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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Jun 18

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191

← Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,801 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 1,803▲ 752 vs year ago 1,049 · +71.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

68 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 48▼ 25 vs year ago 93 · −26.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 700 lbs steady,over 700 lbs 1.00-2.00 higher,Feeder heifers 1.00-3.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower,Slaughter bulls 1.00-3.00 higher,Good 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 $129.07/cwt on 1,103 head.

Average price

$129.07

1,103 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$837

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$332

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

$17.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.02

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	649	129.15	839	1,098
Medium and Large 2-3	453	111.84	507	5thin

One grade step is worth $17.31/cwt here — about $332 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 sale1,103 hd

129.07

—

KY average27 barns · 5,401 hd

129.09

−0.02

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	—	High	1,682	98.62	1,658	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,601	72.91	1,167	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,254	68.32	856	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	64.70	681	21

Every lot

79 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 1-2Fancy	195	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	414	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	210	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	341	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	292	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	569	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	172.45/cwt	169.00–176.00	655	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	413	169.67/cwt	169.00–170.00	701	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	156.35/cwt	155.00–158.00	669	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	475	140.52/cwt	140.00–141.00	667	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	156.70/cwt	149.00–163.00	749	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	147.89/cwt	139.00–154.00	778	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	544	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	854	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	145.39/cwt	134.00–152.00	836	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	600	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	702	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	612	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	887	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	134.31/cwt	123.00–141.00	829	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	130.90/cwt	125.00–134.00	872	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	690	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	800	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	128.20/cwt	124.00–130.00	927	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	127.14/cwt	126.75–129.00	979	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	816	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	987	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	825	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	924	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	843	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,079	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	919	119.91/cwt	116.80–121.10	1,102	350
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	175	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	394	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	273	160.65/cwt	160.00–161.00	439	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	133.50/cwt	127.00–140.00	407	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	336	156.11/cwt	154.00–161.00	525	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	360	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	562	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	373	119.09/cwt	117.00–121.00	444	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	139.73/cwt	130.00–143.00	548	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	134.57/cwt	125.00–141.00	575	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	671	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	132.86/cwt	123.00–136.00	631	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	515	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	464	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	128.98/cwt	119.00–134.00	682	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	535	137.56/cwt	135.00–139.00	736	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	560	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	622	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	564	135.67/cwt	135.00–136.00	765	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	127.77/cwt	120.00–131.00	727	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	620	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	871	168
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	119.73/cwt	110.00–124.00	745	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	631	126.99/cwt	125.25–127.50	801	97
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	669	128.65/cwt	126.75–131.00	861	391
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	116.98/cwt	113.00–120.00	784	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	810	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	789	119.43/cwt	118.00–120.70	942	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	823	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	971	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	752	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	852	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	835	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	169.34/cwt	166.00–174.00	567	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	157.12/cwt	149.00–169.00	588	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	153.30/cwt	143.00–165.00	650	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	146.05/cwt	135.00–157.00	684	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	142.42/cwt	131.00–151.00	746	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	533	123.56/cwt	119.00–128.00	659	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	135.25/cwt	132.00–140.00	757	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	128.99/cwt	125.00–134.00	798	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	620	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	732	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	828	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	113.51/cwt	111.00–120.00	808	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	113.95/cwt	111.00–119.00	888	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	819	111.42/cwt	108.00–119.00	913	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	825	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	792	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	863	106.49/cwt	106.00–107.00	919	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,555	95.29/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,482	7
Bulls	—	—	1,977	106.38/cwt	102.00–110.00	2,103	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,041	66.58/cwt	63.00–69.00	693	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,057	71.57/cwt	71.00–73.00	756	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,081	50.47/cwt	47.00–55.00	546	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	52.71/cwt	48.00–57.00	658	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	72.76/cwt	70.00–76.00	910	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,264	66.49/cwt	63.00–69.00	840	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,593	73.56/cwt	71.00–77.00	1,172	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,650	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,139	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,320	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,285	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,395	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	738	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 Jun 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,801Last week 1,803Year ago 1,049

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 48Year ago 93

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 8Year 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
2	—	305	127.00–140.00	133.50
2	—	852	98.00	98.00
33	—	622	110.00–124.00	119.73
4	—	392	130.00–143.00	139.73
40	—	475	123.00–136.00	132.86
19	—	670	113.00–120.00	116.98
22	—	569	120.00–131.00	127.77
1	—	730	111.00	111.00
30	—	427	125.00–141.00	134.57
1	—	835	90.00	90.00
32	—	529	119.00–134.00	128.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	273	160.00–161.00	160.65
1	—	175	225.00	225.00
4	—	360	156.00	156.00
5	—	336	154.00–161.00	156.11
168	—	620	140.50	140.50
1	—	450	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
391	—	669	126.75–131.00	128.65
6	—	564	135.00–136.00	135.67
40	—	535	135.00–139.00	137.56
64	—	823	118.00	118.00
97	—	631	125.25–127.50	126.99
132	—	789	118.00–120.70	119.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
1	—	515	90.00	90.00
1	—	560	111.00	111.00
2	—	373	117.00–121.00	119.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	816	121.00	121.00
33	—	575	134.00–152.00	145.39
10	—	723	124.00–130.00	128.20
15	—	526	139.00–154.00	147.89
23	—	478	149.00–163.00	156.70
23	—	666	125.00–134.00	130.90
2	—	380	169.00–176.00	172.45
25	—	617	123.00–141.00	134.31
3	—	428	155.00–158.00	156.35
1	—	210	162.50	162.50
25	—	770	126.75–129.00	127.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	195	212.50	212.50
2	—	292	195.00	195.00
3	—	413	169.00–170.00	169.67
19	—	544	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	843	128.00	128.00
18	—	612	145.00	145.00
350	—	919	116.80–121.10	119.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	112.00	112.00
2	—	475	140.00–141.00	140.52
1	—	600	117.00	117.00
1	—	690	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	560	132.00–140.00	135.25
2	—	863	106.00–107.00	106.49
9	—	819	108.00–119.00	111.42
3	—	335	166.00–174.00	169.34
13	—	424	143.00–165.00	153.30
4	—	779	111.00–119.00	113.95
13	—	619	125.00–134.00	128.99
5	—	374	149.00–169.00	157.12
20	—	524	131.00–151.00	142.42
6	—	712	111.00–120.00	113.51
7	—	468	135.00–157.00	146.05
2	—	665	124.00–125.00	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	118.00	118.00
1	—	825	96.00	96.00
2	—	533	119.00–128.00	123.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,977	102.00–110.00	106.38
7	—	1,555	90.00–98.00	95.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,250	70.00–76.00	72.76
3	—	1,248	48.00–57.00	52.71
6	—	1,264	63.00–69.00	66.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,041	63.00–69.00	66.58
4	—	1,081	47.00–55.00	50.47
5	—	1,057	71.00–73.00	71.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	69.00	69.00
6	—	1,593	71.00–77.00	73.56

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,260	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	900.00	900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	69.00	69.00

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.