Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2022-01-10

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 10
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 204 vs last sale 238▼ 230 vs year ago 264 · −87.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 49▼ 42 vs year ago 57 · −73.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 6▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.14/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$116.14
7 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.99
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550117.176446thin
Medium and Large 2-3425110.004681thin
One grade step is worth $7.17/cwt here — about $177 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 sale7 hd
116.14
—
KY average23 barns · 4,573 hd
141.13
−24.99
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—Average1,60183.071,3306thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25057.657213thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56051.007961thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low87435.863135thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006651
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315124.00/cwt124.00–124.003911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425110.00/cwt110.00–110.004681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470125.50/cwt123.00–128.005902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605118.00/cwt118.00–118.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720105.00/cwt105.00–105.007562
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 342273.20/cwt72.00–75.003093
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51272.13/cwt65.00–82.001,0913
Bulls——1,59086.50/cwt85.00–88.001,3752
Bulls——1,890109.00/cwt109.00–109.002,0601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86541.07/cwt35.00–47.003554
Cows—Lean 85-90%91015.00/cwt15.00–15.001371
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23355.47/cwt55.00–56.006842
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28562.00/cwt62.00–62.007971
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56051.00/cwt51.00–51.007961
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,25570.00/cwt70.00–70.008791

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.