Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2020-10-05

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 5
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
267 head
▼ 108 vs last sale 375▲ 26 vs year ago 241 · +10.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 81▲ 32 vs year ago 40 · +80.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 20▼ 2 vs year ago 5 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 lower, Moderate demand for a mostly plain to average quality offering. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower, Slaughter 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 $113.09/cwt on 111 head.
Average price
$113.09
111 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$22.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.06
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531119.7563678
Medium and Large 2-354797.3653233
One grade step is worth $22.38/cwt here — about $103 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 sale111 hd
113.09
—
KY average25 barns · 6,257 hd
127.16
−14.06
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—Average1,51889.031,35113
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,74360.421,0532thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27056.8772220
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05052.9455632

Every lot

60 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2297152.50/cwt152.50–152.504532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466158.00/cwt158.00–158.007365
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536135.00/cwt135.00–135.007243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593140.00/cwt140.00–140.008305
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3600116.00/cwt116.00–116.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640120.00/cwt120.00–120.007681
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705121.00/cwt121.00–121.008531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2910116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0561
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2245130.00/cwt130.00–130.003191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2270132.50/cwt132.50–132.503581
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3280107.50/cwt107.50–107.503011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325120.95/cwt118.00–122.503933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-334597.50/cwt97.50–97.503361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365115.00/cwt115.00–115.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3390101.63/cwt97.50–106.003967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431121.89/cwt115.00–125.0052522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-347597.89/cwt90.00–108.004653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476121.82/cwt116.00–128.0058010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526127.12/cwt121.00–129.006696
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3536103.02/cwt100.00–105.005524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564121.43/cwt115.00–124.006858
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3580101.01/cwt90.00–106.005868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2607109.70/cwt109.00–115.006669
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-363892.14/cwt85.00–106.005884
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-365591.00/cwt91.00–91.005961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671108.60/cwt104.00–112.007296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added746123.00/cwt123.00–123.009189
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-381980.78/cwt79.00–84.006624
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315145.86/cwt145.00–147.504593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375130.30/cwt120.00–139.004893
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3380112.57/cwt107.50–117.504282
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3405117.63/cwt115.00–120.004763
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2422150.89/cwt148.00–152.0063711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474137.77/cwt134.00–141.006535
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3483103.23/cwt94.00–112.004992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523136.96/cwt125.00–140.007169
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3528106.68/cwt101.00–113.005633
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3575112.37/cwt110.00–117.006463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2587129.99/cwt124.00–135.007633
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3612103.54/cwt99.00–107.006344
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2622118.42/cwt114.00–124.007375
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2665121.67/cwt110.00–127.008096
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-368392.45/cwt90.00–95.006312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2735111.00/cwt111.00–111.008163
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-373591.00/cwt91.00–91.006691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2808102.94/cwt97.00–109.008322
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-384589.00/cwt89.00–89.007521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43883.54/cwt83.00–84.001,2012
Bulls——1,52586.82/cwt86.00–87.001,3245
Bulls——1,53892.70/cwt91.00–96.001,4266
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00549.01/cwt44.00–51.0049314
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08355.63/cwt53.00–57.0060216
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10559.00/cwt59.00–59.006522
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25360.66/cwt59.00–62.007605
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27555.93/cwt53.00–58.0071314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28051.00/cwt51.00–51.006531
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74360.42/cwt59.00–62.001,0532
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-291764.56/cwt60.00–75.005923

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.