Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2019-10-10

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Oct 10
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,027 head
▲ 1,007 vs last sale 1,020▲ 2,027 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
▲ 82 vs last sale 60▲ 142 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 1▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday:Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 higher,Weaned and vaccinated calves and yearlings sold with good demand and unweaned fleshy calves sold with lite demand.Slaughter cows and bulls steady,Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.32/cwt on 907 head.
Average price
$132.32
907 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$281
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$30.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.32
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2598133.71799865
Medium and Large 2-3500103.6951942
One grade step is worth $30.03/cwt here — about $281 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 sale907 hd
132.32
—
KY average27 barns · 7,073 hd
122.00
+10.32
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—Average1,45470.081,0196thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,64555.849198thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24549.0561049
CowsLean 85-90%High94344.7442220

Every lot

102 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy245152.50/cwt152.50–152.503741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2273142.34/cwt140.00–145.003892
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330146.00/cwt146.00–146.004821
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3341118.09/cwt109.00–129.004035
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3368117.29/cwt110.00–122.004323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373135.67/cwt131.00–142.005065
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy397149.00/cwt149.00–149.005922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424137.17/cwt130.00–143.0058217
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3426122.48/cwt116.00–127.005227
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy437145.48/cwt145.00–147.006364
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy480146.03/cwt145.00–148.0070112
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480121.25/cwt110.00–128.0058210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482138.22/cwt129.00–144.0066619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520144.94/cwt144.00–147.0075422
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3524118.25/cwt110.00–125.0062018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531136.64/cwt129.00–143.0072644
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3571117.17/cwt110.00–126.0066913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573136.53/cwt130.00–141.0078241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624145.82/cwt140.00–148.00910126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632135.61/cwt125.00–139.0085722
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3633114.81/cwt105.00–121.0072713
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3667111.98/cwt97.00–119.007478
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676132.56/cwt122.00–138.0089616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682143.10/cwt141.00–144.0097613
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3733106.05/cwt103.00–109.007772
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735117.00/cwt117.00–117.008602
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added742140.43/cwt139.00–140.501,04219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added759135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,02568
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2761131.44/cwt128.00–132.001,0007
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3773103.51/cwt102.00–105.008002
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added813138.95/cwt135.50–141.001,130124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2817117.00/cwt117.00–117.009562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2857119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added875135.34/cwt133.00–136.101,184124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added900134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,20654
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2930115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,060104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,1021
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2230123.00/cwt123.00–123.002831
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3240112.50/cwt112.50–112.502701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2275135.00/cwt135.00–135.003711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3291115.00/cwt115.00–115.003353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325125.82/cwt115.00–132.0040915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3340110.00/cwt110.00–110.003741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3370105.00/cwt105.00–105.003892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379121.23/cwt114.00–130.0045917
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3404104.74/cwt104.00–107.004234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424117.01/cwt110.00–122.0049640
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474120.05/cwt110.00–127.0056944
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3481105.10/cwt98.00–110.005066
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3514101.99/cwt98.00–107.0052410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526120.89/cwt115.00–126.0063650
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added539144.00/cwt144.00–144.0077692
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3572102.19/cwt97.00–105.0058510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574119.82/cwt110.00–127.5068872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580133.01/cwt132.50–135.0077133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617143.80/cwt143.80–143.80887133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628126.09/cwt113.00–131.0079229
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-363598.31/cwt91.00–108.006243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650143.00/cwt143.00–143.00930259
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-368095.00/cwt95.00–95.006461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2729113.60/cwt101.00–118.008288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added737122.50/cwt122.50–122.5090326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760123.00/cwt123.00–123.009355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2783108.67/cwt102.00–118.008516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815113.00/cwt113.00–113.009211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added841118.75/cwt118.75–118.7599931
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-386596.00/cwt96.00–96.008301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2885102.00/cwt102.00–102.009031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,090106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,1551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3265115.00/cwt115.00–115.003051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330133.00/cwt133.00–133.004391
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3383118.55/cwt116.00–121.004542
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405149.00/cwt149.00–149.006031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420136.24/cwt126.00–141.005723
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3428114.17/cwt110.00–121.004894
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3466116.23/cwt100.00–120.005427
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2481135.48/cwt130.00–141.006526
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3519110.32/cwt100.00–121.005734
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520133.00/cwt129.00–141.0069210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2567129.65/cwt129.00–130.007356
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3574105.34/cwt103.00–107.006056
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy585152.50/cwt152.50–152.508922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610118.03/cwt110.00–127.007208
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3620101.66/cwt100.00–104.006303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670111.00/cwt111.00–111.007444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2740103.00/cwt103.00–103.007621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-375090.00/cwt90.00–90.006751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-387392.96/cwt90.00–96.008122
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31867.20/cwt63.00–70.008864
Bulls——1,72575.84/cwt75.00–77.001,3082
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90647.11/cwt45.00–50.004277
Cows—Lean 85-90%93353.51/cwt52.00–56.004993
Cows—Lean 85-90%97140.44/cwt35.00–44.0039310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20539.38/cwt37.00–42.004754
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20647.46/cwt45.00–50.0057225
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30152.96/cwt51.00–56.0068920
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60544.00/cwt44.00–44.007061
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65157.53/cwt54.00–60.009507
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-289065.21/cwt57.00–78.005803
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2998533.02/cwt500.00–550.005,3204
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,300681.31/cwt660.00–700.008,8572
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,483788.23/cwt720.00–860.0011,6892

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.