Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-01-18

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 18
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
482 head
▲ 218 vs last sale 264▲ 264 vs year ago 218 · +121.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 57▲ 13 vs year ago 29 · +44.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▼ 6 vs year ago 7 · −85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers fully 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.65/cwt on 305 head.
Average price
$122.65
305 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$19.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.62
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2602123.55743291
Medium and Large 2-3482104.0750214thin
One grade step is worth $19.48/cwt here — about $242 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 sale305 hd
122.65
—
KY average28 barns · 6,656 hd
119.03
+3.62
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—High1,67290.691,5163thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61453.218595thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,33849.5766316
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05048.6951113

Every lot

56 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335150.00/cwt150.00–150.005031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370140.00/cwt140.00–140.005182
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3385111.00/cwt111.00–111.004271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2419146.51/cwt140.00–156.006147
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479136.85/cwt131.00–147.006565
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3510129.00/cwt129.00–129.006581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526146.72/cwt136.00–150.007728
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575135.64/cwt134.00–138.007805
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3575122.00/cwt122.00–122.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625129.84/cwt120.00–137.008127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2696110.00/cwt110.00–110.007663
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3795100.00/cwt100.00–100.007951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2875108.00/cwt108.00–108.009451
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2230132.50/cwt132.50–132.503051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318133.01/cwt120.00–136.0042311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2369133.84/cwt125.00–135.0049414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3382112.24/cwt111.00–115.004293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423123.56/cwt120.00–130.005235
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3430110.34/cwt110.00–111.004743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470122.25/cwt114.00–127.5057535
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3475100.84/cwt91.00–111.004793
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-351298.91/cwt90.00–111.005063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518120.15/cwt115.00–128.0062215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558118.45/cwt114.00–119.0066128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628115.21/cwt110.00–118.007245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672110.00/cwt106.00–111.007395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added683124.80/cwt124.80–124.80852167
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-371590.00/cwt90.00–90.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2741100.00/cwt100.00–100.007415
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3320114.00/cwt114.00–114.003651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370139.47/cwt132.00–149.0051611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3380125.00/cwt125.00–125.004751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3419115.46/cwt100.00–122.004844
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420149.00/cwt149.00–149.006261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2480137.41/cwt131.00–142.0066011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530132.39/cwt129.00–134.007025
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3545121.00/cwt121.00–121.006591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2555145.23/cwt129.00–149.008067
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3580118.64/cwt116.00–120.006883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2633116.98/cwt110.00–118.5074021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670110.50/cwt110.50–110.507406
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3685106.00/cwt106.00–106.007261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705104.00/cwt95.00–110.007333
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-278799.31/cwt90.00–104.007823
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3691
Bulls——1,70393.54/cwt92.00–95.001,5932
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02842.73/cwt38.00–47.004394
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03055.55/cwt55.00–56.005722
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06950.14/cwt48.00–52.005367
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32940.90/cwt35.00–45.005444
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34152.46/cwt49.00–54.0070312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57356.53/cwt55.00–58.008892
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59552.50/cwt52.00–53.008372
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,73548.00/cwt48.00–48.008331
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,25069.00/cwt69.00–69.008631

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.