Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2022-08-22

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 22
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 226▼ 29 vs year ago 227 · −12.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 79▲ 21 vs year ago 34 · +61.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers fully steady on a lite test, Good demand for all feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $181.31/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −38.17 against this barn's trailing median of $219.47.
Average price
$181.31
70 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$946
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$38.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.14
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523187.4198159
Medium and Large 2-3512148.5976111thin
One grade step is worth $38.82/cwt here — about $220 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 sale70 hd
181.31
—
KY average24 barns · 2,490 hd
166.17
+15.14
This barn, trailing median2 sales
219.47
−38.17
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—Average1,769126.632,2409thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32194.281,2469thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,59993.521,4953thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low98675.7074612

Every lot

54 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295170.00/cwt170.00–170.005021
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3505146.00/cwt146.00–146.007371
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540162.00/cwt162.00–162.008751
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3565140.00/cwt140.00–140.007911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578191.97/cwt191.00–193.001,1102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,1551
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3755120.00/cwt120.00–120.009061
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2273141.74/cwt141.00–142.503874
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3305142.50/cwt142.50–142.504351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320157.08/cwt150.00–170.005033
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3360140.00/cwt140.00–140.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381166.54/cwt162.00–170.006354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415159.00/cwt159.00–159.006601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455182.00/cwt182.00–182.008288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486175.29/cwt173.00–177.008524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3530131.00/cwt131.00–131.006941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2559156.99/cwt154.00–160.008784
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3565135.00/cwt135.00–135.007631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added612166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675131.00/cwt131.00–131.008841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735130.00/cwt130.00–130.009561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2880135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1881
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3280164.00/cwt164.00–164.004591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285191.00/cwt191.00–191.005441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365202.00/cwt202.00–202.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3365157.50/cwt157.50–157.505751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390170.00/cwt170.00–170.006632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy410200.00/cwt200.00–200.008201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430176.16/cwt169.00–183.007572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy468204.39/cwt200.00–208.0095713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474192.02/cwt174.00–197.0091014
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3483162.03/cwt151.00–168.007833
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3515147.65/cwt130.00–166.007602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2516191.00/cwt191.00–191.009863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565181.81/cwt170.00–188.001,0275
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3568143.81/cwt130.00–158.008172
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3600113.00/cwt113.00–113.006781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613166.20/cwt160.00–173.001,0193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy633182.48/cwt181.00–186.001,15510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy655180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2735150.50/cwt146.00–155.001,1062
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3775131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2790140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,550117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,8141
Bulls——1,796127.83/cwt123.00–132.002,2968
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82554.00/cwt54.00–54.004461
Cows—Lean 85-90%96564.44/cwt60.00–68.006223
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01482.64/cwt77.00–88.008388
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31995.82/cwt90.00–104.001,2648
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,0991
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,3441
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64395.78/cwt90.00–101.001,5742

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.