Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2024-06-24

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 24
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 136▼ 100 vs year ago 244 · −41.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 34▼ 57 vs year ago 78 · −73.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers fully steady with some increase on 400 lb and 600 lb heifers , Good demand for the high quality feeders and moderate demand for the plainer quality feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher, Very good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $261.87/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −111.07 against this barn's trailing median of $372.94.
Average price
$261.87
7 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,397
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−9.04
vs KY average
−7.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533261.871,3977thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale7 hd
261.87
—
KY average23 barns · 1,234 hd
270.90
−9.04
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
−7.41
This barn, trailing median13 sales
372.94
−111.07
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
449398346294median 372.9403/0204/0605/1810/0511/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.33, low $307.95, median $372.94 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,865188.673,5193thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,272151.771,9319thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,633133.502,1792thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,020132.731,3543thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4721
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,6701
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3640235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5041
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6131
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8993
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy200352.50/cwt352.50–352.507051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320297.50/cwt297.50–297.509521
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3328244.48/cwt230.00–257.508022
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy359297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,0687
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380262.50/cwt262.50–262.509981
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0792
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425331.22/cwt330.00–332.501,4082
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468268.80/cwt260.00–277.501,2582
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy477299.33/cwt290.00–310.001,4285
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1761
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520258.76/cwt255.00–260.001,3464
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2551266.01/cwt260.00–269.001,4663
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610266.26/cwt265.00–274.001,6247
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3613210.49/cwt210.00–211.001,2902
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643238.99/cwt237.00–241.001,5372
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3668201.32/cwt192.00–211.001,3452
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5291
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6022
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2297317.50/cwt317.50–317.509432
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3305242.50/cwt242.50–242.507401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy340342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,1652
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2362285.99/cwt285.00–287.501,0355
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy392340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3332
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy413332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,3733
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425294.89/cwt287.50–300.001,2533
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3467250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1682
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473317.70/cwt310.00–325.001,5032
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2485288.00/cwt280.00–300.001,3975
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy523298.14/cwt292.50–307.501,5593
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525264.81/cwt260.00–270.001,3902
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3528234.88/cwt230.00–240.001,2402
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy555305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6931
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2560265.56/cwt255.00–273.001,4876
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy605266.67/cwt260.00–271.001,6133
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy665260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7291
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2865220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9031
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,865188.67/cwt181.00–193.003,5193
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0451
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028147.09/cwt140.00–154.001,5122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,272151.77/cwt135.00–158.001,9319
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,505140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,1071
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,760127.00/cwt127.00–127.002,2351

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.