Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower. No trend on slaughter bulls due to low receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $296.54/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −142.18 against this barn's trailing median of $438.73.

Average price

$296.54

8 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$432

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

$80.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.37

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	525	320.00	1,680	3thin
Medium and Large 2	554	293.09	1,624	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	520	240.00	1,248	1thin

One grade step is worth $80.00/cwt here — about $432 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 sale8 hd

296.54

—

KY average22 barns · 432 hd

321.92

−25.37

This barn, trailing median11 sales

438.73

−142.18

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	1,820	195.00	3,549	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,296	146.13	1,894	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,718	145.80	2,505	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,102	104.21	1,148	5thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	400–450	405	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	400–450	435	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,044	1
Bulls	Large 2-3	750–800	780	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,404	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	850–900	880	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,584	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	675	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,620	1
Bulls	—	—	1,820	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	3,549	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,688	144.25/cwt	143.00–148.00	2,435	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,912	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,680	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	425	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,204	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	291.06/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	295.11/cwt	287.50–302.50	1,558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	279.97/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,433	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	284.88/cwt	277.50–295.00	1,746	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	331.37/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	273.78/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,295	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	285.08/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,556	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	134.30/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,722	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,840	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,797	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	119.23/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,312	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	94.19/cwt	85.00–109.00	1,039	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	144.29/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,897	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	152.96/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,979	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	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 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 49Last week 210Year ago 90

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 50Year ago 31

Compared to last Monday: No trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower. No trend on slaughter bulls due to low receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	335.00	335.00
3	500–550	512	275.00–285.00	279.97
1	550–600	550	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	880	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	210.00	210.00
1	500–550	520	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	280.00	280.00
4	450–500	473	270.00–280.00	273.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	475	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	640	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	545	307.50	307.50
1	550–600	595	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	615	280.00–290.00	285.08
1	650–700	665	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	525	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	375.00	375.00
3	450–500	478	320.00–342.50	331.37
2	500–550	528	287.50–302.50	295.11
2	550–600	580	280.00–302.50	291.06
3	600–650	613	277.50–295.00	284.88
1	900–950	910	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,820	195.00	195.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,688	143.00–148.00	144.25
1	—	1,840	152.00	152.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,282	133.00–135.00	134.30
3	—	1,315	142.00–146.00	144.29
6	—	1,294	150.00–157.00	152.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	115.00–124.00	119.23
3	—	1,103	85.00–109.00	94.19

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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