Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-08-16

Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 16

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190

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Feeder Cattle receipts

181 head

▼ 410 vs last sale 591▼ 109 vs year ago 290 · −37.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

36 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 22▼ 10 vs year ago 46 · −21.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers steady, Feeder heifers 1.00-3.00 higher, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $142.13/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −77.34 against this barn's trailing median of $219.47.

Average price

$142.13

70 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2

$25.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.40

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	145.97	788	55
Medium and Large 2-3	492	128.64	633	14thin
Small and Medium 1-2	550	120.00	660	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.97/cwt here — about $128 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 sale70 hd

142.13

—

KY average25 barns · 1,821 hd

136.74

+5.40

This barn, trailing median2 sales

219.47

−77.34

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,825	101.79	1,858	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,317	68.82	906	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,026	65.45	672	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,605	62.27	999	4thin

Every lot

54 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	173.04/cwt	170.00–176.00	623	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	448	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	708	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	778	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	525	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	693	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	823	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	830	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	271	142.00/cwt	140.00–143.00	385	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	146.82/cwt	135.00–152.00	482	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	360	125.50/cwt	124.00–127.00	452	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	140.39/cwt	139.00–143.00	531	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	138.42/cwt	135.00–142.00	581	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	139.96/cwt	130.00–148.00	659	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	141.54/cwt	131.00–148.00	735	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	553	120.75/cwt	120.00–121.00	668	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	127.28/cwt	126.00–130.00	729	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	623	110.97/cwt	110.00–112.00	691	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	129.34/cwt	123.00–135.00	812	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	122.65/cwt	120.00–128.00	832	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	755	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	755	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	827	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	926	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	230	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	374	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	258	157.97/cwt	155.00–161.00	408	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	270	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	381	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	156.45/cwt	150.00–163.00	505	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	358	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	473	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	152.50/cwt	151.00–154.00	602	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	146.27/cwt	142.00–152.00	622	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	152.21/cwt	145.00–159.00	723	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	505	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	823	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	517	131.50/cwt	130.00–132.00	680	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	148.98/cwt	135.00–156.00	793	11
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	146.32/cwt	134.00–157.00	828	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	128.99/cwt	128.00–130.00	742	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	135.21/cwt	129.00–145.00	826	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	620	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	713	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	627	151.35/cwt	150.00–152.00	949	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	655	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	983	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	937	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	893	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	910	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	915	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,540	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,494	1
Bulls	—	—	1,968	104.19/cwt	100.00–109.00	2,050	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	942	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	537	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	63.50/cwt	63.00–64.00	625	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,068	69.10/cwt	66.00–74.00	738	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,311	69.89/cwt	66.00–75.00	916	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,385	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	776	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,603	59.03/cwt	58.00–60.00	946	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,610	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,159	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) - Stanford, KY

Mon Aug 16, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 181Last week 591Year ago 290

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 22Year ago 46

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers steady, Feeder heifers 1.00-3.00 higher, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	674	139.00	139.00
6	—	611	129.00–145.00	135.21
3	—	425	142.00–152.00	146.27
2	—	258	155.00–161.00	157.97
1	—	855	107.00	107.00
2	—	395	151.00–154.00	152.50
9	—	475	145.00–159.00	152.21
4	—	566	134.00–157.00	146.32
1	—	820	111.00	111.00
1	—	750	119.00	119.00
1	—	230	162.50	162.50
2	—	323	150.00–163.00	156.45
11	—	532	135.00–156.00	148.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	150.00–152.00	151.35
2	—	655	150.00	150.00
1	—	505	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	141.00	141.00
3	—	358	132.00	132.00
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
1	—	660	120.00	120.00
4	—	517	130.00–132.00	131.50
2	—	620	115.00	115.00
2	—	575	128.00–130.00	128.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	139.00–143.00	140.39
4	—	573	126.00–130.00	127.28
3	—	678	120.00–128.00	122.65
8	—	519	131.00–148.00	141.54
2	—	827	112.00	112.00
2	—	420	135.00–142.00	138.42
5	—	628	123.00–135.00	129.34
3	—	328	135.00–152.00	146.82
13	—	471	130.00–148.00	139.96
3	—	271	140.00–143.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	110.00	110.00
4	—	553	120.00–121.00	120.75
2	—	623	110.00–112.00	110.97
2	—	360	124.00–127.00	125.50
1	—	755	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	448	158.00	158.00
2	—	360	170.00–176.00	173.04
1	—	615	135.00	135.00
4	—	545	151.00	151.00
4	—	483	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	132.00	132.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	72.00	72.00
3	—	1,603	58.00–60.00	59.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,311	66.00–75.00	69.89
1	—	1,385	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	942	57.00	57.00
8	—	1,068	66.00–74.00	69.10
2	—	985	63.00–64.00	63.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,968	100.00–109.00	104.19
1	—	1,540	97.00	97.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.