Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers 3.00-5.00 lower, Feeder heifers under 700 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower, over 700 lbs steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $333.33/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −120.26 against this barn's trailing median of $453.59.

Average price

$333.33

38 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,889

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−20.30

vs KY average

−35.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	333.33	1,889	38

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.05, low $359.98, median $453.59 across 30 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 sale38 hd

333.33

—

KY average23 barns · 878 hd

353.63

−20.30

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−35.68

This barn, trailing median30 sales

453.59

−120.26

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	1,351	161.41	2,181	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,558	151.65	2,363	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,285	139.65	1,795	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	128.33	1,339	4thin

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)	1,002	$2,312	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	910	$2,205	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,186	$2,099	9
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,195	$1,916	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	860	$1,681	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	655	$1,550	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,078	$1,492	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	830	$1,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,284	$2,508	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	898	$2,302	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,105	$2,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,275	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,220	$2,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

94 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - 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	—	—	1,611	184.27/cwt	173.00–197.00	2,969	5
Bulls	—	—	1,212	152.10/cwt	140.00–159.00	1,843	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	141.11/cwt	134.00–156.00	1,802	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	151.65/cwt	141.00–165.00	2,363	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	127.10/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,256	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	372	355.15/cwt	332.50–380.00	1,321	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	954	2,394.07/head	2,125.00–2,675.00	2,394	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	570	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	311.30/cwt	307.00–317.50	1,753	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,109	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,760	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	438	391.94/cwt	377.50–400.00	1,717	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	426	398.26/cwt	352.50–425.00	1,697	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	476	332.88/cwt	323.00–340.00	1,585	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	281.92/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,931	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,510	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	1,681.10/head	1,500.00–1,850.00	1,681	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	476	367.19/cwt	357.00–381.00	1,748	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	308.54/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,629	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	176.04/cwt	141.00–235.00	1,234	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	2,205.06/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,205	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	354.77/cwt	322.50–370.00	1,490	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	2,178.64/head	1,950.00–2,525.00	2,179	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,186	2,098.64/head	1,500.00–2,500.00	2,099	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	1,492.29/head	1,450.00–1,525.00	1,492	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	340	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	471	376.91/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,775	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	2,343.69/head	1,825.00–2,625.00	2,344	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	657	307.99/cwt	302.50–315.00	2,023	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	529	339.62/cwt	320.00–352.50	1,797	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	522	271.15/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,415	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,002	2,311.61/head	1,975.00–2,525.00	2,312	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	1,915.95/head	1,775.00–2,050.00	1,916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	612	326.68/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,999	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	372	408.09/cwt	360.00–430.00	1,518	6
Bulls	—	—	1,478	163.10/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,411	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	736	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,472	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	965	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,737	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	912	268.25/cwt	250.00–270.80	2,446	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	692	299.81/cwt	299.00–305.00	2,075	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	500–550	515	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	800–850	810	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	634	318.92/cwt	307.50–323.00	2,022	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	316.88/cwt	312.50–324.00	1,803	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	629	211.89/cwt	207.50–225.00	1,333	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	781	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,699	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	346.64/cwt	322.50–364.00	1,997	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,412	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	865	195.92/cwt	180.00–207.50	1,695	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	895	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,790	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	298.49/cwt	280.00–303.50	1,842	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	840	263.88/cwt	261.00–267.00	2,217	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	277.99/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,815	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	534	339.09/cwt	320.00–352.50	1,811	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	304.51/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,748	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,050	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	224.28/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,758	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	324.63/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,691	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	711	290.89/cwt	282.00–295.00	2,068	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	720	287.34/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	225.42/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,979	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	858	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,282	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	309.93/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,063	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	392	411.73/cwt	397.50–421.00	1,614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	730	263.43/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,923	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	291.43/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,128	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	800–850	805	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,037	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	289.49/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,948	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	302.44/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,567	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	300.44/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	262.40/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,679	10

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 (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Thu Apr 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 507Last week 1,627Year ago 1,399

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 89Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 9Year ago 1

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,611	173.00–197.00	184.27
13	—	1,212	140.00–159.00	152.10
4	—	1,478	160.00–165.00	163.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,277	134.00–156.00	141.11
1	—	1,350	128.00	128.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,558	141.00–165.00	151.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,010	125.00–129.00	127.10
1	—	1,145	132.00	132.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	392.50	392.50
7	350–400	372	332.50–380.00	355.15
19	400–450	420	322.50–370.00	354.77
7	450–500	476	323.00–340.00	332.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	445	240.00	240.00
5	500–550	522	260.00–280.00	271.15
1	550–600	550	242.50	242.50
4	600–650	629	207.50–225.00	211.89
4	700–750	736	200.00	200.00
5	750–800	781	217.50	217.50
3	850–900	865	180.00–207.50	195.92
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	265.00	265.00
1	800–850	810	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	521	315.00–330.00	324.63
7	550–600	569	312.50–324.00	316.88
22	600–650	617	280.00–303.50	298.49
5	650–700	653	275.00–280.00	277.99
18	700–750	730	255.00–268.00	263.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	300.00–320.00	309.93
2	450–500	463	280.00–302.50	291.43
6	500–550	518	300.00–307.50	302.44
5	550–600	566	290.00–305.00	300.44
10	600–650	640	260.00–263.00	262.40
1	650–700	670	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	740	230.00	230.00
4	750–800	784	222.00–225.00	224.28
2	850–900	878	220.00–231.00	225.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	400.00	400.00
6	350–400	372	360.00–430.00	408.09
14	400–450	426	352.50–425.00	398.26
5	450–500	471	360.00–385.00	376.91
10	500–550	529	320.00–352.50	339.62
1	550–600	570	327.00	327.00
9	600–650	612	320.00–327.50	326.68
5	650–700	657	302.50–315.00	307.99
2	700–750	720	280.00–295.00	287.34
1	800–850	805	253.00	253.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	450	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	528	300.00–317.50	308.54
5	550–600	574	295.00–315.00	304.51
5	650–700	673	287.50–290.00	289.49
1	750–800	785	231.00	231.00
4	800–850	828	212.50	212.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	895	200.00	200.00
1	950–1000	965	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	295.00	295.00
12	550–600	563	307.00–317.50	311.30
1	600–650	620	267.50	267.50
4	650–700	685	272.50–285.00	281.92
1	700–750	740	275.00	275.00
2	750–800	767	277.50	277.50
2	850–900	863	237.50	237.50
1	950–1000	950	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	397.50–421.00	411.73
5	400–450	438	377.50–400.00	391.94
10	450–500	476	357.00–381.00	367.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	750	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	534	320.00–352.50	339.09
21	550–600	576	322.50–364.00	346.64
14	600–650	634	307.50–323.00	318.92
7	650–700	692	299.00–305.00	299.81
11	700–750	711	282.00–295.00	290.89
20	800–850	840	261.00–267.00	263.88
4	850–900	858	266.00	266.00
66	900–950	912	250.00–270.80	268.25

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	4	—	954	2,125.00–2,675.00	2,394.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	2,275.00	2,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,510	2,800.00	2,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,220	2,150.00	2,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	2,825.00	2,825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	823	1,950.00–2,525.00	2,178.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,105	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,155	1,825.00–2,625.00	2,343.69
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,412	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	655	1,550.00	1,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	860	1,500.00–1,850.00	1,681.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	910	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,205.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,186	1,500.00–2,500.00	2,098.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,078	1,450.00–1,525.00	1,492.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,002	1,975.00–2,525.00	2,311.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,195	1,775.00–2,050.00	1,915.95
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	701	141.00–235.00	176.04
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	1,750.00	1,750.00

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

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