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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 1

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190

← Mar 25Apr 1Apr 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

143 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 150▼ 68 vs year ago 211 · −32.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

39 head

▼ 75 vs last sale 114▼ 19 vs year ago 58 · −32.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 8▲ 4 vs year ago 1 · +400.0%

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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 $244.59/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −128.35 against this barn's trailing median of $372.94.

Average price

$244.59

14 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,309

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$46.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.27

vs KY average

−26.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	251.17	1,328	12thin
Medium and Large 2-3	575	205.09	1,179	2thin

One grade step is worth $46.08/cwt here — about $149 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale14 hd

244.59

—

KY average26 barns · 1,408 hd

255.85

−11.27

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−26.00

This barn, trailing median13 sales

372.94

−128.35

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	—	High	1,791	150.77	2,700	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,678	131.51	2,207	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	120.73	1,456	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	926	100.40	929	14

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 (2-4 yrs)	998	$1,512	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,015	$1,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,498	$2,075	2thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	323	255.35/cwt	250.00–260.00	825	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	365	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,177	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	420	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,386	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	474	315.33/cwt	313.00–325.00	1,495	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	282.66/cwt	277.50–287.50	1,357	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	625	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,813	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,780	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	262.48/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,811	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	767	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,304	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,783	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	205	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	651	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	245	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	545	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	280	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	672	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	301.18/cwt	300.00–302.50	973	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	342	266.63/cwt	260.00–270.00	912	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	346	309.16/cwt	307.50–312.50	1,070	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	360	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	891	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,174	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	430	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,247	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	435	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,022	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,236	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,129	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	260.96/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,221	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	234.05/cwt	200.00–252.00	1,100	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	246.53/cwt	236.00–250.00	1,270	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	518	262.04/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,357	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	244.94/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,355	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	205.09/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,179	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,367	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	219.96/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,480	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,286	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	216.56/cwt	200.00–222.00	1,544	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,465	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	860	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,204	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	230	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	748	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	265	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	802	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	771	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	363	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,243	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	296.50/cwt	287.50–310.00	1,136	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	428	322.31/cwt	315.00–332.50	1,379	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	306.97/cwt	303.00–310.00	1,335	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	460	329.89/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,517	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	305.54/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,445	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,317	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	287.42/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,489	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,607	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	600	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,350	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	611	285.25/cwt	274.00–291.00	1,743	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,651	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	246.99/cwt	237.50–252.50	1,675	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,662	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	173.48/cwt	170.00–177.00	1,483	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	865	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,384	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,566	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,425	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,824	1
Bulls	—	—	1,913	158.36/cwt	147.00–170.00	3,029	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	906	80.96/cwt	60.00–89.00	733	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	918	103.28/cwt	101.00–106.00	948	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,166	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	947	113.40/cwt	109.00–119.00	1,074	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,094	113.48/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,241	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	125.57/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,607	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,678	131.51/cwt	127.00–136.00	2,207	8
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,410	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,585	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	998	1,511.53/head	1,500.00–1,525.00	1,512	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	1,015	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	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 Apr 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 143Last week 150Year ago 211

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 114Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 8Year ago 1

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,913	147.00–170.00	158.36
1	—	1,425	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,094	112.00–116.00	113.48
6	—	1,280	121.00–129.00	125.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	918	101.00–106.00	103.28
1	—	940	124.00	124.00
5	—	906	60.00–89.00	80.96
5	—	947	109.00–119.00	113.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,678	127.00–136.00	131.51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	518	259.00–265.00	262.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	300.00–302.50	301.18
1	350–400	385	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	440	281.00	281.00
3	450–500	468	260.00–263.00	260.96
4	500–550	515	236.00–250.00	246.53
4	550–600	553	230.00–250.00	244.94
1	600–650	645	212.00	212.00
2	650–700	673	210.00–230.00	219.96
4	700–750	713	200.00–222.00	216.56
1	750–800	755	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	317.50	317.50
3	300–350	346	307.50–312.50	309.16
1	400–450	430	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	222.50	222.50
1	250–300	280	240.00	240.00
1	350–400	360	247.50	247.50
1	400–450	435	235.00	235.00
10	450–500	470	200.00–252.00	234.05
2	550–600	575	200.00–210.00	205.09
1	650–700	695	185.00	185.00
1	850–900	860	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	260.00–270.00	266.63
3	400–450	441	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	325.00	325.00
1	250–300	265	302.50	302.50
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
4	350–400	383	287.50–310.00	296.50
4	400–450	435	303.00–310.00	306.97
7	450–500	473	292.50–310.00	305.54
2	500–550	518	285.00–290.00	287.42
1	550–600	595	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	635	260.00	260.00
3	650–700	678	237.50–252.50	246.99
1	750–800	795	209.00	209.00
2	850–900	855	170.00–177.00	173.48
1	900–950	935	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	342.50	342.50
3	400–450	428	315.00–332.50	322.31
3	450–500	460	320.00–335.00	329.89
1	550–600	570	310.00	310.00
3	600–650	611	274.00–291.00	285.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	600	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	865	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	277.50–287.50	282.66
2	600–650	630	282.50	282.50
2	650–700	690	260.00–265.00	262.48
1	750–800	775	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	322.50	322.50
2	400–450	420	330.00	330.00
5	450–500	474	313.00–325.00	315.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	250.00–260.00	255.35
2	750–800	767	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	625	290.00	290.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,585	2,225.00	2,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,410	1,925.00	1,925.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	998	1,500.00–1,525.00	1,511.53

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	1,300.00	1,300.00

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.