Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2024-07-11

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Jul 11
● Final117 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,277 head
▲ 280 vs last sale 1,997▲ 638 vs year ago 1,639 · +38.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 133▲ 58 vs year ago 69 · +84.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to 4th July Holiday, however there was good demand for all classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $284.27/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −157.51 against this barn's trailing median of $441.78.
Average price
$284.27
53 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,588
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$41.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.54
vs KY average
−18.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558288.201,60848
Medium and Large 2-3565246.551,3935thin
One grade step is worth $41.65/cwt here — about $215 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale53 hd
284.27
—
KY average21 barns · 937 hd
295.81
−11.54
National average160 barns · 9,699 hd
302.91
−18.64
This barn, trailing median32 sales
441.78
−157.51
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—High1,565165.442,58916
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,639137.482,25314
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,290134.471,73456
CowsLean 85-90%High1,007124.691,25633
HeifersChoiceAverage1,012200.072,0254thin

Every lot

117 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy220410.00/cwt410.00–410.009021
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy260375.00/cwt375.00–375.009751
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270305.00/cwt305.00–305.008241
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy340331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,1251
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,1502
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy383322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,2352
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424311.06/cwt302.50–315.001,3195
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1611
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy435339.94/cwt330.00–342.501,4795
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472301.49/cwt290.00–310.001,42310
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3481274.27/cwt240.00–285.001,3197
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy495322.48/cwt320.00–327.501,5963
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3510252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,2881
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525299.98/cwt299.00–304.001,57512
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,5172
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562289.25/cwt289.00–292.501,62614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577280.96/cwt270.00–287.501,62120
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3579245.06/cwt237.50–260.001,4194
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626294.43/cwt270.00–299.001,84375
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636252.38/cwt239.00–262.001,60520
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3645235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5161
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666259.86/cwt250.00–267.501,7317
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674287.07/cwt271.00–295.001,93525
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715241.22/cwt232.50–250.001,7254
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added729277.29/cwt261.00–282.002,021161
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768243.33/cwt239.00–252.001,86915
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added793260.00/cwt259.75–264.002,06267
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added821258.42/cwt254.00–271.002,122193
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2839230.41/cwt224.00–242.501,9339
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added872254.96/cwt252.75–259.002,223205
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added902253.25/cwt253.25–253.252,28465
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3910210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9111
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2937231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,1649
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3955209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,9961
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2980223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,1851
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added981247.75/cwt247.75–247.752,43057
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,051204.00/cwt203.00–208.002,1445
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,124190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,1365
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy210300.00/cwt300.00–300.006301
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2273265.96/cwt260.00–272.507262
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326283.33/cwt282.50–285.009243
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy340321.93/cwt321.00–327.501,0957
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy379316.25/cwt304.00–325.001,19920
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3382191.44/cwt185.00–200.007313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384287.89/cwt282.50–292.501,1055
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3400210.00/cwt210.00–210.008401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy429307.91/cwt287.50–319.001,32126
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430256.40/cwt250.00–262.501,1034
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475288.97/cwt280.00–303.001,37317
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484263.16/cwt254.00–275.001,27427
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3486234.39/cwt230.00–240.001,1394
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526263.40/cwt245.00–269.001,38530
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535272.97/cwt271.00–275.001,46017
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573259.85/cwt250.00–267.501,48968
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3577223.11/cwt202.50–240.001,2879
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6533
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3615201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2361
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619235.08/cwt230.00–239.001,45515
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631246.47/cwt241.00–255.001,55542
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2654230.80/cwt230.00–234.001,5095
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674246.38/cwt246.00–249.001,66133
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3679202.45/cwt188.00–220.001,37510
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added701242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,6963
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3723185.43/cwt173.00–211.001,3413
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725229.67/cwt219.00–239.001,66511
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2757233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,76424
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3768198.06/cwt183.00–205.001,52114
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added771244.16/cwt242.80–246.001,882327
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2824205.10/cwt197.00–209.001,6909
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2863190.76/cwt184.00–201.001,64632
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added864235.75/cwt235.75–235.752,03763
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3895145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2981
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy905162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,4711
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970193.23/cwt180.00–199.001,87426
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,014185.96/cwt182.50–191.001,8869
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy220330.00/cwt330.00–330.007261
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2326295.75/cwt290.00–315.009644
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2381307.58/cwt302.00–312.501,17211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2417296.84/cwt287.50–305.001,2387
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy418325.45/cwt316.00–337.501,3605
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3421259.22/cwt240.00–267.501,0914
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3463261.51/cwt230.00–270.001,21111
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2474293.57/cwt277.50–307.501,39220
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy485315.88/cwt312.50–317.501,5323
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy511293.39/cwt290.00–310.001,4996
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523279.13/cwt267.50–288.001,46012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3530249.08/cwt240.00–260.001,32010
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571275.84/cwt267.50–287.501,57511
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3574243.16/cwt222.50–254.001,39611
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy618257.17/cwt252.00–265.001,58914
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2628237.83/cwt230.00–242.501,4947
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2679236.90/cwt231.00–247.001,6096
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3695227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,5781
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3718217.96/cwt216.00–219.001,5653
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2722235.47/cwt229.00–240.001,70016
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2780225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7551
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3790210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6591
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2810222.53/cwt198.00–229.001,8025
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3860170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4621
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2874199.34/cwt185.00–210.001,7424
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,038187.00/cwt186.00–191.001,9415
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,065185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,9703
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3580182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,0591
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,012200.07/cwt198.00–202.502,0254
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,373160.34/cwt151.00–166.002,2019
Bulls——1,770176.16/cwt171.00–190.003,1186
Bulls——2,065147.00/cwt147.00–147.003,0361
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95090.64/cwt89.00–93.008613
Cows—Lean 85-90%990114.38/cwt108.00–118.001,1326
Cows—Lean 85-90%995125.15/cwt120.00–129.001,24511
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,039136.92/cwt130.00–149.001,42313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230125.23/cwt120.00–129.001,54011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2802
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303140.21/cwt130.00–152.001,82740
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340114.75/cwt111.00–118.001,5383
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,638125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,0482
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,639139.56/cwt130.00–149.002,28712

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.