Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-09-16

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Sep 16
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191
Feeder Cattle receipts
999 head
▼ 874 vs last sale 1,873▼ 684 vs year ago 1,683 · −40.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 71▼ 38 vs year ago 86 · −44.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady to 2.00 lower with decrease mostly on unweaned calves. Yearling steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. 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 $151.36/cwt on 466 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −120.32 against this barn's trailing median of $271.68.
Average price
$151.36
466 head · 719 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,088
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$352
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$13.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.97
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2720151.421,090464
Large 1535138.007382thin
One grade step is worth $13.42/cwt here — about $352 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 sale466 hd
151.36
—
KY average26 barns · 5,414 hd
150.39
+0.97
This barn, trailing median2 sales
271.68
−120.32
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—High1,724102.031,75911
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45067.9198511
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19567.008012thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08654.855969thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372180.00/cwt180.00–180.006703
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415168.73/cwt161.00–175.0070011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added457171.00/cwt171.00–171.0078111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476161.09/cwt157.00–170.0076721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531152.69/cwt145.00–161.0081148
Steers—Large 1535138.00/cwt138.00–138.007382
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568151.34/cwt139.00–165.0086044
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590165.10/cwt165.10–165.1097485
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611153.19/cwt152.00–154.0093615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627142.90/cwt135.00–153.0089618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677141.55/cwt133.00–145.0095814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715127.00/cwt127.00–127.009083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added722138.20/cwt138.00–140.0099820
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added922146.40/cwt146.40–146.401,35059
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2937146.12/cwt129.00–147.001,36960
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,067138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,47252
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2220150.25/cwt140.00–162.003316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340135.15/cwt129.00–146.0046013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365137.00/cwt137.00–137.005003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422140.36/cwt133.00–147.0059226
Heifers—Small 1-2458118.23/cwt102.00–135.005416
Heifers—Large 1460129.00/cwt129.00–129.005933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476140.38/cwt133.00–147.0066830
Heifers—Large 1517105.00/cwt105.00–105.005433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522134.27/cwt128.00–140.0070171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569132.43/cwt128.00–136.0075431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620128.24/cwt120.00–131.0079520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678125.00/cwt124.00–127.008489
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added684136.88/cwt136.00–137.0093685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700145.70/cwt145.70–145.701,02074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2745131.00/cwt131.00–131.009769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2790118.00/cwt118.00–118.009323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2828115.85/cwt114.00–117.009598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2932109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,08582.00/cwt82.00–82.008901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2395161.00/cwt161.00–161.006361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2413161.26/cwt155.00–166.0066612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458161.68/cwt160.00–165.0074016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2508152.31/cwt145.00–160.0077413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580144.22/cwt140.00–150.0083624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2629144.21/cwt136.00–150.0090735
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2717124.25/cwt123.00–126.008917
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2828111.35/cwt104.00–119.0092210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2930108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0041
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3475102.00/cwt102.00–102.004851
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,650103.66/cwt101.00–105.001,7109
Bulls——2,05594.69/cwt92.00–97.001,9462
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05049.21/cwt49.00–50.005174
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11559.37/cwt57.00–63.006625
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19567.00/cwt67.00–67.008012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38364.22/cwt62.00–66.008886
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53072.34/cwt70.00–81.001,1075

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.