Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2020-07-13

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 13
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
380 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 365▼ 339 vs year ago 719 · −47.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 45▼ 34 vs year ago 79 · −43.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 lower on a lite supply of average to plain quality feeders,Yearlings were 2.00-3.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 lower, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.39/cwt on 165 head.
Average price
$130.39
165 head · 787 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,027
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$446
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.55
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2796130.861,041160
Medium and Large 2-3516115.405955thin
One grade step is worth $15.46/cwt here — about $446 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 sale165 hd
130.39
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KY average28 barns · 5,425 hd
132.94
−2.55
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—Low1,68296.761,6274thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65261.641,01811
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29959.497738thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02357.0658413

Every lot

66 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2217180.00/cwt180.00–180.003912
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3247125.00/cwt125.00–125.003092
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325170.00/cwt170.00–170.005532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375146.46/cwt140.00–150.005495
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2407151.00/cwt151.00–151.006152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470145.00/cwt145.00–145.006821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500140.00/cwt140.00–140.007001
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3525117.00/cwt117.00–117.006141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2562142.20/cwt140.00–148.007999
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622132.47/cwt121.00–143.008249
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670122.00/cwt122.00–122.008173
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3720113.00/cwt113.00–113.008141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2736123.18/cwt122.00–125.009075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2822121.00/cwt121.00–121.009952
Steers—Medium and Large 2-384097.00/cwt97.00–97.008151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added879127.92/cwt126.70–129.101,124119
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240137.50/cwt137.50–137.503301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260125.00/cwt125.00–125.003251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3295120.00/cwt120.00–120.003541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320137.94/cwt132.50–141.004413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3328117.37/cwt115.00–120.003852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376134.14/cwt125.00–139.005047
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3411113.00/cwt113.00–113.004644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430130.76/cwt122.00–140.0056215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475124.87/cwt120.00–130.0059313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3490111.00/cwt111.00–111.005441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522125.26/cwt122.00–131.006547
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3523113.10/cwt109.00–117.005922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564120.14/cwt120.00–122.0067814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3578113.31/cwt105.00–118.006556
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-367594.06/cwt90.00–98.006352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686106.19/cwt104.00–109.007285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700101.00/cwt101.00–101.007072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-383885.55/cwt80.00–91.007172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-388382.93/cwt75.00–91.007322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-398584.00/cwt84.00–84.008271
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2220172.50/cwt172.50–172.503801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3265127.00/cwt127.00–127.003372
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3330130.00/cwt130.00–130.004291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335145.00/cwt145.00–145.004861
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3382133.69/cwt115.00–142.005117
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2387157.24/cwt150.00–164.006093
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2408157.98/cwt157.00–161.006454
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3420114.97/cwt111.00–117.004833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2463133.97/cwt132.00–140.006208
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3478125.14/cwt125.00–126.005987
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy505147.00/cwt147.00–147.007421
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522127.82/cwt124.00–137.006678
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576124.40/cwt124.00–126.007175
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3590119.00/cwt119.00–119.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2602121.99/cwt120.00–123.007343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660122.00/cwt122.00–122.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2770102.00/cwt102.00–102.007851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2845101.00/cwt101.00–101.008531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-288595.51/cwt95.00–96.008452
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,06083.00/cwt83.00–83.008801
Bulls——1,54092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,4171
Bulls——2,063106.01/cwt103.00–109.002,1872
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92545.05/cwt44.00–46.004172
Cows—Lean 85-90%98556.64/cwt53.00–59.005586
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10862.37/cwt60.00–65.006915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28461.66/cwt60.00–63.007926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34552.97/cwt52.00–54.007122
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59056.00/cwt56.00–56.008901
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65862.20/cwt60.00–66.001,03110

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.