Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $417.87/cwt on 7 head, up $31.11 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −20.85 against this barn's trailing median of $438.73.

Average price

$417.87

▲ 31.11 vs prior sale

7 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,262

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+19.72

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	541	417.87	2,262	7thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale7 hd

417.87

—

KY average17 barns · 186 hd

398.16

+19.72

This barn, trailing median11 sales

438.73

−20.85

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	2,063	206.53	4,261	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,743	164.56	2,868	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,340	147.98	1,983	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,021	139.63	1,426	5thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,175	245.00	2,879	1thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	165.86/cwt	164.00–169.00	2,203	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,743	164.56/cwt	162.00–167.00	2,868	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,669	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,281	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,465	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,099	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,648	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,175	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,879	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	146.07/cwt	135.00–153.00	1,925	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	143.07/cwt	141.00–145.00	1,449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	496.25/cwt	482.50–510.00	1,787	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	478	457.32/cwt	452.50–462.50	2,186	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	575	402.48/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,314	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	413	480.05/cwt	477.50–482.50	1,983	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	528	424.03/cwt	411.00–435.00	2,239	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	623	388.93/cwt	382.50–400.00	2,423	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	473	421.22/cwt	420.00–422.50	1,992	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	385	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,009	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,086	1
Bulls	—	—	2,063	206.53/cwt	204.00–209.00	4,261	2

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 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 42Last week 22Year ago 96

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 14Year ago 20

No comparison due to limited supply.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,328	164.00–169.00	165.86
1	—	1,465	102.00	102.00
4	—	1,318	135.00–153.00	146.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,743	162.00–167.00	164.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	162.00	162.00
2	—	1,025	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,013	141.00–145.00	143.07
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	245.00	245.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,063	204.00–209.00	206.53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	407.50	407.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	395.00	395.00
1	450–500	490	410.00	410.00
1	800–850	810	257.50	257.50
1	850–900	855	245.00	245.00
1	950–1000	990	267.50	267.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	482.50–510.00	496.25
3	400–450	413	477.50–482.50	480.05
2	450–500	478	452.50–462.50	457.32
5	500–550	528	411.00–435.00	424.03
2	550–600	575	400.00–405.00	402.48
5	600–650	623	382.50–400.00	388.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	427.50	427.50
1	400–450	415	425.00	425.00
2	450–500	473	420.00–422.50	421.22

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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