Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2024-08-19

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 19
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
124 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 139▼ 92 vs year ago 216 · −42.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 33▼ 28 vs year ago 66 · −42.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 6▼ 11 vs year ago 12 · −91.7%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $236.30/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −177.27 against this barn's trailing median of $413.57.
Average price
$236.30
8 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,335
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$25.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.62
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2528250.001,3192thin
Medium and Large 2589235.101,3854thin
Medium and Large 2-3555225.001,2492thin
One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $70 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale8 hd
236.30
—
KY average24 barns · 595 hd
256.92
−20.62
This barn, trailing median15 sales
413.57
−177.27
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

15 sales
485434382331median 413.5603/0204/2008/1010/0511/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $471.50, low $344.79, median $413.57 across 15 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—Average1,624162.192,6348thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,328139.961,85815
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,655124.002,0521thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,079114.281,23314

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 Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)800$1,5751thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333300.02/cwt297.50–302.509992
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0741
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415280.36/cwt270.00–290.001,1632
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0841
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4563
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485275.94/cwt270.00–285.001,3385
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506262.83/cwt260.00–265.001,3307
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570265.14/cwt256.00–272.501,5113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,6511
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3650220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4301
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5751
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6991
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8601
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2940192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,8051
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3325237.58/cwt235.00–240.007722
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328281.22/cwt280.00–282.509222
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy337302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0192
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370278.75/cwt277.50–280.001,0312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413260.86/cwt250.00–267.501,0773
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475253.06/cwt250.00–257.501,2025
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3401
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531239.07/cwt233.00–247.501,2696
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558236.67/cwt235.00–237.501,3213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623225.41/cwt221.00–230.001,4042
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4973
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3710187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3311
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4981
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4181
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2900165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4851
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,075177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,9081
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270330.00/cwt330.00–330.008911
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2333302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0072
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2378302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,1432
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3400240.00/cwt240.00–240.009601
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433257.46/cwt252.50–260.001,1153
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2442275.04/cwt270.00–285.001,2163
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2476276.07/cwt267.50–282.501,3145
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2481
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2500260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3525240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2601
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2555240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3321
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3585210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2291
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2589235.10/cwt230.00–239.001,3854
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3605210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2711
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623231.05/cwt222.50–239.001,4392
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2655230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5073
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,4681
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fancy765236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8058
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2908188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,7073
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,450147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,1321
Bulls——1,590158.91/cwt152.00–162.002,5274
Bulls——1,727171.62/cwt169.00–175.002,9643
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%908100.22/cwt94.00–107.009106
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,173127.12/cwt124.00–132.001,4914
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,232116.03/cwt114.00–118.001,4293
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,265142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,7961
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290138.13/cwt135.00–141.001,7826
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4841
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330148.67/cwt145.00–154.001,9777
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,540118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,8171
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,655124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,0521
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28001,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751

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.