Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: All classes mostly steady on a limited comparison. Good demand for all classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $324.75/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −113.98 against this barn's trailing median of $438.73.

Average price

$324.75

12 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,771

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$40.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.56

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	523	355.05	1,858	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	553	314.65	1,739	9thin

One grade step is worth $40.40/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $471.50, low $381.59, median $438.73 across 11 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 sale12 hd

324.75

—

KY average25 barns · 384 hd

332.31

−7.56

This barn, trailing median11 sales

438.73

−113.98

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	1,480	198.00	2,930	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,281	166.56	2,134	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,069	147.64	1,578	7thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	—	1,580	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	3,223	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	166.56/cwt	155.00–173.00	2,134	6
Bulls	—	—	1,380	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,650	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	140.07/cwt	130.00–147.00	1,468	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	166.56/cwt	163.00–170.00	1,865	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	288	450.50/cwt	422.50–480.00	1,297	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	336.24/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	294.18/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,956	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	360.07/cwt	352.50–367.50	1,836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	328	343.84/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,128	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	299.18/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,885	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,937	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	365.95/cwt	352.50–372.50	1,398	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	484	342.12/cwt	307.50–355.00	1,656	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	394.98/cwt	392.50–397.50	1,351	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	309.37/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	305	417.91/cwt	405.00–422.50	1,275	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	282.30/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	547	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,737	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	557	312.37/cwt	280.00–322.50	1,740	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,484	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	333	401.28/cwt	400.00–402.50	1,336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	258.66/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,883	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,237	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,026	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,096	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	358.78/cwt	352.50–372.50	1,715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	240	504.90/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,212	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	295	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	379.50/cwt	367.50–392.50	1,423	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	278.48/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,869	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	385.73/cwt	372.50–397.50	1,674	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	380.61/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,781	9

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 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 120Last week 91Year ago 144

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 26Year ago 21

Compared to last Monday: All classes mostly steady on a limited comparison. Good demand for all classes.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	204.00	204.00
1	—	1,380	192.00	192.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,281	155.00–173.00	166.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,048	130.00–147.00	140.07
2	—	1,120	163.00–170.00	166.56

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	422.50–480.00	450.50
2	300–350	333	400.00–402.50	401.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	400	320.00	320.00
7	450–500	484	307.50–355.00	342.12
4	500–550	547	317.50	317.50
5	550–600	557	280.00–322.50	312.37
2	600–650	635	270.00–295.00	282.30
1	750–800	790	267.50	267.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	367.50–392.50	379.50
7	400–450	434	372.50–397.50	385.73
9	450–500	468	365.00–390.00	380.61
2	500–550	510	352.50–367.50	360.07
1	550–600	550	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	640	327.50	327.50
5	650–700	671	277.50–280.00	278.48
1	750–800	785	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	335.00–337.50	336.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	370.00	370.00
3	300–350	342	392.50–397.50	394.98
3	350–400	382	352.50–372.50	365.95
3	450–500	478	352.50–372.50	358.78
2	500–550	510	327.50	327.50
4	550–600	586	307.50–310.00	309.37
3	600–650	630	297.50–300.00	299.18
3	650–700	665	285.00–310.00	294.18
2	700–750	728	250.00–267.50	258.66
1	800–850	820	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	340.00–347.50	343.84
1	400–450	400	302.50	302.50
2	450–500	460	322.50	322.50
1	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	615	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	500.00–510.00	504.90
1	250–300	295	460.00	460.00
4	300–350	305	405.00–422.50	417.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	520	372.50	372.50
1	550–600	555	365.00	365.00

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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