Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $360.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −45.59 against this barn's trailing median of $405.59.

Average price

$360.00

1 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,818

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+29.11

vs KY average

+27.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	505	360.00	1,818	1thin

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 sale1 hd

360.00

—

KY average24 barns · 1,295 hd

330.89

+29.11

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

+27.18

This barn, trailing median10 sales

405.59

−45.59

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	1,455	186.00	2,706	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,648	160.62	2,647	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,295	155.91	2,019	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,093	143.69	1,571	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,220	181.00	2,208	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,255	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,388	$2,352	5

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	952	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	378.40/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,643	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,220	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,208	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	155.91/cwt	154.00–160.00	2,019	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,648	160.62/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,647	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,222	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	156.34/cwt	148.00–161.00	1,696	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,203	122.75/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	369	389.38/cwt	387.50–395.00	1,437	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,823	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,388	2,351.82/head	2,100.00–2,600.00	2,352	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	367.45/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	920	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	505	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	458	397.54/cwt	387.50–407.50	1,821	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	225	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	302	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,170	2
Bulls	—	—	1,455	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,123	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,023	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	402	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	505	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,818	1

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 May 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 40Last week 116Year ago 140

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 44Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 5Year ago 0

No comparison due to limited supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	490	302.50	302.50
1	600–650	610	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	450.00	450.00
2	300–350	302	387.50	387.50
4	350–400	369	387.50–395.00	389.38
1	400–450	430	392.50	392.50
6	450–500	458	387.50–407.50	397.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	920	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	370.00–385.00	378.40
3	450–500	482	360.00–375.00	367.45
1	500–550	510	357.50	357.50
1	550–600	555	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	765	277.50	277.50
1	850–900	870	232.50	232.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	450	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	402	417.50	417.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	181.00	181.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,295	154.00–160.00	155.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,648	155.00–165.00	160.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	135.00	135.00
4	—	1,085	148.00–161.00	156.34
2	—	1,203	120.00–125.00	122.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,455	186.00	186.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,255	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,388	2,100.00–2,600.00	2,351.82
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,275	176.00	176.00

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) - Stanford, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle