Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2020-12-14

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 14
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
493 head
▲ 111 vs last sale 382▲ 225 vs year ago 268 · +84.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 41▼ 32 vs year ago 60 · −53.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady, Yearlings steady, Moderate demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, 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 $130.63/cwt on 258 head.
Average price
$130.63
258 head · 894 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,168
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$546
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.43
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2902131.001,182252
Medium and Large 2-3552115.316366thin
One grade step is worth $15.69/cwt here — about $546 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 sale258 hd
130.63
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KY average30 barns · 11,700 hd
135.07
−4.43
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—Low1,63479.411,2978thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32149.546547thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66048.007971thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02445.004615thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3315125.00/cwt125.00–125.003941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345143.00/cwt143.00–143.004931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2367137.88/cwt132.00–149.005063
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485143.00/cwt143.00–143.006941
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535147.50/cwt145.00–150.007892
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3555112.43/cwt105.00–120.006242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568133.48/cwt133.00–134.007582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612120.00/cwt120.00–120.007342
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3685111.00/cwt111.00–111.007602
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715115.00/cwt115.00–115.008221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added922130.81/cwt129.70–133.001,206240
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235132.50/cwt132.50–132.503111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3245112.50/cwt112.50–112.502761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285130.00/cwt130.00–130.003712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3300102.50/cwt102.50–102.503081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325117.61/cwt115.00–120.003823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375121.83/cwt120.00–125.004578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422121.72/cwt115.00–125.0051413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3427109.00/cwt109.00–109.004652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-347497.35/cwt94.00–110.004617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477121.49/cwt116.00–126.005809
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520117.63/cwt110.00–122.0061231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-352587.00/cwt87.00–87.004571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570117.63/cwt111.00–120.0067011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-358594.31/cwt91.00–101.005523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-363794.00/cwt94.00–94.005998
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-369785.00/cwt85.00–85.005922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-271096.17/cwt90.00–98.006836
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-371285.00/cwt85.00–85.006052
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3205120.00/cwt120.00–120.002461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2245162.50/cwt162.50–162.503981
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3275135.00/cwt135.00–135.003711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2327140.00/cwt140.00–140.004582
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2380109.00/cwt109.00–109.004141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3420128.00/cwt128.00–128.005381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2427140.49/cwt140.00–141.006004
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2448105.00/cwt105.00–105.004703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2459143.56/cwt130.00–149.006595
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3476123.85/cwt117.00–127.005904
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-248590.00/cwt90.00–90.004371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2529134.10/cwt125.00–141.0070910
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-353097.00/cwt97.00–97.005141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3570106.67/cwt103.00–114.006083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2619117.08/cwt111.00–120.0072511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2678113.21/cwt107.00–123.007684
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720104.00/cwt104.00–104.007492
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-372590.00/cwt90.00–90.006531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2790104.00/cwt104.00–104.008221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-31,03575.00/cwt75.00–75.007761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47267.52/cwt61.00–75.009943
Bulls——1,62082.69/cwt79.00–85.001,3403
Bulls——1,89892.31/cwt90.00–95.001,7522
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88053.00/cwt53.00–53.004661
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05536.44/cwt34.00–39.003842
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06549.57/cwt49.00–50.005282
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21042.00/cwt42.00–42.005081
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31349.96/cwt46.00–52.006565
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47055.00/cwt55.00–55.008091
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66048.00/cwt48.00–48.007971

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.