Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 700 lbs mostly steady, over 700 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower, Feeder heifers under 500 lbs 8.00-12.00 lower, over 500 lbs mostly steady, Moderate demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady on a lite test, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $390.31/cwt on 32 head, down $33.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −60.52 against this barn's trailing median of $450.84.

Average price

$390.31

▼ 33.00 vs prior sale

32 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,145

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$54.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.67

vs KY average

+19.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	392.02	2,149	31
Medium and Large 2	590	337.50	1,991	1thin

One grade step is worth $54.52/cwt here — about $158 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

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.05, low $359.98, median $450.84 across 32 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 sale32 hd

390.31

—

KY average25 barns · 506 hd

378.64

+11.67

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

+19.31

This barn, trailing median32 sales

450.84

−60.52

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	1,876	210.46	3,949	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,615	155.50	2,511	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,287	147.11	1,893	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,138	136.55	1,554	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,155	250.00	2,888	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)	1,100	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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	450–500	469	353.00/cwt	352.50–355.00	1,656	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	943	304.10/cwt	304.10–304.10	2,868	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	463	441.50/cwt	441.50–441.50	2,044	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	614	320.43/cwt	315.00–326.00	1,967	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	324.98/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	406.33/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,768	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	986	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,033	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	975	297.55/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,901	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	626	362.23/cwt	352.50–365.00	2,268	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	300.68/cwt	299.00–310.00	2,439	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,933	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	393.94/cwt	387.50–407.50	1,844	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	287.00/cwt	286.00–290.00	2,494	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	313.73/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,939	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	334.58/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	334.59/cwt	329.00–347.50	2,225	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	323.75/cwt	320.00–327.50	2,331	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	426.30/cwt	425.00–427.50	1,556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	397.73/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,040	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	346.43/cwt	343.00–347.50	2,179	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	291.04/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,988	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,991	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,338	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	808	334.59/cwt	333.75–335.50	2,703	131
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	567	394.04/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,234	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	299.74/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,338	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	367.62/cwt	357.50–382.50	1,798	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	291.00/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,921	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	283.33/cwt	267.00–300.00	1,754	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	545	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,221	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	700	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	400	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,000	1
Steers	Select	—	1,155	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,888	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	155.22/cwt	149.00–161.00	2,061	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	136.55/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,554	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	155.50/cwt	155.00–156.00	2,511	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	141.02/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,771	4
Bulls	—	—	1,685	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	3,303	1
Bulls	—	—	1,935	222.40/cwt	221.00–224.00	4,303	2
Bulls	—	—	1,913	205.75/cwt	204.00–207.00	3,936	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,620	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	340.79/cwt	337.50–342.50	2,266	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,280	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,499	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	815	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,038	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	355.07/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,296	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	264.96/cwt	262.50–267.50	2,048	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	303	422.60/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,280	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	307.44/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	410.91/cwt	392.50–420.00	1,907	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,241	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	343.26/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,909	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	360.12/cwt	359.00–362.50	1,909	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	409.92/cwt	400.00–422.50	1,533	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	250.86/cwt	245.00–257.50	2,225	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	345.42/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,117	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	405.50/cwt	402.50–415.00	1,691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	284.96/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,895	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	313.87/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	441	395.06/cwt	390.00–397.00	1,742	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	299.50/cwt	282.50–307.50	1,683	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	283.37/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,794	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	366.19/cwt	352.50–377.50	1,516	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	323.74/cwt	310.00–332.50	1,862	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	278.75/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,191	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	384.60/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	293.68/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	328.78/cwt	317.50–338.00	1,723	16

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.

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Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Thu Aug 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 793Last week 499Year ago 1,636

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 49Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	375	370.00–400.00	384.60
6	400–450	414	352.50–377.50	366.19
5	450–500	469	352.50–355.00	353.00
16	500–550	524	317.50–338.00	328.78
21	550–600	575	310.00–332.50	323.74
3	600–650	633	280.00–290.00	283.37
4	650–700	665	280.00–290.00	284.96
1	700–750	735	290.00	290.00
4	750–800	786	275.00–280.00	278.75
1	900–950	945	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	614	315.00–326.00	320.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	487	320.00–327.50	324.98
3	500–550	516	281.00–300.00	293.68
5	550–600	562	282.50–307.50	299.50
1	650–700	660	297.50	297.50
1	700–750	705	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	441	390.00–397.00	395.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	513	370.00–410.00	397.73
18	550–600	567	370.00–405.00	394.04
30	600–650	626	352.50–365.00	362.23
45	650–700	670	349.00	349.00
131	800–850	808	333.75–335.50	334.59
60	900–950	943	304.10	304.10
117	950–1000	975	295.00–300.00	297.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	445.00	445.00
23	450–500	463	441.50	441.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	475.00	475.00
2	350–400	365	425.00–427.50	426.30
4	400–450	435	395.00–415.00	406.33
7	450–500	468	387.50–407.50	393.94
2	500–550	537	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	585	362.50	362.50
11	600–650	629	343.00–347.50	346.43
8	650–700	665	329.00–347.50	334.59
2	700–750	720	320.00–327.50	323.75
3	750–800	776	335.00	335.00
13	800–850	811	299.00–310.00	300.68
4	850–900	869	286.00–290.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	455	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	760	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
2	450–500	475	325.00–345.00	334.58
1	550–600	590	337.50	337.50
2	600–650	618	310.00–317.50	313.73
2	650–700	683	280.00–302.50	291.04
1	700–750	725	272.50	272.50
19	750–800	780	295.00–300.00	299.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	365	350.00–360.00	355.07
5	450–500	489	357.50–382.50	367.62
2	500–550	503	295.00–320.00	307.44
2	550–600	558	305.00–322.50	313.87
4	600–650	619	267.00–300.00	283.33
2	650–700	660	282.00–300.00	291.00
1	700–750	715	252.50	252.50
1	750–800	770	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	500.00	500.00
2	500–550	545	407.50	407.50
1	700–750	700	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	282	440.00	440.00
2	300–350	303	410.00–435.00	422.60
4	350–400	374	400.00–422.50	409.92
4	400–450	417	402.50–415.00	405.50
5	450–500	464	392.50–420.00	410.91
7	500–550	530	359.00–362.50	360.12
7	550–600	556	335.00–357.50	343.26
6	600–650	613	340.00–352.50	345.42
6	650–700	665	337.50–342.50	340.79
2	750–800	773	262.50–267.50	264.96
2	800–850	800	285.00	285.00
3	850–900	887	245.00–257.50	250.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	472	317.50	317.50
1	550–600	575	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	815	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	250.00	250.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,328	149.00–161.00	155.22
4	—	1,256	139.00–142.00	141.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	133.00–140.00	136.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	155.00–156.00	155.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	196.00	196.00
2	—	1,935	221.00–224.00	222.40
2	—	1,913	204.00–207.00	205.75

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	235.00	235.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,900.00	1,900.00

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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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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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle