Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2023-08-14

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 14
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
135 head
▼ 122 vs last sale 257▼ 91 vs year ago 226 · −40.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 46▼ 24 vs year ago 79 · −30.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 1▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to 2 lower with a mostly plain quality offering. Feeders sold with good demand for weaned and preconditioned calves and moderate demand for new crop calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $202.15/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$202.15
43 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,034
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$42.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.78
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2491218.951,07626
Medium and Large 2-3543176.4595817thin
One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $117 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 sale43 hd
202.15
—
KY average27 barns · 6,338 hd
230.93
−28.78
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—Low1,367120.841,6529thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,475123.001,8141thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,164106.441,23923
CowsLean 85-90%High89396.9386615

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)845$8251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)865$1,0251thin

Every lot

60 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 1-2240220.00/cwt220.00–220.005281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462236.23/cwt225.00–240.001,0914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added483267.59/cwt250.00–285.001,2922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added542237.30/cwt235.00–247.001,2865
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,6531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,5711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625222.28/cwt210.00–232.001,3895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5485
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3213203.71/cwt202.50–205.004342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2275220.00/cwt220.00–220.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3295200.00/cwt200.00–200.005901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345210.00/cwt210.00–210.007251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3378202.96/cwt201.00–205.007672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385214.00/cwt214.00–214.008241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424222.80/cwt214.00–228.009455
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3445200.00/cwt200.00–200.008901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467223.94/cwt220.00–229.001,0468
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3486203.63/cwt199.00–214.009904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,1492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573218.65/cwt213.00–225.001,2535
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3575170.00/cwt170.00–170.009781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633206.48/cwt205.00–208.001,3072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3645190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2740195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3760166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3813122.41/cwt112.50–132.509952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3880100.50/cwt100.00–101.008842
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3295200.00/cwt200.00–200.005901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325220.00/cwt220.00–220.007151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy333251.33/cwt247.50–255.008372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2368230.00/cwt230.00–230.008463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375256.02/cwt250.00–257.509605
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3375210.00/cwt210.00–210.007881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3430214.00/cwt214.00–214.009201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2438225.03/cwt220.00–230.009862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2469230.46/cwt220.00–242.501,0815
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3480210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3513185.39/cwt181.00–190.009512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2131
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3570202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2581234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3604
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2612234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4322
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3665173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,1501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2731214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,5643
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3780170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3261
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3985136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3401
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,01094.00/cwt94.00–94.009491
Bulls——1,371121.94/cwt115.00–129.001,6727
Bulls——1,700140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,3801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%789110.46/cwt107.00–117.008724
Cows—Lean 85-90%92199.37/cwt95.00–101.009156
Cows—Lean 85-90%92387.94/cwt84.00–90.008123
Cows—Lean 85-90%97576.00/cwt76.00–76.007412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130105.92/cwt99.00–112.001,19717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,206115.65/cwt115.00–117.001,3954
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36892.39/cwt90.00–96.001,2642
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,8141
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2845825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28651,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251

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.