Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2023-01-23

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 23
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 154 vs last sale 258▼ 188 vs year ago 292 · −64.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 47▼ 53 vs year ago 66 · −80.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.59/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$148.59
42 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$727
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$38.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.29
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2461155.8671834
Medium and Large 2-3609117.707178thin
One grade step is worth $38.17/cwt here — about $1 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 sale42 hd
148.59
—
KY average24 barns · 5,808 hd
155.88
−7.29
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—Average1,665101.431,6892thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30174.509696thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,69074.001,2511thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,11453.495964thin

Every lot

44 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 2-3345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385212.50/cwt212.50–212.508181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2387193.85/cwt192.00–197.507503
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy433201.75/cwt201.00–202.008748
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3445144.00/cwt144.00–144.006411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485177.43/cwt174.00–181.008612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527169.73/cwt161.00–176.008943
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2553174.35/cwt170.00–177.009643
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0972
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2312158.19/cwt147.00–164.004943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy372173.00/cwt173.00–173.006442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385157.51/cwt157.00–158.006062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427157.95/cwt155.00–165.0067413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3450110.00/cwt110.00–110.004951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474151.62/cwt146.00–159.007194
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3510131.00/cwt131.00–131.006681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513157.00/cwt150.00–161.008053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2552154.39/cwt150.00–161.008525
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3570135.28/cwt127.00–144.007712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-360595.00/cwt95.00–95.005751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610140.00/cwt140.00–140.008541
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3705114.00/cwt114.00–114.008042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3760107.00/cwt107.00–107.008131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2860121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3335150.00/cwt150.00–150.005031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390194.00/cwt194.00–194.007572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423190.61/cwt183.00–193.008068
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3425170.00/cwt170.00–170.007231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465175.00/cwt175.00–175.008141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485132.00/cwt132.00–132.006401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520171.07/cwt162.00–182.008905
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3540135.87/cwt122.00–150.007342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2583180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605151.00/cwt151.00–151.009141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2710138.00/cwt138.00–138.009802
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3730122.00/cwt122.00–122.008911
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3360102.50/cwt102.50–102.503691
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,665101.43/cwt100.00–103.001,6892
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09557.98/cwt57.00–59.006353
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17040.00/cwt40.00–40.004681
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19055.00/cwt55.00–55.006551
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23068.00/cwt68.00–68.008361
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34681.00/cwt77.00–85.001,0904
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,2511

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.