Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-03-01

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 1
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 65▼ 77 vs year ago 158 · −48.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 51▼ 7 vs year ago 46 · −15.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.52/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$118.52
30 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$7.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.67
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523119.5262526
Large 1519112.015814thin
One grade step is worth $7.51/cwt here — about $43 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 sale30 hd
118.52
—
KY average30 barns · 7,229 hd
128.19
−9.67
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—Average1,96089.001,7441thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34364.178627thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27762.017924thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,60060.009601thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480139.00/cwt139.00–139.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2548149.29/cwt145.00–150.008187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565147.30/cwt146.00–150.008323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605146.00/cwt146.00–146.008831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2805119.00/cwt119.00–119.009582
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265140.00/cwt140.00–140.003711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2350122.00/cwt122.00–122.004272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445126.00/cwt126.00–126.005611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478120.61/cwt117.00–125.005776
Heifers—Large 1519112.01/cwt110.00–114.005814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525121.82/cwt115.00–126.006405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568119.50/cwt119.00–120.006794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2611113.47/cwt110.00–117.006934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2656111.00/cwt111.00–111.007283
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2410126.00/cwt126.00–126.005172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2533137.40/cwt126.00–143.0073213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2590148.00/cwt148.00–148.008731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2661127.86/cwt118.00–133.008458
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2795105.00/cwt105.00–105.008353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-286595.00/cwt95.00–95.008221
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,96089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,7441
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25063.00/cwt63.00–63.007881
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25365.52/cwt65.00–66.008212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30058.50/cwt57.00–60.007612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35864.37/cwt63.00–67.008746
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,60060.00/cwt60.00–60.009601

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.