Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers steady on the high quality weaned and vaccinated classes, plainer quality and fleshier calves are still facing discounts. Feeder heifers steady except 300-500 lbs they were 6.00-8.00 lower, Good demand for the high quality feeders and moderate demand for the plainer quality feeders. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.70/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −47.56 against this barn's trailing median of $411.26.

Average price

$363.70

88 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,998

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$352

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

$65.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.48

vs KY average

+4.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	367.40	2,018	83
Medium and Large 2-3	551	302.17	1,666	5thin

One grade step is worth $65.23/cwt here — about $352 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale88 hd

363.70

—

KY average24 barns · 1,362 hd

359.22

+4.48

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

+4.04

This barn, trailing median30 sales

411.26

−47.56

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	1,763	188.67	3,326	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,611	156.56	2,522	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,312	153.69	2,017	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,036	133.14	1,379	23
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,123	202.07	2,269	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,400	170.00	2,380	1thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,190	$1,969	3thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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 2-3	600–650	620	285.08/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	324	327.79/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,062	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	793	299.80/cwt	299.00–300.00	2,377	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,068	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	384.68/cwt	380.00–387.50	2,204	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	388.09/cwt	380.00–403.00	2,037	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	365.61/cwt	357.50–371.00	2,121	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	906	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,827	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	534	337.09/cwt	297.50–347.50	1,800	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	369.32/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,717	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	675	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,430	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	736	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,561	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,401	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	362.18/cwt	350.00–382.50	2,217	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	690	383.78/cwt	350.00–389.00	2,648	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	602	353.74/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,130	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	341.36/cwt	333.00–352.00	1,939	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	373.33/cwt	352.00–385.00	1,960	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	340.35/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,267	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	789	378.75/cwt	378.75–378.75	2,988	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	317.70/cwt	312.50–323.00	2,408	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	314.97/cwt	305.00–327.50	2,268	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	340.00/cwt	339.00–341.00	2,152	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	328.77/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,710	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	377.04/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,644	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	322.64/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,355	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	679	307.21/cwt	301.00–320.00	2,086	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	318	343.39/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,092	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	975	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	728	300.44/cwt	282.50–319.00	2,187	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	306.40/cwt	301.00–309.00	1,740	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,058	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	332.22/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	885	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	805	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	572	327.80/cwt	311.00–342.00	1,875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	330.28/cwt	300.00–347.50	1,239	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	567	300.33/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	905	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,397	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	700–750	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,689	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,379	165.91/cwt	158.00–174.00	2,288	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,123	202.07/cwt	201.00–203.00	2,269	2
Bulls	—	—	1,809	188.61/cwt	182.00–192.00	3,412	4
Bulls	—	—	1,733	198.40/cwt	195.00–202.00	3,438	4
Bulls	—	—	1,700	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,550	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	146.17/cwt	136.00–152.00	1,843	7
Steers	Select	—	1,400	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,380	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	101.96/cwt	80.00–111.00	1,072	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	144.25/cwt	136.00–150.00	1,496	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	130.02/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,308	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	157.82/cwt	156.00–160.00	1,678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	865	252.20/cwt	231.00–270.00	2,182	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	823	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,263	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	304.93/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,610	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	776	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,707	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	161.79/cwt	154.00–168.00	2,629	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	146.09/cwt	139.00–152.00	2,313	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	220	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,111	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	272	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,306	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	620	356.60/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,211	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	673	290.81/cwt	284.00–305.00	1,957	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	462	327.57/cwt	300.00–349.00	1,513	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	273	338.95/cwt	325.00–363.00	925	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,969.43/head	1,725.00–2,250.00	1,969	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	209.97/cwt	190.00–220.00	2,230	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	215	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	957	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	332	422.44/cwt	417.50–425.00	1,403	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	331.24/cwt	330.00–339.00	2,398	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	408.25/cwt	397.50–415.00	1,715	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	223	382.58/cwt	380.00–385.00	853	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	329.32/cwt	322.50–340.00	2,052	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	324.37/cwt	322.00–327.50	2,329	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	325.55/cwt	315.00–332.50	2,188	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	358.87/cwt	355.00–362.50	1,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	361.00/cwt	352.50–372.50	1,336	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	345.04/cwt	340.00–349.00	2,339	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	362.92/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,695	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	365.02/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,551	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	363.80/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,906	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	372.97/cwt	367.50–382.00	1,634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	364.67/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,936	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	384.77/cwt	371.00–390.00	1,805	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,810	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	338.16/cwt	332.50–344.00	2,097	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,152	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	360.47/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,076	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	476	383.36/cwt	381.00–387.50	1,825	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	285	440.00/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,254	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	610	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	982	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	227	493.38/cwt	445.00–515.00	1,120	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	379	441.16/cwt	422.50–475.00	1,672	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	277	418.18/cwt	405.00–450.00	1,158	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	434.15/cwt	417.50–465.00	1,606	10

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 Sep 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,005Last week 1,473Year ago 776

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 105Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 4Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	273	325.00–363.00	338.95
8	300–350	324	320.00–340.00	327.79
10	350–400	375	300.00–347.50	330.28
24	400–450	420	300.00–345.00	322.64
14	450–500	462	300.00–349.00	327.57
2	500–550	528	300.00–310.00	304.93
3	550–600	567	300.00–301.00	300.33
2	600–650	620	275.00–295.00	285.08
4	650–700	673	284.00–305.00	290.81
2	700–750	700	275.00	275.00
5	750–800	793	299.00–300.00	299.80
2	800–850	823	275.00	275.00
3	850–900	865	231.00–270.00	252.20
1	900–950	905	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
42	500–550	525	352.00–385.00	373.33
36	550–600	580	357.50–371.00	365.61
4	600–650	602	350.00–355.00	353.74
75	650–700	675	360.00	360.00
63	900–950	906	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	380.00–385.00	382.58
1	250–300	265	395.00	395.00
2	300–350	315	355.00–362.50	358.87
4	350–400	370	352.50–372.50	361.00
8	400–450	425	360.00–370.00	365.02
7	450–500	467	350.00–375.00	362.92
4	500–550	520	320.00–335.00	328.77
1	550–600	580	337.50	337.50
4	600–650	623	322.50–340.00	329.32
16	650–700	672	315.00–332.50	325.55
7	700–750	718	322.00–327.50	324.37
4	750–800	758	312.50–323.00	317.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	445.00	445.00
4	250–300	277	405.00–450.00	418.18
25	450–500	476	381.00–387.50	383.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	320.00–365.00	343.39
1	350–400	350	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	440	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	480	322.50	322.50
21	500–550	534	297.50–347.50	337.09
3	550–600	568	301.00–309.00	306.40
12	650–700	679	301.00–320.00	307.21
1	700–750	740	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	400.00	400.00
7	400–450	436	370.00–385.00	377.04
16	450–500	465	360.00–375.00	369.32
11	500–550	524	350.00–377.50	363.80
9	550–600	568	333.00–352.00	341.36
3	600–650	633	339.00–341.00	340.00
7	650–700	666	335.00–345.00	340.35
3	700–750	720	305.00–327.50	314.97
1	850–900	870	280.00	280.00
1	900–950	920	261.00	261.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	505.00	505.00
2	250–300	272	480.00	480.00
3	300–350	332	417.50–425.00	422.44
9	350–400	379	422.50–475.00	441.16
1	400–450	420	410.00	410.00
6	500–550	505	400.00	400.00
11	600–650	620	355.00–360.00	356.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	610	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
52	500–550	525	380.00–403.00	388.09
26	550–600	573	380.00–387.50	384.68
30	600–650	612	350.00–382.50	362.18
25	650–700	690	350.00–389.00	383.78
5	700–750	736	348.00	348.00
67	750–800	789	378.75	378.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	468	315.00–350.00	332.22
3	550–600	572	311.00–342.00	327.80
2	700–750	728	282.50–319.00	300.44
1	750–800	755	317.50	317.50
1	800–850	805	291.00	291.00
1	850–900	885	312.00	312.00
1	950–1000	975	281.00	281.00
3	1050–1100	1,058	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	227	445.00–515.00	493.38
2	250–300	285	430.00–450.00	440.00
1	300–350	320	427.50	427.50
10	350–400	370	417.50–465.00	434.15
8	400–450	420	397.50–415.00	408.25
2	450–500	455	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	401.00	401.00
1	300–350	320	360.00	360.00
5	400–450	438	367.50–382.00	372.97
25	450–500	469	371.00–390.00	384.77
8	500–550	531	360.00–367.50	364.67
26	550–600	576	350.00–370.00	360.47
2	600–650	620	332.50–344.00	338.16
10	650–700	678	340.00–349.00	345.04
7	700–750	724	330.00–339.00	331.24
12	850–900	862	326.00	326.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	776	220.00	220.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	133.00	133.00
6	—	1,379	158.00–174.00	165.91
7	—	1,261	136.00–152.00	146.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,051	80.00–111.00	101.96
11	—	1,037	136.00–150.00	144.25
5	—	1,006	124.00–135.00	130.02
2	—	1,063	156.00–160.00	157.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,625	154.00–168.00	161.79
4	—	1,583	139.00–152.00	146.09
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	201.00–203.00	202.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,809	182.00–192.00	188.61
4	—	1,733	195.00–202.00	198.40
1	—	1,700	150.00	150.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	170.00	170.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,190	1,725.00–2,250.00	1,969.43
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,062	190.00–220.00	209.97

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

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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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

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