Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-08-23

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 23
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
227 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 181▼ 156 vs year ago 383 · −40.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 36▼ 12 vs year ago 46 · −26.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and 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 $149.61/cwt on 90 head.
Average price
$149.61
90 head · 771 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,153
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$453
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$27.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.23
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2786151.781,19383
Medium and Large 2-3597123.917397thin
One grade step is worth $27.87/cwt here — about $453 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
149.61
—
KY average25 barns · 5,562 hd
151.84
−2.23
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—High1,654101.111,6723thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27770.208966thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,71070.001,1972thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05761.2564711

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368177.90/cwt176.00–180.006552
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3440145.00/cwt145.00–145.006381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2455150.00/cwt150.00–150.006831
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510160.00/cwt160.00–160.008161
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3590115.04/cwt110.00–120.006792
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611156.00/cwt156.00–156.009535
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623148.50/cwt148.00–149.009252
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3625121.00/cwt121.00–121.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0061
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3718115.63/cwt110.00–121.008302
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2732140.96/cwt132.00–144.001,0325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2790135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added832151.80/cwt151.80–151.801,26365
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2277144.00/cwt144.00–144.003992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335138.00/cwt138.00–138.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2407145.65/cwt144.00–148.005933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3415111.00/cwt111.00–111.004611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470137.87/cwt130.00–149.006486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517138.62/cwt126.00–141.0071714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582131.76/cwt125.00–143.007678
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600135.00/cwt135.00–135.008102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665125.20/cwt125.00–126.008335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2721123.36/cwt115.00–127.008897
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765113.00/cwt113.00–113.008641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-384590.00/cwt90.00–90.007611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-389580.00/cwt80.00–80.007161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315153.00/cwt153.00–153.004821
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2429153.04/cwt148.00–158.006574
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465163.99/cwt150.00–169.007634
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3481141.56/cwt140.00–145.006813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2512149.71/cwt149.00–150.007677
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2586145.55/cwt140.00–154.008539
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3625119.00/cwt119.00–119.007441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2629143.47/cwt138.00–149.0090212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2665140.00/cwt140.00–140.009311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2727127.00/cwt127.00–127.009235
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2761125.03/cwt121.00–127.009513
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-379593.00/cwt93.00–93.007391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2845110.00/cwt110.00–110.009301
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 353595.00/cwt95.00–95.005083
Dairy Steers—Large 358695.00/cwt95.00–95.005573
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,2331
Bulls——1,788107.17/cwt106.00–108.001,9162
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04853.09/cwt47.00–57.005564
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05869.63/cwt67.00–73.007374
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06860.95/cwt60.00–62.006513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27571.84/cwt69.00–76.009165
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28562.00/cwt62.00–62.007971
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,1891
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,85564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,1871
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0751,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0012,6311
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2942934.34/cwt825.00–1,075.008,8013

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.