Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers steady on a limited comparison, Feeder heifers steady yearling heifers 700-800 lbs were 5.00-8.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady on a limited comparison, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $311.02/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −100.24 against this barn's trailing median of $411.26.

Average price

$311.02

37 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

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

$24.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.43

vs KY average

−24.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	571	314.30	1,794	32
Medium and Large 2-3	527	290.00	1,528	5thin

One grade step is worth $24.30/cwt here — about $266 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $447.15, low $334.06, median $411.26 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 sale37 hd

311.02

—

KY average23 barns · 787 hd

327.44

−16.43

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

−24.89

This barn, trailing median30 sales

411.26

−100.24

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	1,504	198.25	2,981	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,600	163.92	2,623	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,300	160.01	2,080	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,060	129.00	1,367	2thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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 1-2	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	312.51/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,828	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	316.98/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,651	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	377.49/cwt	367.50–382.50	1,778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	385.18/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,263	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	722	317.70/cwt	317.70–317.70	2,294	142
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,680	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	353.43/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	690	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,160	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	657	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,240	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	872	291.25/cwt	291.25–291.25	2,540	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	870	208.79/cwt	202.50–215.00	1,816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	712	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	492	326.71/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	835	299.20/cwt	299.20–299.20	2,498	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	361.25/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,005	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	910	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	676	259.55/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,755	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,083	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,082	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	303.33/cwt	285.00–312.50	2,017	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	650–700	690	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,328	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,375	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,357	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	163.92/cwt	150.00–177.00	2,623	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,708	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	167.02/cwt	161.00–173.00	2,280	2
Bulls	—	—	1,908	218.10/cwt	212.00–222.00	4,161	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	639	256.47/cwt	220.00–270.00	1,639	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	324	339.58/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,100	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	332.85/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,018	1
Bulls	—	—	1,420	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,698	1
Bulls	—	—	1,127	181.15/cwt	180.00–182.50	2,042	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	512	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,022	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	482	406.30/cwt	402.50–410.00	1,958	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	780	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,009	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	527	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,528	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	260	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	225	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,149	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,091	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	215	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	968	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,123	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,119	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	350.62/cwt	347.50–352.50	1,648	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,125	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,476	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,378	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	309.78/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	300	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,298	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	761	306.25/cwt	306.25–306.25	2,331	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,144	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,315	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	355.08/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	296.28/cwt	292.50–297.50	1,991	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	378.76/cwt	377.50–380.00	1,602	2

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 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 607Last week 1,313Year ago 1,997

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 89Year ago 133

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	382.50	382.50
2	400–450	423	377.50–380.00	378.76
4	450–500	471	367.50–382.50	377.49
3	500–550	528	340.00–360.00	353.43
4	550–600	555	350.00–365.00	361.25
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
3	650–700	665	285.00–312.50	303.33
1	700–750	745	285.00	285.00
2	800–850	802	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	305.00	305.00
2	400–450	425	325.00–340.00	332.85
2	450–500	470	357.50	357.50
1	700–750	730	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	417.50	417.50
3	500–550	512	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	380.00–387.50	385.18
1	350–400	385	395.00	395.00
3	400–450	438	350.00–365.00	355.08
4	450–500	470	347.50–352.50	350.62
5	500–550	521	312.50–320.00	316.98
25	550–600	585	305.00–320.00	312.51
2	600–650	610	292.50	292.50
4	650–700	672	292.50–297.50	296.28
4	750–800	790	272.00	272.00
3	850–900	883	240.00	240.00
2	900–950	915	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	610	315.00	315.00
70	650–700	690	313.00	313.00
142	700–750	722	317.70	317.70
66	750–800	761	306.25	306.25
60	800–850	835	299.20	299.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	330.00–342.50	339.58
3	450–500	492	320.00–330.00	326.71
5	500–550	527	290.00	290.00
8	600–650	639	220.00–270.00	256.47
5	650–700	676	250.00–262.50	259.55
2	700–750	712	207.50	207.50
2	850–900	870	202.50–215.00	208.79
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	690	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	450.00	450.00
3	350–400	380	402.50	402.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	382.50	382.50
1	550–600	560	362.50	362.50
3	600–650	613	300.00–315.00	309.78
4	650–700	670	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	715	292.50	292.50
3	750–800	778	297.50	297.50
2	800–850	827	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	657	341.00	341.00
63	850–900	872	291.25	291.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	595	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	690	292.50	292.50
1	750–800	780	257.50	257.50
1	900–950	910	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	405.00	405.00
1	250–300	260	490.00	490.00
1	300–350	300	432.50	432.50
2	350–400	360	410.00	410.00
8	450–500	482	402.50–410.00	406.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	125.00	125.00
1	—	1,020	133.00	133.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,600	150.00–177.00	163.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	146.00	146.00
2	—	1,365	161.00–173.00	167.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,908	212.00–222.00	218.10
1	—	1,420	190.00	190.00
3	—	1,127	180.00–182.50	181.15

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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