Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $455.07/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $455.07.

Average price

$455.07

92 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,458

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$47.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.87

vs KY average

−18.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	504	478.55	2,412	43
Medium and Large 2-3	592	436.00	2,581	34
Medium and Large 3	527	431.00	2,270	15thin

One grade step is worth $47.55/cwt here — about $142 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale92 hd

455.07

—

KY average26 barns · 1,208 hd

477.94

−22.87

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

−18.63

This barn, trailing median1 sales

455.07

+0.00

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

32 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,470	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,426	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	435.29/cwt	415.00–451.00	2,185	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	395.21/cwt	393.00–399.00	2,344	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,124	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	1,837	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	946	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	3,145	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	478.55/cwt	475.00–483.00	2,412	43
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,285	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,209	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	437.82/cwt	387.00–447.00	2,649	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	559.09/cwt	553.00–562.50	2,220	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	356.38/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,823	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	488.00/cwt	467.50–505.00	1,879	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	394.21/cwt	377.00–400.00	2,732	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,296	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,198	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	403	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,086	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,381	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	778	315.40/cwt	310.00–319.00	2,454	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	592	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,581	34
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	903	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,826	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	1,867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,605	2
Steers	Small 1-2	350–400	395	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,304	1
Steers	Small 1-2	700–750	720	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	482	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,971	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,142	1

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 14, 2026

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

Receipts 466Last week 387Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	385	467.50–505.00	488.00
1	400–450	405	461.00	461.00
41	500–550	502	415.00–451.00	435.29
16	550–600	593	393.00–399.00	395.21
27	600–650	608	399.00	399.00
23	650–700	686	360.00	360.00
4	700–750	716	350.00	350.00
2	750–800	773	337.00	337.00
8	900–950	903	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	390	471.00	471.00
8	450–500	482	409.00	409.00
4	600–650	605	351.00	351.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	595	360.00	360.00
4	650–700	690	345.00	345.00
5	750–800	778	310.00–319.00	315.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	397	553.00–562.50	559.09
10	400–450	409	540.00	540.00
4	450–500	498	461.00	461.00
43	500–550	504	475.00–483.00	478.55
31	600–650	605	387.00–447.00	437.82
64	650–700	693	377.00–400.00	394.21
35	750–800	792	350.00–370.00	356.38
37	900–950	946	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	403	517.50	517.50
10	500–550	500	457.00	457.00
5	550–600	580	379.00	379.00
1	650–700	660	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
34	550–600	592	436.00	436.00
1	650–700	685	323.00	323.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	720	297.50	297.50

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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