Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2021-02-22

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 22
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
65 head
19 vs last sale 84 271 vs year ago 336 · 80.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
30 vs last sale 21 37 vs year ago 88 · 42.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
0 vs last sale 1 11 vs year ago 12 · 91.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to no sale last week because of wintery conditions. However there was very good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $124.58/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$124.58
16 head · 750 lb average
Value per head Derived
$934
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
11.24
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2750124.5893416thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale16 hd
124.58
KY average7 barns · 753 hd
135.82
−11.24
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
BullsAverage1,70398.191,6728thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54069.511,0706thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30466.8287130
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10162.616897thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Bulls1,89593.09/cwt91.00–95.001,7642
Bulls1,676103.87/cwt100.00–110.001,7415
Bulls1,45080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33169.66/cwt67.00–77.0092719
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16055.00/cwt55.00–55.006381
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26662.61/cwt60.00–64.0079310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2230131.00/cwt131.00–131.003011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685130.00/cwt130.00–130.008911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575150.49/cwt149.00–152.008652
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615140.59/cwt137.00–144.008652
SteersMedium and Large 1-2771115.00/cwt115.00–115.008874
SteersMedium and Large 1-2728127.04/cwt125.00–128.009253
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2990850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,4151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595110.00/cwt110.00–110.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540117.00/cwt117.00–117.006322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2915110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0074
HeifersMedium and Large 2-364594.00/cwt94.00–94.006061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
CowsLean 85-90%1,06562.08/cwt61.00–63.006613
CowsLean 85-90%1,11869.50/cwt69.00–70.007772
CowsLean 85-90%1,13856.50/cwt56.00–57.006432
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54069.51/cwt68.00–72.001,0706
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2627110.47/cwt108.00–112.006935
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2732109.02/cwt105.00–110.007985

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.