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

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 12
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
307 head
▼ 424 vs last sale 731▲ 67 vs year ago 240 · +27.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 134▲ 40 vs year ago 22 · +181.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers fully steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Moderate 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 $142.54/cwt on 135 head.
Average price
$142.54
135 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$381
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$57.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.01
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541146.16790124
Medium and Large 2-3644102.9766310thin
Small and Medium 1-246089.004091thin
One grade step is worth $57.16/cwt here — about $381 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 sale135 hd
142.54
—
KY average25 barns · 6,789 hd
146.54
−4.01
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—Low1,73492.401,6027thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,60566.661,0709thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30458.7176524
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,04953.3055910

Every lot

67 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 1-2365174.00/cwt174.00–174.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy410201.00/cwt201.00–201.008245
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425195.00/cwt195.00–195.008291
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467162.61/cwt161.00–166.007593
Steers—Small 1-2495110.00/cwt110.00–110.005451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508164.04/cwt161.00–167.008332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added509186.22/cwt181.00–189.0094821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564179.49/cwt179.00–180.001,0124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625170.64/cwt170.00–171.001,06614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640154.00/cwt154.00–154.009861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676163.41/cwt155.00–166.001,1059
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2762146.49/cwt135.00–156.001,1165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2845152.60/cwt139.00–156.001,2895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2925136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2278144.86/cwt140.00–150.004032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365155.00/cwt155.00–155.005661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411144.82/cwt135.00–148.005957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy429159.93/cwt156.00–163.006865
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-246089.00/cwt89.00–89.004091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465149.19/cwt140.00–152.006947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy471165.14/cwt156.00–169.0077816
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3495100.00/cwt100.00–100.004952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525142.07/cwt130.00–150.0074630
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3538112.33/cwt100.00–125.006042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550159.00/cwt159.00–159.008757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567142.28/cwt130.00–152.0080724
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3610121.00/cwt121.00–121.007381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613135.14/cwt126.00–139.008286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625144.00/cwt144.00–144.009003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2654140.50/cwt140.50–140.509197
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3690113.00/cwt113.00–113.007801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-370789.00/cwt89.00–89.006292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760134.41/cwt131.00–137.001,0227
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3800108.00/cwt108.00–108.008641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2827111.00/cwt111.00–111.009182
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-385585.00/cwt85.00–85.007271
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2270162.50/cwt162.50–162.504391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330170.23/cwt160.00–182.505623
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365189.07/cwt175.00–195.006906
Bulls—Small 1-2375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2437170.50/cwt162.00–175.007459
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474162.68/cwt154.00–173.0077114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520147.02/cwt145.00–151.007656
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy612158.00/cwt158.00–158.009677
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3618104.98/cwt100.00–110.006492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2629140.98/cwt140.00–146.008878
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3670110.84/cwt101.00–125.007433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2695144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2728133.39/cwt127.00–140.009712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2796127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2835127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2865110.00/cwt110.00–110.009521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2910110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2980110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1653
Bulls——1,800109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,9621
Bulls——2,07594.27/cwt93.00–95.001,9563
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02754.55/cwt52.00–57.005605
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03545.66/cwt43.00–49.004733
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12561.61/cwt59.00–64.006932
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26855.87/cwt52.00–59.0070813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31572.00/cwt72.00–72.009472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34063.80/cwt60.00–67.008557
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39846.06/cwt45.00–47.006442
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55853.56/cwt51.00–56.008342
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60172.12/cwt69.00–75.001,1555
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66366.13/cwt64.00–68.001,1002

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.