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

Stanford Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Dec 12

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2220

← Dec 5Dec 12May 8 →

Receipts

408 head

▼ 108 vs last sale 516▼ 418 vs year ago 826 · −50.6%

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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 $320.61/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −134.46 against this barn's trailing median of $455.07.

Average price

$320.61

119 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$458

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

$68.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.60

vs KY average

−3.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	322.93	1,789	115
Medium and Large 2	524	254.00	1,331	4thin

One grade step is worth $68.93/cwt here — about $458 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 sale119 hd

320.61

—

KY average29 barns · 1,889 hd

296.02

+24.60

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−3.74

This barn, trailing median1 sales

455.07

−134.46

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

Every lot

32 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,186	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	253.54/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,065	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,466	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	264.35/cwt	263.00–271.00	1,293	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	336.53/cwt	326.00–341.00	1,716	54
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,331	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	310.89/cwt	309.50–314.00	1,844	61
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	273.94/cwt	271.00–279.00	1,671	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	616	300.75/cwt	300.75–300.75	1,853	86
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	687	244.08/cwt	241.00–248.00	1,677	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,913	41
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,934	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,626	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	755	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,593	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,724	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	235.59/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,859	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,824	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,964	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,133	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	892	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	255.04/cwt	251.00–257.00	1,196	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,126	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	275.29/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,398	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	582	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,176	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	233.66/cwt	233.00–235.00	1,374	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,573	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	212.88/cwt	212.00–219.00	1,309	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,566	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	698	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,375	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	786	194.98/cwt	192.00–199.00	1,533	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	794	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,374	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 3	895	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,584	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 Stockyards - Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Stanford, KY

Thu Dec 12, 2024

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

Receipts 408Last week 516Year ago 826

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	271.00	271.00
3	450–500	469	251.00–257.00	255.04
13	500–550	508	271.00–285.00	275.29
11	600–650	605	260.00	260.00
7	650–700	690	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	207.50	207.50
3	550–600	582	202.00	202.00
3	650–700	698	197.00	197.00
6	750–800	794	173.00	173.00
1	850–900	895	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	237.00	237.00
6	550–600	588	233.00–235.00	233.66
8	600–650	615	212.00–219.00	212.88
7	750–800	786	192.00–199.00	194.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	312.00	312.00
1	400–450	430	341.00	341.00
54	500–550	510	326.00–341.00	336.53
61	550–600	593	309.50–314.00	310.89
19	600–650	610	271.00–279.00	273.94
41	650–700	693	276.00	276.00
16	700–750	706	274.00	274.00
22	750–800	789	235.00–236.00	235.59
2	800–850	800	228.00	228.00
3	900–950	905	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	250.00–257.00	253.54
1	750–800	755	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	489	263.00–271.00	264.35
4	500–550	524	254.00	254.00
9	650–700	687	241.00–248.00	244.08
2	700–750	710	229.00	229.00
3	750–800	780	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
86	600–650	616	300.75	300.75

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.