Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-05-13

Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-13

Feeder Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, May 13

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2220

← Dec 3May 13Dec 2 →

Receipts

660 head

▼ 504 vs last sale 1,164▲ 27 vs year ago 633 · +4.3%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.40/cwt on 430 head.

Average price

$140.40

430 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$234

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

$19.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.83

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	675	141.46	954	401
Medium and Large 2-3	588	126.36	743	25
Small and Medium 1-2	589	122.25	720	4thin

One grade step is worth $19.21/cwt here — about $234 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 sale430 hd

140.40

—

KY average29 barns · 4,861 hd

136.58

+3.83

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	164.57/cwt	160.00–170.00	676	18
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	490	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	642	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	159.45/cwt	156.00–164.00	810	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	511	135.34/cwt	135.00–136.00	692	9
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	515	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	633	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	579	131.78/cwt	130.00–132.00	763	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	596	149.55/cwt	148.00–150.00	891	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	606	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	885	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	662	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	781	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	138.63/cwt	136.00–140.00	961	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	701	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	946	37
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	708	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	800	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	127.87/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,006	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	805	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	725	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	817	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,062	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	919	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,146	53
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	399	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	519	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	620	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	435	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	539	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	143.51/cwt	131.00–149.00	710	33
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	495	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	554	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	507	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	634	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	507	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	603	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	129.26/cwt	121.00–141.00	757	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	606	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	709	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	694	117.88/cwt	115.00–122.00	818	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	121.62/cwt	111.00–125.00	888	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	962	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	789	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,184	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	913	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	931	5

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 Stockyards - Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Stanford, KY

Thu May 13, 2021

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

Receipts 660Last week 1,164Year ago 633

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	693	136.00–140.00	138.63
53	—	919	124.75	124.75
45	—	606	146.00	146.00
18	—	411	160.00–170.00	164.57
49	—	596	148.00–150.00	149.55
3	—	817	130.00	130.00
65	—	508	156.00–164.00	159.45
37	—	701	135.00	135.00
61	—	787	126.00–133.00	127.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	579	130.00–132.00	131.78
3	—	805	90.00	90.00
3	—	662	118.00	118.00
1	—	490	131.00	131.00
9	—	511	135.00–136.00	135.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	140.00	140.00
1	—	515	123.00	123.00
2	—	708	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	124.00	124.00
5	—	507	119.00	119.00
5	—	606	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	495	131.00–149.00	143.51
36	—	694	115.00–122.00	117.88
73	—	586	121.00–141.00	129.26
24	—	507	125.00	125.00
20	—	405	153.00	153.00
6	—	776	124.00	124.00
6	—	399	130.00	130.00
5	—	913	102.00	102.00
4	—	730	111.00–125.00	121.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	789	150.00	150.00

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.