Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $409.54/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −45.54 against this barn's trailing median of $455.07.

Average price

$409.54

37 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,115

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$444

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

$113.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.72

vs KY average

−19.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	507	418.37	2,121	32
Medium and Large 2	583	365.00	2,128	4thin
Medium and Large 3	550	305.00	1,678	1thin

One grade step is worth $113.37/cwt here — about $444 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale37 hd

409.54

—

KY average23 barns · 1,033 hd

387.82

+21.72

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−19.61

This barn, trailing median1 sales

455.07

−45.54

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

30 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 1-2	750–800	789	331.57/cwt	319.00–341.00	2,616	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,491	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,098	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	379.33/cwt	372.00–385.00	1,927	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,889	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	298.04/cwt	288.00–299.00	2,074	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,128	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	369.25/cwt	363.00–382.50	1,806	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	431.18/cwt	423.00–443.00	1,785	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,936	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	371.29/cwt	370.00–374.00	2,265	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,678	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	418.37/cwt	401.00–421.00	2,121	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	339.75/cwt	335.00–363.00	2,399	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,281	11
Steers	Small 1-2	700–750	725	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,885	1
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	495	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,550	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	292.34/cwt	279.00–299.00	2,318	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	924	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,255	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,715	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	382.60/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,511	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	588	359.24/cwt	359.00–360.00	2,112	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	684	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,209	8

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 Dec 4, 2025

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

Receipts 387Last week 392Year ago 516

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	414	423.00–443.00	431.18
8	450–500	496	423.00	423.00
32	500–550	507	401.00–421.00	418.37
37	600–650	610	370.00–374.00	371.29
12	650–700	690	361.00	361.00
24	700–750	706	335.00–363.00	339.75
14	750–800	789	319.00–341.00	331.57
32	800–850	809	331.00	331.00
80	900–950	935	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	397.50	397.50
3	450–500	489	363.00–382.50	369.25
4	550–600	583	365.00	365.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	725	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	460	361.00	361.00
1	550–600	550	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	660	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	367.50–390.00	382.60
4	400–450	431	398.00	398.00
26	500–550	508	372.00–385.00	379.33
14	550–600	594	318.00	318.00
11	650–700	696	288.00–299.00	298.04
9	750–800	793	279.00–299.00	292.34
11	800–850	803	284.00	284.00
5	900–950	924	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	588	359.00–360.00	359.24
8	650–700	684	323.00	323.00

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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