Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-01-04

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 4
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
149 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 106▼ 475 vs year ago 624 · −76.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 35▼ 81 vs year ago 137 · −59.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to Christmas Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.60/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$106.60
63 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$632
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.95
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2582110.2864248
Medium and Large 2-362694.8059315thin
One grade step is worth $15.48/cwt here — about $49 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 sale63 hd
106.60
—
KY average8 barns · 1,394 hd
122.55
−15.95
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—Average1,33581.791,0924thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,62356.009099thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31952.8769726
CowsLean 85-90%High1,10548.305338thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3400132.00/cwt132.00–132.005281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2413146.85/cwt139.00–156.006068
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473140.32/cwt129.00–144.006644
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3485126.00/cwt126.00–126.006111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523133.64/cwt130.00–138.006995
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608133.97/cwt130.00–136.0081510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008171
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3725102.00/cwt102.00–102.007401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775121.79/cwt121.00–125.009445
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830113.00/cwt113.00–113.009381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy245142.50/cwt142.50–142.503491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320121.00/cwt121.00–121.003871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2353136.49/cwt135.00–138.004822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2412126.58/cwt125.00–129.005225
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3482115.66/cwt115.00–116.005573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483119.59/cwt119.00–121.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519119.39/cwt119.00–121.006205
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-353590.00/cwt90.00–90.004821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576114.76/cwt112.00–116.006617
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3592106.66/cwt106.00–107.006313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621102.50/cwt95.00–107.0063712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-362288.00/cwt88.00–88.005472
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-368282.00/cwt82.00–82.005592
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-371583.00/cwt83.00–83.005931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-272086.98/cwt86.00–89.006263
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-376880.68/cwt76.00–86.006203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-280891.00/cwt91.00–91.007355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-296790.00/cwt90.00–90.008702
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365142.00/cwt142.00–142.005181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3380125.00/cwt125.00–125.004751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3415110.00/cwt110.00–110.004571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440135.00/cwt135.00–135.005941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2495136.00/cwt136.00–136.006731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521129.03/cwt126.00–130.006724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2606130.00/cwt130.00–130.007883
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3632115.00/cwt115.00–115.007272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-367386.69/cwt79.00–96.005833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2690116.00/cwt116.00–116.008002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283193.54/cwt90.00–100.007775
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 362057.00/cwt57.00–57.003531
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,01571.00/cwt71.00–71.007211
Bulls——1,44285.38/cwt81.00–87.001,2313
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08738.82/cwt32.00–43.004223
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10358.02/cwt57.00–59.006402
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12351.29/cwt50.00–52.005763
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27751.63/cwt48.00–54.006598
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31645.68/cwt43.00–47.006015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34656.40/cwt55.00–58.0075913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61556.50/cwt56.00–59.009128
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69052.00/cwt52.00–52.008791

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.