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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-12

Feeder Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, May 12

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2220

← Dec 2May 12Dec 1 →

Receipts

498 head

▼ 308 vs last sale 806▼ 162 vs year ago 660 · −24.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Hereford influence Feeder Sale

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.68/cwt on 263 head.

Average price

$166.68

263 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,045

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$482

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

$52.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.70

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	629	167.47	1,053	258
Medium and Large 2-3	588	143.02	841	2thin
Small 1-2	497	115.00	572	3thin

One grade step is worth $52.47/cwt here — about $482 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 sale263 hd

166.68

—

KY average26 barns · 5,650 hd

165.98

+0.70

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

21 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	404	186.25/cwt	182.00–201.00	752	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	497	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	900	40
Steers	—	Small 1-2	497	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	572	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	190.67/cwt	190.00–191.00	1,001	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	588	143.02/cwt	138.00–148.00	841	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,083	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	606	171.84/cwt	170.00–177.00	1,041	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	695	158.63/cwt	157.50–160.00	1,102	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,101	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	791	142.20/cwt	141.00–144.50	1,125	37
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	389	170.78/cwt	147.00–176.00	664	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	546	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	592	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	496	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	689	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	503	160.51/cwt	158.00–161.00	807	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	508	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	645	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	594	160.63/cwt	151.00–165.00	954	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	603	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	838	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	696	141.18/cwt	137.00–151.00	983	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	138.30/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,086	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	936	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,151	5

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 Stockyards - Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Stanford, KY

Thu May 12, 2022

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

Receipts 498Last week 806Year ago 660

Hereford influence Feeder Sale

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	594	151.00–165.00	160.63
31	—	696	137.00–151.00	141.18
31	—	503	158.00–161.00	160.51
26	—	603	139.00	139.00
21	—	496	139.00	139.00
13	—	785	134.00–141.00	138.30
6	—	423	140.00	140.00
5	—	936	123.00	123.00
5	—	389	147.00–176.00	170.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	508	127.00	127.00
2	—	420	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	525	190.00–191.00	190.67
26	—	595	182.00	182.00
35	—	606	170.00–177.00	171.84
37	—	791	141.00–144.50	142.20
77	—	695	157.50–160.00	158.63
40	—	497	181.00	181.00
14	—	404	182.00–201.00	186.25
11	—	710	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	138.00–148.00	143.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	497	115.00	115.00

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.