Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-02-08

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 8
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
84 head
66 vs last sale 18 86 vs year ago 170 · 50.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
4 vs last sale 17 7 vs year ago 14 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 3 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply. However there was good demand for feeders and very good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.42/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$125.42
28 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$581
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$16.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.75
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2465128.4359723
Medium and Large 2-3456111.605095thin
One grade step is worth $16.83/cwt here — about $88 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 sale28 hd
125.42
KY average27 barns · 4,474 hd
123.67
+1.75
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
BullsHigh1,72097.311,6743thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,59166.281,0554thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05864.466822thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30563.3282612

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls1,72097.31/cwt95.00–102.001,6743
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27355.71/cwt54.00–58.007093
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31665.85/cwt62.00–71.008679
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59166.28/cwt64.00–68.001,0554
CowsLean 85-90%1,05864.46/cwt62.00–67.006822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy545169.00/cwt169.00–169.009211
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,11569.00/cwt69.00–69.007691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2492126.87/cwt126.00–127.006247
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668127.51/cwt127.00–128.008522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2553121.67/cwt121.00–123.006733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618140.00/cwt140.00–140.008655
SteersMedium and Large 1-2486156.00/cwt156.00–156.0075811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2435137.00/cwt137.00–137.005961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2513146.99/cwt146.00–148.007542
SteersMedium and Large 1-2326171.00/cwt171.00–171.005573
BullsMedium and Large 1-2667119.88/cwt110.00–128.008004
BullsMedium and Large 1-2581135.20/cwt127.00–140.007865
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315124.00/cwt124.00–124.003911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2603119.00/cwt119.00–119.007182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390139.58/cwt135.00–141.005444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418130.07/cwt121.00–132.005446
BullsMedium and Large 2-3420109.00/cwt109.00–109.004581
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400113.00/cwt113.00–113.004521
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3470111.25/cwt110.00–115.005234
BullsMedium and Large 1-2815110.00/cwt110.00–110.008971
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473136.41/cwt134.00–139.006452
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525146.00/cwt146.00–146.007673
BullsMedium and Large 1-2741112.00/cwt112.00–112.008303
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560151.00/cwt151.00–151.008462
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425145.00/cwt145.00–145.006161

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.