Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison available as the market was closed last week for Memorial Day.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $423.03/cwt on 13 head, down $4.95 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −15.69 against this barn's trailing median of $438.73.

Average price

$423.03

▼ 4.95 vs prior sale

13 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,325

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$34.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.72

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	560	441.67	2,472	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	541	407.06	2,202	7thin

One grade step is worth $34.61/cwt here — about $270 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale13 hd

423.03

—

KY average24 barns · 454 hd

424.75

−1.72

This barn, trailing median11 sales

438.73

−15.69

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	1,749	221.26	3,869	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,694	189.32	3,207	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,388	181.37	2,517	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,003	157.61	1,581	5thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	350–400	375	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	400	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	555.15/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,804	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	423.09/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	414.92/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,145	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	474	417.36/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,978	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	333	410.35/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,366	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,992	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,113	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 3	550–600	590	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	393.57/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,086	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	381	347.74/cwt	322.50–380.00	1,325	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	407.82/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,937	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	673	308.62/cwt	297.50–320.00	2,077	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	350	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	493.40/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,057	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	225	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	418	404.91/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,693	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,094	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	301.28/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,579	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,506	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	400.00/cwt	392.50–407.50	2,520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,786	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,949	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	396.57/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,272	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	375.83/cwt	372.50–382.50	2,635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,637	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	259.95/cwt	247.50–282.50	2,285	4
Bulls	—	—	1,777	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	4,034	3
Bulls	—	—	1,720	215.52/cwt	214.00–217.50	3,707	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,694	189.32/cwt	178.00–209.00	3,207	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,927	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	181.37/cwt	169.00–196.00	2,517	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,163	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	164.68/cwt	164.00–165.00	1,617	3

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 Jun 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 107Last week 218Year ago 122

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 35Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year ago 0

There is no comparison available as the market was closed last week for Memorial Day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	550.00–560.00	555.15
1	350–400	375	525.00	525.00
1	400–450	400	520.00	520.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	395.00	395.00
2	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
4	350–400	380	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	425	410.00–435.00	423.09
8	450–500	474	400.00–450.00	417.36
4	500–550	517	410.00–420.00	414.92
3	550–600	573	390.00–400.00	396.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	355	515.00	515.00
3	400–450	417	490.00–495.00	493.40
2	500–550	527	455.00	455.00
4	550–600	576	435.00	435.00
2	600–650	630	392.50–407.50	400.00
1	650–700	685	385.00	385.00
3	700–750	701	372.50–382.50	375.83
1	750–800	760	345.00	345.00
4	850–900	856	290.00–310.00	301.28
1	950–1000	975	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	400.00–430.00	410.35
4	350–400	381	322.50–380.00	347.74
4	400–450	418	400.00–420.00	404.91
2	450–500	475	400.00–415.00	407.82
1	550–600	580	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	610	327.50	327.50
2	650–700	673	297.50–320.00	308.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	445.00	445.00
2	400–450	430	425.00	425.00
3	450–500	483	412.50	412.50
2	500–550	530	387.50–400.00	393.57
2	600–650	625	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	695	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	580.00	580.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	395.00	395.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	260.00	260.00

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	4	—	879	247.50–282.50	259.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,777	227.00	227.00
3	—	1,720	214.00–217.50	215.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,694	178.00–209.00	189.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	169.00	169.00
1	—	930	125.00	125.00
3	—	982	164.00–165.00	164.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,388	169.00–196.00	181.37

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle