Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 800 lbs steady, Over 800 lbs 6.00-10.00 higher, Feeder and yearling heifers 6.00-10.00 higher, Good demand for feeders and very good demand for yearling loads. Slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 3.00-5.00 higher, Very good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $355.43/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −96.93 against this barn's trailing median of $452.36.

Average price

$355.43

6 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$310

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

$57.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.13

vs KY average

−26.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	365.02	1,986	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	545	307.50	1,676	1thin

One grade step is worth $57.52/cwt here — about $310 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 sale6 hd

355.43

—

KY average24 barns · 464 hd

382.56

−27.13

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−26.25

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.36

−96.93

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	1,721	210.08	3,615	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,646	166.12	2,734	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,319	165.71	2,185	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,044	152.83	1,596	11

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,148	$2,463	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	880	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,178	$2,137	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,098	$2,028	4thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	805	$2,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	316.92/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,962	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	283.84/cwt	280.00–287.50	2,180	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,147	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	372.77/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,748	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	361.53/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,761	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	329.71/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,863	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,828	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	986	314.02/cwt	312.25–315.75	3,096	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	926	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	325.87/cwt	322.50–332.50	2,209	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	646	351.80/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,273	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	754	336.25/cwt	336.25–336.25	2,535	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	349.75/cwt	349.75–349.75	2,396	71
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	329.85/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,676	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	292.43/cwt	282.50–300.00	2,304	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	829	344.09/cwt	339.75–346.75	2,853	248
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	335.73/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,376	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	471	333.01/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	583	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,041	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	663	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,287	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	728	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,472	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	768	283.54/cwt	260.00–301.00	2,178	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	576	308.63/cwt	285.00–317.50	1,778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	710	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	2,567	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	353.00/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,189	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	800	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	780	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	378	324.90/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,228	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	863	264.87/cwt	250.00–280.00	2,286	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	493	335.03/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,652	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	750–800	775	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,074	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	678	292.41/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,983	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	692	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	463	337.64/cwt	334.00–345.00	1,563	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	168.53/cwt	153.00–184.00	2,772	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,350	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	167.62/cwt	155.00–179.00	2,192	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,470	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,043	1
Bulls	—	—	1,880	216.92/cwt	210.00–225.00	4,078	4
Bulls	—	—	1,508	200.96/cwt	195.00–204.00	3,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,088	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	571	317.06/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,810	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	165.28/cwt	155.00–187.00	1,803	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	142.46/cwt	132.00–149.00	1,432	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	2,027.79/head	1,550.00–2,950.00	2,028	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	580	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,146	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	391	422.61/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,652	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,353	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,030	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	285	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,233	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	409.95/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,763	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	205	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	2,462.96/head	2,450.00–2,475.00	2,463	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	210	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	987	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	642	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,183	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	431.85/cwt	420.00–437.50	1,339	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	414	394.86/cwt	387.50–400.00	1,635	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	344.27/cwt	330.00–357.50	1,969	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	340.88/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,796	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	2,136.92/head	1,925.00–2,375.00	2,137	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	372.90/cwt	362.50–382.50	1,398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	366	409.39/cwt	405.00–412.50	1,498	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	379.87/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	324.04/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,317	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	235	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,069	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	300.08/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,906	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	339.98/cwt	337.50–342.50	2,312	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	323.82/cwt	320.00–327.50	2,474	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,478	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	368.79/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,918	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	292.16/cwt	280.00–305.00	2,118	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	364.92/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,503	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	296.70/cwt	280.00–302.50	2,101	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	533	364.23/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,941	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,886	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,143	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 Jul 31, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 957Last week 1,109Year ago 1,508

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 59Year ago 82

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 1Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	370.00	370.00
5	400–450	412	360.00–372.50	364.92
8	450–500	487	355.00–365.00	361.53
4	500–550	508	320.00–340.00	329.85
10	550–600	565	322.50–332.50	329.71
5	600–650	619	312.50–320.00	316.92
3	650–700	678	322.50–332.50	325.87
4	700–750	708	280.00–302.50	296.70
2	750–800	768	280.00–287.50	283.84
2	800–850	805	292.50	292.50
1	850–900	885	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	526	347.50	347.50
7	550–600	583	350.00	350.00
88	600–650	646	340.00–353.00	351.80
71	650–700	685	349.75	349.75
76	700–750	728	339.50	339.50
65	750–800	754	336.25	336.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	330.00	330.00
1	300–350	320	340.00	340.00
2	350–400	378	320.00–330.00	324.90
3	450–500	463	334.00–345.00	337.64
1	500–550	545	317.50	317.50
4	550–600	576	285.00–317.50	308.63
3	650–700	678	285.00–297.50	292.41
1	750–800	780	195.00	195.00
1	800–850	800	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	455.00	455.00
1	300–350	310	405.00	405.00
4	350–400	366	405.00–412.50	409.39
4	400–450	414	387.50–400.00	394.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	385.00	385.00
2	350–400	375	362.50–382.50	372.90
1	400–450	405	355.00	355.00
10	450–500	469	360.00–385.00	372.77
6	500–550	527	337.50–352.50	340.88
6	550–600	572	330.00–357.50	344.27
3	600–650	635	292.50–310.00	300.08
1	650–700	655	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	725	280.00–305.00	292.16
4	750–800	788	282.50–300.00	292.43
1	800–850	800	267.50	267.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	302.50	302.50
4	400–450	410	322.50–340.00	335.73
5	450–500	471	325.00–337.50	333.01
5	550–600	571	307.50–325.00	317.06
1	600–650	605	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	775	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	500.00	500.00
3	300–350	310	420.00–437.50	431.85
6	350–400	391	400.00–430.00	422.61
5	400–450	430	400.00–420.00	409.95
9	500–550	533	360.00–367.50	364.23
4	550–600	580	370.00	370.00
6	600–650	642	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	620	350.00–357.50	353.00
7	650–700	663	345.00	345.00
57	700–750	710	361.50	361.50
248	800–850	829	339.75–346.75	344.09
115	950–1000	986	312.25–315.75	314.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	445	362.50	362.50
4	450–500	482	365.00–385.00	379.87
2	500–550	520	367.50–370.00	368.79
3	550–600	560	362.50	362.50
1	600–650	635	337.50	337.50
2	650–700	680	337.50–342.50	339.98
3	700–750	715	315.00–330.00	324.04
4	750–800	764	320.00–327.50	323.82
1	850–900	855	337.50	337.50
4	900–950	926	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	493	330.00–340.00	335.03
1	500–550	545	307.50	307.50
1	600–650	645	255.00	255.00
2	650–700	692	295.00	295.00
3	750–800	768	260.00–301.00	283.54
2	850–900	863	250.00–280.00	264.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	470.00	470.00
1	250–300	285	432.50	432.50
1	350–400	380	420.00	420.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	302.50	302.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,645	153.00–184.00	168.53
1	—	1,655	142.00	142.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,308	155.00–179.00	167.62
1	—	1,470	139.00	139.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,091	155.00–187.00	165.28
6	—	1,005	132.00–149.00	142.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,880	210.00–225.00	216.92
3	—	1,508	195.00–204.00	200.96

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	805	2,050.00	2,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,098	1,550.00–2,950.00	2,027.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,148	2,450.00–2,475.00	2,462.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,178	1,925.00–2,375.00	2,136.92
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	165.00	165.00

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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How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

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