Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to Labor Day Holiday. However feeder classes sold with increased demand and higher prices,

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $379.98/cwt on 16 head, up $25.89 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −58.75 against this barn's trailing median of $438.73.

Average price

$379.98

▲ 25.89 vs prior sale

16 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,093

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$442

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

$63.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.15

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	383.98	2,122	15thin
Medium and Large 2	525	320.00	1,680	1thin

One grade step is worth $63.98/cwt here — about $442 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 $354.09, 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

379.98

—

KY average25 barns · 467 hd

354.83

+25.15

This barn, trailing median11 sales

438.73

−58.75

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	1,968	207.00	4,073	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,742	138.33	2,409	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,335	128.28	1,713	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	109.18	1,190	8thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 1-2	550–600	584	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,117	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	427.20/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,858	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	556	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,238	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,969	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	371.83/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,073	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	339.23/cwt	327.50–350.00	1,774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	401.92/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	400	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	464	383.88/cwt	382.50–395.00	1,781	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	502	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,058	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	400.58/cwt	395.00–402.50	1,506	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,847	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,214	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	404.17/cwt	395.00–422.50	1,980	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	527	373.42/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,968	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,292	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	319.94/cwt	312.50–325.00	2,169	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	376.29/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,047	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	324.14/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,019	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,680	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,205	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,348	204.13/cwt	190.00–217.50	2,752	2
Bulls	—	—	2,135	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	4,249	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	3,870	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,035	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,435	135.04/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,938	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	121.52/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,501	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,815	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,450	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,795	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,764	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	137.27/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,391	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	119.00/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,267	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	90.23/cwt	80.00–105.00	1,030	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,205	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	519	408.13/cwt	407.50–410.00	2,118	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	623	354.46/cwt	352.50–357.50	2,208	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	567	390.66/cwt	380.00–397.50	2,215	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 Sep 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 114Last week 72Year ago 161

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 12Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 6

No comparison to last week due to Labor Day Holiday. However feeder classes sold with increased demand and higher prices,

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	410.00	410.00
1	350–400	350	417.50	417.50
1	400–450	430	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	490	395.00–422.50	404.17
4	500–550	544	370.00–380.00	376.29
4	550–600	584	362.50	362.50
3	600–650	623	320.00–332.50	324.14
3	650–700	678	312.50–325.00	319.94
3	700–750	723	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	770	287.50	287.50
1	950–1000	950	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	320.00	320.00
3	600–650	648	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	432.50	432.50
4	500–550	519	407.50–410.00	408.13
3	550–600	567	380.00–397.50	390.66
5	600–650	623	352.50–357.50	354.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	425.00	425.00
1	300–350	320	420.00	420.00
5	400–450	435	415.00–430.00	427.20
1	500–550	525	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	502	410.00	410.00
5	550–600	556	402.50	402.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	265	405.00	405.00
3	300–350	330	385.00–410.00	401.92
4	350–400	376	395.00–402.50	400.58
3	450–500	473	360.00–377.50	371.83
2	500–550	523	327.50–350.00	339.23
1	550–600	585	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	645	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	650	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	382.50	382.50
9	450–500	464	382.50–395.00	383.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	527	370.00–377.50	373.42

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	1	—	1,050	210.00	210.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,348	190.00–217.50	204.13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,135	199.00	199.00
1	—	1,800	215.00	215.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	126.00	126.00
1	—	1,815	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,795	154.00	154.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	132.00–138.00	135.04
2	—	1,235	120.00–123.00	121.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,013	135.00–140.00	137.27
2	—	1,065	114.00–124.00	119.00
4	—	1,141	80.00–105.00	90.23

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