Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-02-01

Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 1

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190

← Jan 25Feb 1Feb 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 145 vs last sale 163▼ 302 vs year ago 320 · −94.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 41▼ 52 vs year ago 69 · −75.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No comparison due to lite test. However slaughter cows and bulls considerably higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.22/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$100.22

13 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$14.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.10

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	638	107.00	682	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	597	92.32	551	6thin

One grade step is worth $14.68/cwt here — about $131 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 sale13 hd

100.22

—

KY average25 barns · 4,161 hd

124.32

−24.10

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,831	94.55	1,731	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,552	62.30	967	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,268	61.91	785	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	989	59.94	593	4thin

Every lot

20 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	725	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	145.49/cwt	145.00–146.00	749	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	345	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	328	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	513	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	594	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	661	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	594	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	640	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	589	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	685	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	562	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	718	87.46/cwt	85.00–90.00	628	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	882	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	811	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,798	91.51/cwt	91.00–92.00	1,645	2
Bulls	—	—	1,863	97.58/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,818	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	880	53.40/cwt	51.00–56.00	470	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,098	66.49/cwt	65.00–68.00	730	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,267	64.29/cwt	58.00–68.00	815	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	638	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,552	62.30/cwt	59.00–66.00	967	3

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) - Stanford, KY

Mon Feb 1, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 18Last week 163Year ago 320

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 41Year ago 69

Compared to last Monday: No comparison due to lite test. However slaughter cows and bulls considerably higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,552	59.00–66.00	62.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	51.00–56.00	53.40
2	—	1,098	65.00–68.00	66.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	50.00	50.00
5	—	1,267	58.00–68.00	64.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,798	91.00–92.00	91.51
2	—	1,863	95.00–100.00	97.58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	882	92.00	92.00
1	—	625	95.00	95.00
2	—	560	118.00	118.00
1	—	410	125.00	125.00
1	—	545	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	85.00–90.00	87.46
1	—	345	95.00	95.00
1	—	640	92.00	92.00
1	—	685	82.00	82.00
1	—	475	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	151.00	151.00
2	—	515	145.00–146.00	145.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	110.00	110.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.