Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 lower, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls 2.00-4.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.58/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −132.01 against this barn's trailing median of $405.59.

Average price

$273.58

47 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,532

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.02

vs KY average

−30.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	273.58	1,532	47

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.33, low $360.50, median $405.59 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale47 hd

273.58

—

KY average25 barns · 2,137 hd

281.60

−8.02

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−30.84

This barn, trailing median10 sales

405.59

−132.01

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	—	Average	1,681	160.08	2,691	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,513	138.00	2,087	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,314	130.64	1,717	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,075	87.00	935	1thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,815	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	780	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	542	280.37/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,520	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	658	259.70/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,709	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,264	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,111	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	265.66/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,559	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	267.97/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,412	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	268.75/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	721	261.33/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,884	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,344	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	237.39/cwt	232.50–247.50	1,626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,645	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	226.66/cwt	226.00–227.00	1,564	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	563	300.99/cwt	300.00–303.00	1,695	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	764	204.98/cwt	197.50–210.00	1,566	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	690	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,257	1
Bulls	—	—	1,595	163.47/cwt	163.00–164.00	2,607	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	141.62/cwt	133.00–149.00	1,969	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,442	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	122.50/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,501	2
Bulls	—	—	1,775	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	3,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	586	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,682	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	218.22/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,770	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,498	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	935	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,918	1
Bulls	—	—	1,720	148.23/cwt	145.00–151.00	2,550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	537	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	323	342.02/cwt	339.00–345.00	1,105	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	663	258.88/cwt	258.00–265.00	1,716	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	605	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	478	311.25/cwt	307.50–319.00	1,488	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,952	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	382	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,333	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	461	297.44/cwt	296.00–301.00	1,371	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	416	307.24/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,278	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	569	289.23/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,646	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	286.65/cwt	282.50–288.00	1,241	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,471	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,844	6

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 Jan 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 226Last week 80Year ago 39

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 11Year ago 19

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 lower, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls 2.00-4.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	297.50	297.50
1	550–600	580	287.50	287.50
3	650–700	685	232.50–247.50	237.39
8	700–750	741	245.00	245.00
6	750–800	765	241.00	241.00
1	850–900	860	227.00	227.00
1	900–950	930	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
6	550–600	563	300.00–303.00	300.99
1	650–700	690	267.00	267.00
8	700–750	721	250.00–263.00	261.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	780	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	277.50	277.50
2	550–600	592	275.00	275.00
3	650–700	690	226.00–227.00	226.66
1	700–750	700	239.00	239.00
4	800–850	811	210.00–221.00	218.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	339.00–345.00	342.02
4	350–400	382	349.00	349.00
21	450–500	478	307.50–319.00	311.25
2	500–550	537	290.00	290.00
13	550–600	569	289.00–290.00	289.23
2	600–650	605	252.00	252.00
8	650–700	663	258.00–265.00	258.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	542	280.00–288.00	280.37
3	550–600	586	287.00	287.00
14	650–700	658	255.00–271.00	259.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	282.50–288.00	286.65
2	450–500	465	265.00–272.50	268.75
6	500–550	527	260.00–272.50	267.97
18	550–600	587	265.00–267.00	265.66
3	600–650	611	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	650	232.50	232.50
15	750–800	751	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	335.00	335.00
7	400–450	416	305.00–310.00	307.24
18	450–500	461	296.00–301.00	297.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	212.50	212.50
4	750–800	764	197.50–210.00	204.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	149.00	149.00
1	—	1,510	127.00	127.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,390	133.00–149.00	141.62
1	—	1,265	114.00	114.00
2	—	1,225	122.00–123.00	122.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	87.00	87.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,595	163.00–164.00	163.47
1	—	1,775	177.00	177.00
2	—	1,720	145.00–151.00	148.23

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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