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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 18

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190

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Feeder Cattle receipts

221 head

▲ 67 vs last sale 154▼ 11 vs year ago 232 · −4.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

42 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 37▼ 10 vs year ago 52 · −19.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 1 · +200.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.20/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −103.74 against this barn's trailing median of $372.94.

Average price

$269.20

20 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,478

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$20.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.90

vs KY average

−8.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	271.27	1,496	18thin
Medium and Large 2	528	250.50	1,323	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.77/cwt here — about $173 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 sale20 hd

269.20

—

KY average27 barns · 2,318 hd

261.29

+7.90

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−8.02

This barn, trailing median13 sales

372.94

−103.74

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.33, low $307.95, median $372.94 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	Average	1,743	141.07	2,458	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,229	118.59	1,457	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,548	115.50	1,788	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,033	102.40	1,057	16

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,355	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,130	$1,475	1thin

Every lot

80 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	977	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	345	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,095	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	360	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,134	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	307.42/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,162	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	405	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,347	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	410	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	902	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	470	331.25/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,557	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	305.40/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,454	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	505	333.49/cwt	302.50–337.50	1,684	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	279.22/cwt	270.00–293.00	1,430	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	580	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,769	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,534	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,776	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	665	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,197	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,774	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,833	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,848	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	813	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	278	291.56/cwt	280.00–302.50	811	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	832	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	356	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,104	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	298.25/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,101	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	261.31/cwt	260.00–262.50	988	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,040	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	421	296.18/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,247	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	286.19/cwt	282.50–288.00	1,259	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	461	290.89/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,341	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	283.52/cwt	280.00–289.00	1,313	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	256.73/cwt	255.00–257.50	1,209	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	270.98/cwt	262.00–277.00	1,431	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	250.50/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,323	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	271.42/cwt	268.00–274.00	1,528	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	226.24/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,405	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	222.61/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,469	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,378	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,500	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	975	161.24/cwt	160.00–162.50	1,572	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	245	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	827	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	245	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	741	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	265	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	828	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	276	326.09/cwt	320.00–330.00	900	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	986	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	331	325.94/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,079	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	914	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	304.08/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,119	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	384	334.01/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,283	11
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,078	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,275	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	442	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,437	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	285.62/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,322	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,023	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	471	311.72/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,468	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	515	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,584	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,338	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	530	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,166	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	284.01/cwt	277.50–291.00	1,514	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,639	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,528	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	590	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,180	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,702	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	642	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,348	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	257.31/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,732	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	705	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,720	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	218.63/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,585	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,702	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	185.94/cwt	182.00–190.00	1,549	2
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	950	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,639	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,467	136.71/cwt	134.00–138.00	2,006	3
Bulls	—	—	2,018	145.42/cwt	141.00–152.00	2,935	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	957	106.17/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,016	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	968	95.62/cwt	93.00–98.00	926	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	73.94/cwt	70.00–80.00	802	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,087	112.80/cwt	110.00–122.50	1,226	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	102.17/cwt	98.00–107.00	1,175	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	112.90/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,383	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,251	126.26/cwt	120.00–136.00	1,580	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,548	115.50/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,788	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,130	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,355	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,230	1

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 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 221Last week 154Year ago 232

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 37Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	278	280.00–302.50	291.56
18	350–400	369	290.00–306.00	298.25
3	400–450	440	282.50–288.00	286.19
5	450–500	463	280.00–289.00	283.52
6	500–550	528	262.00–277.00	270.98
12	550–600	563	268.00–274.00	271.42
4	600–650	621	220.00–235.00	226.24
2	650–700	660	215.00–230.00	222.61
1	700–750	725	190.00	190.00
1	750–800	750	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	325.00	325.00
4	350–400	356	310.00	310.00
12	400–450	421	290.00–307.50	296.18
9	450–500	461	290.00–292.00	290.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	260.00	260.00
2	350–400	378	260.00–262.50	261.31
1	400–450	400	260.00	260.00
4	450–500	471	255.00–257.50	256.73
2	500–550	528	250.00–251.00	250.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	975	160.00–162.50	161.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	302.50	302.50
1	250–300	265	312.50	312.50
3	300–350	318	310.00	310.00
5	350–400	368	292.50–310.00	304.08
2	400–450	425	300.00	300.00
3	450–500	463	280.00–292.00	285.62
4	500–550	533	277.50–291.00	284.01
1	550–600	565	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	640	266.00	266.00
3	650–700	673	245.00–265.00	257.31
2	700–750	725	212.00–225.00	218.63
1	750–800	770	221.00	221.00
2	800–850	833	182.00–190.00	185.94
1	950–1000	950	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	337.50	337.50
6	250–300	276	320.00–330.00	326.09
6	300–350	331	317.50–330.00	325.94
11	350–400	384	315.00–340.00	334.01
2	400–450	442	325.00	325.00
8	450–500	471	305.00–322.50	311.72
1	500–550	515	307.50	307.50
1	700–750	705	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	265.00	265.00
1	450–500	465	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	530	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	590	200.00	200.00
2	600–650	642	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	530	252.50	252.50
2	550–600	582	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	317.50	317.50
1	350–400	360	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	405	332.50	332.50
2	450–500	470	330.00–332.50	331.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	310.00	310.00
2	350–400	378	305.00–310.00	307.42
7	450–500	476	290.00–310.00	305.40
3	500–550	512	270.00–293.00	279.22
1	600–650	640	277.50	277.50
1	650–700	685	259.00	259.00
1	700–750	745	246.00	246.00
1	800–850	800	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	665	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	505	302.50–337.50	333.49
3	550–600	580	305.00	305.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,225	110.00–119.00	112.90
2	—	1,150	98.00–107.00	102.17
8	—	1,251	120.00–136.00	126.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	70.00–80.00	73.94
4	—	968	93.00–98.00	95.62
7	—	1,087	110.00–122.50	112.80
3	—	957	104.00–109.00	106.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	114.00–117.00	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,467	134.00–138.00	136.71
3	—	2,018	141.00–152.00	145.42

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,355	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	1,475.00	1,475.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	150.00	150.00

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.