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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Jun 6

● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191

← May 30Jun 6Jun 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,503 head

▲ 176 vs last sale 1,327▼ 114 vs year ago 1,617 · −7.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

102 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 74▼ 29 vs year ago 131 · −22.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers were fully steady with the yearling packages and loads selling with very good demand, Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 8.00-12.00 higher, Very good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $303.45/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −138.32 against this barn's trailing median of $441.78.

Average price

$303.45

50 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$480

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

$64.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.73

vs KY average

−5.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	304.75	1,692	49
Medium and Large 2-3	505	240.00	1,212	1thin

One grade step is worth $64.75/cwt here — about $480 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 sale50 hd

303.45

—

KY average25 barns · 973 hd

307.19

−3.73

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

−5.71

This barn, trailing median32 sales

441.78

−138.32

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

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.05, low $359.98, median $441.78 across 32 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	1,731	176.06	3,048	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,708	146.72	2,506	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,349	142.02	1,915	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,069	129.91	1,389	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,215	156.00	1,895	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,146	201.00	2,303	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,233	181.21	2,234	3thin

Every lot

106 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	912	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	303.80/cwt	302.50–305.00	966	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	308.73/cwt	305.00–312.50	1,182	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	398	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,365	4
Steers	400–450	Small 1-2	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,338	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	440	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,419	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	467	328.77/cwt	327.50–333.50	1,535	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	300.37/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,403	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,128	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1-2	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	505	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,212	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	517	315.16/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,629	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	271.28/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,446	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	570	306.16/cwt	293.00–315.00	1,745	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,610	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	616	286.59/cwt	270.00–299.00	1,765	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,519	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	675	279.10/cwt	267.50–286.00	1,884	48
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	264.67/cwt	263.00–266.00	1,787	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	735	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,757	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	741	270.69/cwt	256.00–276.00	2,006	42
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	787	255.87/cwt	251.50–277.00	2,014	75
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,894	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	818	233.91/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,913	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	829	256.22/cwt	247.75–260.00	2,124	89
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	870	258.70/cwt	258.70–258.70	2,251	64
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	235.68/cwt	231.00–237.00	2,062	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	904	257.10/cwt	257.10–257.10	2,324	120
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	905	237.97/cwt	237.00–238.00	2,154	34
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	905	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,710	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	919	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,105	12
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	985	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,921	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	993	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,329	65
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,014	233.25/cwt	229.80–237.00	2,365	108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	227	274.32/cwt	260.00–285.00	623	3
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	245	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	790	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	270.52/cwt	270.00–271.00	879	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	330	313.60/cwt	313.00–315.00	1,035	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	355	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,083	3
Heifers	350–400	Small 1-2	370	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	823	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	290.12/cwt	272.50–297.00	1,102	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	259.97/cwt	253.00–267.50	1,094	4
Heifers	400–450	Small 1-2	425	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	765	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	427	301.33/cwt	287.00–317.50	1,287	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	432	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,080	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	465	286.40/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,332	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,353	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,164	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	523	208.77/cwt	195.00–217.50	1,092	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	264.92/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,404	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	533	278.56/cwt	273.00–282.50	1,485	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	558	236.48/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,320	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	251.19/cwt	241.00–264.00	1,429	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	580	274.78/cwt	272.00–277.00	1,594	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	234.27/cwt	229.00–242.00	1,457	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	625	257.00/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,606	46
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	239.10/cwt	228.00–245.00	1,626	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	685	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,486	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	227.03/cwt	221.00–229.50	1,628	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	722	233.85/cwt	232.75–238.00	1,688	50
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	734	209.49/cwt	197.50–218.00	1,538	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	756	221.90/cwt	214.00–227.00	1,678	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	770	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,579	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	782	239.90/cwt	239.75–241.00	1,876	72
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	813	235.91/cwt	225.50–237.75	1,918	155
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	823	187.55/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,544	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	872	205.15/cwt	204.00–211.00	1,789	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	202.50/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,843	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	970	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,853	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	275	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	743	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	329	326.70/cwt	321.00–335.00	1,075	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,070	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	350	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	919	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	316.27/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,196	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	395	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,274	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	304.36/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,284	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	425	265.95/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,130	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	442	324.98/cwt	321.00–327.00	1,436	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	310.44/cwt	302.50–317.50	1,419	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	482	334.69/cwt	323.00–341.00	1,613	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	486	254.40/cwt	245.00–262.50	1,236	5
Bulls	500–550	Small 1-2	505	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,111	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	270.07/cwt	262.50–277.50	1,391	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	518	307.86/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,595	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	550	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,361	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	286.10/cwt	281.00–288.00	1,602	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	578	297.98/cwt	296.00–303.00	1,722	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	615	278.30/cwt	269.00–281.00	1,712	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	242.53/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,535	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	251.01/cwt	243.00–260.00	1,687	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	723	256.96/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,858	12
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,740	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,146	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,303	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,233	181.21/cwt	166.00–190.00	2,234	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,215	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,895	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,698	164.32/cwt	161.00–167.00	2,790	2
Bulls	—	—	1,741	179.42/cwt	175.00–188.00	3,124	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	855	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	915	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,081	133.56/cwt	125.00–143.00	1,444	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,410	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	142.83/cwt	126.00–160.00	1,925	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,370	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,589	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,708	146.72/cwt	125.00–155.00	2,506	14

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 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,503Last week 1,327Year ago 1,617

Slaughter CattleReceipts 102Last week 74Year ago 131

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	432	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	485	240.00	240.00
3	500–550	523	195.00–217.50	208.77
2	550–600	558	233.00–240.00	236.48
1	650–700	685	217.00	217.00
4	700–750	734	197.50–218.00	209.49
1	750–800	770	205.00	205.00
2	800–850	823	185.00–190.00	187.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	533	273.00–282.50	278.56
7	550–600	580	272.00–277.00	274.78
46	600–650	625	250.00–265.00	257.00
50	700–750	722	232.75–238.00	233.85
72	750–800	782	239.75–241.00	239.90
155	800–850	813	225.50–237.75	235.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	227	260.00–285.00	274.32
2	300–350	325	270.00–271.00	270.52
4	350–400	380	272.50–297.00	290.12
4	400–450	421	253.00–267.50	259.97
3	450–500	485	279.00	279.00
8	500–550	530	262.00–267.00	264.92
7	550–600	569	241.00–264.00	251.19
10	600–650	622	229.00–242.00	234.27
12	650–700	680	228.00–245.00	239.10
18	700–750	717	221.00–229.50	227.03
8	750–800	756	214.00–227.00	221.90
6	850–900	872	204.00–211.00	205.15
2	900–950	910	200.00–205.00	202.50
1	950–1000	970	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	222.50	222.50
1	400–450	425	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	322.50	322.50
10	300–350	330	313.00–315.00	313.60
3	350–400	355	305.00	305.00
14	400–450	427	287.00–317.50	301.33
12	450–500	465	280.00–293.00	286.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	517	295.00–330.00	315.16
33	550–600	570	293.00–315.00	306.16
23	600–650	616	270.00–299.00	286.59
48	650–700	675	267.50–286.00	279.10
42	700–750	741	256.00–276.00	270.69
75	750–800	787	251.50–277.00	255.87
89	800–850	829	247.75–260.00	256.22
64	850–900	870	258.70	258.70
34	900–950	905	237.00–238.00	237.97
65	950–1000	993	234.50	234.50
108	1000–1050	1,014	229.80–237.00	233.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	320.00	320.00
2	300–350	318	302.50–305.00	303.80
2	350–400	383	305.00–312.50	308.73
1	400–450	435	307.50	307.50
8	450–500	467	290.00–312.50	300.37
4	500–550	533	265.00–285.00	271.28
1	550–600	580	277.50	277.50
1	600–650	620	245.00	245.00
3	650–700	675	263.00–266.00	264.67
4	750–800	789	240.00	240.00
8	800–850	818	230.00–240.00	233.91
6	850–900	875	231.00–237.00	235.68
12	900–950	919	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	505	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	735	239.00	239.00
1	900–950	905	189.00	189.00
1	950–1000	985	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	490	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	343.00	343.00
4	400–450	440	322.50	322.50
5	450–500	467	327.50–333.50	328.77
120	900–950	904	257.10	257.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	270.00	270.00
1	300–350	345	310.00	310.00
2	350–400	378	315.00–317.50	316.27
6	400–450	422	295.00–310.00	304.36
5	450–500	457	302.50–317.50	310.44
3	500–550	515	262.50–277.50	270.07
8	550–600	560	281.00–288.00	286.10
2	600–650	633	240.00–245.00	242.53
5	650–700	672	243.00–260.00	251.01
1	750–800	760	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	350	262.50	262.50
3	400–450	425	263.00–270.00	265.95
5	450–500	486	245.00–262.50	254.40
1	550–600	550	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	321.00–335.00	326.70
2	350–400	395	322.50	322.50
3	400–450	442	321.00–327.00	324.98
12	450–500	482	323.00–341.00	334.69
4	500–550	518	300.00–327.50	307.86
5	550–600	578	296.00–303.00	297.98
7	600–650	615	269.00–281.00	278.30
12	700–750	723	250.00–263.00	256.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	120.00	120.00
1	—	855	107.00	107.00
9	—	1,081	125.00–143.00	133.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,708	125.00–155.00	146.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,348	126.00–160.00	142.83
1	—	1,370	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,741	175.00–188.00	179.42
2	—	1,698	161.00–167.00	164.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,233	166.00–190.00	181.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,146	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	156.00	156.00

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.