Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sharply higher, 500-700 lbs 5.00-8.00 higher, 800 and up 1.00-3.00 lower, Feeder and yearling heifers mostly steady to 3.00 higher, Very good demand for feeder classes and good demand for yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-3.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $459.27/cwt on 49 head, up $17.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 30 comparable sales and sits +5.69 against this barn's trailing median of $453.59.

Average price

$459.27

▲ 17.94 vs prior sale

49 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.70

vs KY average

−28.08 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	459.27	2,527	49

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.05, low $359.98, median $453.59 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 sale49 hd

459.27

—

KY average24 barns · 1,256 hd

467.97

−8.70

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−28.08

This barn, trailing median30 sales

453.59

+5.69

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	1,790	210.63	3,771	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,683	177.23	2,983	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,311	168.63	2,210	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,047	147.71	1,546	12

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,240	$3,500	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,480	$3,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	975	$3,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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	650–700	699	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,433	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,027	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,889	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	413.10/cwt	397.50–422.50	2,305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,145	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	670	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,647	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	435	505.73/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,200	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	352.09/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,894	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	441.84/cwt	437.50–455.00	2,187	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	360.56/cwt	355.00–382.50	2,398	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	285	515.31/cwt	470.00–540.00	1,469	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	437	461.57/cwt	435.00–495.00	2,017	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,983	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	282	552.80/cwt	505.00–580.00	1,559	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	482	503.92/cwt	482.50–535.00	2,429	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	516	453.79/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,342	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	462	459.45/cwt	420.00–481.00	2,123	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	505	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	2,560	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	3,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	375	482.44/cwt	440.00–535.00	1,809	20
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,111	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	421	498.52/cwt	477.50–527.50	2,099	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,480	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	376	527.76/cwt	500.00–542.50	1,984	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	625	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	775	352.50/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	557.22/cwt	500.00–600.00	1,811	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	715	353.29/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,526	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	373	523.75/cwt	492.50–555.00	1,954	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	474	499.59/cwt	482.50–512.50	2,368	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,104	216.75/cwt	195.00–247.50	2,393	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	323.66/cwt	320.00–327.50	2,039	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	933	299.49/cwt	299.00–300.00	2,794	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	551.36/cwt	527.50–577.50	1,819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	555	465.00/cwt	432.50–497.50	2,581	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,683	177.23/cwt	174.00–181.00	2,983	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	150.91/cwt	145.00–158.00	1,579	7
Bulls	—	—	1,600	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	3,184	1
Bulls	—	—	1,838	213.54/cwt	205.00–225.00	3,925	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	176.94/cwt	166.00–194.00	2,367	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,419	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	855	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	150.82/cwt	139.00–157.00	1,888	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,027	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	748	341.06/cwt	340.50–345.00	2,551	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	987	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,393	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	902	339.87/cwt	333.00–340.00	3,066	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	868	345.88/cwt	344.25–347.50	3,002	119
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	860	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	985	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	679	377.71/cwt	375.00–378.00	2,565	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	571	343.60/cwt	325.00–349.00	1,962	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	741	385.46/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,856	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	439.16/cwt	420.00–464.00	2,516	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	822	364.54/cwt	358.50–370.00	2,997	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	953	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,202	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	766	389.88/cwt	375.00–395.50	2,986	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	633	428.86/cwt	397.50–449.00	2,715	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,309	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	467.48/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,272	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	429.37/cwt	397.50–440.00	2,224	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	825	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,677	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	368.19/cwt	361.00–377.50	2,113	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	539	472.38/cwt	422.50–488.00	2,546	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	339.16/cwt	333.00–347.50	2,099	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,020	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	785	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	483.06/cwt	472.50–497.50	1,797	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	567	419.77/cwt	397.50–439.00	2,380	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	380.80/cwt	377.50–382.50	1,999	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	346.65/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	679	400.95/cwt	386.00–425.00	2,722	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,117	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,977	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	485.09/cwt	475.00–495.00	1,324	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	329	488.04/cwt	450.00–505.00	1,606	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	373.75/cwt	371.00–387.50	2,265	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,994	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,674	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	165.73/cwt	162.00–170.00	1,760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	627	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,881	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,593	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 Feb 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,332Last week 1,358Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 76Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 6Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	497	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	525	377.50–382.50	380.80
7	550–600	574	361.00–377.50	368.19
8	600–650	619	333.00–347.50	339.16
16	650–700	699	348.00	348.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	285	470.00–540.00	515.31
11	300–350	329	450.00–505.00	488.04
20	350–400	375	440.00–535.00	482.44
24	400–450	437	435.00–495.00	461.57
23	450–500	462	420.00–481.00	459.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	500–550	518	397.50–440.00	429.37
30	550–600	567	397.50–439.00	419.77
6	600–650	606	371.00–387.50	373.75
91	650–700	679	375.00–378.00	377.71
56	700–750	748	340.50–345.00	341.06
3	750–800	785	343.00	343.00
66	800–850	825	324.50	324.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	295.00	295.00
11	550–600	571	325.00–349.00	343.60
2	600–650	627	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	467.50	467.50
3	400–450	432	467.50	467.50
4	450–500	486	460.00–475.00	467.48
1	500–550	525	420.00	420.00
3	550–600	558	397.50–422.50	413.10
1	600–650	605	335.00	335.00
1	850–900	855	300.00	300.00
1	950–1000	970	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	527.50–577.50	551.36
5	350–400	373	492.50–555.00	523.75
19	400–450	435	490.00–525.00	505.73
7	450–500	474	482.50–512.50	499.59
14	500–550	516	430.00–465.00	453.79
2	550–600	555	432.50–497.50	465.00
1	600–650	625	397.50	397.50
1	650–700	670	395.00	395.00
3	700–750	715	350.00–360.00	353.29
2	750–800	775	350.00–355.00	352.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	362.00	362.00
1	850–900	860	272.50	272.50
1	950–1000	985	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	475.00–495.00	485.09
3	350–400	372	472.50–497.50	483.06
2	400–450	443	450.00	450.00
4	450–500	495	437.50–455.00	441.84
1	500–550	515	385.00	385.00
4	600–650	624	370.00	370.00
11	650–700	665	355.00–382.50	360.56
3	700–750	737	340.00–350.00	346.65
7	750–800	775	345.00	345.00
6	800–850	822	350.00–352.50	352.09
3	850–900	868	343.00	343.00
1	950–1000	965	323.00	323.00
3	1000–1050	1,010	297.00	297.00
1	1100–1150	1,145	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	282	505.00–580.00	552.80
13	300–350	325	500.00–600.00	557.22
18	350–400	376	500.00–542.50	527.76
18	400–450	421	477.50–527.50	498.52
11	450–500	482	482.50–535.00	503.92
7	500–550	505	507.00	507.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	630	320.00–327.50	323.66
1	750–800	785	292.00	292.00
2	900–950	933	299.00–300.00	299.49
2	950–1000	987	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	539	422.50–488.00	472.38
24	550–600	573	420.00–464.00	439.16
36	600–650	633	397.50–449.00	428.86
48	650–700	679	386.00–425.00	400.95
16	700–750	741	370.00–387.50	385.46
129	750–800	766	375.00–395.50	389.88
127	800–850	822	358.50–370.00	364.54
119	850–900	868	344.25–347.50	345.88
62	900–950	902	333.00–340.00	339.87
59	950–1000	953	336.00	336.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	210.00	210.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,104	195.00–247.50	216.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,480	3,400.00	3,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,240	3,500.00	3,500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	3,250.00	3,250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,683	174.00–181.00	177.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,046	145.00–158.00	150.91
1	—	1,100	129.00	129.00
1	—	950	90.00	90.00
3	—	1,062	162.00–170.00	165.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,338	166.00–194.00	176.94
7	—	1,252	139.00–157.00	150.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	199.00	199.00
4	—	1,838	205.00–225.00	213.54

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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Stanford Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle