	119.00–128.00	665	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	557	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	746	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	118.21/cwt	114.00–123.00	686	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	585	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	614	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	114.61/cwt	110.00–120.00	700	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	114.60/cwt	109.00–115.50	770	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	692	90.33/cwt	90.00–91.00	625	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	703	88.01/cwt	86.00–90.00	619	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	197	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	394	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	534	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	335	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	472	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	376	142.26/cwt	138.00–146.00	535	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	163.56/cwt	157.00–171.00	631	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	161.05/cwt	150.00–172.50	683	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	430	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	628	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	490	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	441	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	535	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	508	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	540	125.35/cwt	123.00–128.00	677	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	139.02/cwt	135.00–141.00	772	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	706	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	626	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	876	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	695	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	792	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	103.19/cwt	97.00–110.00	745	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	725	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	580	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	910	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	646	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	977	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	733	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	430	91.88/cwt	89.00–95.00	395	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,665	75.31/cwt	75.00–76.00	1,254	3
Bulls	—	—	1,914	84.88/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,625	4
Bulls	—	—	2,140	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,947	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	959	42.68/cwt	35.00–48.00	409	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,051	54.32/cwt	50.00–58.00	571	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	55.42/cwt	52.00–59.00	714	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,328	63.11/cwt	61.00–66.00	838	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,613	58.49/cwt	58.00–59.00	943	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,655	65.42/cwt	60.00–73.00	1,083	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	9,614	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	680.28/cwt	670.00–690.00	7,313	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,155	994.18/cwt	900.00–1,090.00	11,483	2

This sale against other markets

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 South Stockyards (Monday) - Stanford, KY

Mon Mar 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 268Last week 158Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 46Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 1Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	122.50–132.50	127.59
32	—	478	120.00–136.00	130.70
9	—	334	133.00–139.00	135.71
7	—	672	109.00–115.50	114.60
2	—	700	100.00	100.00
8	—	611	110.00–120.00	114.61
5	—	421	133.00–137.00	134.58
9	—	364	120.00–138.00	132.72
8	—	580	114.00–123.00	118.21
17	—	530	119.00–128.00	125.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	557	134.00	134.00
3	—	373	141.00–144.00	141.94
6	—	404	140.00–144.00	142.35
2	—	510	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	377	112.00	112.00
2	—	703	86.00–90.00	88.01
1	—	345	117.50	117.50
3	—	692	90.00–91.00	90.33
1	—	585	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	626	140.00	140.00
2	—	197	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	95.00	95.00
1	—	490	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	123.00–128.00	125.35
1	—	725	80.00	80.00
1	—	335	141.00	141.00
4	—	376	138.00–146.00	142.26
1	—	910	71.00	71.00
1	—	430	146.00	146.00
2	—	977	75.00	75.00
1	—	625	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	386	157.00–171.00	163.56
1	—	695	114.00	114.00
4	—	424	150.00–172.50	161.05
2	—	285	187.50	187.50
4	—	722	97.00–110.00	103.19
3	—	555	135.00–141.00	139.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	190.00	190.00
3	—	367	189.00–194.00	190.73
3	—	513	164.00–168.00	165.32
2	—	338	190.00–205.00	197.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	467	135.00–142.00	136.85
1	—	380	130.00	130.00
1	—	420	144.00	144.00
1	—	630	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	479	144.00–163.00	152.51
5	—	629	133.00–137.00	136.19
1	—	940	96.00	96.00
1	—	395	156.00	156.00
13	—	434	153.00–176.00	169.69
6	—	568	139.00–150.00	143.77
3	—	265	186.00	186.00
1	—	695	120.00	120.00
7	—	522	147.00–157.00	152.82
3	—	762	120.00–125.00	121.65
1	—	715	129.00	129.00
1	—	240	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	89.00–95.00	91.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,655	60.00–73.00	65.42
2	—	1,613	58.00–59.00	58.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,288	52.00–59.00	55.42
7	—	1,328	61.00–66.00	63.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	959	35.00–48.00	42.68
4	—	1,051	50.00–58.00	54.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,140	91.00	91.00
4	—	1,914	82.00–88.00	84.88
3	—	1,665	75.00–76.00	75.31

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,265	760.00	760.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,075	670.00–690.00	680.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,155	900.00–1,090.00	994.18

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.