Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Traditions Hereford Influenced Feeder Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $392.33/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −62.74 against this barn's trailing median of $455.07.

Average price

$392.33

49 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$64.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.42

vs KY average

+13.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	509	394.98	2,010	47
Medium and Large 2-3	540	330.00	1,782	2thin

One grade step is worth $64.98/cwt here — about $228 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale49 hd

392.33

—

KY average24 barns · 1,159 hd

372.91

+19.42

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+13.54

This barn, trailing median1 sales

455.07

−62.74

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

21 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	353.01/cwt	344.00–362.00	2,132	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	338.92/cwt	331.00–345.00	2,349	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,497	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	394.98/cwt	352.50–407.50	2,010	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,807	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	808	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,311	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	608	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,787	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,451	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,903	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	303.04/cwt	288.25–319.00	2,379	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	331.51/cwt	320.00–357.50	1,644	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	294.22/cwt	280.00–317.50	1,742	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,295	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,133	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	374	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,057	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	388	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,717	9

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 Stockyards - Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Stanford, KY

Thu May 8, 2025

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

Receipts 392Last week 408Year ago 405

Traditions Hereford Influenced Feeder Sale

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	608	300.00	300.00
2	800–850	808	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	395	452.50	452.50
6	400–450	407	467.50	467.50
47	500–550	509	352.50–407.50	394.98
66	600–650	604	344.00–362.00	353.01
63	650–700	693	331.00–345.00	338.92
48	750–800	785	288.25–319.00	303.04
10	900–950	911	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	550.00	550.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	394	380.00	380.00
39	450–500	496	320.00–357.50	331.51
4	500–550	501	330.00	330.00
29	550–600	592	280.00–317.50	294.22
3	600–650	607	295.00	295.00
7	650–700	687	263.00	263.00
3	750–800	755	282.50	282.50
6	900–950	918	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	388	442.50	442.50

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.

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