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Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Apr 18

● Final127 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers were 3.00 to 8.00 higher across the board and had some spots of sharply higher and with strong demand. Light weight heifers 300-350 lbs and yearling heifers 750 lbs and over were 2.00 to 4.00 lower with a good supply, while the 400-700 lbs heifers were mostly steady to 4.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher with good demand and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 lower with a good supply.

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 $300.24/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −132.05 against this barn's trailing median of $432.30.

Average price

$300.24

105 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$455

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

$69.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.79

vs KY average

−4.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	304.79	1,695	92
Medium and Large 2	549	274.13	1,505	11thin
Medium and Large 2-3	528	234.88	1,240	2thin

One grade step is worth $69.91/cwt here — about $455 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale105 hd

300.24

—

KY average24 barns · 1,093 hd

294.45

+5.79

National average174 barns · 12,266 hd

304.88

−4.64

This barn, trailing median34 sales

432.30

−132.05

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

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.05, low $359.98, median $432.30 across 34 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	1,892	162.00	3,064	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,469	125.80	1,848	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,226	124.26	1,524	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	969	104.75	1,015	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,190	151.00	1,797	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,308	$1,748	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,265	$1,525	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	970	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,177

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Thu Apr 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,654Last week 1,107Year ago 1,828

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 79Year ago 114

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 1Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	280.00–290.00	283.17
5	350–400	381	280.00–293.00	286.94
27	400–450	430	267.00–277.50	271.32
31	450–500	478	258.00–267.00	263.71
30	500–550	524	250.00–265.00	257.61
1	550–600	565	229.00	229.00
14	600–650	620

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Apr 18

● Final127 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191

← Apr 11Apr 18Apr 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,654 head

▲ 547 vs last sale 1,107▼ 174 vs year ago 1,828 · −9.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

113 head

▲ 34 vs last sale 79▼ 1 vs year ago 114 · −0.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

19 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 1▲ 9 vs year ago 10 · +90.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $300.24/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −132.05 against this barn's trailing median of $432.30.

Average price

$300.24

105 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$455

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

$69.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.79

vs KY average

−4.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	304.79	1,695	92
Medium and Large 2	549	274.13	1,505	11thin
Medium and Large 2-3	528	234.88	1,240	2thin

One grade step is worth $69.91/cwt here — about $455 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale105 hd

300.24

—

KY average24 barns · 1,093 hd

294.45

+5.79

National average174 barns · 12,266 hd

304.88

−4.64

This barn, trailing median34 sales

432.30

−132.05

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

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.05, low $359.98, median $432.30 across 34 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	1,892	162.00	3,064	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,469	125.80	1,848	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,226	124.26	1,524	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	969	104.75	1,015	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,190	151.00	1,797	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,308	$1,748	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,265	$1,525	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	970	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,177

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Thu Apr 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,654Last week 1,107Year ago 1,828

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 79Year ago 114

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 1Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	280.00–290.00	283.17
5	350–400	381	280.00–293.00	286.94
27	400–450	430	267.00–277.50	271.32
31	450–500	478	258.00–267.00	263.71
30	500–550	524	250.00–265.00	257.61
1	550–600	565	229.00	229.00
14	600–650	620

Every lot

127 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	298	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	991	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	320	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,040	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	972	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	314.23/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,182	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,083	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	390	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	868	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	415	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,048	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	281.88/cwt	279.00–285.00	1,192	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	425	343.51/cwt	339.00–350.00	1,460	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	314.96/cwt	303.00–323.00	1,342	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	475	322.45/cwt	317.00–325.00	1,532	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	301.23/cwt	290.00–308.00	1,467	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,362	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	508	321.98/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,636	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	528	234.88/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,240	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	301.35/cwt	297.00–312.50	1,621	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	283.00/cwt	279.00–291.00	1,528	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	286.56/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,642	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	250.46/cwt	247.50–252.00	1,435	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	579	304.95/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,766	43
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	268.31/cwt	266.00–280.00	1,634	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	626	253.21/cwt	249.00–257.50	1,585	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	628	300.42/cwt	297.00–304.00	1,887	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	652	298.95/cwt	280.00–304.00	1,949	107
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	266.62/cwt	261.00–276.00	1,784	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	248.23/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,663	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	715	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,144	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	237.53/cwt	228.00–245.00	1,717	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	725	264.75/cwt	250.00–269.50	1,919	83
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	743	219.10/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,628	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	777	248.55/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,931	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	222.25/cwt	219.00–233.00	1,756	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	221.24/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,845	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	836	243.22/cwt	239.00–244.00	2,033	97
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	853	216.51/cwt	212.00–221.00	1,847	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	889	231.58/cwt	230.75–232.50	2,059	125
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	197.11/cwt	196.50–201.00	1,784	15
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	918	230.47/cwt	217.00–230.70	2,116	59
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	960	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,179	56
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	962	210.07/cwt	210.00–211.00	2,021	14
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,032	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,012	2
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,085	205.26/cwt	193.00–205.50	2,227	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	295	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	760	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	315	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	717	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	332	301.29/cwt	301.00–302.50	1,000	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	283.17/cwt	280.00–290.00	940	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	913	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	358	269.64/cwt	260.00–277.50	965	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	375	303.32/cwt	295.00–309.00	1,137	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	286.94/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,093	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	405	290.38/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,176	14
Heifers	400–450
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	265	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	855	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	323	328.72/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,062	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	368	309.70/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,140	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	370	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	888	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	425	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	818	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	437	315.88/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,380	19
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	288.26/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,280	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	306.12/cwt	292.00–310.00	1,423	19
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	278.68/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,296	2
Bulls	450–500
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	405	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	814	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,190	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,797	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,777	153.13/cwt	151.00–155.00	2,721	3
Bulls	—	—	1,926	164.66/cwt	162.00–170.00	3,171	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	760	64.03/cwt	51.00–72.00	487	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	91.49/cwt	91.00–92.00	865	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	953	125.63/cwt	120.00–140.00	1,197	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,026	108.74/cwt	100.00–117.00	1,116	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	128.23/cwt	120.00–142.00	1,564	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	110.58/cwt	102.00–116.00	1,380	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,464	129.13/cwt	124.00–142.00	1,890	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,484	115.79/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,718	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,125	1,423.39/head	1,325.00–1,500.00	1,423	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,380	2,783.51/head	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,784	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,308	1,748.30/head	1,300.00–2,125.00	1,748	5
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,398	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 →

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	270.00	270.00
5	350–400	358	260.00–277.50	269.64
9	400–450	424	248.00–260.00	255.95
6	450–500	477	250.00–260.00	256.10
2	500–550	523	239.00–241.00	240.04
2	550–600	563	235.00–237.00	236.00
2	600–650	613	225.00–227.00	226.02
5	650–700	685	210.00–225.00	216.57
2	700–750	725	192.00–195.00	193.51
1	750–800	790	190.00	190.00
1	950–1000	985	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	500–550	524	267.00–277.00	272.28
29	550–600	577	250.00–262.00	256.65
18	600–650	625	242.00–256.00	250.29
45	650–700	692	249.00–259.50	258.40
36	700–750	711	230.50–241.00	234.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	257.50	257.50
1	300–350	315	227.50	227.50
3	400–450	421	237.00	237.00
3	450–500	460	220.00–235.00	228.41
1	550–600	555	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	665	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	301.00–302.50	301.29
7	350–400	375	295.00–309.00	303.32
14	400–450	405	285.00–295.00	290.38
24	450–500	459	270.00–275.00	271.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	444	285.00–298.00	288.26
19	450–500	465	292.00–310.00	306.12
12	500–550	516	275.00–292.50	286.87
11	550–600	575	269.00–287.50	277.80
4	600–650	634	255.00–267.50	260.07
5	650–700	671	248.00–255.00	250.81
1	700–750	735	239.00	239.00
2	750–800	783	225.00–230.00	227.54
4	800–850	811	207.00–217.00	214.44
1	1000–1050	1,030	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	272.50–285.00	278.68
2	500–550	530	251.00–270.00	260.32
2	600–650	600	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	655	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	240.00	240.00
1	400–450	425	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	322.50	322.50
2	300–350	323	327.50–330.00	328.72
9	350–400	368	300.00–315.00	309.70
19	400–450	437	310.00–322.50	315.88
6	450–500	475	313.00–330.00	324.67
3	500–550	523	302.00–320.00	314.04
7	550–600	571	297.00–299.00	298.13
3	600–650	622	275.00–280.00	276.70
5	650–700	660	262.00–269.00	263.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	376	310.00–320.00	314.23
5	400–450	426	303.00–323.00	314.96
15	450–500	487	290.00–308.00	301.23
24	500–550	538	297.00–312.50	301.35
10	550–600	573	280.00–293.00	286.56
8	600–650	609	266.00–280.00	268.31
5	650–700	669	261.00–276.00	266.62
13	700–750	723	228.00–245.00	237.53
19	750–800	790	219.00–233.00	222.25
25	800–850	834	212.00–225.00	221.24
2	850–900	853	212.00–221.00	216.51
15	900–950	905	196.50–201.00	197.11
14	950–1000	962	210.00–211.00	210.07
2	1000–1050	1,032	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	508	315.00–330.00	321.98
43	550–600	579	300.00–317.50	304.95
7	600–650	628	297.00–304.00	300.42
107	650–700	652	280.00–304.00	298.95
83	700–750	725	250.00–269.50	264.75
14	750–800	777	240.00–251.00	248.55
97	800–850	836	239.00–244.00	243.22
125	850–900	889	230.75–232.50	231.58
59	900–950	918	217.00–230.70	230.47
56	950–1000	960	227.00	227.00
52	1050–1100	1,085	193.00–205.50	205.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	290.00	290.00
1	350–400	380	285.00	285.00
2	400–450	423	279.00–285.00	281.88
1	450–500	490	278.00	278.00
8	500–550	540	279.00–291.00	283.00
3	550–600	573	247.50–252.00	250.46
6	600–650	626	249.00–257.50	253.21
8	650–700	670	242.00–250.00	248.23
6	700–750	743	217.00–230.00	219.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	222.50	222.50
1	400–450	415	252.50	252.50
2	500–550	528	230.00–240.00	234.88
1	700–750	715	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	298	332.50	332.50
1	300–350	320	325.00	325.00
5	400–450	425	339.00–350.00	343.51
3	450–500	475	317.00–325.00	322.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	201.00	201.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,380	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,783.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,125	1,325.00–1,500.00	1,423.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	1,650.00	1,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	1,575.00	1,575.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	1,525.00	1,525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,308	1,300.00–2,125.00	1,748.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	1,400.00	1,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	152.00	152.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,464	124.00–142.00	129.13
4	—	1,484	113.00–118.00	115.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,220	120.00–142.00	128.23
9	—	1,248	102.00–116.00	110.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	91.00–92.00	91.49
7	—	953	120.00–140.00	125.63
5	—	760	51.00–72.00	64.03
21	—	1,026	100.00–117.00	108.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,926	162.00–170.00	164.66
3	—	1,777	151.00–155.00	153.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	151.00	151.00

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.

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

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