Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2024-02-12

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 12
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
▼ 270 vs last sale 384▼ 137 vs year ago 251 · −54.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 78 vs last sale 117▼ 32 vs year ago 71 · −45.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 27▼ 10 vs year ago 15 · −66.7%
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $220.85/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 3 of 2 comparable sales and sits +1.37 against this barn's trailing median of $219.47.
Average price
$220.85
46 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,192
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$68.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.31
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525233.451,22534
Medium and Large 2529213.811,1315thin
Medium and Large 2-3621164.641,0227thin
One grade step is worth $68.81/cwt here — about $203 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 sale46 hd
220.85
—
KY average26 barns · 3,648 hd
231.16
−10.31
This barn, trailing median2 sales
219.47
+1.37
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
Bulls—Low1,504123.261,8547thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,55799.361,5473thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18797.331,15510
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03891.3494814

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)980$1,4001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,025$1,2352thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—445185.00/cwt185.00–185.008231
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—555180.00/cwt180.00–180.009991
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—370192.50/cwt192.50–192.507121
HeifersMedium and Large 2—432210.00/cwt210.00–210.009073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—635187.02/cwt185.00–189.001,1882
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—278246.28/cwt245.00–247.506852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—830209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,7353
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—430204.00/cwt204.00–204.008772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—550226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—433239.11/cwt231.00–247.501,0352
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—790210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6591
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—610226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—850175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—418236.47/cwt227.50–242.509883
BullsMedium and Large 2—572209.68/cwt209.00–211.001,1993
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—333250.95/cwt247.50–252.508363
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—533195.12/cwt190.00–200.001,0402
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—1,065131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,3951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—295262.50/cwt262.50–262.507741
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—638172.49/cwt170.00–175.001,1002
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—463197.69/cwt190.00–203.009155
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—578213.95/cwt208.00–225.001,2376
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—488228.33/cwt227.00–229.001,1143
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—710180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2781
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—325190.00/cwt190.00–190.006181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—510233.16/cwt225.00–241.001,1892
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—662219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—452248.01/cwt244.00–250.001,1213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—529245.37/cwt241.00–249.001,2989
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—660191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—325262.50/cwt262.50–262.508531
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0801
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27094.26/cwt90.00–99.001,1973
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11065.00/cwt65.00–65.007221
CowsLean 85-90%—97268.02/cwt62.00–77.006613
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,144107.50/cwt101.00–113.001,2305
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0821
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06393.73/cwt91.00–98.009967
CowsLean 85-90%—1,045104.64/cwt100.00–110.001,0934
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,660109.04/cwt108.00–110.001,8102
Bulls——1,268110.21/cwt106.00–115.001,3972
Bulls——1,278132.20/cwt130.00–135.001,6902
Bulls——1,813126.00/cwt125.00–127.002,2843
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—980124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,2151
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—715130.00/cwt130.00–130.009301
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—500180.00/cwt180.00–180.009001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9801,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0251,234.76/head1,100.00–1,350.001,2352
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—765129.00/cwt129.00–129.009871
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—385242.50/cwt242.50–242.509342
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—915115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0521
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—480185.00/cwt185.00–185.008881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—630227.33/cwt225.00–229.001,4323
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—290225.00/cwt225.00–225.006531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—563234.11/cwt227.00–242.001,3183
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—820180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4761
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—310202.50/cwt202.50–202.506281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—715150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0731
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—790180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—725193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,3991
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—514218.92/cwt210.00–230.001,12510
BullsMedium and Large 2—465220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0232

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.