Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-01-21

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Jan 21
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,021 head
▼ 939 vs last sale 1,960▼ 611 vs year ago 1,632 · −37.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 105▼ 47 vs year ago 91 · −51.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 2▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00-4.00 higher, Yearling 2.00-4.00 higher, Moderate to good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Moderate 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 $125.87/cwt on 508 head.
Average price
$125.87
508 head · 645 lb average
Value per head Derived
$812
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.60
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2646126.35816499
Medium and Large 2-361399.566119thin
One grade step is worth $26.78/cwt here — about $205 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 sale508 hd
125.87
—
KY average27 barns · 5,216 hd
120.27
+5.60
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—High1,89688.311,6746thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63951.378425thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03849.365124thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31446.7461411

Every lot

74 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295159.00/cwt159.00–159.004691
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3305140.00/cwt140.00–140.004271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335185.36/cwt182.00–187.006213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2353150.00/cwt150.00–150.005303
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420161.95/cwt158.00–166.006802
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475148.17/cwt140.00–152.007047
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524142.00/cwt139.00–145.007449
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2564135.58/cwt127.00–136.5076521
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3580121.58/cwt120.00–124.007055
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621130.84/cwt130.00–132.008136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628125.98/cwt122.00–128.0079114
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3635112.00/cwt112.00–112.007111
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3675114.00/cwt114.00–114.007702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682123.50/cwt116.00–128.008428
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added688130.50/cwt130.50–130.508985
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710128.65/cwt126.00–131.5091358
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718121.69/cwt120.00–123.0087410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773119.65/cwt115.00–121.009256
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2803120.00/cwt114.00–120.5096413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added818129.75/cwt129.75–129.751,06162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added857132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,13162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2857114.00/cwt114.00–114.009772
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3895100.00/cwt100.00–100.008951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2916112.59/cwt112.00–113.001,03116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2979113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,11155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,072104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,1152
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260135.00/cwt134.00–136.003512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3350110.00/cwt110.00–110.003851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365145.40/cwt143.00–148.005312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380128.60/cwt121.00–133.004894
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3415115.00/cwt115.00–115.004771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419131.45/cwt123.00–135.0055115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3460116.00/cwt116.00–116.005341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479123.31/cwt117.00–128.0059110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531124.14/cwt122.00–125.0065921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569121.27/cwt118.00–124.0069018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3570114.00/cwt114.00–114.006501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617135.00/cwt135.00–135.0083392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626119.32/cwt110.00–123.0074731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667111.10/cwt101.00–117.0074117
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-367096.54/cwt95.00–98.006472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added687128.12/cwt127.00–130.00880238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2703106.91/cwt99.00–109.5075214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-374583.00/cwt83.00–83.006181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008259
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-377584.00/cwt84.00–84.006511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-282091.00/cwt91.00–91.007461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added841110.50/cwt110.50–110.5092918
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-386581.00/cwt81.00–81.007011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2305148.00/cwt148.00–148.004511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2378159.36/cwt158.00–161.006023
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy411169.38/cwt166.00–171.006963
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425156.54/cwt154.00–161.006655
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474140.58/cwt135.00–152.0066610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2531136.22/cwt130.00–140.007234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2558127.85/cwt127.00–131.007137
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3572119.73/cwt111.00–125.006853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3615106.00/cwt106.00–106.006522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628121.32/cwt113.00–129.0076211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3650100.00/cwt100.00–100.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2673105.01/cwt103.00–107.007072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2717110.01/cwt100.00–114.0078910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2775104.25/cwt100.00–106.008084
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-281498.51/cwt90.00–103.008025
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,82187.37/cwt85.00–89.001,5915
Bulls——2,27093.00/cwt93.00–93.002,1111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03050.81/cwt49.00–53.005233
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06045.00/cwt45.00–45.004771
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30742.03/cwt32.00–48.005496
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32352.39/cwt50.00–54.006935
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62150.46/cwt48.00–52.008184
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,71055.00/cwt55.00–55.009411
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,07560.02/cwt58.00–62.006452

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.