Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2024-12-05

Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Dec 5

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2220

← May 16Dec 5Dec 12 →

Receipts

516 head

▲ 351 vs last sale 165▼ 310 vs year ago 826 · −37.5%

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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 $273.40/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −181.67 against this barn's trailing median of $455.07.

Average price

$273.40

76 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$411

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

$56.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.72

vs KY average

−51.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	583	280.14	1,634	67
Small 1-2	548	223.22	1,223	9thin

One grade step is worth $56.92/cwt here — about $411 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale76 hd

273.40

—

KY average23 barns · 1,555 hd

297.12

−23.72

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−51.97

This barn, trailing median1 sales

455.07

−181.67

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

Every lot

42 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	2
Steers	350–400	Small 1-2	360	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	765	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,309	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	810	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	327.33/cwt	319.00–336.00	1,372	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,505	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	499	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,617	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	499	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,432	18
Steers	500–550	Small 1-2	504	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,114	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,409	10
Steers	550–600	Small 1-2	583	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,312	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	281.39/cwt	281.00–281.50	1,674	57
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,440	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	601	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,683	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	274.31/cwt	272.00–277.00	1,898	80
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	694	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,797	6
Steers	700–750	Small 1-2	718	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,659	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,814	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	259.84/cwt	255.00–262.30	2,050	73
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	830	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,843	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	936	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,242	64
Steers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 3	1,212	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,194	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	808	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,138	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	290.11/cwt	286.00–294.00	1,216	6
Heifers	450–500	Small 1-2	455	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	842	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	733	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,444	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	244.18/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,233	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,371	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,367	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	596	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,275	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	261.25/cwt	257.00–263.00	1,583	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,177	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,608	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	684	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,556	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	703	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,582	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,727	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,786	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	804	222.02/cwt	218.00–234.00	1,785	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,516	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	926	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,898	6

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 Dec 5, 2024

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

Receipts 516Last week 165Year ago 826

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	385	340.00	340.00
14	400–450	419	319.00–336.00	327.33
11	450–500	499	324.00	324.00
10	500–550	516	273.00	273.00
57	550–600	595	281.00–281.50	281.39
11	600–650	601	280.00	280.00
80	650–700	692	272.00–277.00	274.31
73	750–800	789	255.00–262.30	259.84
64	900–950	936	239.50	239.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	495	304.00	304.00
8	600–650	600	240.00	240.00
6	650–700	694	259.00	259.00
3	750–800	775	234.00	234.00
1	800–850	830	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	212.50	212.50
4	500–550	504	221.00	221.00
5	550–600	583	225.00	225.00
5	700–750	718	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	200.00	200.00
18	450–500	499	287.00	287.00
2	1200–1250	1,212	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	161.00	161.00
1	650–700	650	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	222.50	222.50
20	500–550	505	240.00–246.00	244.18
3	550–600	596	214.00	214.00
11	650–700	684	227.50	227.50
4	700–750	703	225.00	225.00
1	800–850	815	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	297.00	297.00
6	400–450	419	286.00–294.00	290.11
7	450–500	491	294.00	294.00
4	500–550	506	271.00	271.00
15	550–600	584	234.00	234.00
17	600–650	606	257.00–263.00	261.25
10	650–700	680	236.50	236.50
9	700–750	705	245.00	245.00
4	750–800	773	231.00	231.00
8	800–850	804	218.00–234.00	222.02
6	900–950	926	205.00	205.00

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.