Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No trend on feeder steers due to limited comparison, Feeder heifers steady, Moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $381.59/cwt on 16 head, down $41.44 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −57.14 against this barn's trailing median of $438.73.

Average price

$381.59

▼ 41.44 vs prior sale

16 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,071

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.20

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	543	381.59	2,071	16thin

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 sale16 hd

381.59

—

KY average26 barns · 391 hd

387.79

−6.20

This barn, trailing median11 sales

438.73

−57.14

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	1,727	222.67	3,845	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,619	179.27	2,902	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,284	176.46	2,266	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,145	282.50	3,235	1thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 2-3	650–700	683	296.16/cwt	272.50–320.00	2,023	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	470.64/cwt	465.00–472.50	2,137	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,226	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	494.90/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,871	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	450–500	450	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	347.09/cwt	340.00–372.50	2,218	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	368	391.21/cwt	390.00–392.50	1,440	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	400–450	400	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	384.99/cwt	382.50–387.50	2,141	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	474	417.02/cwt	387.50–422.50	1,977	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	334.98/cwt	332.50–337.50	2,228	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,027	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	370.49/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,956	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,161	1
Bulls	—	—	1,575	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	3,922	1
Bulls	—	—	2,150	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	4,429	1
Bulls	—	—	1,455	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	3,099	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,485	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,376	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	180.58/cwt	174.00–188.00	2,228	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,721	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	184.40/cwt	182.00–187.00	2,993	2
Steers	Select	—	1,145	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	3,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	384.43/cwt	372.50–392.50	1,834	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,757	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	361.21/cwt	360.00–362.50	1,564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	773	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,222	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	359.88/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,933	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,186	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,478	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	424	409.52/cwt	375.00–440.00	1,736	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	541	395.84/cwt	392.50–397.50	2,141	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 Aug 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 107Last week 102Year ago 63

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 26Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	380.00	380.00
2	350–400	368	390.00–392.50	391.21
2	400–450	433	360.00–362.50	361.21
1	500–550	530	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	683	272.50–320.00	296.16
4	750–800	773	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	340	420.00	420.00
2	350–400	362	422.50	422.50
11	450–500	477	372.50–392.50	384.43
4	500–550	537	350.00–370.00	359.88
1	550–600	550	340.00	340.00
10	600–650	643	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	520.00	520.00
2	350–400	378	490.00–500.00	494.90
5	400–450	420	482.50	482.50
4	450–500	454	465.00–472.50	470.64
6	500–550	528	360.00–372.50	370.49
7	550–600	556	382.50–387.50	384.99
6	600–650	639	340.00–372.50	347.09
2	650–700	665	332.50–337.50	334.98
1	700–750	745	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	770	330.00	330.00
1	850–900	885	280.00	280.00
1	900–950	900	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	390.00	390.00
1	350–400	375	440.00	440.00
4	400–450	424	375.00–440.00	409.52
7	450–500	474	387.50–422.50	417.02
1	750–800	775	297.50	297.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	450	332.50	332.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	541	392.50–397.50	395.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	495	355.00	355.00

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	645	335.00	335.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	249.00	249.00
1	—	2,150	206.00	206.00
1	—	1,455	213.00	213.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	160.00	160.00
4	—	1,234	174.00–188.00	180.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	169.00	169.00
2	—	1,623	182.00–187.00	184.40
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	282.50	282.50

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

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

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Replacement Cattle

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