Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2024-02-19

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 19
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
194 head
80 vs last sale 114 7 vs year ago 187 · +3.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
12 vs last sale 39 13 vs year ago 64 · 20.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
1 vs last sale 5 2 vs year ago 4 · +50.0%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $247.77/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$247.77
77 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,153
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$65.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.70
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2460251.181,15573
Medium and Large 2-3565185.501,0484thin
One grade step is worth $65.68/cwt here — about $107 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 sale77 hd
247.77
KY average26 barns · 5,890 hd
237.07
+10.70
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
BullsAverage1,285122.951,5805thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,547108.591,6805thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,310105.421,38118
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00096.6396619
SteersChoiceAverage1,580154.002,4331thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)910$7501thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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
CowsLean 85-90%72571.40/cwt67.50–77.505182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,7241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420244.17/cwt240.00–252.501,0263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577228.05/cwt218.00–236.001,3166
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3490206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,2952
SteersMedium and Large 2-3875172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,5091
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added557274.75/cwt270.00–276.001,5305
SteersMedium and Large 2-3830152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,2661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy365285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy295297.50/cwt297.50–297.508781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy415290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655224.50/cwt224.00–225.001,4702
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635237.03/cwt235.00–241.001,5053
SteersMedium and Large 2-3260222.50/cwt222.50–222.505791
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy483282.15/cwt271.00–287.501,3636
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy340280.00/cwt280.00–280.009521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added643265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7048
SteersMedium and Large 2-3625189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250302.50/cwt302.50–302.507561
BullsMedium and Large 2473225.08/cwt220.00–230.001,0652
BullsMedium and Large 2-3835161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385240.00/cwt240.00–240.009241
BullsMedium and Large 1-2910179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,6291
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3001
SteersChoice1,580154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,4331
CowsLean 85-90%1,028105.15/cwt102.00–109.001,08110
CowsLean 85-90%1,07695.15/cwt93.00–99.001,0245
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,550100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,5501
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,546110.74/cwt108.00–113.001,7124
CowsBoner 80-85%1,292111.36/cwt104.00–115.001,43913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36094.70/cwt90.00–97.001,2883
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35382.91/cwt80.00–86.001,1222
CowsLean 85-90%94582.93/cwt82.00–84.007842
Bulls1,380125.59/cwt125.00–126.001,7333
Bulls1,143119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,3602
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2964132.37/cwt125.00–141.001,2765
BullsMedium and Large 2-3470188.03/cwt175.00–200.008842
BullsMedium and Large 1-2505235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1871
BullsMedium and Large 1-2488252.43/cwt240.00–259.001,2324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375248.82/cwt247.50–250.009332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2755200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2255252.50/cwt252.50–252.506441
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3770160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added504252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,27011
BullsMedium and Large 2675198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,3371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476238.97/cwt230.00–245.001,13710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2442248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,0967
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335250.00/cwt250.00–250.008381
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500188.00/cwt185.00–191.009402
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added615227.66/cwt227.00–228.001,4003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy320280.00/cwt280.00–280.008966
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy357295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0537
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy275272.50/cwt272.50–272.507491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2461
SteersMedium and Large 2-3445180.00/cwt180.00–180.008011
SteersMedium and Large 2-3345200.00/cwt200.00–200.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3501
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 3910750.00/head750.00–750.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy245305.00/cwt305.00–305.007471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300260.00/cwt260.00–260.007801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2645225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2780192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy425283.33/cwt277.50–287.501,2046
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy620237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy334298.83/cwt295.00–305.009985
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy573259.29/cwt258.00–262.501,4867
BullsMedium and Large 2-3970119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1541
BullsMedium and Large 1-2680211.48/cwt210.00–213.001,4382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy493286.10/cwt286.00–287.501,41014
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy367296.34/cwt290.00–299.001,08811
BullsMedium and Large 2-3380182.50/cwt182.50–182.506941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy431255.88/cwt255.00–260.001,10313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560253.20/cwt250.00–255.001,4185

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.