Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00- higher, Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for all classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $364.17/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −74.56 against this barn's trailing median of $438.73.

Average price

$364.17

14 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,038

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$322

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

$54.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.11

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	560	371.95	2,084	12thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	317.50	1,762	2thin

One grade step is worth $54.45/cwt here — about $322 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale14 hd

364.17

—

KY average23 barns · 479 hd

351.06

+13.11

This barn, trailing median11 sales

438.73

−74.56

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	1,599	210.34	3,363	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,570	161.00	2,528	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,351	156.45	2,114	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	925	129.11	1,194	3thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$2,475	1thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	371.23/cwt	367.50–372.50	1,997	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	332	417.63/cwt	412.50–420.00	1,387	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	366.93/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,989	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	385.02/cwt	382.50–387.50	1,979	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	353.76/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,016	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	387.98/cwt	372.50–397.50	1,804	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	393.97/cwt	387.50–400.00	1,430	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,958	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	396.24/cwt	395.00–397.50	1,755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	611	373.00/cwt	372.50–375.00	2,279	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,528	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,744	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	119.92/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,103	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,379	1
Bulls	—	—	1,510	201.03/cwt	195.00–205.00	3,036	2
Bulls	—	—	1,688	219.65/cwt	216.00–222.00	3,708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	348.88/cwt	337.50–360.00	1,483	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,751	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	970	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,037	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,407	170.75/cwt	166.00–179.00	2,402	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	325.06/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,318	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	417	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	627	361.66/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,268	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	331.51/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	369.74/cwt	360.00–376.00	2,096	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	378	422.32/cwt	417.50–432.50	1,596	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	585	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,223	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	660	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	364.25/cwt	357.50–370.00	1,712	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	378	416.26/cwt	415.00–417.50	1,573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	331	462.37/cwt	452.50–467.50	1,530	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	260	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,157	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,276	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	385.46/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,862	5

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 Aug 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 100Last week 63Year ago 124

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 30Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year ago 1

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00- higher, Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for all classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	405.00	405.00
2	350–400	363	387.50–400.00	393.97
2	400–450	443	395.00–397.50	396.24
5	450–500	483	370.00–390.00	385.46
4	500–550	538	367.50–372.50	371.23
6	550–600	567	360.00–376.00	369.74
1	650–700	680	320.00	320.00
1	850–900	880	222.50	222.50
1	950–1000	970	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	337.50–360.00	348.88
1	450–500	455	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	515	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	595	295.00	295.00
1	950–1000	970	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	445.00	445.00
3	300–350	331	452.50–467.50	462.37
3	350–400	378	417.50–432.50	422.32
2	550–600	585	380.00	380.00
3	600–650	627	357.50–365.00	361.66
1	650–700	660	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	412.50–420.00	417.63
2	350–400	378	415.00–417.50	416.26
1	400–450	405	382.50	382.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	355.00	355.00
2	400–450	435	320.00–342.50	331.51
1	450–500	480	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	685	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	350.00	350.00
4	550–600	570	350.00–357.50	353.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	387.50	387.50
1	350–400	385	397.50	397.50
13	450–500	470	357.50–370.00	364.25
1	500–550	525	332.50	332.50
1	650–700	670	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	385.00	385.00
3	450–500	465	372.50–397.50	387.98
4	500–550	542	360.00–372.50	366.93
3	700–750	713	322.50–330.00	325.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	514	382.50–387.50	385.02
5	600–650	611	372.50–375.00	373.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	765	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	417	427.50	427.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	161.00	161.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	125.00	125.00
3	—	1,407	166.00–179.00	170.75
1	—	1,140	145.00	145.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	920	115.00–125.00	119.92
1	—	935	147.50	147.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,510	195.00–205.00	201.03
2	—	1,688	216.00–222.00	219.65

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	2,475.00	2,475.00

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

Bulls · 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