Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-08-26

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Aug 26
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,111 head
▼ 570 vs last sale 1,681▼ 571 vs year ago 1,682 · −33.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 80▼ 51 vs year ago 103 · −49.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Yearling steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.65/cwt on 729 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −114.03 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.
Average price
$157.65
729 head · 713 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,124
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$345
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$40.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.94
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2714157.971,128720
Large 1-2571143.008173thin
Large 1552135.007453thin
Small 1-2670117.007843thin
One grade step is worth $40.97/cwt here — about $345 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 sale729 hd
157.65
—
KY average26 barns · 5,136 hd
152.71
+4.94
This barn, trailing median2 sales
271.68
−114.03
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—High1,674102.831,7216thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,35669.909485thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44068.4998615
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05042.004412thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2245190.00/cwt190.00–190.004662
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2338177.00/cwt177.00–177.005986
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373175.81/cwt171.00–182.0065614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added405180.00/cwt180.00–180.007294
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426168.91/cwt167.00–171.0072011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2458147.02/cwt141.00–155.006737
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511159.55/cwt155.00–166.0081512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520154.73/cwt146.00–163.0080540
Steers—Large 1552135.00/cwt135.00–135.007453
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2564148.06/cwt139.00–155.0083533
Steers—Large 1-2571143.00/cwt143.00–143.008173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,02212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618147.64/cwt141.00–153.5091226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0789
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670145.29/cwt143.00–147.009737
Steers—Small 1-2670117.00/cwt117.00–117.007843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680163.49/cwt144.00–170.601,112105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710132.00/cwt132.00–132.009373
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added714163.25/cwt147.00–166.501,166117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added787156.01/cwt151.00–158.301,228136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added875152.52/cwt148.75–156.001,335175
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,000130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280151.00/cwt151.00–151.004232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2338145.86/cwt138.00–150.0049310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377144.50/cwt143.00–145.0054512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424139.97/cwt135.00–154.0059323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472140.18/cwt131.00–147.0066238
Heifers—Small 1-2520112.00/cwt112.00–112.005822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532136.51/cwt132.00–140.0072614
Heifers—Small 2555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567131.61/cwt125.00–137.0074628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615129.59/cwt125.00–135.0079711
Heifers—Large 1620103.00/cwt103.00–103.006393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635155.92/cwt139.50–159.75990103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686125.64/cwt125.25–127.0086222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785110.00/cwt110.00–110.008642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2840110.00/cwt110.00–110.009242
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2376168.71/cwt161.00–177.0063418
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2416169.54/cwt162.00–179.0070513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2476157.17/cwt152.00–166.0074813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525148.50/cwt140.00–153.007809
Bulls—Small 1-2535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007492
Bulls—Small 1-2550122.00/cwt122.00–122.006712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2554145.63/cwt140.00–154.0080711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2607145.00/cwt145.00–145.008805
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675128.00/cwt128.00–128.008643
Bulls—Large 1-2810104.00/cwt104.00–104.008422
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,531100.81/cwt100.00–103.001,5434
Bulls——1,960106.88/cwt105.00–108.502,0952
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05042.00/cwt42.00–42.004412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17064.97/cwt64.00–66.007602
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26563.00/cwt63.00–63.007974
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37667.55/cwt65.00–70.009296
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48073.19/cwt71.00–74.001,0833
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65874.00/cwt72.00–75.001,2275

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.