Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2024-10-07

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 7
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
84 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 140▼ 207 vs year ago 291 · −71.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 41▼ 39 vs year ago 85 · −45.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1▼ 7 vs year ago 8 · −87.5%
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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 $229.67/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −183.89 against this barn's trailing median of $413.57.
Average price
$229.67
7 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,238
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$315
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$52.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.59
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548267.501,4652thin
Medium and Large 2-3536214.541,1495thin
One grade step is worth $52.96/cwt here — about $315 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 sale7 hd
229.67
—
KY average25 barns · 730 hd
241.26
−11.59
This barn, trailing median15 sales
413.57
−183.89
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—Low1,658149.122,4736thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,607109.881,7668thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,427109.071,55610
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,079100.671,08619
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,503139.002,0892thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,435$1,6001thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1681
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3467230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0742
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2601
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4743
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6451
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3790200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5801
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,005193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,9401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305257.50/cwt257.50–257.507851
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315220.00/cwt220.00–220.006931
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3377215.00/cwt215.00–215.008112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418228.07/cwt222.50–235.009535
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3473196.02/cwt190.00–202.509272
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy482265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2772
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500197.50/cwt197.50–197.509881
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522225.67/cwt220.00–235.001,1788
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0931
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3618184.51/cwt182.50–186.001,1403
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695195.50/cwt190.00–201.001,3592
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3700180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2601
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270317.50/cwt317.50–317.508572
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy315310.00/cwt310.00–310.009771
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2429270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1584
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3460200.00/cwt200.00–200.009202
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2495272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3491
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy515272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,4031
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3522215.05/cwt210.00–220.001,1234
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2580262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,5231
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3590212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2541
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2614216.39/cwt212.50–221.001,32910
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2657210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3802
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3685202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3841
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2703213.75/cwt212.50–215.001,5032
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2750200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5001
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3768174.66/cwt172.00–180.001,3413
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3820162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,3331
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,625143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,3241
Bulls——1,665150.34/cwt146.00–154.002,5035
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96385.32/cwt81.00–88.008224
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10498.33/cwt93.00–104.001,0866
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113109.06/cwt105.00–114.001,2149
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,360118.07/cwt114.00–122.001,6063
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,455105.21/cwt102.00–109.001,5317
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,594107.86/cwt104.00–112.001,7197
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,700124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,1081
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,503139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,0892
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4351,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001

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.