Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2024-04-18

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Apr 18
● Final127 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,654 head
▲ 547 vs last sale 1,107▼ 174 vs year ago 1,828 · −9.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 79▼ 1 vs year ago 114 · −0.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 1▲ 9 vs year ago 10 · +90.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers were 3.00 to 8.00 higher across the board and had some spots of sharply higher and with strong demand. Light weight heifers 300-350 lbs and yearling heifers 750 lbs and over were 2.00 to 4.00 lower with a good supply, while the 400-700 lbs heifers were mostly steady to 4.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher with good demand and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 lower with a good supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $300.24/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −141.53 against this barn's trailing median of $441.78.
Average price
$300.24
105 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$455
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$69.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.79
vs KY average
−4.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556304.791,69592
Medium and Large 2549274.131,50511thin
Medium and Large 2-3528234.881,2402thin
One grade step is worth $69.91/cwt here — about $455 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale105 hd
300.24
—
KY average24 barns · 1,093 hd
294.45
+5.79
National average171 barns · 11,979 hd
304.39
−4.15
This barn, trailing median32 sales
441.78
−141.53
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

32 sales
528467407346median 441.7803/1205/0707/0909/1010/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.05, low $359.98, median $441.78 across 32 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—High1,892162.003,06413
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,469125.801,84816
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,226124.261,52440
CowsLean 85-90%Low969104.751,01535
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,190151.001,7971thin

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)1,308$1,7485
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,265$1,5251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)970$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,177$2,0135
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)970$1,5751thin

Every lot

127 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy298332.50/cwt332.50–332.509913
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335290.00/cwt290.00–290.009721
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376314.23/cwt310.00–320.001,1829
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0831
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3390222.50/cwt222.50–222.508681
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0481
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423281.88/cwt279.00–285.001,1922
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425343.51/cwt339.00–350.001,4605
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426314.96/cwt303.00–323.001,3425
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475322.45/cwt317.00–325.001,5323
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487301.23/cwt290.00–308.001,46715
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,3621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508321.98/cwt315.00–330.001,63615
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3528234.88/cwt230.00–240.001,2402
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538301.35/cwt297.00–312.501,62124
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540283.00/cwt279.00–291.001,5288
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573286.56/cwt280.00–293.001,64210
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573250.46/cwt247.50–252.001,4353
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579304.95/cwt300.00–317.501,76643
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609268.31/cwt266.00–280.001,6348
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2626253.21/cwt249.00–257.501,5856
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628300.42/cwt297.00–304.001,8877
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added652298.95/cwt280.00–304.001,949107
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669266.62/cwt261.00–276.001,7845
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670248.23/cwt242.00–250.001,6638
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3715160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1441
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723237.53/cwt228.00–245.001,71713
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725264.75/cwt250.00–269.501,91983
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2743219.10/cwt217.00–230.001,6286
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added777248.55/cwt240.00–251.001,93114
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790222.25/cwt219.00–233.001,75619
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2834221.24/cwt212.00–225.001,84525
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added836243.22/cwt239.00–244.002,03397
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2853216.51/cwt212.00–221.001,8472
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added889231.58/cwt230.75–232.502,059125
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2905197.11/cwt196.50–201.001,78415
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added918230.47/cwt217.00–230.702,11659
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added960227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,17956
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2962210.07/cwt210.00–211.002,02114
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,032195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,0122
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,085205.26/cwt193.00–205.502,22752
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3295257.50/cwt257.50–257.507601
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3315227.50/cwt227.50–227.507171
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy332301.29/cwt301.00–302.501,0005
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2332283.17/cwt280.00–290.009403
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338270.00/cwt270.00–270.009132
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358269.64/cwt260.00–277.509655
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375303.32/cwt295.00–309.001,1377
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381286.94/cwt280.00–293.001,0935
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405290.38/cwt285.00–295.001,17614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3421237.00/cwt237.00–237.009983
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424255.95/cwt248.00–260.001,0859
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430271.32/cwt267.00–277.501,16727
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy459271.52/cwt270.00–275.001,24624
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3460228.41/cwt220.00–235.001,0513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477256.10/cwt250.00–260.001,2226
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478263.71/cwt258.00–267.001,26131
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523240.04/cwt239.00–241.001,2552
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524272.28/cwt267.00–277.001,42746
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524257.61/cwt250.00–265.001,35030
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3555220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2211
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563236.00/cwt235.00–237.001,3292
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2941
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577256.65/cwt250.00–262.001,48129
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613226.02/cwt225.00–227.001,3862
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620232.38/cwt226.00–240.001,44114
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625250.29/cwt242.00–256.001,56418
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1971
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685216.57/cwt210.00–225.001,4845
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added692258.40/cwt249.00–259.501,78845
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695228.71/cwt226.00–230.001,5905
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added711234.09/cwt230.50–241.001,66436
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725193.51/cwt192.00–195.001,4032
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731214.44/cwt211.00–220.001,5688
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2769221.30/cwt212.00–231.001,70226
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2790190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5011
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840199.32/cwt196.00–199.501,67458
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2892200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,78417
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,8121
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2985145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,4281
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,005186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,8691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy265322.50/cwt322.50–322.508551
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy323328.72/cwt327.50–330.001,0622
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy368309.70/cwt300.00–315.001,1409
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3370240.00/cwt240.00–240.008881
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3425192.50/cwt192.50–192.508181
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy437315.88/cwt310.00–322.501,38019
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2444288.26/cwt285.00–298.001,2808
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465306.12/cwt292.00–310.001,42319
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465278.68/cwt272.50–285.001,2962
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475324.67/cwt313.00–330.001,5426
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2516286.87/cwt275.00–292.501,48012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy523314.04/cwt302.00–320.001,6423
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530260.32/cwt251.00–270.001,3802
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy571298.13/cwt297.00–299.001,7027
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575277.80/cwt269.00–287.501,59711
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4702
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy622276.70/cwt275.00–280.001,7213
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2634260.07/cwt255.00–267.501,6494
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5791
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy660263.40/cwt262.00–269.001,7385
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2671250.81/cwt248.00–255.001,6835
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2735239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7571
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2783227.54/cwt225.00–230.001,7822
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2811214.44/cwt207.00–217.001,7394
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,030175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,8031
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3405201.00/cwt201.00–201.008141
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,190151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,7971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,777153.13/cwt151.00–155.002,7213
Bulls——1,926164.66/cwt162.00–170.003,17110
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76064.03/cwt51.00–72.004875
Cows—Lean 85-90%94591.49/cwt91.00–92.008652
Cows—Lean 85-90%953125.63/cwt120.00–140.001,1977
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,026108.74/cwt100.00–117.001,11621
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220128.23/cwt120.00–142.001,56431
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248110.58/cwt102.00–116.001,3809
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,464129.13/cwt124.00–142.001,89012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,484115.79/cwt113.00–118.001,7184
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28751,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29701,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,423.39/head1,325.00–1,500.001,4232
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3802,783.51/head2,500.00–3,000.002,7842
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29701,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2651,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3081,748.30/head1,300.00–2,125.001,7485
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2920152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,3981

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.