Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: No trend due to being closed for inclement weather last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $389.17/cwt on 12 head, down $53.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −63.19 against this barn's trailing median of $452.36.

Average price

$389.17

▼ 53.23 vs prior sale

12 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$58.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−45.50

vs KY average

−93.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	418.33	2,301	6thin
Medium and Large 2	585	360.00	2,106	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	583	360.00	2,099	3thin

One grade step is worth $58.33/cwt here — about $202 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale12 hd

389.17

—

KY average15 barns · 242 hd

434.66

−45.50

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−93.86

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.36

−63.19

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	1,515	196.00	2,969	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,393	162.69	2,266	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,611	160.50	2,586	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,243	127.57	1,586	7thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,375	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,035	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	133.88/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,674	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	112.11/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,304	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	155.34/cwt	149.00–160.00	2,071	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,453	170.04/cwt	163.00–174.00	2,471	3
Bulls	—	—	1,515	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,969	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	126.51/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,581	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,730	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,422	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	174.50/cwt	173.00–176.00	2,888	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	767	337.75/cwt	337.75–337.75	2,591	75
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	775	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,248	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	235	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	307.50/cwt	302.50–312.50	1,953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,097	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	427.48/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,996	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	485	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	451.68/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,834	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	884	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	3,063	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	283	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	976	3
Heifers	Large 2	750–800	780	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,122	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	583	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,099	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,328	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	936	342.75/cwt	342.75–342.75	3,208	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,050	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,886	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	354.90/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,176	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,739	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	485.09/cwt	477.50–492.50	2,062	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	412.41/cwt	402.50–415.00	2,153	5

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 Feb 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 273Last week 985Year ago 827

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 66Year ago 57

Compared to last Thursday: No trend due to being closed for inclement weather last week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	148.00	148.00
2	—	1,250	133.00–135.00	133.88
2	—	1,163	110.00–114.00	112.11
2	—	1,250	126.00–127.00	126.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,333	149.00–160.00	155.34
3	—	1,453	163.00–174.00	170.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,655	173.00–176.00	174.50
1	—	1,405	153.00	153.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	196.00	196.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
75	750–800	767	337.75	337.75
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	405.00	405.00
2	750–800	775	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	325.00	325.00
3	250–300	283	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	635	302.50–312.50	307.50
1	650–700	690	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	467.50	467.50
6	400–450	406	450.00–460.00	451.68
4	450–500	467	420.00–430.00	427.48
1	600–650	615	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	650	327.00	327.00
2	700–750	717	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	583	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	655	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
64	850–900	884	346.50	346.50
58	900–950	936	342.75	342.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	585	360.00	360.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	361	522.50	522.50
1	500–550	515	420.00	420.00
5	550–600	557	418.00	418.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	346	502.50	502.50
2	400–450	425	477.50–492.50	485.09
5	500–550	522	402.50–415.00	412.41
2	600–650	613	350.00–360.00	354.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	362.50	362.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	450.00	450.00

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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