Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2020-02-10

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 10
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
170 head
▼ 150 vs last sale 320▲ 170 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 69▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 11▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.84/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$124.84
50 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$544
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$165
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.43
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2404128.0251744
Medium and Large 2-3672101.506826thin
One grade step is worth $26.52/cwt here — about −$165 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 sale50 hd
124.84
—
KY average27 barns · 3,498 hd
126.27
−1.43
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—High1,62586.501,4062thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27352.506682thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68052.248782thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03342.504392thin

Every lot

55 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2260150.00/cwt150.00–150.003901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004882
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365145.00/cwt145.00–145.005291
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510149.00/cwt149.00–149.007604
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy545151.00/cwt151.00–151.008233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590140.00/cwt140.00–140.008261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622139.00/cwt139.00–139.008654
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672127.38/cwt125.00–128.008565
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2741130.00/cwt130.00–130.009637
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0162
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3840110.00/cwt110.00–110.009241
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235133.00/cwt133.00–133.003132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2276131.01/cwt129.00–135.003624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318133.67/cwt127.00–140.004258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325144.00/cwt144.00–144.004682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375129.00/cwt129.00–129.004841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418127.40/cwt120.00–133.0053314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3455115.00/cwt115.00–115.005231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465124.65/cwt120.00–126.005806
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3540111.00/cwt111.00–111.005991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545120.02/cwt117.00–121.006544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550117.00/cwt117.00–117.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620114.01/cwt113.00–115.007072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3655101.00/cwt101.00–101.006621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3715102.00/cwt102.00–102.007291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-383390.00/cwt90.00–90.007502
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy260180.00/cwt180.00–180.004684
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2295136.00/cwt136.00–136.004011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330149.00/cwt149.00–149.004921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3355115.00/cwt115.00–115.004082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380145.58/cwt131.00–150.005537
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3404130.00/cwt130.00–130.005255
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2409151.79/cwt135.00–157.006217
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470135.31/cwt131.00–140.006362
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3512112.22/cwt110.00–115.005754
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515136.96/cwt135.00–139.007052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560129.00/cwt129.00–129.007221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605126.68/cwt120.00–135.007663
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3645119.00/cwt119.00–119.007681
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670125.00/cwt125.00–125.008381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2770106.98/cwt106.00–108.008242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-381594.00/cwt94.00–94.007661
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-299065.00/cwt65.00–65.006441
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-21,03374.00/cwt74.00–74.007644
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0651
Bulls——1,93592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,7801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94535.00/cwt35.00–35.003311
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12050.00/cwt50.00–50.005601
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23059.00/cwt59.00–59.007261
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31546.00/cwt46.00–46.006051
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68052.24/cwt48.00–56.008782
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,110908.53/cwt800.00–1,080.0010,0853

This sale against other markets

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.