Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-05-10

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, May 10
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
157 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 215▼ 518 vs year ago 675 · −76.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 49▲ 4 vs year ago 48 · +8.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 5▼ 9 vs year ago 20 · −45.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady on a plain quality offering, Moderate 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 $133.62/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$133.62
62 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$16.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.96
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2501135.7568154
Medium and Large 2-3518119.256188thin
One grade step is worth $16.50/cwt here — about $63 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 sale62 hd
133.62
—
KY average26 barns · 3,509 hd
128.66
+4.96
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—Average1,647101.491,6714thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,73467.521,1716thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30966.6187217
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06060.7664421

Every lot

51 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 1-2425151.46/cwt142.50–160.006442
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490151.93/cwt143.00–157.007445
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3505110.00/cwt110.00–110.005561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2542148.00/cwt148.00–148.008022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605134.00/cwt134.00–134.008111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008161
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3725107.43/cwt105.00–110.007792
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735120.00/cwt120.00–120.008821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775115.00/cwt115.00–115.008911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy255167.50/cwt167.50–167.504272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327153.00/cwt153.00–153.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373143.00/cwt143.00–143.005333
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3420124.00/cwt124.00–124.005211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427140.26/cwt140.00–141.005994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480138.45/cwt133.00–145.0066517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3490121.00/cwt121.00–121.005931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515133.30/cwt124.00–140.0068611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3520116.24/cwt111.00–120.006044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572133.46/cwt131.00–135.007639
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3577122.00/cwt122.00–122.007042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677114.53/cwt110.00–116.007754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700110.00/cwt110.00–110.007702
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280170.00/cwt170.00–170.004761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335155.00/cwt155.00–155.005191
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3360142.00/cwt142.00–142.005111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2373160.06/cwt147.00–166.005973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425148.38/cwt140.00–156.006312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3435135.00/cwt135.00–135.005871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520137.54/cwt130.00–145.007154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580128.29/cwt126.00–129.007444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2631121.58/cwt120.00–130.007676
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675119.00/cwt119.00–119.008031
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-370593.00/cwt93.00–93.006561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2730117.00/cwt117.00–117.008541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2775106.00/cwt106.00–106.008221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-379595.00/cwt95.00–95.007553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-293589.00/cwt89.00–89.008321
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 354781.00/cwt81.00–81.004432
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,537103.32/cwt102.00–104.001,5883
Bulls——1,97596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,8961
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02551.30/cwt50.00–53.005262
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05660.53/cwt55.00–63.0063914
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08465.17/cwt64.00–67.007065
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28968.29/cwt64.00–76.0088015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29556.00/cwt56.00–56.007251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,62552.00/cwt52.00–52.008451
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,71368.62/cwt65.00–71.001,1755
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,84062.00/cwt62.00–62.001,1411
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0012,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0015,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2831,266.23/cwt1,250.00–1,300.0016,2463

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.