Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2020-02-13

Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Feb 13

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191

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Feeder Cattle receipts

480 head

▼ 339 vs last sale 819▲ 480 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 31 vs last sale 38▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher,Good demand for the high quality feeders and moderate demand for the plainer type feeders.Slaughter cows steady,No test on slaughter bulls,Moderate 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 $127.04/cwt on 281 head.

Average price

$127.04

281 head · 615 lb average

Value per head Derived

$781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

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

$15.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.10

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	623	128.00	797	264
Medium and Large 2-3	492	112.09	552	17thin

One grade step is worth $15.92/cwt here — about $246 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 sale281 hd

127.04

—

KY average27 barns · 3,928 hd

125.93

+1.10

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,570	55.00	864	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	52.68	672	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,135	48.00	545	1thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	493	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	366	168.05/cwt	167.00–170.00	615	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	589	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	433	170.62/cwt	170.00–174.00	739	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	705	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	154.56/cwt	149.00–160.00	703	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	457	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	763	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	470	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	635	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	524	158.45/cwt	156.00–160.50	830	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	142.58/cwt	139.00–150.00	754	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	143.95/cwt	134.00–149.00	826	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	616	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	912	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	621	138.30/cwt	138.00–144.00	859	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	130.02/cwt	129.00–132.00	921	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	712	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	972	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	754	135.03/cwt	134.50–136.00	1,018	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	128.16/cwt	126.00–129.50	997	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	124.99/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,006	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	926	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	926	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,056	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,014	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	305	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	358	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	332	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	478	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	125.92/cwt	122.00–131.00	462	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	393	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	464	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	428	109.97/cwt	105.00–115.00	471	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	133.15/cwt	131.00–136.00	575	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	456	110.67/cwt	110.00–111.00	505	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	129.36/cwt	121.00–131.00	617	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	506	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	572	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	521	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	703	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	119.19/cwt	116.00–129.00	627	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	552	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	718	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	583	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	659	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	798	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	116.76/cwt	110.00–122.00	733	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	121.47/cwt	110.00–123.00	808	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	697	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	711	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	701	111.62/cwt	110.00–113.50	782	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	744	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	932	69
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	350	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	464	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	581	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	149.95/cwt	146.00–154.00	630	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	610	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	836	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	128.49/cwt	128.00–129.00	788	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	878	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	697	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	815	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	796	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	772	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	838	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	788	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	687	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	556	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,135	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	545	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	59.95/cwt	58.00–62.00	724	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	450	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,373	53.26/cwt	50.00–56.00	731	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,570	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	864	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 (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Thu Feb 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 480Last week 819Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 38Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	150.00	150.00
2	—	420	146.00–154.00	149.95
2	—	390	149.00	149.00
1	—	655	134.00	134.00
4	—	613	128.00–129.00	128.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	838	94.00	94.00
3	—	796	97.00	97.00
2	—	697	117.00	117.00
1	—	735	90.00	90.00
1	—	350	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	621	138.00–144.00	138.30
20	—	524	156.00–160.50	158.45
17	—	754	134.50–136.00	135.03
7	—	712	136.50	136.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	529	139.00–150.00	142.58
6	—	778	126.00–129.50	128.16
5	—	574	134.00–149.00	143.95
3	—	708	129.00–132.00	130.02
2	—	805	124.00–126.00	124.99
2	—	455	149.00–160.00	154.56
1	—	615	120.00	120.00
1	—	435	162.00	162.00
1	—	390	151.00	151.00
1	—	345	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	616	148.00	148.00
6	—	433	170.00–174.00	170.62
4	—	457	167.00	167.00
3	—	366	167.00–170.00	168.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,056	96.00	96.00
3	—	926	100.00	100.00
2	—	445	130.00	130.00
1	—	470	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	113.00	113.00
3	—	506	113.00	113.00
3	—	456	110.00–111.00	110.67
3	—	393	118.00	118.00
2	—	697	102.00	102.00
2	—	428	105.00–115.00	109.97
1	—	305	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	332	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	600	133.00	133.00
69	—	744	125.25	125.25
25	—	552	130.00	130.00
17	—	521	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	665	110.00–123.00	121.47
13	—	701	110.00–113.50	111.62
8	—	477	121.00–131.00	129.36
7	—	432	131.00–136.00	133.15
6	—	526	116.00–129.00	119.19
5	—	367	122.00–131.00	125.92
4	—	628	110.00–122.00	116.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	687	81.00	81.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	48.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	50.00–56.00	53.26
2	—	1,208	58.00–62.00	59.95
1	—	1,215	37.00	37.00

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.