Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2022-01-10

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 10
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
204 vs last sale 238 230 vs year ago 264 · 87.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
34 vs last sale 49 42 vs year ago 57 · 73.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
5 vs last sale 6 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.14/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$116.14
7 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
24.99
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550117.176446thin
Medium and Large 2-3425110.004681thin
One grade step is worth $7.17/cwt here — about $177 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 sale7 hd
116.14
KY average23 barns · 4,573 hd
141.13
−24.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,60183.071,3306thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25057.657213thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56051.007961thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low87435.863135thin

Every lot, as filed

16 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) - Stanford, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28562.00/cwt62.00–62.007971
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23355.47/cwt55.00–56.006842
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56051.00/cwt51.00–51.007961
CowsLean 85-90%86541.07/cwt35.00–47.003554
CowsLean 85-90%91015.00/cwt15.00–15.001371
Bulls1,59086.50/cwt85.00–88.001,3752
Bulls1,890109.00/cwt109.00–109.002,0601
Bulls1,51272.13/cwt65.00–82.001,0913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315124.00/cwt124.00–124.003911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605118.00/cwt118.00–118.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470125.50/cwt123.00–128.005902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2720105.00/cwt105.00–105.007562
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3425110.00/cwt110.00–110.004681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006651
Dairy SteersLarge 342273.20/cwt72.00–75.003093
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,25570.00/cwt70.00–70.008791

How this sale compares

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.