Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-04-05

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 5
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
307 head
▲ 198 vs last sale 109▼ 2 vs year ago 309 · −0.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 55▲ 3 vs year ago 42 · +7.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 7 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers 6.00-8.00 higher, Very good demand for all feeder classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher, No comparison on 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 $129.64/cwt on 113 head.
Average price
$129.64
113 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$691
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$27.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.25
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525132.75697100
Medium and Large 2-3594105.7162813thin
One grade step is worth $27.05/cwt here — about $70 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 sale113 hd
129.64
—
KY average25 barns · 5,176 hd
134.89
−5.25
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—Average1,54992.971,44010
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,71569.011,1842thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,33068.4591011
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02754.7556211

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318178.53/cwt175.00–182.005682
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365173.00/cwt173.00–173.006311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy428175.37/cwt171.00–180.007512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432165.74/cwt164.00–168.007165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added460174.00/cwt174.00–174.008003
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468160.77/cwt153.00–165.007523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy495125.00/cwt125.00–125.006191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added503175.00/cwt175.00–175.008803
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3520131.00/cwt131.00–131.006811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy538162.69/cwt156.00–166.008755
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy558162.59/cwt156.00–165.009076
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569149.50/cwt145.00–151.008514
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3595130.00/cwt130.00–130.007741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615149.52/cwt147.00–151.009206
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633139.60/cwt134.00–142.008844
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy640121.00/cwt121.00–121.007742
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685136.77/cwt134.00–139.009374
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2721136.00/cwt136.00–136.009814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755130.00/cwt130.00–130.009821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2913119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,0913
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy245176.00/cwt176.00–176.004312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2293155.01/cwt154.00–156.004542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy321162.15/cwt158.00–164.005214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3360125.00/cwt125.00–125.004501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy369160.20/cwt158.00–162.005915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3400100.00/cwt100.00–100.004001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy411149.00/cwt149.00–149.006123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432132.84/cwt125.00–140.005746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy465148.00/cwt148.00–148.006881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473135.75/cwt125.00–142.0064214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3497119.00/cwt119.00–119.005912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518130.63/cwt126.00–134.006776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy525137.52/cwt135.00–140.0072214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569129.12/cwt125.00–133.0073514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3590113.03/cwt109.00–117.006672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616120.09/cwt115.00–125.0074011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3635109.00/cwt109.00–109.006921
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-366596.28/cwt92.00–100.006404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy666100.00/cwt100.00–100.006663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672118.32/cwt110.00–125.0079511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2704108.01/cwt104.00–110.007604
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3740101.00/cwt101.00–101.007471
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375090.00/cwt90.00–90.006751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2328170.72/cwt161.00–180.005602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380170.21/cwt163.00–174.006474
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405175.00/cwt175.00–175.007091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2414162.96/cwt153.00–170.006758
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3435146.00/cwt146.00–146.006351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465154.80/cwt149.00–161.007204
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3473141.00/cwt141.00–141.006672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517148.99/cwt146.00–150.007704
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560143.31/cwt130.00–146.008036
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630139.54/cwt130.00–142.008796
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2684131.21/cwt121.00–141.008975
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006851
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3690106.99/cwt106.00–108.007382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2722123.98/cwt123.00–127.008955
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2773119.67/cwt119.00–120.009253
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-384099.00/cwt99.00–99.008321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2845107.00/cwt107.00–107.009041
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47596.13/cwt95.00–98.001,4186
Bulls——1,66188.22/cwt85.00–91.001,4654
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99348.01/cwt46.00–50.004774
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03357.20/cwt55.00–59.005916
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13067.00/cwt67.00–67.007571
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33068.45/cwt64.00–75.0091011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,71569.01/cwt67.00–71.001,1842
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29951,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0010,1991
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1171,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0013,9631
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2691,367.12/cwt960.00–1,550.0017,3494
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4501,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0021,7501

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.