Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $147.84/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −71.03 against this barn's trailing median of $218.87.

Average price

$147.84

66 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+15.05

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	491	147.84	725	66

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $220.08, low $190.45, median $218.87 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale66 hd

147.84

—

KY average26 barns · 1,592 hd

132.78

+15.05

This barn, trailing median3 sales

218.87

−71.03

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,769	109.24	1,933	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,567	76.31	1,196	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,297	73.68	956	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,296	57.84	750	7thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,983	111.85/cwt	109.00–114.00	2,218	3
Bulls	—	—	1,641	107.68/cwt	102.00–113.00	1,767	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,490	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	983	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	936	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	76.02/cwt	75.00–77.00	949	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	74.39/cwt	73.00–76.00	1,181	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	144.70/cwt	135.00–154.00	747	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	679	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	130.46/cwt	130.00–131.00	710	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	753	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	937	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	156.74/cwt	147.00–165.00	826	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	162.40/cwt	162.00–163.00	763	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	155.21/cwt	145.00–165.00	646	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	391	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	309	170.45/cwt	165.00–174.00	527	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	152.23/cwt	135.00–170.00	502	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	857	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,247	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,296	57.84/cwt	54.00–62.00	750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	158.66/cwt	156.00–164.00	922	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	144.22/cwt	135.00–149.00	901	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	941	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	365	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	890	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	145.35/cwt	144.00–146.00	853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	123.74/cwt	122.00–126.00	757	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	129.66/cwt	125.00–134.00	730	18

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) - Stanford, KY

Mon Jun 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 150Last week 357Year ago 326

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 62Year ago 47

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,983	109.00–114.00	111.85
5	—	1,641	102.00–113.00	107.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	66.00	66.00
1	—	1,300	72.00	72.00
4	—	1,248	75.00–77.00	76.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,588	73.00–76.00	74.39
1	—	1,485	84.00	84.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,296	54.00–62.00	57.84

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	516	135.00–154.00	144.70
5	—	470	162.00–163.00	162.40
17	—	416	145.00–165.00	155.21
4	—	330	135.00–170.00	152.23
4	—	635	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,045	90.00	90.00
2	—	225	162.00	162.00
2	—	695	128.00	128.00
3	—	587	144.00–146.00	145.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	462	147.00	147.00
11	—	544	130.00–131.00	130.46
3	—	655	115.00	115.00
11	—	612	122.00–126.00	123.74
18	—	563	125.00–134.00	129.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	655	143.00	143.00
18	—	527	147.00–165.00	156.74
3	—	240	163.00	163.00
5	—	309	165.00–174.00	170.45
6	—	581	156.00–164.00	158.66
6	—	625	135.00–149.00	144.22

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.

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