Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2024-01-22

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 22
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 127 vs last sale 166▼ 65 vs year ago 104 · −62.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 42▲ 6 vs year ago 13 · +46.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $238.10/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 3 of 2 comparable sales and sits +18.62 against this barn's trailing median of $219.47.
Average price
$238.10
15 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,177
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+33.71
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2495238.101,17715thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale15 hd
238.10
—
KY average14 barns · 521 hd
204.38
+33.71
This barn, trailing median2 sales
219.47
+18.62
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,431102.681,4696thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,15390.131,03911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,64580.001,3161thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,195118.001,4101thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)835$9001thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1-2Fancy—422265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1182
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—463260.50/cwt260.00–261.001,2062
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—377265.00/cwt265.00–265.009994
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—480230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1041
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—655220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—765170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3011
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—830175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4531
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—910179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,6291
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—790180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—578196.91/cwt190.00–204.001,1382
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—420275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—715201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4371
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—751196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—545252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—595237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—535206.48/cwt200.00–220.001,1053
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—635221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—470215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—715168.51/cwt167.00–170.001,2052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—530207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,0971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—432218.00/cwt218.00–218.009422
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—835900.00/head900.00–900.009001
CowsLean 85-90%—1,220104.81/cwt100.00–112.001,2794
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07086.31/cwt85.00–88.009242
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07062.41/cwt62.00–63.006682
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17391.58/cwt90.00–93.001,0743
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,523109.50/cwt109.00–110.001,6682
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,38599.27/cwt92.00–104.001,3754
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,64580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3161
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,195118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,4101

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.