Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-02-01

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 1
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
18 head
145 vs last sale 163 302 vs year ago 320 · 94.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
24 vs last sale 41 52 vs year ago 69 · 75.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No comparison due to lite test. However slaughter cows and bulls considerably higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.22/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$100.22
13 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$620
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
24.10
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2638107.006827thin
Medium and Large 2-359792.325516thin
One grade step is worth $14.68/cwt here — about $131 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 sale13 hd
100.22
KY average25 barns · 4,161 hd
124.32
−24.10
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
BullsAverage1,83194.551,7314thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55262.309673thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26861.917856thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98959.945934thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55262.30/cwt59.00–66.009673
CowsLean 85-90%88053.40/cwt51.00–56.004702
CowsLean 85-90%1,09866.49/cwt65.00–68.007302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27550.00/cwt50.00–50.006381
Bulls1,79891.51/cwt91.00–92.001,6452
Bulls1,86397.58/cwt95.00–100.001,8182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-288292.00/cwt92.00–92.008112
HeifersMedium and Large 2-371887.46/cwt85.00–90.006282
HeifersMedium and Large 1-262595.00/cwt95.00–95.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 2-334595.00/cwt95.00–95.003281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560118.00/cwt118.00–118.006612
HeifersMedium and Large 2-364092.00/cwt92.00–92.005891
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480151.00/cwt151.00–151.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 2-368582.00/cwt82.00–82.005621
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005231
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2410125.00/cwt125.00–125.005131
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2545109.00/cwt109.00–109.005941
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26764.29/cwt58.00–68.008155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515145.49/cwt145.00–146.007492

How this sale compares

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.