Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00 lower, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $372.94/cwt on 12 head, down $51.54 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 10 comparable sales and sits −32.65 against this barn's trailing median of $405.59.

Average price

$372.94

▼ 51.54 vs prior sale

12 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,076

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−42.86

vs KY average

−51.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	372.94	2,076	12thin

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 sale12 hd

372.94

—

KY average27 barns · 1,382 hd

415.80

−42.86

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

−51.13

This barn, trailing median10 sales

405.59

−32.65

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	1,484	209.16	3,103	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,645	190.08	3,127	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	179.51	2,250	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,083	161.58	1,751	5thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,635	$2,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	515	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,459	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,100	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	388	452.52/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	414	498.81/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,065	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	285	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	436.45/cwt	422.50–447.50	2,527	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	255	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	1,760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	371.67/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,104	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	230	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	486.96/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,376	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,136	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	488.73/cwt	487.50–490.00	2,507	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	447.45/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	365.12/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,910	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	640	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	960	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,394	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	179.60/cwt	167.00–195.00	1,936	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	154.34/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,641	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,589	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	190.08/cwt	180.00–199.00	3,127	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	185.26/cwt	175.00–194.00	2,305	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	469	397.82/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,866	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	399.92/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	1
Bulls	—	—	1,514	215.83/cwt	210.00–220.00	3,268	5
Bulls	—	—	1,630	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,097	1
Bulls	—	—	1,185	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	358	541.74/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,939	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	3,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	450.92/cwt	440.00–472.50	1,862	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	361.29/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,486	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	318	543.29/cwt	535.00–545.00	1,728	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,796	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	618	428.98/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,090	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,071	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	475.53/cwt	462.50–482.50	1,726	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,637	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,635	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	441.95/cwt	430.00–447.50	1,883	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	540	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,849	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,236	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 Apr 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 127Last week 167Year ago 116

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 55Year ago 44

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 8Year ago 5

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00 lower, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	530.00	530.00
3	350–400	358	525.00–550.00	541.74
2	500–550	515	477.50	477.50
3	600–650	618	420.00–440.00	428.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	488	480.00–490.00	486.96
1	500–550	520	430.00	430.00
5	550–600	579	422.50–447.50	436.45
2	650–700	688	357.50–365.00	361.29
1	850–900	890	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	920	270.00	270.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	270.00	270.00
1	1100–1150	1,100	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	480	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	505	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	570	420.00	420.00
1	950–1000	960	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	450.00–455.00	452.52
3	400–450	430	380.00–420.00	399.92
5	450–500	469	370.00–420.00	397.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	590.00	590.00
6	300–350	318	535.00–545.00	543.29
1	350–400	370	500.00	500.00
4	400–450	414	480.00–505.00	498.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	462.50–482.50	475.53
4	400–450	426	430.00–447.50	441.95
3	450–500	476	435.00	435.00
2	500–550	523	360.00–370.00	365.12
9	550–600	566	365.00–375.00	371.67
1	650–700	685	357.50	357.50
1	900–950	945	300.00	300.00
1	950–1000	990	267.50	267.50
1	1050–1100	1,090	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	640	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	550	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	440.00–472.50	450.92
5	450–500	457	440.00–460.00	447.45
4	550–600	586	450.00	450.00
1	600–650	645	410.00	410.00
4	650–700	655	427.50	427.50
1	700–750	730	352.50	352.50
1	800–850	800	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	690.00	690.00
1	300–350	325	552.50	552.50
1	400–450	430	500.00	500.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	487.50–490.00	488.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	167.00–195.00	179.60
2	—	1,063	150.00–159.00	154.34
1	—	1,135	140.00	140.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,645	180.00–199.00	190.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,244	175.00–194.00	185.26
1	—	1,310	145.00	145.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,514	210.00–220.00	215.83
1	—	1,630	190.00	190.00
1	—	1,185	195.00	195.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,195	260.00	260.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,635	2,850.00	2,850.00

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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Stanford Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) - Stanford, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle