Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sharply lower, over 500 lbs 5.00-8.00 lower, Feeder and yearling heifers 4.00-6.00 lower, Moderate to good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls 3.00-5.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.82/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −85.54 against this barn's trailing median of $452.36.

Average price

$366.82

79 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$456

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

$55.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.46

vs KY average

−17.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	367.52	2,034	78
Medium and Large 2-3	505	312.50	1,578	1thin

One grade step is worth $55.02/cwt here — about $456 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.05, low $359.98, median $452.36 across 31 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 sale79 hd

366.82

—

KY average25 barns · 1,088 hd

373.28

−6.46

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−17.78

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.36

−85.54

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	1,651	197.01	3,253	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,277	155.32	1,984	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,674	154.58	2,588	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,066	142.61	1,520	26
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,175	232.96	2,737	2thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,225	$2,425	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,225	$2,325	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,188	$2,143	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,195	$2,688	2thin

Every lot, as filed

106 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,282	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	153.76/cwt	149.00–168.00	1,667	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	126.90/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,302	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	159.40/cwt	150.00–173.00	2,036	26
Bulls	—	—	1,750	205.80/cwt	195.00–221.00	3,602	10
Bulls	—	—	1,510	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,582	1
Bulls	—	—	1,510	186.69/cwt	183.00–190.00	2,819	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,522	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,666	164.32/cwt	155.00–172.00	2,738	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	587	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	305.64/cwt	281.00–330.00	1,339	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	990	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	690	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	769	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,269	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	297.65/cwt	285.00–304.00	1,839	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	370.39/cwt	362.50–377.50	1,578	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	374.81/cwt	367.00–382.50	1,709	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	361.79/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,342	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	427	395.20/cwt	391.00–412.50	1,688	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	340.33/cwt	332.00–350.00	1,947	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	428	382.35/cwt	377.50–387.50	1,636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	316.67/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,672	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	281	452.17/cwt	410.00–500.00	1,271	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	150–200	190	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	365.49/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	635	331.88/cwt	290.00–337.00	2,107	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	500	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,850	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	672	312.76/cwt	297.50–330.00	2,102	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	332	447.65/cwt	432.50–455.00	1,486	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	525	364.09/cwt	362.50–367.50	1,911	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	481	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,780	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	377.92/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	417	441.65/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,842	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	265	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	346.62/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,028	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	366	387.35/cwt	382.50–405.00	1,418	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	300	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,347	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	800–850	820	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,091	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	723	217.97/cwt	202.50–232.50	1,576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,578	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	2,142.85/head	1,850.00–2,450.00	2,143	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	578	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,095	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	356	403.44/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,436	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,770	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	2,248	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	139.64/cwt	131.00–146.00	1,469	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	337	338.34/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,140	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	582	272.07/cwt	255.00–290.00	1,583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	476	326.47/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,554	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,525	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,175	232.96/cwt	205.00–265.00	2,737	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	143.93/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,861	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	913	284.40/cwt	284.40–284.40	2,597	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	361	334.34/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,207	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	539	346.29/cwt	337.00–357.50	1,867	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	832	274.47/cwt	272.50–274.50	2,284	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	840	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	875	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	361.19/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,228	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	795	271.80/cwt	271.75–275.00	2,161	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	345.82/cwt	317.50–355.00	1,625	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	326.23/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,093	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	980	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	381.70/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,424	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	888	274.52/cwt	266.50–282.95	2,438	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	677	326.60/cwt	310.00–335.00	2,211	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	383.43/cwt	377.00–385.00	2,013	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,004	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,610	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,919	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	350.02/cwt	321.00–357.00	2,188	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	802	280.87/cwt	272.50–281.00	2,253	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	634	293.39/cwt	289.00–305.00	1,860	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	368.76/cwt	361.00–370.50	2,142	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	988	271.70/cwt	271.70–271.70	2,684	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	723	322.58/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,332	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	339.95/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,900	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	346.47/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,476	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	756	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,196	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	348.28/cwt	332.50–355.00	1,828	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	692	290.23/cwt	287.50–310.00	2,008	98
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	351.42/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,810	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	260.29/cwt	250.00–270.00	2,012	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,139	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	324	395.67/cwt	375.00–442.50	1,282	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	354.50/cwt	337.50–367.50	1,652	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	318.79/cwt	297.50–327.00	1,843	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	705	300.17/cwt	299.00–302.50	2,116	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	414.40/cwt	405.00–442.50	1,533	7

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 May 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,422Last week 865Year ago 1,306

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 100Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 12Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	111.00	111.00
12	—	1,084	149.00–168.00	153.76
5	—	1,026	122.00–130.00	126.90
8	—	1,052	131.00–146.00	139.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,277	150.00–173.00	159.40
1	—	1,180	129.00	129.00
7	—	1,293	140.00–148.00	143.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,666	155.00–172.00	164.32
1	—	1,635	114.00	114.00
1	—	1,770	127.00	127.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,750	195.00–221.00	205.80
1	—	1,510	171.00	171.00
6	—	1,510	183.00–190.00	186.69
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	205.00–265.00	232.96

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	325.00–327.50	326.23
10	450–500	470	317.50–355.00	345.82
3	500–550	528	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	587	317.50	317.50
1	650–700	655	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	715	195.00	195.00
1	750–800	750	232.50	232.50
1	800–850	840	215.00	215.00
1	850–900	875	205.00	205.00
1	950–1000	980	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	380.00–385.00	381.70
5	400–450	426	362.50–377.50	370.39
7	450–500	456	367.00–382.50	374.81
12	500–550	515	340.00–357.50	351.42
23	550–600	572	332.00–350.00	340.33
1	650–700	690	280.00	280.00
2	750–800	773	250.00–270.00	260.29
1	800–850	820	234.00	234.00
1	850–900	865	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	465.00	465.00
3	300–350	332	432.50–455.00	447.65
5	350–400	356	400.00–417.50	403.44
8	400–450	417	410.00–460.00	441.65
1	450–500	465	400.00	400.00
6	500–550	525	362.50–367.50	364.09
3	550–600	578	362.50	362.50
10	600–650	635	290.00–337.00	331.88
6	650–700	672	297.50–330.00	312.76
1	800–850	820	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	335.00–340.00	338.34
4	350–400	361	330.00–340.00	334.34
2	400–450	438	281.00–330.00	305.64
1	450–500	470	300.00	300.00
5	550–600	582	255.00–290.00	272.07
1	600–650	610	250.00	250.00
2	700–750	723	202.50–232.50	217.97
1	750–800	760	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	372.50	372.50
2	300–350	340	357.50–365.00	361.19
5	350–400	371	345.00–370.00	361.79
18	400–450	426	340.00–360.00	346.47
22	450–500	466	337.50–367.50	354.50
10	500–550	528	310.00–327.50	316.67
25	550–600	578	297.50–327.00	318.79
1	600–650	635	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	710	255.00	255.00
3	800–850	826	259.00	259.00
1	850–900	870	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	324	375.00–442.50	395.67
9	350–400	366	382.50–405.00	387.35
2	400–450	428	377.50–387.50	382.35
4	450–500	481	370.00	370.00
4	500–550	500	370.00	370.00
3	700–750	705	299.00–302.50	300.17
33	750–800	756	290.50	290.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
117	500–550	539	337.00–357.50	346.29
10	550–600	559	335.00–342.50	339.95
12	600–650	634	289.00–305.00	293.39
98	650–700	692	287.50–310.00	290.23
67	750–800	795	271.75–275.00	271.80
67	800–850	832	272.50–274.50	274.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	525	377.00–385.00	383.43
31	550–600	581	361.00–370.50	368.76
43	600–650	625	321.00–357.00	350.02
32	650–700	677	310.00–335.00	326.60
21	700–750	723	320.00–325.00	322.58
65	750–800	769	295.00	295.00
66	800–850	802	272.50–281.00	280.87
129	850–900	888	266.50–282.95	274.52
58	900–950	913	284.40	284.40
58	950–1000	988	271.70	271.70
56	1000–1050	1,004	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	380.00	380.00
3	400–450	420	375.00–380.00	377.92
4	450–500	470	360.00–370.00	365.49
14	500–550	525	332.50–355.00	348.28
8	550–600	585	340.00–357.50	346.62
3	600–650	618	285.00–304.00	297.65
1	800–850	800	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	630.00	630.00
5	250–300	281	410.00–500.00	452.17
1	300–350	300	449.00	449.00
7	350–400	370	405.00–442.50	414.40
10	400–450	427	391.00–412.50	395.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	476	305.00–330.00	326.47
1	500–550	505	312.50	312.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	2,225.00	2,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	3,150.00	3,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,225	2,425.00	2,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,225	2,325.00	2,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,188	1,850.00–2,450.00	2,142.85

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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Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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Stanford Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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 (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle