Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sharply lower, over 400 lbs 5.00-8.00 higher, Feeder heifers under 400 lbs steady, 400-600 lbs 12.00-15.00 lower, over 600 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower, Moderate to good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $393.49/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −58.87 against this barn's trailing median of $452.36.

Average price

$393.49

34 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,176

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.64

vs KY average

−29.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	393.49	2,176	34

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale34 hd

393.49

—

KY average23 barns · 911 hd

382.85

+10.64

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−29.16

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.36

−58.87

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	1,575	181.16	2,854	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,648	151.23	2,492	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,314	148.88	1,957	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,047	130.39	1,365	23
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,238	230.58	2,855	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,125	217.50	2,447	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,365	237.48	3,242	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,365	220.00	3,003	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)	1,158	$2,106	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,095	$1,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

111 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	723	383.34/cwt	359.00–386.00	2,772	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	275.35/cwt	275.00–277.50	2,134	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	379.34/cwt	361.00–387.50	2,341	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	567	319.93/cwt	297.00–342.50	1,814	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	313.95/cwt	310.00–317.00	2,116	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	820	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,657	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	332.87/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,754	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	364.97/cwt	355.00–373.00	2,124	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	394.39/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,507	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	838	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,992	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	972	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	334.99/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,950	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	365.93/cwt	352.00–377.50	1,910	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	386.20/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,769	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	778	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,637	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	356.99/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,371	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	338.88/cwt	331.00–340.00	2,304	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,731	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,481	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	915	339.63/cwt	339.50–339.75	3,108	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,113	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	335.82/cwt	332.50–337.50	2,042	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	986	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,096	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	326.66/cwt	322.50–335.00	2,038	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	338.75/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,118	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	569	303.11/cwt	285.00–314.00	1,725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,072	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	357.71/cwt	350.00–363.00	2,382	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	529	358.05/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,894	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	528	399.16/cwt	397.50–400.00	2,108	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	355.61/cwt	320.00–367.00	1,742	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	407.01/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,287	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	654	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	2,332	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	607	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,112	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	671	284.06/cwt	260.00–301.00	1,906	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	532	309.01/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	282.60/cwt	267.50–299.00	1,780	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	388	319.94/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,241	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	315.12/cwt	262.50–330.00	1,497	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	285.48/cwt	275.00–297.50	1,970	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	925	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	623	289.50/cwt	282.00–305.00	1,804	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	325.34/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,724	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	145.20/cwt	139.00–151.00	1,912	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,566	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,125	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,447	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,365	237.48/cwt	231.00–246.00	3,242	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,238	230.58/cwt	230.00–232.00	2,855	7
Bulls	—	—	1,620	174.16/cwt	170.00–178.00	2,821	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	126.16/cwt	122.50–132.00	1,258	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	157.47/cwt	156.00–159.00	1,740	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	142.88/cwt	135.00–153.00	1,557	10
Bulls	—	—	1,508	191.65/cwt	190.00–193.00	2,890	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	147.34/cwt	144.00–151.00	2,438	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	753	265.02/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,996	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,108	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	157.87/cwt	154.00–163.00	2,070	11
Steers	Select	—	1,365	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	3,003	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	104.09/cwt	90.00–117.00	1,037	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	816	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,979	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,011	179.24/cwt	157.00–215.00	1,812	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	782	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,483	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	850	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,886	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	608	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,447	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	2,105.78/head	1,825.00–2,450.00	2,106	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	614	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,241	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	540	396.74/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,142	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	580	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	553	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,392	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	422.64/cwt	415.00–452.50	1,796	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	535	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,023	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	334.19/cwt	322.50–345.00	2,085	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	711	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,314	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,606	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	915	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	344.76/cwt	339.00–350.00	1,631	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	308.97/cwt	307.00–311.00	2,243	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,084	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	772	293.78/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,268	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	855	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	281.93/cwt	272.50–285.00	2,890	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,303	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,162	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	456	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,683	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	478	423.49/cwt	423.00–425.00	2,024	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	371.57/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,579	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	372.49/cwt	362.50–377.50	2,011	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	373	428.96/cwt	422.50–435.00	1,600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	421.65/cwt	403.00–452.50	1,792	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	295	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,202	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	430.00/cwt	427.50–432.50	1,419	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	737	303.33/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,236	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	364.19/cwt	362.50–365.00	2,065	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	423.66/cwt	407.50–435.00	1,610	9

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 Oct 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 951Last week 1,182Year ago 1,286

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 49Year ago 148

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 6Year ago 27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	528	397.50–400.00	399.16
13	550–600	562	395.00–415.00	407.01
18	600–650	617	361.00–387.50	379.34
5	650–700	666	350.00–363.00	357.71
65	700–750	723	359.00–386.00	383.34
6	800–850	838	357.00	357.00
121	900–950	915	339.50–339.75	339.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	380.00	380.00
2	300–350	335	389.00	389.00
2	350–400	367	380.00	380.00
8	500–550	540	362.50–377.50	372.49
6	550–600	567	362.50–365.00	364.19
3	600–650	608	332.50–337.50	335.82
17	650–700	680	331.00–340.00	338.88
4	750–800	762	342.00	342.00
4	850–900	873	315.00	315.00
3	950–1000	986	314.00	314.00
4	1000–1050	1,025	272.50–285.00	281.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	490	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	680	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	705	267.50	267.50
2	750–800	782	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	407.50	407.50
2	300–350	330	427.50–432.50	430.00
2	350–400	373	422.50–435.00	428.96
19	400–450	425	415.00–452.50	422.64
4	450–500	478	423.00–425.00	423.49
1	500–550	535	427.50	427.50
3	550–600	553	432.50	432.50
2	600–650	608	402.50	402.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	737	295.00–305.00	303.33
13	750–800	772	280.00–300.00	293.78
1	850–900	855	297.00	297.00
5	900–950	915	299.00	299.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	375.00	375.00
4	350–400	382	392.50–400.00	394.39
4	450–500	458	375.00–395.00	386.20
9	500–550	522	352.00–377.50	365.93
17	550–600	582	355.00–373.00	364.97
4	600–650	624	322.50–345.00	334.19
10	650–700	674	310.00–317.00	313.95
1	700–750	725	287.50	287.50
7	750–800	775	275.00–277.50	275.35
1	850–900	860	287.50	287.50
2	950–1000	972	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	325.00–352.50	338.75
4	450–500	490	320.00–367.00	355.61
2	500–550	530	320.00–331.00	325.34
9	550–600	567	297.00–342.50	319.93
3	600–650	623	282.00–305.00	289.50
5	650–700	690	275.00–297.50	285.48
1	850–900	850	225.00	225.00
1	900–950	925	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	435.00	435.00
9	350–400	380	407.50–435.00	423.66
7	400–450	425	403.00–452.50	421.65
6	450–500	465	435.00	435.00
3	500–550	540	380.00–405.00	396.74
1	550–600	580	387.50	387.50
5	600–650	614	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	529	355.00–367.50	358.05
13	600–650	607	348.00	348.00
74	650–700	654	356.50	356.50
70	700–750	711	325.50	325.50
30	750–800	778	339.00	339.00
6	800–850	820	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	384	355.00–357.50	356.99
1	400–450	405	350.00	350.00
8	450–500	473	339.00–350.00	344.76
14	500–550	527	320.00–340.00	332.87
6	550–600	582	330.00–337.50	334.99
6	600–650	624	322.50–335.00	326.66
7	650–700	655	330.00	330.00
6	700–750	726	307.00–311.00	308.97
7	800–850	841	295.00	295.00
3	850–900	860	317.50	317.50
2	900–950	920	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	335.00	335.00
2	350–400	388	310.00–330.00	319.94
21	450–500	475	262.50–330.00	315.12
6	500–550	532	300.00–315.00	309.01
4	550–600	569	285.00–314.00	303.11
5	600–650	630	267.50–299.00	282.60
6	650–700	671	260.00–301.00	284.06
2	750–800	753	260.00–270.00	265.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	816	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	417.50	417.50
3	400–450	425	370.00–375.00	371.57
15	450–500	456	369.00	369.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	297.50	297.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,317	139.00–151.00	145.20
1	—	1,305	120.00	120.00
11	—	1,311	154.00–163.00	157.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	997	122.50–132.00	126.16
2	—	1,105	156.00–159.00	157.47
10	—	1,090	135.00–153.00	142.88
6	—	996	90.00–117.00	104.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,655	144.00–151.00	147.34
2	—	1,633	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,238	230.00–232.00	230.58
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	231.00–246.00	237.48
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	220.00	220.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,620	170.00–178.00	174.16
2	—	1,508	190.00–193.00	191.65

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,158	1,825.00–2,450.00	2,105.78
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,011	157.00–215.00	179.24

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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