Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Comparison due to limited supply because of the wintery weather.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $280.00/cwt on 1 head, down $80.50 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −125.59 against this barn's trailing median of $405.59.

Average price

$280.00

▼ 80.50 vs prior sale

1 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−105.12

vs KY average

−151.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	550	280.00	1,540	1thin

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 sale1 hd

280.00

—

KY average6 barns · 63 hd

385.12

−105.12

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−151.54

This barn, trailing median10 sales

405.59

−125.59

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,610	201.00	3,236	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,314	170.00	2,234	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,095	137.63	1,508	9thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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 1-2Fancy	350–400	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,366	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,159	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,005	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	305	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,365	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	170.00/cwt	163.00–175.00	2,234	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	3,236	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	146.53/cwt	146.00–147.00	1,648	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	164.39/cwt	159.00–167.00	1,698	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	120.49/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,331	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,087	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 Feb 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22Last week 137Year ago 276

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 36Year ago 44

No Comparison due to limited supply because of the wintery weather.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	447.50	447.50
2	350–400	375	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	395.00	395.00
1	650–700	685	295.00	295.00
2	750–800	782	302.50	302.50
1	950–1000	965	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	550	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	785	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	557	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,314	163.00–175.00	170.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	201.00	201.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	146.00–147.00	146.53
3	—	1,033	159.00–167.00	164.39
3	—	1,105	115.00–125.00	120.49
1	—	1,195	91.00	91.00

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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