Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2019-07-18

Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Jul 18

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191

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Feeder Cattle receipts

2,064 head

▼ 120 vs last sale 2,184▲ 2,064 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

78 head

▲ 27 vs last sale 51▲ 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steer and heifer calves steady. Yearling steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

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 $130.94/cwt on 892 head.

Average price

$130.94

892 head · 688 lb average

Value per head Derived

$900

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$371

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

$18.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.65

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	693	131.38	910	871
Large 1	440	114.00	502	2thin
Small 1-2	478	112.79	539	19thin

One grade step is worth $18.59/cwt here — about $371 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 sale892 hd

130.94

—

KY average26 barns · 5,730 hd

128.29

+2.65

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	—	Average	1,595	88.97	1,419	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,286	61.76	794	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,119	54.75	612	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	882	45.30	399	12

Every lot

81 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	156.32/cwt	155.00–157.00	602	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	666	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	473	150.02/cwt	145.00–154.00	710	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	148.09/cwt	139.00–156.00	711	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	138.99/cwt	134.00–142.00	738	14
Steers	—	Small 1-2	535	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	599	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	539	155.75/cwt	149.00–160.00	839	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	574	145.33/cwt	143.00–146.00	834	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	137.13/cwt	130.00–140.00	787	24
Steers	—	Small 1-2	575	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	702	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	623	141.77/cwt	135.00–144.50	883	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	134.15/cwt	129.00–139.00	836	14
Steers	—	Small 1-2	625	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	600	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	133.90/cwt	130.00–135.00	892	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	678	133.80/cwt	130.00–138.00	907	20
Steers	—	Large 1	695	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	771	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	930	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	724	132.94/cwt	129.00–135.00	962	44
Steers	—	Large 1	752	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	887	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	767	139.86/cwt	130.00–144.20	1,073	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	791	127.84/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,011	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	812	136.48/cwt	135.25–136.75	1,108	152
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	818	123.88/cwt	119.00–124.50	1,013	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	866	138.68/cwt	130.00–141.75	1,201	235
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	877	123.52/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,083	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,026	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	934	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,214	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,018	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,181	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	283	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	362	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	290	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	348	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	308	126.51/cwt	126.00–127.00	390	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	128.52/cwt	126.00–132.00	482	13
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	421	117.44/cwt	116.00–118.00	494	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	133.00/cwt	128.00–138.00	569	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	429	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	579	6
Heifers	—	Large 1	440	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	502	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	128.52/cwt	125.00–134.00	601	5
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	470	112.14/cwt	104.00–116.00	527	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	482	133.29/cwt	131.00–135.00	642	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	125.17/cwt	119.00–128.00	653	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	527	125.86/cwt	122.00–128.00	663	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	552	121.72/cwt	119.00–126.00	672	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	593	129.88/cwt	127.00–138.00	770	19
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	593	115.98/cwt	112.00–120.00	688	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	120.13/cwt	111.00–124.00	742	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	630	133.58/cwt	124.00–135.25	842	97
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	665	121.07/cwt	118.50–127.00	805	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	121.60/cwt	119.00–133.00	810	11
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	675	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	675	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	700	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	588	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	731	132.60/cwt	130.00–133.90	969	215
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	111.51/cwt	101.00–114.00	816	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	108.91/cwt	95.00–112.00	842	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	792	134.80/cwt	134.80–134.80	1,068	320
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	960	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	826	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	342	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	530	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	131.53/cwt	126.00–136.00	495	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	135.44/cwt	134.00–147.00	555	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	138.14/cwt	135.00–142.00	669	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	132.17/cwt	125.00–140.00	695	10
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	565	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	661	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	126.50/cwt	123.00–130.00	736	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	120.64/cwt	116.00–125.00	754	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	122.01/cwt	119.00–125.00	821	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	93.00/cwt	85.00–101.00	772	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	778	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	793	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	682	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	811	96.70/cwt	96.70–96.70	784	70
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	862	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	832	67
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,423	87.45/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,244	3
Bulls	—	—	1,525	81.54/cwt	81.00–82.00	1,243	2
Bulls	—	—	1,813	95.43/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,730	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	843	37.28/cwt	35.00–39.00	314	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	881	47.22/cwt	43.00–50.00	416	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	543	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,018	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	519	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,169	56.62/cwt	55.00–57.50	662	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,226	60.56/cwt	59.00–62.00	742	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,265	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	721	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,344	64.15/cwt	62.50–66.00	862	7

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 (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Thu Jul 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,064Last week 2,184Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 51Year ago 0

Feeder steer and heifer calves steady. Yearling steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	811	96.70	96.70
4	—	793	86.00	86.00
67	—	862	96.50	96.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	574	130.00–140.00	137.13
1	—	900	114.00	114.00
2	—	447	149.00	149.00
3	—	385	155.00–157.00	156.32
3	—	715	130.00	130.00
5	—	1,018	116.00	116.00
8	—	791	127.00–134.00	127.84
11	—	666	130.00–135.00	133.90
12	—	877	120.00–125.00	123.52
14	—	531	134.00–142.00	138.99
14	—	623	129.00–139.00	134.15
20	—	818	119.00–124.50	123.88
23	—	480	139.00–156.00	148.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	574	143.00–146.00	145.33
20	—	539	149.00–160.00	155.75
20	—	678	130.00–138.00	133.80
21	—	473	145.00–154.00	150.02
44	—	724	129.00–135.00	132.94
55	—	623	135.00–144.50	141.77
57	—	934	130.00	130.00
89	—	767	130.00–144.20	139.86
152	—	812	135.25–136.75	136.48
235	—	866	130.00–141.75	138.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	122.00	122.00
1	—	625	96.00	96.00
2	—	535	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	111.00	111.00
2	—	752	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	120.00	120.00
1	—	675	100.00	100.00
1	—	700	84.00	84.00
2	—	593	112.00–120.00	115.98
7	—	421	116.00–118.00	117.44
7	—	470	104.00–116.00	112.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	86.00	86.00
2	—	308	126.00–127.00	126.51
3	—	283	128.00	128.00
5	—	468	125.00–134.00	128.52
5	—	732	101.00–114.00	111.51
11	—	552	119.00–126.00	121.72
11	—	666	119.00–133.00	121.60
13	—	375	126.00–132.00	128.52
15	—	773	95.00–112.00	108.91
20	—	618	111.00–124.00	120.13
22	—	428	128.00–138.00	133.00
47	—	522	119.00–128.00	125.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	429	135.00	135.00
14	—	482	131.00–135.00	133.29
19	—	593	127.00–138.00	129.88
20	—	665	118.50–127.00	121.07
25	—	527	122.00–128.00	125.86
97	—	630	124.00–135.25	133.58
215	—	731	130.00–133.90	132.60
320	—	792	134.80	134.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	115.00	115.00
1	—	915	85.00	85.00
2	—	625	116.00–125.00	120.64
2	—	673	119.00–125.00	122.01
2	—	830	85.00–101.00	93.00
4	—	342	155.00	155.00
5	—	376	126.00–136.00	131.53
9	—	410	134.00–147.00	135.44
10	—	526	125.00–140.00	132.17
12	—	484	135.00–142.00	138.14
21	—	582	123.00–130.00	126.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	117.00	117.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,423	84.00–89.00	87.45
3	—	1,813	94.00–97.00	95.43
2	—	1,525	81.00–82.00	81.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,169	55.00–57.50	56.62
2	—	1,018	51.00	51.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,226	59.00–62.00	60.56
7	—	1,344	62.50–66.00	64.15
2	—	1,265	57.00	57.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	881	43.00–50.00	47.22
1	—	1,005	54.00	54.00
3	—	843	35.00–39.00	37.28

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.