Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-03-29

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 29
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
109 head
▼ 246 vs last sale 355▼ 61 vs year ago 170 · −35.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 85▼ 49 vs year ago 104 · −47.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers fully steady on a lite test, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher, no test on slaughter bulls, Good 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 $131.08/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$131.08
30 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.49
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2503132.0566428
Medium and Large 2-3518117.506082thin
One grade step is worth $14.55/cwt here — about $56 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
131.08
—
KY average27 barns · 6,553 hd
131.57
−0.49
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—Low1,70080.001,3601thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,61066.111,06418
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35962.2584618
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06956.3160212
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,111103.001,1443thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy242202.50/cwt202.50–202.504902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335155.00/cwt155.00–155.005191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy341195.00/cwt195.00–195.006653
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy500158.00/cwt158.00–158.007901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538148.84/cwt144.00–150.008016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573138.00/cwt138.00–138.007915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608140.51/cwt138.00–143.008542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686128.26/cwt120.00–132.008804
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2790116.00/cwt116.00–116.009161
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy230185.00/cwt185.00–185.004261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375147.00/cwt147.00–147.005511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385153.00/cwt153.00–153.005892
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3445122.00/cwt122.00–122.005431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2456133.97/cwt125.00–142.006114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513134.00/cwt134.00–134.006878
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521126.46/cwt121.00–131.006596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574121.98/cwt121.00–124.007004
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3590113.00/cwt113.00–113.006671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678102.45/cwt100.00–105.006952
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360157.50/cwt157.50–157.505671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy410185.00/cwt185.00–185.007591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423153.41/cwt146.00–170.006495
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465152.68/cwt145.00–169.007105
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3515130.00/cwt130.00–130.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522135.97/cwt134.00–139.007103
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570144.58/cwt138.00–149.008244
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2643130.02/cwt125.00–135.008362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2733123.90/cwt119.00–129.009086
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2755117.00/cwt117.00–117.008831
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,111103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,1443
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,70080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04056.54/cwt54.00–59.005886
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05747.58/cwt40.00–52.005033
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13764.59/cwt62.00–69.007343
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24349.50/cwt48.00–51.006152
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32058.00/cwt58.00–58.007661
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37764.23/cwt60.00–67.0088415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61066.11/cwt64.00–68.001,06418

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.