Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last monday: All classes fully steady, Good demand for all classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $353.32/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −52.27 against this barn's trailing median of $405.59.

Average price

$353.32

12 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.57

vs KY average

−16.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	353.32	1,869	12thin

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 sale12 hd

353.32

—

KY average24 barns · 1,094 hd

360.89

−7.57

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

−16.49

This barn, trailing median10 sales

405.59

−52.27

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	1,601	208.99	3,346	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,630	176.00	2,869	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,299	168.92	2,194	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	150.25	1,510	14

Every lot, as filed

36 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	950–1000	975	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	371.65/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,126	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	468.96/cwt	415.00–530.00	1,524	2
Bulls	—	—	1,458	200.45/cwt	190.00–206.00	2,923	5
Bulls	—	—	1,735	222.00/cwt	211.00–250.00	3,852	9
Bulls	—	—	1,355	171.79/cwt	169.00–175.00	2,328	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	176.45/cwt	161.00–188.00	2,269	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	155.75/cwt	153.00–158.00	2,057	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	662	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,334	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,248	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,903	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	387.39/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	333.63/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	349.35/cwt	342.50–357.50	1,593	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	450.67/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,848	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,805	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,957	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	438	435.73/cwt	430.00–447.50	1,908	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	615	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	530	390.19/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,068	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	466	402.44/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,875	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	149.75/cwt	137.00–158.00	1,509	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	169.31/cwt	160.00–174.00	1,685	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	123.89/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,249	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,158	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	611	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,123	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	359.17/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,889	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 Aug 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 63Last week 100Year ago 99

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 18Year ago 46

Compared to last monday: All classes fully 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	250–300	285	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	435	377.50	377.50
3	550–600	572	370.00–375.00	371.65
1	600–650	630	342.50	342.50
1	900–950	945	250.00	250.00
1	950–1000	975	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	410	440.00–455.00	450.67
4	450–500	466	400.00–410.00	402.44
2	500–550	530	380.00–400.00	390.19
1	600–650	615	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	415.00–530.00	468.96
1	350–400	380	475.00	475.00
3	400–450	438	430.00–447.50	435.73
1	450–500	455	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	380.00–395.00	387.39
3	550–600	580	387.50	387.50
2	650–700	662	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	360.00	360.00
4	450–500	456	342.50–357.50	349.35
2	500–550	525	327.50–340.00	333.63
1	550–600	565	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	385	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	526	352.50–360.00	359.17
3	600–650	611	347.50	347.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	176.00	176.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,286	161.00–188.00	176.45
4	—	1,321	153.00–158.00	155.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,008	137.00–158.00	149.75
3	—	995	160.00–174.00	169.31
2	—	1,008	120.00–127.00	123.89
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,458	190.00–206.00	200.45
9	—	1,735	211.00–250.00	222.00
2	—	1,355	169.00–175.00	171.79

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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