Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers 12.00-15.00 higher and sharply higher in spots, Feeder and yearling heifers 8.00-12.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher, 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 $416.13/cwt on 40 head, up $56.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 30 comparable sales and sits −37.46 against this barn's trailing median of $453.59.

Average price

$416.13

▲ 56.14 vs prior sale

40 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,221

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

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

$84.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.31

vs KY average

+1.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	531	424.53	2,256	36
Medium and Large 2-3	554	340.46	1,886	4thin

One grade step is worth $84.07/cwt here — about $370 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale40 hd

416.13

—

KY average23 barns · 576 hd

422.44

−6.31

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

+1.89

This barn, trailing median30 sales

453.59

−37.46

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	—	High	1,723	239.24	4,122	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,702	183.44	3,122	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,328	181.22	2,407	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	166.20	1,717	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,210	232.50	2,813	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,196	$3,347	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	975	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,455	$2,944	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	970	$2,300	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	895	$2,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,243	$3,394	2thin

Every lot, as filed

103 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	352.08/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,334	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	322.54/cwt	312.50–330.00	2,306	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	392.03/cwt	352.50–407.50	1,697	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,857	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	314.96/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,126	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,987	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	407.24/cwt	382.50–432.50	1,955	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	396.67/cwt	370.00–425.00	1,309	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	430.65/cwt	426.00–447.50	1,869	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	572	329.36/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	316.05/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,484	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	488	397.98/cwt	397.50–400.00	1,942	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	472.01/cwt	460.00–485.00	1,501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	706	368.75/cwt	368.75–368.75	2,603	75
Heifers	Small 1-2	550–600	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	937	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	428.20/cwt	413.00–433.00	1,995	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	663	389.63/cwt	387.00–391.00	2,583	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	308.73/cwt	307.50–310.00	2,501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	462.50/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	353.54/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,990	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	386.85/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,985	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	467.60/cwt	465.00–472.50	1,908	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	563	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,365	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,404	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	456.77/cwt	447.50–462.50	2,124	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	394.78/cwt	385.00–399.00	2,353	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	525	429.90/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,257	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	3,393.66/head	2,950.00–3,850.00	3,394	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,196	3,346.76/head	2,800.00–3,600.00	3,347	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	2,944.33/head	2,800.00–3,050.00	2,944	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,645	1
Bulls	—	—	1,723	239.24/cwt	224.00–259.00	4,122	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	137.01/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,856	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	167.69/cwt	158.00–172.00	2,180	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	162.76/cwt	154.00–170.00	1,642	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	186.05/cwt	175.00–197.00	2,002	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	145.47/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,477	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	185.67/cwt	174.00–196.00	2,468	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,702	183.44/cwt	175.00–189.00	3,122	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,210	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	620	373.13/cwt	370.00–377.50	2,313	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	422	436.72/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,843	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,876	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,356	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	725	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,958	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	840	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,037	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	557	433.52/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,415	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	806	353.81/cwt	352.00–355.25	2,852	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	891	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	3,194	116
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	950	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	376	424.88/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	429.94/cwt	425.00–437.50	2,218	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,001	314.25/cwt	314.25–314.25	3,146	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	397.95/cwt	387.00–417.50	2,463	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	975	327.75/cwt	327.75–327.75	3,196	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	458.40/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,026	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	419.64/cwt	395.00–442.50	1,964	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	865	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	363.54/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,923	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,392	3
Steers	Small 1-2	600–650	630	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	387.30/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,177	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	380.72/cwt	372.50–390.00	2,357	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	350.64/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,325	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	434.85/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,435	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	914	348.88/cwt	345.00–352.75	3,189	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	393.01/cwt	387.00–405.00	2,279	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	402	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	390	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,009	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	527	389.68/cwt	372.50–398.00	2,054	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	339.98/cwt	338.00–347.00	2,917	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	369.09/cwt	365.00–372.50	2,277	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,071	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,320	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	676	327.84/cwt	300.00–345.00	2,216	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	619	329.97/cwt	310.00–342.50	2,043	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	785	362.05/cwt	348.50–374.00	2,842	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	406.01/cwt	400.00–412.50	2,058	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	572	333.95/cwt	310.00–360.00	1,910	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	422.24/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,103	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	344.98/cwt	343.00–351.00	2,853	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	364.86/cwt	357.50–372.50	2,474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	340.03/cwt	338.00–345.00	2,632	4

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 Aug 6, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,320Last week 598Year ago 1,853

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 52Year ago 72

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 9Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	470.00	470.00
3	400–450	408	465.00–472.50	467.60
4	450–500	465	447.50–462.50	456.77
3	500–550	513	375.00–400.00	386.85
6	550–600	596	385.00–399.00	394.78
2	600–650	610	352.50	352.50
6	650–700	663	340.00–357.50	352.08
3	700–750	715	312.50–330.00	322.54
1	800–850	815	295.00	295.00
1	850–900	885	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	370.00–425.00	396.67
3	400–450	422	430.00–450.00	436.72
2	450–500	480	382.50–432.50	407.24
1	550–600	580	342.50	342.50
1	600–650	620	302.50	302.50
2	650–700	675	310.00–320.00	314.96
1	700–750	735	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	532.50	532.50
1	400–450	425	500.00	500.00
2	500–550	525	425.00–435.00	429.90
3	550–600	563	420.00	420.00
4	600–650	620	370.00–377.50	373.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	430.00–440.00	434.85
4	400–450	433	352.50–407.50	392.03
5	450–500	488	397.50–400.00	397.98
1	500–550	540	335.00	335.00
3	550–600	572	320.00–335.00	329.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	490.00	490.00
2	300–350	318	460.00–485.00	472.01
2	350–400	380	450.00–475.00	462.50
9	400–450	434	426.00–447.50	430.65
8	450–500	466	413.00–433.00	428.20
4	500–550	529	350.00–370.00	363.54
8	550–600	563	342.50–360.00	353.54
2	600–650	605	357.50	357.50
10	650–700	663	335.00–355.00	350.64
7	750–800	786	315.00–320.00	316.05
2	800–850	810	307.50–310.00	308.73
1	850–900	850	303.00	303.00
2	900–950	937	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	527	372.50–398.00	389.68
33	550–600	562	375.00–390.00	387.30
13	600–650	619	372.50–390.00	380.72
3	650–700	651	367.50	367.50
75	700–750	706	368.75	368.75
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	516	425.00–437.50	429.94
10	550–600	557	420.00–435.00	433.52
15	600–650	619	387.00–417.50	397.95
3	650–700	663	387.00–391.00	389.63
2	700–750	720	380.00	380.00
275	750–800	785	348.50–374.00	362.05
123	800–850	806	352.00–355.25	353.81
116	850–900	891	358.50	358.50
116	900–950	914	345.00–352.75	348.88
56	950–1000	975	327.75	327.75
38	1000–1050	1,001	314.25	314.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	376	415.00–430.00	424.88
2	450–500	468	395.00–442.50	419.64
1	500–550	500	360.00	360.00
3	550–600	572	310.00–360.00	333.95
4	600–650	619	310.00–342.50	329.97
5	650–700	676	300.00–345.00	327.84
2	850–900	865	300.00	300.00
1	950–1000	950	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	525.00	525.00
2	350–400	370	480.00	480.00
3	400–450	442	450.00–475.00	458.40
9	450–500	498	400.00–425.00	422.24
5	500–550	507	400.00–412.50	406.01
3	550–600	580	387.00–405.00	393.01
3	600–650	617	365.00–372.50	369.09
2	650–700	678	357.50–372.50	364.86
1	700–750	735	351.00	351.00
4	750–800	774	338.00–345.00	340.03
6	800–850	827	343.00–351.00	344.98
25	850–900	858	338.00–347.00	339.98
5	1050–1100	1,071	310.00	310.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	545.00	545.00
1	350–400	390	515.00	515.00
2	400–450	402	522.50	522.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	760	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	855	327.00	327.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	840	242.50	242.50

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	970	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,196	2,800.00–3,600.00	3,346.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,455	2,800.00–3,050.00	2,944.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,243	2,950.00–3,850.00	3,393.66
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	2,900.00	2,900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,723	224.00–259.00	239.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	134.00–140.00	137.01
3	—	1,300	158.00–172.00	167.69
29	—	1,329	174.00–196.00	185.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,009	154.00–170.00	162.76
4	—	1,076	175.00–197.00	186.05
3	—	1,015	140.00–148.00	145.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,702	175.00–189.00	183.44
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	232.50	232.50

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

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle