Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.95/cwt on 12 head, down $113.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −97.64 against this barn's trailing median of $405.59.

Average price

$307.95

▼ 113.93 vs prior sale

12 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$682

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

$118.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−38.27

vs KY average

−48.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	325.90	1,782	6thin
Medium and Large 2	549	306.50	1,682	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	207.50	1,100	1thin

One grade step is worth $118.40/cwt here — about $682 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.33, low $307.95, median $405.59 across 10 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 sale12 hd

307.95

—

KY average24 barns · 793 hd

346.22

−38.27

National average179 barns · 11,869 hd

356.10

−48.15

This barn, trailing median10 sales

405.59

−97.64

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	—	Average	1,320	196.25	2,591	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,545	144.00	2,225	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,383	130.79	1,809	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	800	90.00	720	1thin

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) - 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,225	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,463	1
Bulls	—	—	1,500	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,000	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	720	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	141.18/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,991	2
Bulls	—	—	1,140	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	2,195	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,961	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	373.74/cwt	372.50–375.00	2,085	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,888	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	335.03/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,443	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,607	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,004	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	337.70/cwt	327.50–347.50	1,722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	362.86/cwt	355.00–377.50	1,513	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,681	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,075	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,096	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	389.41/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,857	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	377.57/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	311.38/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,790	3

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 (Monday) - Stanford, KY

Mon Sep 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 53Last week 114Year ago 243

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 18Year ago 53

No comparison due to limited supply.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	144.00	144.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	110.00	110.00
2	—	1,410	136.00–146.00	141.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	90.00	90.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	200.00	200.00
1	—	1,140	192.50	192.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	477	370.00–400.00	389.41
3	500–550	530	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	558	372.50–375.00	373.74
1	650–700	655	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	395.00	395.00
2	450–500	468	375.00–380.00	377.57
3	550–600	575	295.00–320.00	311.38
1	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	312.50	312.50
4	550–600	551	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	630	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	365.00	365.00
1	350–400	370	390.00	390.00
6	400–450	417	355.00–377.50	362.86
2	450–500	463	330.00–340.00	335.03
2	500–550	510	327.50–347.50	337.70
4	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	432.50	432.50
3	500–550	500	377.50	377.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,075	195.00	195.00

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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