Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2019-11-14

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Nov 14
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,891 head
▼ 195 vs last sale 2,086▲ 1,891 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 170▲ 116 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 feeder heifers sold steady to firm . Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.67/cwt on 797 head.
Average price
$130.67
797 head · 660 lb average
Value per head Derived
$862
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$337
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$28.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.27
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2668132.16883734
Medium and Large 2-3562114.2064158
Large 1-2529103.205465thin
One grade step is worth $28.96/cwt here — about $337 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 sale797 hd
130.67
—
KY average20 barns · 5,211 hd
123.39
+7.27
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—Average1,97074.231,4624thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54356.4787211
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20148.8558723
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01636.583727thin

Every lot

84 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3267151.00/cwt151.00–151.004032
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3325147.00/cwt147.00–147.004782
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2338158.91/cwt151.00–167.005376
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3363131.00/cwt131.00–131.004763
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376157.18/cwt145.00–163.005913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2413158.56/cwt144.00–164.0065524
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3430133.00/cwt133.00–133.005721
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3457117.03/cwt111.00–121.005356
Steers—Large 1-2470108.74/cwt101.00–117.005112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476144.27/cwt135.00–154.0068722
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3508129.13/cwt125.00–130.006566
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy511151.00/cwt151.00–151.007728
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529137.33/cwt133.00–145.0072637
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3550121.00/cwt121.00–121.006661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563136.89/cwt135.00–142.0077115
Steers—Large 1-2610118.00/cwt118.00–118.007202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637138.80/cwt128.00–142.0088458
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3638134.55/cwt110.00–136.0085817
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664132.67/cwt131.00–135.0088119
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3719117.47/cwt111.00–124.008454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725140.30/cwt140.00–140.501,017126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726131.16/cwt130.50–133.509529
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2771129.66/cwt125.00–133.001,00025
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3791124.00/cwt124.00–124.009815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added822139.77/cwt135.00–143.751,149168
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2882125.30/cwt124.00–128.001,1056
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added884141.40/cwt141.40–141.401,25057
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3895115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0291
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2977129.45/cwt127.00–130.001,26511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280123.00/cwt123.00–123.003441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328132.60/cwt130.00–135.004352
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3370131.00/cwt131.00–131.004851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373133.50/cwt131.00–135.0049812
Heifers—Large 1-2397100.00/cwt100.00–100.003972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3423118.05/cwt110.00–120.0049916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432122.25/cwt121.00–126.005284
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3463112.92/cwt110.00–116.005232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470123.36/cwt121.00–125.0058031
Heifers—Large 1-2505105.50/cwt101.00–110.005332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510126.00/cwt126.00–126.0064311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3514115.63/cwt110.00–117.005949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533119.06/cwt118.00–121.0063538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561119.99/cwt118.00–121.006735
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3567112.46/cwt110.00–115.006388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577134.24/cwt127.00–135.2577588
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3619115.71/cwt111.00–133.007166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623135.25/cwt135.25–135.2584385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626128.03/cwt120.00–132.0080128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667129.79/cwt124.00–133.0086628
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3683109.72/cwt103.00–115.0074910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added689140.00/cwt140.00–140.0096575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added703130.00/cwt130.00–130.0091476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733131.00/cwt131.00–131.0096043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added766136.13/cwt136.00–136.251,043131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3776108.00/cwt108.00–108.008383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2796126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2807106.00/cwt106.00–106.008552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3823107.38/cwt104.00–110.008843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added831130.90/cwt130.90–130.901,08866
Heifers—Large 1-2840105.00/cwt105.00–105.008821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2873117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0215
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2270165.00/cwt165.00–165.004461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380155.65/cwt135.00–165.005913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3415111.00/cwt111.00–111.004613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2446124.00/cwt124.00–124.005533
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3465122.00/cwt122.00–122.005672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528128.02/cwt121.00–139.0067617
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3529124.02/cwt121.00–127.006564
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3565113.42/cwt95.00–120.006414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576132.89/cwt130.00–135.007659
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2637110.00/cwt110.00–110.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3640114.51/cwt113.00–116.007332
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3670105.00/cwt105.00–105.007041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2775100.00/cwt100.00–100.007751
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 31,04395.10/cwt95.10–95.1099255
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,93576.30/cwt71.00–80.001,4763
Bulls——2,07568.00/cwt68.00–68.001,4111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91326.40/cwt25.00–28.002412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05544.04/cwt40.00–51.004653
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06035.56/cwt34.00–37.003772
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20148.85/cwt43.00–57.0058723
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51454.74/cwt52.00–57.008298
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62261.07/cwt60.00–63.009913

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.