Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers 8.00-12.00 higher, Feeder heifers steady except 400-500 lbs they were 8.00-12.00 higher, Good demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $342.72/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −96.01 against this barn's trailing median of $438.73.

Average price

$342.72

13 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$60.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.45

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	557	370.71	2,064	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	563	310.05	1,747	6thin

One grade step is worth $60.66/cwt here — about $318 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 sale13 hd

342.72

—

KY average25 barns · 615 hd

342.27

+0.45

This barn, trailing median11 sales

438.73

−96.01

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	1,770	189.00	3,345	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,563	166.70	2,606	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,398	162.38	2,270	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	987	137.70	1,359	9thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	—	—	1,770	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,345	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,398	162.38/cwt	158.00–168.00	2,270	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	166.70/cwt	158.00–176.00	2,606	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	144.76/cwt	138.00–150.00	1,455	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,693	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	127.80/cwt	120.00–133.00	1,238	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,095	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	407	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,353	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	886	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,302	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	668	249.24/cwt	237.50–260.00	1,665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,072	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,206	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,059	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	458	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,924	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	387.84/cwt	372.50–402.50	1,687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	352.20/cwt	342.50–362.50	1,180	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	398.78/cwt	392.50–405.00	1,906	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	535	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,033	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	572	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,427	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,801	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	395.00/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	255	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	345	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,128	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,012	205.24/cwt	178.00–262.50	2,077	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	314.56/cwt	282.50–330.00	1,802	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	910	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,707	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	985	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,116	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	860	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,408	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 Nov 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 95Last week 256Year ago 277

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 52Year ago 82

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 4Year ago 3

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	189.00	189.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,398	158.00–168.00	162.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	158.00–176.00	166.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,005	138.00–150.00	144.76
1	—	1,020	166.00	166.00
5	—	969	120.00–133.00	127.80

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	317.50	317.50
2	400–450	407	332.50	332.50
1	650–700	665	247.50	247.50
1	750–800	770	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	342.50–362.50	352.20
1	350–400	360	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	425	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	477	377.50	377.50
1	500–550	505	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	575	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	600	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	568	362.50	362.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	460	390.00–400.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	435	372.50–402.50	387.84
2	450–500	478	392.50–405.00	398.78
1	500–550	500	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	592	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	675	282.50	282.50
1	700–750	710	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	810	255.00	255.00
1	900–950	925	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	515	287.50	287.50
5	550–600	573	282.50–330.00	314.56
3	650–700	668	237.50–260.00	249.24
1	950–1000	985	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	572	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	412.50	412.50
3	400–450	400	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	345	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	410	442.50	442.50
3	450–500	458	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	360.00	360.00
1	850–900	860	280.00	280.00
1	900–950	910	297.50	297.50

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	3	—	1,012	178.00–262.50	205.24

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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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) - Stanford, KY

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