Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2023-09-11

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 11
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
438 head
218 vs last sale 220 240 vs year ago 198 · +121.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
1 vs last sale 72 38 vs year ago 35 · +108.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week because market was closed for the Labor Day holiday.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $221.23/cwt on 175 head. That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +2.37 against this barn's trailing median of $218.87.
Average price
$221.23
175 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,167
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$182
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$53.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.43
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2516232.591,200138
Medium and Large 2-3570178.871,01937
One grade step is worth $53.72/cwt here — about $182 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales
234215196176median 218.8701/0501/0503/3004/1304/13
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $220.08, low $190.45, median $218.87 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale175 hd
221.23
KY average25 barns · 3,128 hd
221.66
−0.43
This barn, trailing median3 sales
218.87
+2.37
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
BullsHigh1,631125.302,04310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,663113.171,88213
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,287106.511,37033
CowsLean 85-90%Low97586.8884713
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,543140.242,1642thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2612222.83/cwt215.00–237.001,3647
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy485271.68/cwt270.00–273.001,3189
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,4641
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy420259.28/cwt250.00–267.501,08917
CowsLean 85-90%89583.13/cwt80.00–86.007445
CowsLean 85-90%1,06571.25/cwt68.00–74.007592
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,655103.53/cwt102.00–105.001,7132
CowsBoner 80-85%1,286107.90/cwt102.00–113.001,38823
CowsBoner 80-85%1,495118.84/cwt115.00–121.001,7773
CowsLean 85-90%985103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,0151
SteersSelect and Choice1,543140.24/cwt136.00–144.002,1642
CowsLean 85-90%1,01793.66/cwt90.00–97.009535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570245.03/cwt232.50–250.001,3979
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3516205.96/cwt200.00–212.001,0639
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2995131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,3031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,3171
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482223.41/cwt214.00–228.501,07727
SteersMedium and Large 2-3620160.00/cwt160.00–160.009921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2466248.15/cwt241.00–250.001,1565
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2741188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3933
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385230.00/cwt230.00–230.008861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514240.89/cwt230.00–246.001,2389
SteersMedium and Large 1-2733235.98/cwt235.00–240.001,7305
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy422257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,0872
SteersMedium and Large 2-3725190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3783
SteersMedium and Large 2-3490200.00/cwt200.00–200.009801
SteersMedium and Large 2-3415216.00/cwt216.00–216.008961
SteersMedium and Large 2-3520193.17/cwt170.00–210.001,0043
SteersMedium and Large 2-3572209.30/cwt201.00–217.501,1973
SteersMedium and Large 1-2225242.50/cwt242.50–242.505461
BullsMedium and Large 1-2373246.88/cwt230.00–250.0092112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2298252.50/cwt252.50–252.507523
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19996.64/cwt94.00–100.001,1597
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,652118.65/cwt117.00–122.001,9603
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,669113.52/cwt111.00–115.001,8958
Bulls1,990133.37/cwt132.00–136.002,6543
Bulls1,575125.45/cwt120.00–129.001,9765
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2419227.43/cwt214.00–233.0095328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added631266.42/cwt257.00–269.001,6819
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3295180.00/cwt180.00–180.005311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372218.74/cwt210.00–220.008148
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3720174.99/cwt173.00–177.001,2602
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3582195.89/cwt180.00–212.001,1403
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3439181.17/cwt170.00–210.007954
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3240152.50/cwt152.50–152.503661
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3306180.00/cwt180.00–180.005513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569220.99/cwt219.00–226.001,25721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280217.50/cwt217.50–217.506091
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3840113.00/cwt113.00–113.009491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2238217.66/cwt212.50–222.505182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515221.68/cwt214.00–228.001,14235
Bulls1,230112.83/cwt107.00–119.001,3882
BullsMedium and Large 2-3883168.11/cwt160.00–176.001,4842
BullsMedium and Large 2-3475182.32/cwt160.00–200.008665
BullsMedium and Large 2-3707160.27/cwt154.00–166.001,1333
BullsMedium and Large 2-3370210.00/cwt210.00–210.007771
BullsMedium and Large 1-2340250.00/cwt250.00–250.008501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415236.26/cwt222.50–245.0098010
BullsMedium and Large 1-2566226.87/cwt212.00–231.001,28419
BullsMedium and Large 2-3521195.54/cwt161.00–211.001,01913
BullsMedium and Large 2-3680160.42/cwt138.00–172.001,0913
BullsMedium and Large 2-3615189.43/cwt175.00–204.001,1653
BullsMedium and Large 2-3415159.88/cwt150.00–170.006642
BullsMedium and Large 2-3230210.00/cwt210.00–210.004831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2662208.03/cwt200.00–227.501,37713
BullsMedium and Large 2-3570135.13/cwt130.00–140.007702
BullsMedium and Large 2-3835148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2361
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720171.58/cwt170.00–178.001,2355
BullsMedium and Large 1-2772174.90/cwt170.00–180.001,3504
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3460194.66/cwt187.00–202.008952
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3356197.44/cwt190.00–200.007034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625203.05/cwt200.00–206.001,2699
BullsMedium and Large 1-2469242.06/cwt230.00–250.001,13515
BullsMedium and Large 1-2865172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,4881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525225.39/cwt210.00–234.001,18321
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3675190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2831
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3638188.09/cwt180.00–196.001,2002

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.