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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Jul 23

● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191

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Feeder Cattle receipts

2,086 head

▲ 488 vs last sale 1,598▼ 620 vs year ago 2,706 · −22.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

82 head

▲ 44 vs last sale 38▲ 13 vs year ago 69 · +18.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 6▼ 3 vs year ago 4 · −75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs steady,over 500 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher, Good demand for calves and Very good demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, 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 $132.16/cwt on 1,310 head.

Average price

$132.16

1,310 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

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

$31.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.01

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	663	132.41	878	1,298
Medium and Large 2-3	618	105.30	650	10thin
Small and Medium 1-2	560	101.00	566	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.41/cwt here — about $312 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 sale1,310 hd

132.16

—

KY average28 barns · 5,456 hd

128.15

+4.01

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	1,588	99.18	1,575	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,604	65.93	1,058	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,276	62.03	791	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	55.77	566	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,310	90.00	1,179	2thin

Every lot

90 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	265	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	424	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	547	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	392	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	541	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	149.29/cwt	146.00–154.00	633	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	149.04/cwt	141.00–153.00	702	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	493	126.05/cwt	117.00–135.00	621	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	147.67/cwt	142.00–153.00	787	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	543	154.61/cwt	154.00–160.00	840	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	555	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	688	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	152.67/cwt	152.00–153.00	867	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	619	144.90/cwt	143.00–150.00	897	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	138.25/cwt	129.00–141.00	879	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	675	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	749	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	131.53/cwt	124.00–139.00	902	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	714	114.81/cwt	114.00–117.00	820	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	722	134.66/cwt	134.00–135.00	972	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	126.49/cwt	123.00–130.00	917	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	127.82/cwt	120.00–131.00	984	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	777	137.51/cwt	132.00–140.30	1,068	208
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	808	135.30/cwt	135.30–135.30	1,093	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	834	127.86/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,066	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	860	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	955	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	892	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,044	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	915	127.90/cwt	127.90–127.90	1,170	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,025	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,049	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,026	114.50/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,175	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,070	100.51/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,075	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,083	111.48/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,207	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	223	134.75/cwt	132.50–137.50	300	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	360	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	305	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	366	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	341	135.66/cwt	125.00–142.00	463	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	137.40/cwt	130.00–142.00	514	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	405	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	583	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	135.86/cwt	132.00–141.00	579	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	451	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	658	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	135.78/cwt	125.00–139.00	657	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	128.75/cwt	120.00–132.00	668	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	544	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	729	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	555	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	744	6
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	560	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	566	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	644	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	126.92/cwt	120.00–132.00	732	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	610	133.54/cwt	130.00–133.75	815	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	123.96/cwt	112.00–128.00	770	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	630	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	869	318
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	120.28/cwt	113.00–124.00	802	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	675	134.00/cwt	129.00–134.80	905	160
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	688	104.99/cwt	103.00–107.00	722	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	697	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	943	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	704	130.59/cwt	127.00–134.10	919	144
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	725	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	725	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	112.85/cwt	109.00–117.00	827	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	767	128.26/cwt	127.80–128.70	984	263
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	770	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	693	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	119.36/cwt	107.00–123.50	924	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	814	114.01/cwt	111.00–117.00	928	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	145.75/cwt	139.00–152.50	481	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	363	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	617	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	551	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	397	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	445	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	142.58/cwt	139.00–146.00	613	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	148.60/cwt	143.00–150.00	687	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	475	124.20/cwt	121.00–126.00	590	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	512	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	794	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	132.32/cwt	125.00–142.00	684	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	133.23/cwt	120.00–136.00	771	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	122.83/cwt	116.00–130.00	770	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	662	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	728	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	117.96/cwt	112.00–124.00	796	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	112.71/cwt	105.00–118.00	798	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	859	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	930	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	698	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	960	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	797	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,310	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,179	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,105	82.94/cwt	82.00–84.00	916	2
Bulls	—	—	1,450	95.95/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,391	6
Bulls	—	—	1,768	104.37/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,845	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	996	55.44/cwt	54.00–56.00	552	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	46.24/cwt	42.00–53.00	471	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	63.87/cwt	62.00–66.00	664	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,224	56.76/cwt	54.00–60.00	695	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,286	65.78/cwt	62.00–70.00	846	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	50.98/cwt	47.00–53.00	673	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,544	67.66/cwt	65.00–71.00	1,045	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,845	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	1,089	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,460	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	12,264	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 Jul 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,086Last week 1,598Year ago 2,706

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 38Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 6Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	808	135.30	135.30
58	—	915	127.90	127.90
89	—	543	154.00–160.00	154.61
208	—	777	132.00–140.30	137.51
3	—	722	134.00–135.00	134.66
25	—	619	143.00–150.00	144.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	117.00–135.00	126.05
2	—	392	138.00	138.00
2	—	1,070	100.00–101.00	100.51
3	—	860	111.00	111.00
5	—	714	114.00–117.00	114.81
1	—	555	124.00	124.00
1	—	675	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	160.00	160.00
4	—	892	117.00	117.00
13	—	471	141.00–153.00	149.04
13	—	1,083	109.00–113.00	111.48
7	—	424	146.00–154.00	149.29
1	—	915	112.00	112.00
18	—	686	124.00–139.00	131.53
7	—	834	125.00–130.00	127.86
1	—	980	107.00	107.00
24	—	533	142.00–153.00	147.67
8	—	636	129.00–141.00	138.25
2	—	377	145.00	145.00
10	—	770	120.00–131.00	127.82
3	—	568	152.00–153.00	152.67
12	—	1,026	113.00–115.00	114.50
4	—	725	123.00–130.00	126.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	697	135.25	135.25
318	—	630	138.00	138.00
2	—	405	144.00	144.00
16	—	451	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	113.00	113.00
1	—	305	120.00	120.00
1	—	770	90.00	90.00
2	—	490	110.00	110.00
2	—	688	103.00–107.00	104.99
3	—	725	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	131.00	131.00
12	—	667	113.00–124.00	120.28
66	—	621	112.00–128.00	123.96
13	—	426	132.00–141.00	135.86
2	—	223	132.50–137.50	134.75
18	—	577	120.00–132.00	126.92
5	—	814	111.00–117.00	114.01
20	—	519	120.00–132.00	128.75
6	—	341	125.00–142.00	135.66
27	—	484	125.00–139.00	135.78
6	—	733	109.00–117.00	112.85
29	—	774	107.00–123.50	119.36
11	—	374	130.00–142.00	137.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	555	134.00	134.00
144	—	704	127.00–134.10	130.59
160	—	675	129.00–134.80	134.00
7	—	544	134.00	134.00
263	—	767	127.80–128.70	128.26
91	—	610	130.00–133.75	133.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	397	112.00	112.00
2	—	662	110.00	110.00
6	—	475	121.00–126.00	124.20
1	—	580	115.00	115.00
1	—	930	75.00	75.00
1	—	960	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	139.00–146.00	142.58
1	—	760	113.00	113.00
13	—	579	120.00–136.00	133.23
2	—	675	112.00–124.00	117.96
2	—	330	139.00–152.50	145.75
24	—	462	143.00–150.00	148.60
3	—	708	105.00–118.00	112.71
7	—	627	116.00–130.00	122.83
9	—	517	125.00–142.00	132.32
2	—	380	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	512	155.00	155.00
5	—	363	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,544	65.00–71.00	67.66
1	—	1,845	59.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,286	62.00–70.00	65.78
8	—	1,224	54.00–60.00	56.76
4	—	1,320	47.00–53.00	50.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	996	54.00–56.00	55.44
5	—	1,040	62.00–66.00	63.87
4	—	1,018	42.00–53.00	46.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,768	100.00–112.00	104.37
2	—	1,105	82.00–84.00	82.94
6	—	1,450	93.00–99.00	95.95

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,460	840.00	840.00

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.