Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2024-01-18

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Jan 18
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
1,095 vs last sale 1,255 950 vs year ago 1,110 · 85.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
77 vs last sale 107 96 vs year ago 126 · 76.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
27 vs last sale 28 2 vs year ago 3 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Comparison due to short supply today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $224.14/cwt on 125 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 47.54 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.
Average price
$224.14
125 head · 864 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,937
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$857
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$54.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.45
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2866224.581,945124
Medium and Large 2-3640170.001,0881thin
One grade step is worth $54.58/cwt here — about $857 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 sale125 hd
224.14
KY average8 barns · 631 hd
223.69
+0.45
This barn, trailing median2 sales
271.68
−47.54
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
BullsAverage1,571123.971,9485thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,628117.391,9112thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27485.541,0906thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96481.577876thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,665120.001,9981thin

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376224.63/cwt212.50–227.508455
BullsMedium and Large 1-2230265.00/cwt265.00–265.006101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2285255.00/cwt255.00–255.007272
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300215.00/cwt215.00–215.006451
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2368240.87/cwt232.50–245.008863
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,090128.75/cwt125.00–132.501,4032
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3225177.50/cwt177.50–177.503991
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2395252.50/cwt252.50–252.509972
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added880224.10/cwt224.10–224.101,972120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2605208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,2581
SteersMedium and Large 2-3640170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2295230.00/cwt230.00–230.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3585179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2343235.00/cwt235.00–235.008063
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3465180.00/cwt180.00–180.008371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425195.00/cwt195.00–195.008291
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2940105.00/cwt105.00–105.009871
Bulls1,195117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,3981
Bulls1,665125.71/cwt122.00–128.002,0934
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,628117.39/cwt114.00–121.001,9112
CowsLean 85-90%91070.00/cwt70.00–70.006371
CowsLean 85-90%82067.00/cwt67.00–67.005491
CowsLean 85-90%99784.14/cwt81.00–89.008393
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20281.74/cwt80.00–85.009833
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38097.50/cwt93.00–102.001,3462
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28073.00/cwt73.00–73.009341
CowsLean 85-90%1,065100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0651
SteersSelect and Choice1,665120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,9981

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.