Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-05-03

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, May 3
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
215 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 212▼ 115 vs year ago 330 · −34.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 53▼ 9 vs year ago 58 · −15.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 1▼ 32 vs year ago 37 · −86.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers 3.00-5.00 lower, Feeder heifers 2.00-4.00 lower, Moderate demand for a mostly plain quality offering. 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 $125.47/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$125.47
77 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$700
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$21.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.76
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552128.2170867
Medium and Large 2-3593107.1263510thin
One grade step is worth $21.09/cwt here — about $73 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 sale77 hd
125.47
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KY average26 barns · 4,821 hd
129.23
−3.76
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—High1,75596.451,6936thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High2,01567.001,3501thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32661.1581117
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06858.8662919

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy190202.50/cwt202.50–202.503851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2278169.42/cwt157.50–180.004713
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372164.75/cwt164.00–165.006134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2446160.00/cwt160.00–160.007143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473155.19/cwt149.00–162.007344
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480140.00/cwt140.00–140.006722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545151.84/cwt141.00–155.0082813
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3570120.00/cwt120.00–120.006841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611132.01/cwt131.00–135.008074
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618145.00/cwt145.00–145.008964
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675126.01/cwt125.00–127.008512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755112.51/cwt111.00–114.008492
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2805116.00/cwt116.00–116.009341
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320158.00/cwt158.00–158.005061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367142.00/cwt136.00–147.005218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3405112.00/cwt112.00–112.004541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435130.00/cwt130.00–130.005661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472131.63/cwt127.00–138.0062111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3513121.00/cwt121.00–121.006212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522136.71/cwt125.00–140.0071423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575125.45/cwt122.00–132.007214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3585119.00/cwt119.00–119.006961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2601123.50/cwt116.00–133.007424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3628105.01/cwt102.00–108.006592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660121.98/cwt120.00–124.008053
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-366096.09/cwt90.00–102.006342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2707101.65/cwt100.00–104.007193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-277397.35/cwt95.00–105.007535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2862105.07/cwt91.00–110.009064
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-386586.00/cwt86.00–86.007441
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2371157.46/cwt146.00–161.005844
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3380135.00/cwt135.00–135.005131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy401183.00/cwt183.00–183.007344
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2431167.81/cwt151.00–172.007235
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3433136.65/cwt135.00–140.005923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2461148.96/cwt140.00–160.006877
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3492132.75/cwt132.00–135.006534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520141.15/cwt130.00–150.0073413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3533125.95/cwt124.00–128.006712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570130.50/cwt128.00–132.007446
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2621122.61/cwt118.00–125.007615
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2668117.15/cwt114.00–124.007837
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3690105.00/cwt105.00–105.007251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2723101.00/cwt101.00–101.007302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-279098.00/cwt98.00–98.007741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2815105.00/cwt105.00–105.008561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2910102.00/cwt102.00–102.009281
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,75596.45/cwt95.00–102.001,6936
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97547.19/cwt44.00–52.004603
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07863.90/cwt61.00–67.006897
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09258.83/cwt55.00–60.006429
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29551.39/cwt50.00–53.006663
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33164.85/cwt62.00–70.0086311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34057.33/cwt54.00–60.007683
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,01567.00/cwt67.00–67.001,3501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-288592.25/cwt83.00–107.008164
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02070.00/cwt70.00–70.007141

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.