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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 22

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190

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Feeder Cattle receipts

355 head

▲ 117 vs last sale 238▲ 288 vs year ago 67 · +429.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

85 head

▲ 47 vs last sale 38▼ 70 vs year ago 155 · −45.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 5▼ 76 vs year ago 78 · −97.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers under 600 lbs 2.00-3.00 higher,over 600 lbs 1.00-2.00 lower,Feeder heifers 1.00-3.00 higher, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

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 $125.05/cwt on 94 head.

Average price

$125.05

94 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$20.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.57

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	563	125.94	709	90
Medium and Large 2-3	614	105.00	644	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.94/cwt here — about $65 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 sale94 hd

125.05

—

KY average27 barns · 6,811 hd

129.62

−4.57

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	—	Low	1,613	84.12	1,357	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,554	58.98	917	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,320	57.63	761	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,051	56.96	598	20
Steers	Choice	Average	1,085	100.00	1,085	1thin

Every lot

72 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	190	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	390	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	205	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	410	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	290	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	464	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	168.85/cwt	161.00–172.00	557	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	335	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	670	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	381	178.26/cwt	174.00–180.00	679	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	166.47/cwt	165.00–169.00	726	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	760	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	145.29/cwt	141.00–150.00	760	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	526	158.78/cwt	158.00–160.00	835	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	151.33/cwt	145.00–154.00	882	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	615	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	910	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	855	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	132.77/cwt	131.00–136.00	896	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	925	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	966	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	944	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	856	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,019	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	875	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	928	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	935	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	935	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	240	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	390	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	413	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	396	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	328	154.35/cwt	154.00–155.00	506	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	136.00/cwt	126.00–146.00	449	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	139.86/cwt	133.00–147.00	543	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	135.68/cwt	134.00–137.00	563	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	452	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	669	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	130.86/cwt	127.00–136.00	620	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	127.86/cwt	120.00–134.00	651	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	540	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	621	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	123.61/cwt	120.00–130.00	708	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	610	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	641	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	118.98/cwt	117.00–120.00	750	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	115.89/cwt	115.00–120.00	768	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	730	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	657	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	781	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	859	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	841	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	986	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	730	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	532	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	558	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	163.10/cwt	155.00–168.00	688	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	160.93/cwt	155.00–165.00	761	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	515	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	690	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	520	159.34/cwt	156.00–160.00	829	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	149.35/cwt	142.00–154.00	795	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	557	113.82/cwt	108.00–129.00	634	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	144.46/cwt	131.00–153.00	829	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	136.02/cwt	129.00–139.00	837	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	630	145.98/cwt	145.00–148.00	920	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	124.46/cwt	121.00–128.00	825	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	120.31/cwt	119.00–121.00	872	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	902	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	101.96/cwt	100.00–104.00	831	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	876	94.38/cwt	90.00–105.00	827	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	925	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	657	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,085	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,085	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,511	83.99/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,269	4
Bulls	—	—	1,608	76.09/cwt	67.00–82.00	1,224	3
Bulls	—	—	1,718	90.26/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,551	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	47.95/cwt	46.00–51.00	499	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,041	56.73/cwt	55.00–58.00	591	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,069	61.16/cwt	59.00–63.00	654	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,289	55.80/cwt	52.00–58.00	719	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,349	60.35/cwt	59.00–65.00	814	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,425	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	670	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,473	61.69/cwt	59.00–68.00	909	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,635	56.28/cwt	55.00–58.00	920	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,108	70.01/cwt	67.00–73.00	776	2

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 Mar 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 355Last week 238Year ago 67

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 38Year ago 155

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 5Year ago 78

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	134.00–137.00	135.68
5	—	781	110.00	110.00
3	—	986	74.00	74.00
1	—	285	139.00	139.00
3	—	630	117.00–120.00	118.98
19	—	509	120.00–134.00	127.86
11	—	663	115.00–120.00	115.89
9	—	474	127.00–136.00	130.86
7	—	573	120.00–130.00	123.61
3	—	330	126.00–146.00	136.00
2	—	895	94.00	94.00
2	—	388	133.00–147.00	139.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	615	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	90.00	90.00
1	—	610	105.00	105.00
1	—	540	115.00	115.00
1	—	575	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	452	148.00	148.00
3	—	328	154.00–155.00	154.35
1	—	240	162.50	162.50
1	—	250	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	876	90.00–105.00	94.38
5	—	764	118.00	118.00
4	—	473	155.00–165.00	160.93
6	—	615	129.00–139.00	136.02
6	—	532	142.00–154.00	149.35
1	—	385	145.00	145.00
3	—	725	119.00–121.00	120.31
3	—	422	155.00–168.00	163.10
2	—	663	121.00–128.00	124.46
2	—	815	100.00–104.00	101.96
12	—	574	131.00–153.00	144.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	145.00–148.00	145.98
6	—	520	156.00–160.00	159.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	380	140.00	140.00
2	—	515	134.00	134.00
4	—	557	108.00–129.00	113.82
1	—	925	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	160.00	160.00
11	—	675	131.00–136.00	132.77
7	—	381	174.00–180.00	178.26
5	—	330	161.00–172.00	168.85
1	—	615	139.00	139.00
3	—	523	141.00–150.00	145.29
2	—	800	118.00	118.00
2	—	785	123.00	123.00
15	—	583	145.00–154.00	151.33
3	—	728	127.00	127.00
4	—	436	165.00–169.00	166.47
3	—	856	119.00	119.00
1	—	290	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	615	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	526	158.00–160.00	158.78
1	—	335	200.00	200.00
1	—	205	200.00	200.00
1	—	190	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	120.00	120.00
1	—	875	106.00	106.00
1	—	935	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	47.00	47.00
16	—	1,349	59.00–65.00	60.35
18	—	1,289	52.00–58.00	55.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,635	55.00–58.00	56.28
3	—	1,473	59.00–68.00	61.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,040	46.00–51.00	47.95
7	—	1,069	59.00–63.00	61.16
10	—	1,041	55.00–58.00	56.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,608	67.00–82.00	76.09
4	—	1,511	83.00–86.00	83.99
4	—	1,718	90.00–91.00	90.26

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,108	67.00–73.00	70.01

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.