Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers steady, Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $459.64/cwt on 9 head, up $16.67 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 11 comparable sales and sits +20.92 against this barn's trailing median of $438.73.

Average price

$459.64

▲ 16.67 vs prior sale

9 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+24.88

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	553	459.64	2,540	9thin

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 sale9 hd

459.64

—

KY average26 barns · 501 hd

434.76

+24.88

This barn, trailing median11 sales

438.73

+20.92

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	—	Low	1,388	195.84	2,718	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,315	165.48	2,176	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,575	163.24	2,572	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,062	142.55	1,514	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,110	240.00	2,664	1thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	425.84/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,236	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	667	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,372	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,039	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	416.35/cwt	400.00–427.50	1,998	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	466.19/cwt	462.50–470.00	2,019	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	270	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	400	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	230	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	150–200	190	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,093	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	722	282.79/cwt	257.50–302.50	2,042	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	472.56/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,479	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	391.15/cwt	387.50–395.00	2,210	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	725	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	356.65/cwt	352.50–360.00	2,390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	262.60/cwt	247.50–277.50	2,022	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,854	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	510	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	723	356.03/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,574	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	483.46/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,031	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	240	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,356	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,110	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,664	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	150.33/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,621	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	167.86/cwt	162.00–174.00	2,682	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,308	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,356	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,664	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	168.89/cwt	160.00–180.00	2,223	11
Bulls	—	—	1,311	173.95/cwt	165.00–180.00	2,280	4
Bulls	—	—	1,449	213.36/cwt	208.00–220.00	3,092	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	246.28/cwt	245.00–247.50	2,606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	454.44/cwt	447.50–467.50	2,563	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	321.26/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,153	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	970	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	625	389.88/cwt	372.50–417.50	2,437	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	415.02/cwt	410.00–422.50	2,407	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,848	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	460.94/cwt	452.50–470.00	1,959	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	458.81/cwt	452.50–465.00	2,478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	372	554.93/cwt	520.00–570.00	2,064	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	438.72/cwt	437.50–440.00	2,106	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	395	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	488	429.33/cwt	420.00–432.50	2,095	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,892	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 Mar 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 124Last week 114Year ago 104

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 21Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year ago 13

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers steady, Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	525	415.00–430.00	425.84
3	550–600	580	410.00–422.50	415.02
1	600–650	625	360.00	360.00
2	650–700	667	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	415.00	415.00
4	450–500	480	400.00–427.50	416.35
1	600–650	645	287.50	287.50
3	700–750	722	257.50–302.50	282.79
2	750–800	770	247.50–277.50	262.60
2	800–850	825	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	465.00–480.00	472.56
6	400–450	433	462.50–470.00	466.19
2	450–500	480	437.50–440.00	438.72
1	500–550	540	377.50	377.50
2	550–600	565	387.50–395.00	391.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	550.00	550.00
1	350–400	395	510.00	510.00
1	400–450	400	507.50	507.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	575.00	575.00
1	200–250	230	605.00	605.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	460.00	460.00
3	650–700	670	352.50–360.00	356.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	352.50	352.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	565.00	565.00
1	300–350	325	600.00	600.00
6	350–400	372	520.00–570.00	554.93
3	400–450	420	480.00–490.00	483.46
1	450–500	455	487.50	487.50
1	500–550	510	492.50	492.50
6	600–650	625	372.50–417.50	389.88
5	700–750	723	355.00–360.00	356.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	480.00	480.00
2	400–450	425	452.50–470.00	460.94
2	450–500	470	457.50	457.50
2	500–550	540	452.50–465.00	458.81
6	550–600	564	447.50–467.50	454.44
1	600–650	615	350.00	350.00
2	800–850	825	320.00–322.50	321.26
1	900–950	905	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	430.00	430.00
4	450–500	488	420.00–432.50	429.33
1	950–1000	970	277.50	277.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	240.00	240.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	148.00–153.00	150.33
1	—	1,030	127.00	127.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,598	162.00–174.00	167.86
1	—	1,530	154.00	154.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	128.00	128.00
11	—	1,316	160.00–180.00	168.89
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,311	165.00–180.00	173.95
5	—	1,449	208.00–220.00	213.36

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	2	—	1,058	245.00–247.50	246.28

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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Stanford Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle