Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.11/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −119.48 against this barn's trailing median of $405.59.

Average price

$286.11

41 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$29.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.04

vs KY average

−12.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	290.41	1,559	35
Medium and Large 2-3	593	261.03	1,548	6thin

One grade step is worth $29.38/cwt here — about $11 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale41 hd

286.11

—

KY average25 barns · 2,555 hd

278.07

+8.04

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−12.75

This barn, trailing median10 sales

405.59

−119.48

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	1,630	152.10	2,480	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,651	143.93	2,376	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,297	134.99	1,751	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,053	114.36	1,204	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,065	182.50	1,944	1thin

Every lot, as filed

81 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	283.58/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,588	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	297.22/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,525	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,638	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	230.73/cwt	227.50–240.00	1,640	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	233.75/cwt	232.50–235.00	1,753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	304.99/cwt	302.50–307.50	1,504	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,985	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	171.25/cwt	148.00–197.50	1,738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	257.44/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	770	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,983	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	868	184.12/cwt	177.50–187.50	1,598	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	288.65/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	736	261.58/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,925	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	283.08/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,939	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	903	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	254.19/cwt	240.00–267.50	1,576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	983	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	890	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,415	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	593	261.03/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	843	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,296	1
Bulls	—	—	2,145	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	3,539	1
Bulls	—	—	1,753	157.79/cwt	155.00–161.00	2,766	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	111.95/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,559	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	135.54/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,583	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,651	143.93/cwt	131.00–153.00	2,376	4
Bulls	—	—	1,250	139.96/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,750	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	78.10/cwt	66.00–90.00	709	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	109.57/cwt	102.00–116.00	1,140	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	127.61/cwt	126.00–129.00	1,381	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,094	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,065	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,944	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	143.27/cwt	130.00–157.00	1,844	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	200.05/cwt	197.50–202.50	1,430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	667	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	935	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,753	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,273	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	352.06/cwt	317.50–365.00	1,496	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	439	312.38/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,371	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,136	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	576	291.48/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,679	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	660	279.45/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,844	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	358.95/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,328	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,114	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	284.29/cwt	277.50–286.00	1,680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	613	272.47/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	531	294.65/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,565	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	290	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	300	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	990	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	355	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	230	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	477	309.43/cwt	302.50–317.50	1,476	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	349.00/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	292.97/cwt	280.00–312.50	1,811	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	304.06/cwt	298.00–355.00	1,748	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	358	328.93/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,178	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	225	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	527	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	295.00/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,018	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	467	347.28/cwt	315.00–365.00	1,622	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	283.96/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,542	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,617	8

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 Feb 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 276Last week 179Year ago 384

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 40Year ago 117

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year ago 27

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	297.50	297.50
1	350–400	385	295.00	295.00
2	400–450	435	280.00–297.50	288.65
9	500–550	543	280.00–287.00	283.96
7	550–600	560	280.00–287.50	283.58
2	600–650	630	240.00	240.00
2	650–700	685	242.50	242.50
1	700–750	735	220.00	220.00
8	750–800	759	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	513	290.00–307.00	297.22
5	550–600	560	292.50	292.50
2	600–650	615	250.00–265.00	257.44
3	650–700	665	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	247.50	247.50
6	550–600	593	240.00–265.00	261.03
1	600–650	640	202.50	202.50
2	650–700	667	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	715	197.50–202.50	200.05
1	750–800	760	192.50	192.50
2	800–850	843	192.50	192.50
3	850–900	868	177.50–187.50	184.12
1	900–950	935	187.50	187.50
2	950–1000	983	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	322.50	322.50
2	300–350	300	330.00	330.00
2	350–400	358	320.00–337.50	328.93
12	400–450	439	305.00–320.00	312.38
15	450–500	477	302.50–317.50	309.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	277.50	277.50
2	600–650	620	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	527	300.00	300.00
9	550–600	575	298.00–355.00	304.06
9	600–650	618	280.00–312.50	292.97
4	650–700	685	280.00–292.50	283.08
6	700–750	736	257.50–270.00	261.58
1	750–800	770	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	320.00	320.00
1	300–350	335	332.50	332.50
1	350–400	355	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	465	340.00–362.50	349.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	312.50	312.50
2	300–350	345	290.00–300.00	295.00
1	350–400	360	312.50	312.50
1	400–450	410	297.50	297.50
2	450–500	493	302.50–307.50	304.99
1	500–550	510	277.50	277.50
5	550–600	591	277.50–286.00	284.29
2	600–650	620	240.00–267.50	254.19
1	650–700	675	250.00	250.00
4	700–750	711	227.50–240.00	230.73
2	750–800	750	232.50–235.00	233.75
1	850–900	865	212.50	212.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	485	277.50	277.50
1	500–550	525	242.50	242.50
1	600–650	630	237.50	237.50
1	650–700	655	232.50	232.50
1	700–750	715	180.00	180.00
1	850–900	890	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	347.50	347.50
4	350–400	370	330.00–375.00	358.95
17	400–450	425	317.50–365.00	352.06
19	450–500	467	315.00–365.00	347.28
7	500–550	531	290.00–317.50	294.65
14	550–600	576	290.00–307.50	291.48
2	600–650	613	270.00–275.00	272.47
5	650–700	660	270.00–286.00	279.45

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	197.50	197.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,015	148.00–197.50	171.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,145	165.00	165.00
2	—	1,753	155.00–161.00	157.79
2	—	1,250	135.00–145.00	139.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	108.00–115.00	111.95
1	—	1,215	90.00	90.00
11	—	1,287	130.00–157.00	143.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	130.00–141.00	135.54
2	—	908	66.00–90.00	78.10
2	—	1,040	102.00–116.00	109.57
3	—	1,082	126.00–129.00	127.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,651	131.00–153.00	143.93
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	182.50	182.50

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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Stanford Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) - Stanford, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle