Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2024-01-08

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 8
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 134▼ 81 vs year ago 247 · −32.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 49▼ 18 vs year ago 60 · −30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Comparison due to New Years Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $197.05/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$197.05
81 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$997
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$256
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.44
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2513198.791,02074
Medium and Large 2-3428178.637657thin
One grade step is worth $20.15/cwt here — about $256 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 sale81 hd
197.05
—
KY average26 barns · 8,124 hd
208.49
−11.44
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—Average1,565108.151,6925thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61891.741,4844thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35280.991,09516
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09180.318764thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483246.57/cwt242.50–250.001,1914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,2041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy520190.00/cwt190.00–190.009881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522257.90/cwt257.50–258.001,3465
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583254.56/cwt250.00–255.001,48411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666219.61/cwt210.00–223.001,4634
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3890175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,5581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2220190.00/cwt190.00–190.004181
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3220182.50/cwt182.50–182.504021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy265247.50/cwt247.50–247.506561
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3265180.00/cwt180.00–180.004771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2278189.85/cwt185.00–192.505283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330202.50/cwt202.50–202.506681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370196.20/cwt192.50–200.007262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421196.47/cwt189.00–202.0082710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425180.00/cwt180.00–180.007652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475198.48/cwt185.00–211.009438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy481215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0343
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485173.00/cwt173.00–173.008391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529190.96/cwt182.00–194.001,0109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added543220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,19517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563195.59/cwt186.00–200.001,1019
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3588177.47/cwt175.00–180.001,0442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624184.84/cwt174.00–191.001,1534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,1801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2773172.73/cwt161.00–185.001,3352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2900136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3250167.50/cwt167.50–167.504191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2275262.32/cwt260.00–265.007212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2331245.00/cwt245.00–245.008114
Bulls—Small 1-2415180.00/cwt180.00–180.007471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0783
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy457252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,1544
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2472236.55/cwt230.00–247.501,1173
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3490200.00/cwt200.00–200.009801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520238.69/cwt236.00–240.001,2413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3520215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy525252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563233.13/cwt230.00–246.001,3135
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3588223.01/cwt222.00–224.001,3112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2805170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3691
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,491106.19/cwt100.00–111.001,5834
Bulls——1,860116.00/cwt116.00–116.002,1581
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07875.90/cwt75.00–77.008182
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10384.71/cwt80.00–89.009342
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25595.09/cwt90.00–100.001,1933
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29063.00/cwt63.00–63.008131
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36775.93/cwt71.00–79.001,0388
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41085.03/cwt82.00–87.001,1994
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58885.05/cwt83.00–87.001,3512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64898.43/cwt93.00–103.001,6222

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.