Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2023-02-27

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 27
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
142 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 187▼ 19 vs year ago 161 · −11.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 64▼ 1 vs year ago 34 · −2.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00-4.00 higher, Good demand for all feeder classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 3.00-5.00 higher, Good 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 $184.37/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$184.37
47 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$794
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$328
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$29.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.46
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2436185.6180945
Medium and Large 2-3308156.504812thin
One grade step is worth $29.11/cwt here — about $328 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 sale47 hd
184.37
—
KY average24 barns · 5,816 hd
174.92
+9.46
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—Low1,841114.642,11110
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31885.351,1257thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56384.001,3132thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04564.056698thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3330148.00/cwt148.00–148.004881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375235.00/cwt235.00–235.008811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy432226.60/cwt225.00–230.009793
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy458202.32/cwt201.00–203.009273
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465176.00/cwt176.00–176.008181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520207.93/cwt201.00–215.001,0812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525189.03/cwt186.00–192.009922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575188.50/cwt185.00–192.001,0842
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583203.52/cwt200.00–211.001,1873
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3715145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0371
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2758158.01/cwt155.00–161.001,1982
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3270160.00/cwt160.00–160.004321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290187.50/cwt187.50–187.505441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy321214.46/cwt196.00–218.006886
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3345153.00/cwt153.00–153.005281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370195.06/cwt186.00–205.007224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385171.25/cwt162.50–180.006592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420185.70/cwt180.00–192.0078015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy482180.89/cwt180.00–181.008729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485171.00/cwt171.00–171.008291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525171.00/cwt171.00–171.008981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540175.00/cwt175.00–175.009453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2595169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2650150.00/cwt150.00–150.009751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3290147.50/cwt147.50–147.504281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy391214.36/cwt210.00–227.508384
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405192.50/cwt192.50–192.507801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy414212.06/cwt201.00–217.008786
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3440167.50/cwt167.50–167.507371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy477224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,0682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2482198.15/cwt193.00–199.009557
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy510205.16/cwt197.00–213.001,0462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510187.50/cwt187.50–187.509561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy556199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,1063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2718160.97/cwt160.00–163.001,1563
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,648106.44/cwt103.00–113.001,7544
Bulls——1,94095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,8431
Bulls——1,976125.12/cwt116.00–132.002,4725
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01661.83/cwt60.00–65.006284
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04352.08/cwt51.00–53.005432
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10380.48/cwt80.00–81.008882
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26877.82/cwt75.00–81.009872
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33888.36/cwt82.00–101.001,1825
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,4171
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,2051

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.