Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2022-11-21

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 21
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 120 vs last sale 220▼ 25 vs year ago 125 · −20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 46▼ 6 vs year ago 28 · −21.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: All classes sold mostly steady on a lite test of mostly plain quality offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.89/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$125.89
35 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$583
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$5
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−22.14
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2429134.8557923
Medium and Large 2-3528108.7157412thin
One grade step is worth $26.14/cwt here — about $5 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 sale35 hd
125.89
—
KY average21 barns · 6,214 hd
148.03
−22.14
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—High1,49998.481,4765thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,70077.001,3091thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32072.449565thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03665.146758thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340172.50/cwt172.50–172.505872
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395172.50/cwt172.50–172.506811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415174.00/cwt174.00–174.007221
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480138.00/cwt138.00–138.006621
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2505115.00/cwt115.00–115.005811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645140.00/cwt140.00–140.009031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2250140.00/cwt140.00–140.003501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004031
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3320119.00/cwt119.00–119.003811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3375115.00/cwt115.00–115.004311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386140.37/cwt136.00–144.005428
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3415112.20/cwt100.00–125.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433136.22/cwt127.00–146.005907
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3473118.05/cwt115.00–121.005582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2491125.00/cwt125.00–125.006143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525104.51/cwt104.00–105.005492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545126.00/cwt126.00–126.006871
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3565111.00/cwt111.00–111.006271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590127.03/cwt124.00–130.007492
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3663105.52/cwt99.00–112.007002
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-392079.00/cwt79.00–79.007271
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2200187.50/cwt187.50–187.503751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3215157.50/cwt157.50–157.503391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285165.00/cwt165.00–165.004701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320202.50/cwt202.50–202.506482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2345175.00/cwt175.00–175.006041
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3410144.00/cwt144.00–144.005901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435153.00/cwt153.00–153.006662
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3480132.50/cwt132.50–132.506361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2490144.00/cwt144.00–144.007061
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2495115.00/cwt115.00–115.005691
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3545140.00/cwt140.00–140.007631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565150.00/cwt150.00–150.008481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2629154.90/cwt147.00–162.009744
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663151.94/cwt147.00–157.001,0072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2745130.00/cwt130.00–130.009691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2885119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0531
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3245107.50/cwt107.50–107.502631
Dairy Steers—Large 3347105.00/cwt105.00–105.003642
Dairy Steers—Large 3489114.00/cwt114.00–114.005575
Dairy Steers—Large 3570111.00/cwt111.00–111.006331
Dairy Steers—Large 3625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,11586.70/cwt82.00–91.009672
Bulls——1,695103.99/cwt103.00–105.001,7632
Bulls——1,875111.00/cwt111.00–111.002,0811
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99265.02/cwt61.00–69.006453
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00871.68/cwt71.00–73.007233
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12059.00/cwt59.00–59.006611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17052.00/cwt52.00–52.006081
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26566.00/cwt66.00–66.008351
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33474.05/cwt73.00–76.009884
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,3091
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02584.00/cwt84.00–84.008611

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.