Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2020-11-02

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 2
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
167 head
▼ 244 vs last sale 411▼ 784 vs year ago 951 · −82.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 77▼ 76 vs year ago 114 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 higher, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Good 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 $117.46/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$117.46
66 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$567
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$41
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.08
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2476120.5957454
Medium and Large 2-3515103.3853312thin
One grade step is worth $17.21/cwt here — about $41 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 sale66 hd
117.46
—
KY average26 barns · 4,440 hd
118.54
−1.08
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—Average1,50174.861,1246thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,68557.909764thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28355.7171514
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09851.655679thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323152.39/cwt143.00–160.004923
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3330133.00/cwt133.00–133.004391
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3385127.00/cwt127.00–127.004891
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3415134.00/cwt134.00–134.005561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440155.46/cwt150.00–156.0068411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472143.42/cwt140.00–148.006778
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3475128.00/cwt128.00–128.006081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505137.00/cwt137.00–137.006922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy527151.00/cwt151.00–151.007964
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550146.00/cwt146.00–146.008031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630137.00/cwt137.00–137.008631
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3633114.00/cwt114.00–114.007223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650131.00/cwt131.00–131.008521
Steers—Medium and Large 2-374582.00/cwt82.00–82.006111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3290107.50/cwt107.50–107.503121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2291115.58/cwt110.00–117.003365
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3315107.00/cwt107.00–107.003371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2338111.53/cwt110.00–113.003772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375120.50/cwt113.00–130.004525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429129.70/cwt122.00–137.005566
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3442111.00/cwt111.00–111.004914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471126.85/cwt122.00–130.0059715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522122.09/cwt120.00–127.006378
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3545108.00/cwt108.00–108.005891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573119.20/cwt119.00–120.006835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613108.13/cwt105.00–116.006637
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-362098.77/cwt95.00–102.006124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-272598.00/cwt98.00–98.007111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-378579.00/cwt79.00–79.006201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280130.00/cwt130.00–130.003641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2308142.00/cwt142.00–142.004374
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3345116.00/cwt116.00–116.004001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2391139.65/cwt134.00–151.005463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460133.00/cwt133.00–133.006121
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2513127.67/cwt124.00–136.0065510
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy565147.00/cwt147.00–147.008311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578125.80/cwt122.00–134.007277
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2685112.00/cwt112.00–112.007671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-271896.68/cwt90.00–99.006944
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-280585.00/cwt85.00–85.006841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47776.77/cwt75.00–80.001,1343
Bulls——1,51067.92/cwt64.00–72.001,0262
Bulls——1,55583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,2911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02040.00/cwt40.00–40.004081
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03047.42/cwt45.00–50.004882
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13355.00/cwt53.00–59.006236
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28058.27/cwt54.00–62.0074611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28549.02/cwt48.00–50.006302
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31041.00/cwt41.00–41.005371
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68557.90/cwt55.00–62.009764

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.