Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to low comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $396.67/cwt on 6 head, down $25.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 10 comparable sales and sits −8.92 against this barn's trailing median of $405.59.

Average price

$396.67

▼ 25.22 vs prior sale

6 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,089

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.83

vs KY average

+0.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	410.00	2,173	2thin
Medium and Large 2	525	390.00	2,048	3thin
Large 1-2	525	390.00	2,048	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $126 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale6 hd

396.67

—

KY average26 barns · 1,427 hd

414.50

−17.83

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

+0.62

This barn, trailing median10 sales

405.59

−8.92

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	—	Average	1,629	226.08	3,683	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,270	195.00	2,477	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,345	194.00	2,609	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	158.83	1,713	3thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,135	$3,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$3,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 2-3	300–350	310	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,395	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,242	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,021	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,918	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	603	390.03/cwt	382.50–397.50	2,352	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	535	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	287	501.42/cwt	497.50–510.00	1,439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,757	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,048	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	425.15/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,190	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	701	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,927	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,988	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	525	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,137	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,230	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	250–300	275	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	433.16/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	343.32/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,311	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	420.06/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,848	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	430.34/cwt	425.00–437.50	2,457	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	660	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,244	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bulls	—	—	1,353	214.57/cwt	213.00–216.00	2,903	2
Bulls	—	—	1,905	237.59/cwt	235.00–240.00	4,526	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,709	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,609	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,829	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,953	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,371	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,250	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 Jul 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 63Last week 54Year ago 205

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 35Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 1

No trend due to low comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	450.00	450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	500.00	500.00
2	450–500	470	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	595	395.00	395.00
1	600–650	610	367.50	367.50
3	650–700	673	340.00–350.00	343.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	590.00	590.00
1	300–350	325	590.00	590.00
1	500–550	500	455.00	455.00
5	550–600	571	425.00–437.50	430.34
1	600–650	605	415.00	415.00
1	650–700	665	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	427.50	427.50
2	600–650	603	382.50–397.50	390.03
1	650–700	660	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	287	497.50–510.00	501.42
3	400–450	440	455.00	455.00
1	450–500	460	442.50	442.50
1	500–550	505	435.00	435.00
1	550–600	555	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	482.50	482.50
3	350–400	375	420.00–440.00	433.16
7	400–450	440	410.00–430.00	420.06
1	450–500	465	427.50	427.50
3	500–550	525	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	525	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	420.00–430.00	425.15
1	600–650	635	410.00	410.00
1	700–750	740	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	701	417.50	417.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	3,100.00	3,100.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	3,400.00	3,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	213.00–216.00	214.57
2	—	1,905	235.00–240.00	237.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	210.00	210.00
1	—	1,250	180.00	180.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	194.00	194.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	164.00	164.00
1	—	1,085	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,035	132.50	132.50

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle