Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 500 lbs 10.00-15.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, Feeder and yearling heifers steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-5.00 lower, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.26/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −75.94 against this barn's trailing median of $409.20.

Average price

$333.26

52 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,852

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

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

$48.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.53

vs KY average

−4.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	336.06	1,872	49
Medium and Large 2-3	535	287.50	1,538	3thin

One grade step is worth $48.56/cwt here — about $334 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $447.15, low $334.06, median $409.20 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 sale52 hd

333.26

—

KY average25 barns · 1,307 hd

336.79

−3.53

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−4.98

This barn, trailing median31 sales

409.20

−75.94

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	1,704	200.01	3,408	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,715	160.81	2,757	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,347	159.22	2,145	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,008	143.23	1,444	9thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,180	179.00	2,112	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,358	197.61	2,684	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 (5-8 yrs)	1,467	$3,280	5

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	—	—	1,693	194.33/cwt	192.00–196.00	3,290	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,180	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,112	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,358	197.61/cwt	185.00–205.00	2,684	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	155.92/cwt	151.00–161.00	1,590	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	306.50/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	422	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	300	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	354.44/cwt	350.00–367.00	1,478	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,912	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	285	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,169	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,126	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	386.79/cwt	377.00–390.00	1,710	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	541	340.01/cwt	335.00–343.00	1,839	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	588	329.99/cwt	323.00–333.00	1,940	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	686	317.57/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,179	85
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	385.58/cwt	370.00–389.00	1,885	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	543	384.46/cwt	379.00–385.00	2,088	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	776	296.67/cwt	282.00–297.00	2,302	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	384.16/cwt	382.50–387.50	1,464	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1050–1100	1,064	278.95/cwt	278.95–278.95	2,968	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	349.01/cwt	337.00–355.00	2,324	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	962	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,684	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	277.93/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,895	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,208	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	381.39/cwt	367.50–389.00	1,609	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,049	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	589	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,327	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	855	279.85/cwt	279.85–279.85	2,393	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	744	313.58/cwt	297.50–323.00	2,333	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,538	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	344.46/cwt	332.50–354.00	2,129	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	283.67/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	894	296.66/cwt	290.00–300.10	2,652	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	905	297.57/cwt	279.00–297.90	2,693	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	631	329.54/cwt	312.00–334.00	2,079	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	741	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	2,197	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	317.88/cwt	300.00–339.00	1,535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	488	332.49/cwt	319.00–337.00	1,623	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	686	294.09/cwt	282.50–300.00	2,017	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	297.52/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	215.55/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,778	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	870	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,097	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	505	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,319	1
Bulls	—	—	1,395	178.70/cwt	170.00–185.00	2,493	4
Bulls	—	—	1,830	209.67/cwt	200.00–220.00	3,837	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	141.80/cwt	136.00–148.00	1,366	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	164.78/cwt	152.00–179.00	2,218	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	141.85/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,908	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,708	163.94/cwt	153.00–172.00	2,800	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,065	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,237	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	976	221.80/cwt	215.00–222.50	2,165	11
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	840	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,953	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,755	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,492	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	345	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	345.12/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,450	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	413	335.97/cwt	335.00–337.00	1,388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	442	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	760	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,151	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,497	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	260	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,209	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	480	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,906	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	567	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,140	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,467	3,280.44/head	3,000.00–3,550.00	3,280	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	349.57/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,031	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,168	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	358.41/cwt	357.00–363.00	2,090	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	328.53/cwt	327.00–329.00	2,089	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	345	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	345.54/cwt	337.50–349.00	1,614	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	708	296.03/cwt	293.00–302.00	2,096	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	613	344.91/cwt	329.00–353.00	2,114	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	277.29/cwt	277.00–279.00	2,357	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	283.26/cwt	281.00–292.50	2,181	15

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 Jun 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,181Last week 1,056Year ago 1,503

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 96Year ago 102

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 1Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,693	192.00–196.00	194.33
4	—	1,395	170.00–185.00	178.70
10	—	1,830	200.00–220.00	209.67
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	179.00	179.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,358	185.00–205.00	197.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,020	151.00–161.00	155.92
1	—	1,055	121.00	121.00
1	—	1,050	119.00	119.00
3	—	963	136.00–148.00	141.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,346	152.00–179.00	164.78
4	—	1,345	138.00–145.00	141.85
1	—	1,380	123.00	123.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,708	153.00–172.00	163.94
1	—	1,755	142.00	142.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	442	377.00–390.00	386.79
17	450–500	489	370.00–389.00	385.58
1	500–550	500	340.00	340.00
9	550–600	581	340.00–355.00	349.57
4	600–650	610	305.00–307.00	306.50
2	650–700	657	291.00	291.00
1	750–800	785	261.00	261.00
2	850–900	855	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	380	347.00	347.00
2	400–450	420	340.00–350.00	345.12
1	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	530	332.50	332.50
2	550–600	575	295.00–300.00	297.52
1	650–700	655	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	465.00	465.00
1	300–350	345	425.00	425.00
2	400–450	442	402.50	402.50
2	450–500	480	397.00	397.00
2	550–600	567	377.50	377.50
3	600–650	613	329.00–353.00	344.91
3	700–750	708	293.00–302.00	296.03
1	750–800	760	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	402.50	402.50
2	400–450	422	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	381	382.50–387.50	384.16
9	400–450	422	367.50–389.00	381.39
1	450–500	480	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	500	377.00	377.00
5	550–600	583	357.00–363.00	358.41
4	600–650	636	327.00–329.00	328.53
1	650–700	695	312.00	312.00
1	700–750	730	280.00	280.00
15	750–800	770	281.00–292.50	283.26
1	800–850	825	283.00	283.00
7	850–900	850	277.00–279.00	277.29
1	900–950	930	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	543	379.00–385.00	384.46
6	550–600	589	395.00	395.00
13	600–650	618	332.50–354.00	344.46
3	650–700	666	337.00–355.00	349.01
34	700–750	744	297.50–323.00	313.58
179	850–900	894	290.00–300.10	296.66
59	900–950	905	279.00–297.90	297.57
57	950–1000	962	279.00	279.00
53	1050–1100	1,064	278.95	278.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
3	450–500	483	300.00–339.00	317.88
1	500–550	540	317.50	317.50
3	650–700	686	282.50–300.00	294.09
1	850–900	870	241.00	241.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	395.00	395.00
3	300–350	331	365.00	365.00
1	350–400	395	379.00	379.00
20	400–450	417	350.00–367.00	354.44
12	450–500	467	337.50–349.00	345.54
1	500–550	530	317.00	317.00
2	600–650	618	277.50–290.00	283.67
5	650–700	682	270.00–289.00	277.93
1	700–750	730	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	800	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	410.00	410.00
1	300–350	345	391.00	391.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	500–550	541	335.00–343.00	340.01
17	550–600	588	323.00–333.00	329.99
106	600–650	631	312.00–334.00	329.54
85	650–700	686	300.00–325.00	317.57
65	700–750	741	296.50	296.50
134	750–800	776	282.00–297.00	296.67
60	850–900	855	279.85	279.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	413	335.00–337.00	335.97
16	450–500	488	319.00–337.00	332.49
3	500–550	535	287.50	287.50
2	800–850	825	211.00–220.00	215.55
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	840	232.50	232.50
11	950–1000	976	215.00–222.50	221.80
1	1050–1100	1,065	210.00	210.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,467	3,000.00–3,550.00	3,280.44

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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 (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

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Replacement Cattle