Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-04-12

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 12
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
463 head
▲ 156 vs last sale 307▲ 112 vs year ago 351 · +31.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 45▲ 22 vs year ago 33 · +66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 7▼ 36 vs year ago 58 · −62.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 higher, 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 $136.37/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$136.37
86 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$684
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$12
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$28.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.29
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2498137.0268284
Medium and Large 2-3638109.006952thin
One grade step is worth $28.02/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale86 hd
136.37
—
KY average26 barns · 7,471 hd
138.66
−2.29
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—High1,59193.571,48812
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,62868.231,1115thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30266.2786321
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05462.6166015

Every lot

75 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy255200.00/cwt200.00–200.005101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333169.62/cwt160.00–178.005654
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378164.38/cwt160.00–175.006214
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3390135.43/cwt130.00–141.005282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433162.76/cwt156.00–171.007056
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470169.68/cwt160.00–178.0079716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy528170.00/cwt169.00–171.008983
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545156.00/cwt156.00–156.008501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy550160.00/cwt160.00–160.008805
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587153.38/cwt151.00–156.0090017
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636143.90/cwt141.00–145.009157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670136.50/cwt136.00–137.009152
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825120.00/cwt120.00–120.009901
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2223162.75/cwt160.00–165.003632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322148.86/cwt145.00–156.004796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325158.60/cwt158.00–159.005155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367148.22/cwt141.00–155.005443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy416153.21/cwt150.00–154.006375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424140.35/cwt130.00–145.005958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479138.95/cwt126.00–144.0066618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516138.51/cwt132.00–141.0071510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577129.75/cwt121.00–133.007498
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3580117.00/cwt117.00–117.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604137.00/cwt137.00–137.008277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628117.29/cwt110.00–125.007372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675113.97/cwt110.00–118.007692
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3695101.00/cwt101.00–101.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735100.64/cwt100.00–102.007406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785112.00/cwt112.00–112.008791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2830103.00/cwt103.00–103.008551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy409174.87/cwt173.00–179.007155
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2429163.16/cwt157.00–166.007007
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3445140.00/cwt140.00–140.006231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474158.10/cwt150.00–168.007498
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3480140.70/cwt134.00–147.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3513125.95/cwt116.00–136.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2526149.46/cwt143.00–154.007867
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy528164.70/cwt156.00–169.0087010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3574126.77/cwt117.00–130.007284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575146.77/cwt145.00–149.008444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy580159.00/cwt159.00–159.009221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy600142.00/cwt142.00–142.008521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2600136.00/cwt136.00–136.008161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663126.03/cwt123.00–129.008362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2701125.67/cwt125.00–126.008813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2795115.01/cwt111.00–116.009145
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2845101.00/cwt101.00–101.008531
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers12 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3272123.92/cwt115.00–128.0033712
Dairy Steers—Large 3337126.76/cwt126.00–135.0042712
Dairy Steers—Large 3391120.00/cwt120.00–120.004698
Dairy Steers—Large 3446129.50/cwt129.50–129.505787
Dairy Steers—Large 3450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005631
Dairy Steers—Large 3528123.50/cwt123.50–123.506525
Dairy Steers—Large 3575113.95/cwt111.00–114.5065513
Dairy Steers—Large 3631112.75/cwt95.00–115.5071112
Dairy Steers—Large 3677105.35/cwt97.00–110.007138
Dairy Steers—Large 3714101.46/cwt101.00–101.5072425
Dairy Steers—Large 3770100.50/cwt100.50–100.5077413
Dairy Steers—Large 398091.00/cwt91.00–91.008924
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37785.28/cwt85.00–86.001,1743
Bulls——1,50790.52/cwt88.00–94.001,3643
Bulls——1,73999.25/cwt95.00–104.001,7266
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97361.00/cwt61.00–61.005942
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00050.00/cwt40.00–57.005003
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08766.72/cwt63.00–70.0072510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23557.00/cwt57.00–57.007041
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29667.48/cwt63.00–71.0087518
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38559.99/cwt59.00–61.008312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50059.00/cwt59.00–59.008851
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66070.54/cwt65.00–74.001,1714
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,183872.39/cwt785.00–1,000.0010,3203
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2251,209.18/cwt1,100.00–1,250.0014,8126
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2921,206.13/cwt925.00–1,275.0015,58312
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,07073.00/cwt73.00–73.007811

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.