Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers sold mostly steady. There was good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $370.30/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −82.06 against this barn's trailing median of $452.36.

Average price

$370.30

33 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,045

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$59.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.39

vs KY average

−1.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	372.10	2,050	32
Medium and Large 2-3	595	312.50	1,859	1thin

One grade step is worth $59.60/cwt here — about $190 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

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 sale33 hd

370.30

—

KY average24 barns · 819 hd

367.91

+2.39

National average146 barns · 8,317 hd

371.92

−1.62

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.36

−82.06

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	—	Low	1,629	204.24	3,328	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,558	170.54	2,657	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,235	161.76	1,998	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	144.41	1,436	17

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	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,168	$3,441	3thin

Every lot, as filed

108 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	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	240	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	800–850	800	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	485	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,952	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	850–900	860	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	745	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	243	487.58/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,185	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	295	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	395	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,139	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,056	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	381.64/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	371.57/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,635	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	268.91/cwt	267.50–277.50	1,958	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	313.26/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,782	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	256.38/cwt	236.00–277.50	2,495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	320.50/cwt	317.50–322.50	1,695	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	346.58/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,396	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	349.82/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,889	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	362.15/cwt	349.00–367.50	2,119	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	326.36/cwt	321.00–337.50	2,196	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	303.97/cwt	297.50–315.00	1,891	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	846	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,606	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	300.74/cwt	290.00–302.50	2,454	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	964	290.69/cwt	269.00–297.90	2,802	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,289	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	335.66/cwt	327.50–343.00	2,108	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	528	333.73/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,762	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,229	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,185	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	290.88/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,911	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	423.81/cwt	415.00–432.50	1,581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,584	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	480	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,838	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	373.87/cwt	372.50–375.00	1,735	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	408.75/cwt	402.50–415.00	1,410	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	280	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,260	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	171.36/cwt	161.00–189.00	2,157	19
Bulls	—	—	1,583	180.80/cwt	180.00–182.00	2,862	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	140.55/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,380	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	117.72/cwt	117.50–118.00	1,087	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,095	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	156.66/cwt	153.00–169.00	1,621	8
Bulls	—	—	1,720	214.16/cwt	200.00–227.50	3,684	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,459	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,547	177.82/cwt	173.00–189.00	2,751	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	163.10/cwt	159.00–167.00	2,512	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	141.18/cwt	131.00–147.00	1,696	5
Bulls	—	—	1,461	191.11/cwt	185.00–198.00	2,792	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	521	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,094	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	435	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,816	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	443	409.97/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,816	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,389	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	3,440.55/head	3,275.00–3,600.00	3,441	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	153.81/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,855	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,565	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,095	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,091	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,921	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	800–850	835	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,781	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	985	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,009	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	860	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,984	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,083	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,194	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	744	343.88/cwt	343.00–344.00	2,558	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	392.46/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	391.61/cwt	391.00–392.00	1,625	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	642	343.68/cwt	341.00–347.50	2,206	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	672	340.97/cwt	340.00–347.00	2,291	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	544	373.34/cwt	371.00–389.00	2,031	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	882	308.74/cwt	307.00–309.75	2,723	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,114	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	645	313.13/cwt	313.00–317.50	2,020	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	770	305.90/cwt	305.90–305.90	2,355	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	713	289.24/cwt	288.00–293.00	2,062	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	820	283.38/cwt	283.00–283.75	2,324	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,156	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	751	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,328	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	932	296.55/cwt	289.00–303.75	2,764	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,826	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	329.22/cwt	328.00–330.00	1,913	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	442	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,807	1

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 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,313Last week 1,106Year ago 1,585

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 34Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 3Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	500.00	500.00
1	250–300	280	450.00	450.00
2	300–350	325	427.50	427.50
1	350–400	395	450.00	450.00
2	400–450	443	405.00–415.00	409.97
1	450–500	485	402.50	402.50
1	700–750	745	297.50	297.50
1	800–850	800	291.00	291.00
1	850–900	860	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	402.50–415.00	408.75
2	350–400	373	415.00–432.50	423.81
3	400–450	428	380.00–382.50	381.64
4	450–500	464	372.50–375.00	373.87
1	500–550	505	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	575	357.50	357.50
1	600–650	610	322.50	322.50
1	650–700	690	310.00	310.00
3	750–800	796	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	845	269.00	269.00
1	1150–1200	1,185	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	420	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	555	312.50	312.50
1	800–850	835	230.00	230.00
1	1050–1100	1,095	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	360.00	360.00
2	450–500	462	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	480.00–495.00	487.58
1	250–300	295	450.00	450.00
2	350–400	370	407.50	407.50
6	400–450	405	391.00	391.00
2	450–500	480	383.00	383.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	397.50	397.50
8	400–450	440	362.50–375.00	371.57
5	450–500	476	337.50–350.00	346.58
4	500–550	529	317.50–322.50	320.50
23	550–600	569	307.50–325.00	313.26
8	600–650	622	297.50–315.00	303.97
3	650–700	657	282.50–295.00	290.88
7	700–750	728	267.50–277.50	268.91
2	750–800	757	282.50	282.50
1	800–850	835	257.50	257.50
1	850–900	880	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	528	330.00–337.50	333.73
15	550–600	581	328.00–330.00	329.22
35	600–650	645	313.00–317.50	313.13
14	650–700	669	316.00	316.00
12	700–750	713	288.00–293.00	289.24
135	750–800	770	305.90	305.90
131	800–850	820	283.00–283.75	283.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	442	322.50	322.50
1	450–500	475	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	535	292.50	292.50
1	600–650	625	234.00	234.00
1	650–700	695	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	740	217.50	217.50
1	750–800	750	241.00	241.00
1	800–850	825	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	716	255.00	255.00
4	750–800	763	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	362.50	362.50
5	400–450	415	391.00–392.00	391.61
2	450–500	483	390.00–395.00	392.46
5	500–550	540	345.00–355.00	349.82
5	550–600	585	349.00–367.50	362.15
5	600–650	628	327.50–343.00	335.66
13	650–700	673	321.00–337.50	326.36
1	700–750	700	327.00	327.00
5	750–800	754	291.00	291.00
7	800–850	816	290.00–302.50	300.74
1	900–950	920	255.00	255.00
2	950–1000	973	236.00–277.50	256.38
1	1000–1050	1,020	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	544	371.00–389.00	373.34
4	550–600	581	371.00	371.00
3	600–650	642	341.00–347.50	343.68
7	650–700	672	340.00–347.00	340.97
74	700–750	744	343.00–344.00	343.88
5	750–800	751	310.00	310.00
60	800–850	846	308.00	308.00
182	850–900	882	307.00–309.75	308.74
176	900–950	932	289.00–303.75	296.55
201	950–1000	964	269.00–297.90	290.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	417.50	417.50
1	450–500	470	400.00	400.00
5	500–550	521	402.00	402.00
10	800–850	835	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	312.50	312.50
1	850–900	860	220.00	220.00
1	950–1000	985	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	375.00	375.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,259	161.00–189.00	171.36
5	—	1,201	131.00–147.00	141.18
10	—	1,206	150.00–159.00	153.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	982	135.00–145.00	140.55
2	—	923	117.50–118.00	117.72
1	—	890	123.00	123.00
8	—	1,035	153.00–169.00	156.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	149.00	149.00
5	—	1,547	173.00–189.00	177.82
2	—	1,540	159.00–167.00	163.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,583	180.00–182.00	180.80
14	—	1,720	200.00–227.50	214.16
7	—	1,461	185.00–198.00	191.11

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,168	3,275.00–3,600.00	3,440.55

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Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

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