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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 29

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190

← Apr 22Apr 29May 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

209 head

▲ 57 vs last sale 152▼ 12 vs year ago 221 · −5.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

38 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 38▼ 73 vs year ago 111 · −65.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 3▲ 4 vs year ago 2 · +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 $251.63/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −121.30 against this barn's trailing median of $372.94.

Average price

$251.63

46 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$26.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.22

vs KY average

−16.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	252.20	1,369	45
Medium and Large 2-3	550	226.00	1,243	1thin

One grade step is worth $26.20/cwt here — about $126 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 sale46 hd

251.63

—

KY average26 barns · 1,550 hd

263.86

−12.22

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−16.75

This barn, trailing median13 sales

372.94

−121.30

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	1,713	149.97	2,569	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,629	129.75	2,113	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,269	117.14	1,487	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,027	103.26	1,060	13

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,445	$1,525	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,255	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,190	$1,925	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,420	$1,906	3thin

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	285	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	933	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	998	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	385	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,213	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	289.10/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,220	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	461	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,464	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	512	305.88/cwt	297.00–317.00	1,566	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,488	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,284	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,277	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	575	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,742	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	273.73/cwt	273.00–276.00	1,599	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	621	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,801	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	264.99/cwt	257.50–271.00	1,661	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,796	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	670	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,608	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	250.50/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,774	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	719	258.18/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,856	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,821	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	238	284.95/cwt	280.00–290.00	678	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	851	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	287.94/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,088	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	416	286.80/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,193	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	273.61/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,141	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	433	224.86/cwt	220.00–230.00	974	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	240.50/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,053	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	271.28/cwt	257.50–276.00	1,264	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,202	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	217.80/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,045	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	484	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,384	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	248.12/cwt	235.00–258.00	1,298	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	537	262.60/cwt	261.00–263.00	1,410	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	550	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,243	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	551	261.20/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,439	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	245.72/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,420	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	625	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,350	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	241.92/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,524	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	239.22/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,576	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	670	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,441	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	725	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,341	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	210	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	672	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	375	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,172	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,269	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	430	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,118	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	470	309.85/cwt	307.50–312.00	1,456	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	273.97/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,312	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,261	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	505	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,540	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	280.75/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,460	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	533	251.28/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,339	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	276.20/cwt	274.00–280.00	1,538	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	258.65/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,461	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	253.74/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,573	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,755	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	995	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,542	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,639	147.94/cwt	145.00–151.00	2,425	5
Bulls	—	—	1,898	155.05/cwt	154.00–156.00	2,943	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	873	76.03/cwt	72.00–79.00	664	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	918	116.89/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,073	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,088	109.00/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,186	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,135	98.22/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,115	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,480	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,271	117.28/cwt	113.00–124.00	1,491	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,442	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,490	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,758	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,675	133.67/cwt	126.00–139.00	2,239	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,190	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,255	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,503	2,095.92/head	1,900.00–2,275.00	2,096	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,255	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,445	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	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 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 209Last week 152Year ago 221

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 38Year ago 111

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 3Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	280.00	280.00
2	400–450	430	295.00	295.00
4	450–500	479	270.00–286.00	273.97
9	500–550	520	275.00–290.00	280.75
5	550–600	557	274.00–280.00	276.20
4	600–650	620	245.00–260.00	253.74
1	700–750	725	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	375	312.50	312.50
2	450–500	470	307.50–312.00	309.85
1	500–550	505	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	485	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	533	250.00–252.50	251.28
3	550–600	565	258.00–260.00	258.65
1	950–1000	995	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	280.00–290.00	284.95
1	300–350	315	270.00	270.00
5	350–400	378	280.00–290.00	287.94
3	400–450	417	260.00–281.00	273.61
4	450–500	466	257.50–276.00	271.28
19	500–550	523	235.00–258.00	248.12
11	550–600	578	240.00–252.00	245.72
4	600–650	630	230.00–249.00	241.92
5	650–700	659	230.00–245.00	239.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	220.00–230.00	224.86
5	450–500	480	210.00–223.00	217.80
1	550–600	550	226.00	226.00
1	600–650	625	216.00	216.00
2	650–700	670	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	725	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	240.00–241.00	240.50
1	450–500	475	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	537	261.00–263.00	262.60
5	550–600	551	260.00–263.00	261.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	416	286.00–290.00	286.80
7	450–500	484	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	327.50	327.50
1	350–400	385	315.00	315.00
3	450–500	461	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	512	297.00–317.00	305.88
13	550–600	575	303.00	303.00
3	600–650	621	290.00	290.00
11	700–750	719	258.00–260.00	258.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	302.50	302.50
3	400–450	422	285.00–297.50	289.10
1	500–550	515	289.00	289.00
4	550–600	584	273.00–276.00	273.73
3	600–650	627	257.50–271.00	264.99
1	650–700	670	268.00	268.00
2	700–750	708	250.00–251.00	250.50
1	850–900	855	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	555	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	670	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,898	154.00–156.00	155.05
5	—	1,639	145.00–151.00	147.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	918	116.00–119.00	116.89
5	—	1,088	105.00–112.00	109.00
2	—	873	72.00–79.00	76.03
3	—	1,135	95.00–102.00	98.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,675	126.00–139.00	133.67
1	—	1,490	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,271	113.00–124.00	117.28
1	—	1,360	106.00	106.00
1	—	1,165	127.00	127.00

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	2	—	1,503	1,900.00–2,275.00	2,095.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	1,925.00	1,925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,255	1,525.00	1,525.00

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	—	1,255	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,445	1,525.00	1,525.00

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.