Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2022-09-12

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 12
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 270▲ 15 vs year ago 183 · +8.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 35▼ 17 vs year ago 52 · −32.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to no sale last week for Labor Day Holiday

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.07/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$146.07
91 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$772
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.91
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535147.2778885
Medium and Large 2-3441129.085696thin
One grade step is worth $18.19/cwt here — about $218 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 sale91 hd
146.07
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KY average25 barns · 5,650 hd
159.97
−13.91
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—High1,550105.931,6426thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56583.001,2992thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29476.1798513
CowsLean 85-90%Average99869.2069110

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425176.00/cwt176.00–176.007481
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0126
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3560153.00/cwt153.00–153.008571
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2562183.88/cwt170.00–191.001,0336
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3695121.00/cwt121.00–121.008411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1021
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3870100.00/cwt100.00–100.008701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2205155.00/cwt155.00–155.003181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2268153.66/cwt140.00–160.004123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2317150.34/cwt150.00–151.004773
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330122.50/cwt122.50–122.504041
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3368130.48/cwt130.00–131.004802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432149.69/cwt142.00–155.006479
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3458135.00/cwt135.00–135.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474150.78/cwt140.00–155.007159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525153.58/cwt140.00–160.0080621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566149.41/cwt140.00–156.0084615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627140.25/cwt131.00–144.008798
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3665121.00/cwt121.00–121.008051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2685135.18/cwt130.00–136.0092611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720132.69/cwt125.00–138.009553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750123.00/cwt123.00–123.009231
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2220157.50/cwt157.50–157.503471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385170.34/cwt170.00–171.006563
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3430161.00/cwt161.00–161.006921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2437178.01/cwt177.00–180.007783
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473178.27/cwt175.00–180.008433
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3475139.77/cwt122.00–160.006643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521177.74/cwt165.00–185.0092611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3521148.26/cwt122.00–161.007724
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3573140.53/cwt125.00–150.008053
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576166.53/cwt151.00–172.009596
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613164.36/cwt162.00–166.001,0083
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3627130.38/cwt124.00–139.008173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670138.20/cwt132.00–145.009264
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3680129.00/cwt129.00–129.008771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2750131.00/cwt131.00–131.009831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3840110.00/cwt110.00–110.009241
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-396091.00/cwt91.00–91.008741
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30793.93/cwt84.00–101.001,2283
Bulls——1,715112.88/cwt112.00–114.001,9362
Bulls——1,950128.00/cwt128.00–128.002,4961
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92859.52/cwt53.00–63.005523
Cows—Lean 85-90%99590.00/cwt90.00–90.008961
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00468.12/cwt64.00–73.006844
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09375.49/cwt75.00–76.008252
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27476.43/cwt75.00–79.009749
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1141
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34772.43/cwt71.00–74.009763
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4041
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,1931

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.