Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-06-14

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 14
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
357 head
▲ 143 vs last sale 214▼ 71 vs year ago 428 · −16.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 39▲ 44 vs year ago 18 · +244.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher, 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 $132.41/cwt on 164 head.
Average price
$132.41
164 head · 831 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,100
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$336
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.97
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2835132.581,107161
Medium and Large 2-3623123.677703thin
One grade step is worth $8.91/cwt here — about $336 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 sale164 hd
132.41
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KY average26 barns · 5,556 hd
142.38
−9.97
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—Low1,69098.421,6644thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,67473.221,2267thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34071.9496420
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05067.8671220

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2273151.57/cwt150.00–152.004145
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2302170.00/cwt170.00–170.005132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395165.00/cwt165.00–165.006521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420169.00/cwt169.00–169.007101
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3445141.00/cwt141.00–141.006271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480156.92/cwt146.00–164.007536
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy503161.50/cwt161.00–162.008122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515140.69/cwt135.00–150.007254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2556157.56/cwt149.00–159.008767
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy610150.00/cwt150.00–150.009151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633145.32/cwt134.00–148.009205
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655138.01/cwt130.00–144.009044
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3712115.00/cwt115.00–115.008192
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added733138.60/cwt138.00–139.001,0165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795124.00/cwt124.00–124.009861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added942124.90/cwt124.90–124.901,17758
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added954127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,21259
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2220133.75/cwt132.50–135.002942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2278130.00/cwt130.00–130.003614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324128.59/cwt124.00–130.004174
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3328120.00/cwt120.00–120.003943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy342155.00/cwt155.00–155.005302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388137.48/cwt135.00–140.005332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413134.02/cwt126.00–143.005548
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy435149.00/cwt149.00–149.006481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy458150.00/cwt150.00–150.006874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486135.88/cwt125.00–145.006608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518136.71/cwt125.00–141.0070824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562133.36/cwt131.00–136.007498
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3595100.00/cwt100.00–100.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612128.65/cwt124.00–132.007879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672128.47/cwt123.00–129.0086311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2722110.00/cwt110.00–110.007942
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-373071.00/cwt71.00–71.005181
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-394382.51/cwt78.00–87.007782
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2210157.50/cwt157.50–157.503311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2295160.00/cwt160.00–160.004721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365163.45/cwt160.00–166.005975
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423151.81/cwt141.00–160.006424
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy446170.00/cwt170.00–170.007584
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3471130.00/cwt130.00–130.006126
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2487161.26/cwt155.00–164.0078511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2513136.62/cwt135.00–140.007013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy520160.00/cwt160.00–160.008322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570152.55/cwt138.00–156.0087017
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2637135.00/cwt135.00–135.008602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2659135.12/cwt120.00–139.008909
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3663103.05/cwt91.00–115.006832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2778109.98/cwt109.00–111.008562
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,1651
Bulls——1,802102.56/cwt99.00–107.001,8483
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00262.91/cwt62.00–64.006303
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02347.50/cwt47.00–48.004862
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06371.57/cwt65.00–80.0076115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26564.00/cwt64.00–64.008101
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34472.36/cwt66.00–82.0097319
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55557.00/cwt57.00–57.008861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69475.92/cwt74.00–78.001,2866

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.