Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2026-03-26

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Mar 26
● Final126 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,293 head
799 vs last sale 1,494 666 vs year ago 1,627 · +40.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
46 vs last sale 84 41 vs year ago 89 · +46.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
3 vs last sale 7 1 vs year ago 9 · +11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers steady to 5.00 higher, Feeder and yearling heifers steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 8.00-12.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $488.59/cwt on 144 head, down $25.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 30 comparable sales and sits +35.00 against this barn's trailing median of $453.59.
Average price
$488.59
25.46 vs prior sale
144 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$257
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$61.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.32
vs KY average
+10.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538492.892,651134
Medium and Large 2-3555430.932,39310thin
One grade step is worth $61.96/cwt here — about $257 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
528467407346median 453.5912/1802/2604/3006/1808/13
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 sale144 hd
488.59
KY average26 barns · 1,593 hd
482.27
+6.32
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
+10.50
This barn, trailing median30 sales
453.59
+35.00
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,841225.644,15410
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,596173.622,77215
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,290171.332,21125
CowsLean 85-90%High1,028142.801,46823
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,139195.542,2275thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,177269.543,17210

Every lot, as filed

126 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750727382.98/cwt368.00–403.002,78427
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800754376.48/cwt361.00–378.252,83945
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600582434.55/cwt400.00–447.502,52912
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850808271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,1909
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550512521.64/cwt490.00–539.002,67171
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850825345.32/cwt343.50–348.502,849132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950932332.82/cwt330.75–336.003,102179
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900895317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,8424
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600569417.54/cwt407.50–427.502,37667
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600560485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,7161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650624388.69/cwt372.00–419.002,42554
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700659369.73/cwt357.50–372.502,43738
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522395.73/cwt387.50–397.002,06613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600565464.91/cwt455.00–475.002,6274
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750726354.33/cwt341.00–372.502,57257
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1000–10501,010317.90/cwt317.90–317.903,21152
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350333530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,7653
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700672351.65/cwt350.00–355.002,3633
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600576384.71/cwt365.00–397.502,21613
SteersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,015310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,1475
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950918308.50/cwt308.50–308.502,83247
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550531466.70/cwt460.00–475.002,47817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900862314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,70769
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550529422.58/cwt400.00–445.002,23594
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750718331.00/cwt320.00–340.002,37718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850800300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300280500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500489510.13/cwt495.00–515.002,4957
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350341491.07/cwt482.50–497.501,6757
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450430456.60/cwt450.00–467.501,96314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400374478.81/cwt470.00–492.501,79110
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450400492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,9701
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400355485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,7221
SteersMedium and Large 2-3900–950904291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,6316
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700–750740320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650630442.53/cwt417.50–457.502,788143
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700669427.84/cwt416.00–433.002,86262
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550520436.97/cwt433.00–440.002,2724
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600579426.91/cwt420.00–445.002,4726
SteersMedium and Large 2-3800–850843309.50/cwt309.00–310.002,6092
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800783254.84/cwt245.00–265.001,9952
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400379444.81/cwt425.00–460.001,6864
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850–900870282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,4581
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3900–950915270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4711
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300295457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,3501
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200–250210400.00/cwt400.00–400.008401
SteersMedium and Large 2-3850–900890310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,7591
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500465450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0931
SteersMedium and Large 2-31050–11001,068271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,8944
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550520335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7421
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350345440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5181
SteersSmall 1-2700–750712307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,1892
SteersSmall 1-2950–1000950280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,6601
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700690321.30/cwt315.00–327.502,2172
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600595350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0832
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550545442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,4121
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650613315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9313
Bulls1,999234.28/cwt227.00–240.004,6836
Bulls1,604212.69/cwt207.00–216.003,4124
CowsLean 85-90%1,120166.12/cwt162.00–173.001,8614
CowsLean 85-90%1,027147.00/cwt137.50–161.001,51011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,297173.97/cwt163.00–193.002,25621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,255157.47/cwt150.00–161.001,9764
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,597175.72/cwt165.00–184.002,80613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,593159.94/cwt159.00–161.002,5482
SteersSelect and Choice1,177269.54/cwt225.00–279.003,17210
HeifersSelect and Choice1,139195.54/cwt180.00–200.002,2275
CowsLean 85-90%978120.75/cwt116.00–122.501,1814
CowsLean 85-90%988130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2844
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450435437.71/cwt430.00–442.001,9048
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750728275.65/cwt255.00–307.502,0075
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800765315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4102
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500493464.99/cwt462.50–467.502,2922
Dairy SteersLarge 3600–650614321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,9718
Dairy SteersLarge 3Value Added800–850809271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,19252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450422491.96/cwt470.00–520.002,07625
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500463480.35/cwt477.00–520.002,22421
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500468544.99/cwt520.00–567.502,55118
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400370564.71/cwt551.00–605.002,08911
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500480427.39/cwt400.00–445.002,05123
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3950–1000993273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,71115
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300258574.85/cwt570.00–580.001,4832
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400395530.00/cwt520.00–540.002,0942
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550519490.87/cwt480.00–500.002,54810
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350331623.06/cwt560.00–655.002,06210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450414569.59/cwt535.00–615.002,3587
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650618389.29/cwt380.00–400.002,4066
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750730353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,5771
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,1361
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2956239.62/cwt189.00–287.502,2919
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,8901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500476535.71/cwt517.00–567.502,55035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450434566.88/cwt515.00–595.002,46032
BullsMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,015287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,9181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700671349.45/cwt347.50–350.002,34511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800776330.56/cwt322.50–337.502,5657
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900875298.32/cwt290.00–305.002,6103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300275492.50/cwt485.00–500.001,3544
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700677405.21/cwt390.00–410.002,74324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850829324.59/cwt320.00–337.502,69114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400350500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950923286.65/cwt282.50–291.002,6462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650643343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,2053
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469455.55/cwt447.50–467.502,13727
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900865335.76/cwt328.00–340.002,9047
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300285565.14/cwt530.00–580.001,6114
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800755340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800758345.81/cwt335.00–357.502,62135
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550541460.57/cwt460.00–467.502,49227
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950905325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,9411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850830320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy700–750727360.76/cwt350.00–367.502,6233
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy650–700665388.04/cwt372.50–395.002,5804
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600587459.73/cwt447.50–472.502,69935
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500477506.88/cwt505.00–507.502,4184
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy750–800783353.75/cwt352.50–355.002,7702
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400372526.19/cwt515.00–542.501,9578
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250232548.21/cwt525.00–565.001,2727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350318514.58/cwt500.00–527.501,6369
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000970311.00/cwt311.00–311.003,0177
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650620404.50/cwt402.50–410.002,50811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300258647.18/cwt570.00–720.001,6702
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250231633.25/cwt600.00–655.001,4634
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350324635.57/cwt580.00–700.002,05918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400375583.49/cwt530.00–650.002,18824
BullsMedium and Large 1-2900–950915312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,8591

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.