Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-04-26

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 26
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
212 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 255▲ 130 vs year ago 82 · +158.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 44▲ 20 vs year ago 33 · +60.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1▼ 13 vs year ago 14 · −92.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.64/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$155.64
95 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$780
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$30.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.60
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2496157.2277990
Medium and Large 2-3597127.207595thin
One grade step is worth $30.02/cwt here — about $20 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 sale95 hd
155.64
—
KY average26 barns · 4,753 hd
146.04
+9.60
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—High1,53790.991,3996thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,74162.831,09411
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,36760.0982114
CowsLean 85-90%High98754.675393thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy115212.50/cwt212.50–212.502441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy175217.50/cwt217.50–217.503811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2223178.88/cwt177.50–180.003992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy247202.00/cwt202.00–202.004998
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327170.32/cwt160.00–173.005576
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380164.14/cwt160.00–175.0062413
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3395152.00/cwt152.00–152.006001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2416162.20/cwt156.00–165.006754
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3445141.00/cwt141.00–141.006271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478159.00/cwt152.00–165.0076013
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3495136.00/cwt136.00–136.006731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533152.84/cwt151.00–154.008155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy537164.00/cwt164.00–164.008816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2556155.22/cwt150.00–157.008634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615141.98/cwt141.00–143.008732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662135.72/cwt135.50–136.0089814
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3700108.00/cwt108.00–108.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713123.00/cwt123.00–123.008773
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2771119.60/cwt119.00–120.009225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820121.00/cwt121.00–121.009922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865112.00/cwt112.00–112.009691
Steers—Medium and Large 2-395099.00/cwt99.00–99.009411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy215185.00/cwt185.00–185.003981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2288162.30/cwt155.00–170.004672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370145.99/cwt145.00–147.005408
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3374121.00/cwt120.00–124.004534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418142.51/cwt131.00–146.005965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420150.49/cwt150.00–151.006324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475142.41/cwt131.00–147.006766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530133.39/cwt127.00–141.007076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564129.11/cwt122.00–132.0072812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630119.00/cwt119.00–119.007501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681113.74/cwt113.00–115.007754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723104.97/cwt102.00–110.007593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2875107.00/cwt107.00–107.009361
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360160.00/cwt160.00–160.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2441165.00/cwt165.00–165.007285
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3465135.00/cwt135.00–135.006284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468149.82/cwt143.00–155.0070113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2540155.00/cwt155.00–155.008371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570143.28/cwt135.00–152.008172
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3575107.00/cwt107.00–107.006151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605137.00/cwt137.00–137.008291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2718119.48/cwt116.00–121.008584
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-290593.00/cwt93.00–93.008421
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-392573.00/cwt73.00–73.006751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38388.66/cwt87.00–91.001,2263
Bulls——1,51596.97/cwt96.00–98.001,4692
Bulls——2,04586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,7591
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90544.00/cwt44.00–44.003981
Cows—Lean 85-90%91059.00/cwt59.00–59.005371
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14561.00/cwt61.00–61.006981
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25051.00/cwt51.00–51.006381
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36862.13/cwt60.00–66.008509
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39357.77/cwt55.00–59.008054
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63056.44/cwt55.00–58.009202
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,76664.25/cwt62.00–68.001,1359
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-299575.00/cwt75.00–75.007461

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.