Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-06-07

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 7
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
214 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 174▼ 262 vs year ago 476 · −55.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 36▲ 17 vs year ago 22 · +77.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 7 · −71.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to Memorial Day Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $143.15/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −76.32 against this barn's trailing median of $219.47.
Average price
$143.15
90 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$776
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$32.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.68
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542148.2180376
Medium and Large 2-3541115.6862614thin
One grade step is worth $32.53/cwt here — about $177 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 sale90 hd
143.15
—
KY average26 barns · 2,186 hd
133.47
+9.68
This barn, trailing median2 sales
219.47
−76.32
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—Low1,69996.161,63410
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55872.401,1288thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30465.0484811
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07263.716834thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330152.50/cwt152.50–152.505031
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3350145.00/cwt145.00–145.005081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393170.00/cwt170.00–170.006682
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3405134.00/cwt134.00–134.005431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420171.00/cwt171.00–171.007182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470167.00/cwt167.00–167.007851
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3473131.27/cwt128.00–136.006213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy505159.00/cwt159.00–159.008031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582150.62/cwt144.00–154.5087710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618144.39/cwt140.00–148.0089211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730129.00/cwt129.00–129.009421
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280141.00/cwt141.00–141.003951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310129.32/cwt124.00–135.004012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367143.28/cwt140.00–144.005266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430143.89/cwt129.00–149.0061911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy443150.40/cwt150.00–151.006665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481141.11/cwt125.00–147.006797
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528138.79/cwt132.00–144.0073313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565129.89/cwt129.00–133.007349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632123.51/cwt117.00–132.007816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2691112.51/cwt110.00–120.007774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720103.00/cwt103.00–103.007421
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3250120.00/cwt120.00–120.003001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330159.06/cwt148.00–165.005257
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3423116.54/cwt110.00–123.004932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425161.86/cwt155.00–170.006883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy458166.00/cwt166.00–166.007605
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471162.65/cwt149.00–170.007666
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3483135.64/cwt130.00–142.006553
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2514145.71/cwt130.00–151.0074912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy521158.27/cwt156.00–161.0082516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2562146.10/cwt133.00–152.008218
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3593122.67/cwt120.00–124.007273
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3615101.00/cwt101.00–101.006211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2621141.16/cwt133.00–145.008776
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663132.53/cwt123.00–138.008795
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-369081.00/cwt81.00–81.005591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2718125.34/cwt124.00–126.009003
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-372092.28/cwt82.00–102.006642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2813104.00/cwt103.00–105.008462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2864107.48/cwt105.00–110.009292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2935101.00/cwt101.00–101.009441
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 371080.00/cwt80.00–80.005681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,13881.55/cwt78.00–85.009282
Bulls——1,754105.50/cwt101.00–110.001,8504
Bulls——1,92594.12/cwt92.00–96.001,8124
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05063.00/cwt63.00–63.006621
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06367.41/cwt65.00–70.007172
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11057.00/cwt57.00–57.006331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24061.56/cwt59.00–64.007632
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25555.00/cwt55.00–55.006902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33668.91/cwt65.00–75.009217
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55872.40/cwt66.00–76.001,1288
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-293885.55/cwt85.00–86.008022

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.