Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2022-04-18

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 18
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
340 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 264▲ 85 vs year ago 255 · +33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 66▲ 68 vs year ago 44 · +154.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady on a mostly plain quality offering. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.53/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$145.53
109 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$766
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$41
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$30.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.31
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2515148.8976797
Medium and Large 2-3614118.4072712thin
One grade step is worth $30.49/cwt here — about $41 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 sale109 hd
145.53
—
KY average24 barns · 5,175 hd
147.84
−2.31
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—High1,670113.381,8936thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,61484.781,36819
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,35081.891,10626
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,07269.5874621

Every lot

61 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy273208.09/cwt200.00–222.505683
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285190.00/cwt190.00–190.005421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378181.45/cwt181.00–182.006867
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2441186.19/cwt184.00–193.008215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485194.80/cwt188.00–198.009453
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527177.54/cwt175.00–183.009366
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy560186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561170.79/cwt162.00–176.009586
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2607155.03/cwt150.00–159.009413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627164.80/cwt164.00–165.001,0335
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675140.00/cwt140.00–140.009451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723137.63/cwt130.00–145.009952
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1461
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3855117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2270151.88/cwt150.00–152.504104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2346165.00/cwt165.00–165.005714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370160.83/cwt155.00–165.005956
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3378135.39/cwt130.00–141.005122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434157.44/cwt150.00–165.006834
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3445144.00/cwt144.00–144.006411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473146.98/cwt141.00–151.0069519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507160.66/cwt160.00–162.0081515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524148.02/cwt144.00–156.007766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573147.35/cwt139.00–154.0084424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3595137.50/cwt137.00–138.008182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617134.58/cwt130.00–138.008307
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2689127.11/cwt125.00–135.008766
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3710104.00/cwt104.00–104.007385
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3800101.00/cwt101.00–101.008081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815124.05/cwt120.00–128.001,0112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320170.00/cwt170.00–170.005441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy338203.83/cwt200.00–207.506892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2373184.15/cwt174.00–194.006878
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3385165.00/cwt165.00–165.006351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy395200.00/cwt200.00–200.007901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2419180.97/cwt174.00–193.007585
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3420163.00/cwt160.00–166.006852
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3468159.22/cwt148.00–165.007457
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2476177.54/cwt172.00–189.0084519
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy518185.56/cwt185.00–186.0096116
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521180.13/cwt180.00–181.009388
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3527151.00/cwt151.00–151.007962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3570140.00/cwt140.00–140.007981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2587158.35/cwt150.00–165.0093014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620132.05/cwt130.00–134.008192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2665141.00/cwt141.00–141.009383
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3Fleshy730110.00/cwt110.00–110.008032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2733135.00/cwt135.00–135.009904
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2800116.00/cwt116.00–116.009281
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-399588.00/cwt88.00–88.008762
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4191
Bulls——1,600111.04/cwt110.00–112.001,7772
Bulls——1,770121.40/cwt117.00–125.002,1493
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97857.07/cwt56.00–59.005583
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01470.57/cwt65.00–73.007165
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10380.79/cwt78.00–83.008919
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14352.48/cwt50.00–55.006004
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34982.21/cwt77.00–87.001,10925
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61484.78/cwt78.00–90.001,36819

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.