Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers steady to 3.00 higher except 900-1000 lbs they were 2.00-4.00 lower, Feeder and yearling heifers 3.00-5.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $447.15/cwt on 70 head, up $31.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 31 of 31 comparable sales and sits +37.95 against this barn's trailing median of $409.20.

Average price

$447.15

▲ 31.11 vs prior sale

70 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,376

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$56.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.14

vs KY average

+19.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	450.36	2,380	66
Medium and Large 2-3	577	394.13	2,275	4thin

One grade step is worth $56.24/cwt here — about $105 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

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $447.15, low $334.06, median $409.20 across 31 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 sale70 hd

447.15

—

KY average25 barns · 947 hd

413.00

+34.14

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

+19.25

This barn, trailing median31 sales

409.20

+37.95

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	1,772	213.79	3,788	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,613	178.60	2,881	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,348	167.12	2,253	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	147.92	1,509	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,250	261.00	3,263	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,175	284.80	3,346	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,419	268.33	3,808	10

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)	1,090	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	970	$1,850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$3,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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 1-2Replacement	850–900	855	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	3,014	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	727	357.80/cwt	352.50–360.00	2,601	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,644	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,114	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	469.11/cwt	455.00–477.50	2,435	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	711	399.03/cwt	375.00–412.50	2,837	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	425.51/cwt	411.00–439.00	2,672	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	492.55/cwt	492.50–493.00	2,857	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,567	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	509.90/cwt	480.00–522.50	2,626	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	774	357.17/cwt	355.90–358.50	2,764	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	416.72/cwt	410.00–422.50	2,396	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	839	330.08/cwt	329.75–337.50	2,769	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	374.78/cwt	372.50–377.00	2,492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	663	383.91/cwt	372.50–395.00	2,545	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	851	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,808	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	489.88/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	800–850	827	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,874	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,427	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	488.14/cwt	482.50–490.00	2,172	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	467.79/cwt	457.50–477.50	2,292	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	446.77/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,287	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	926	349.67/cwt	349.50–350.00	3,238	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	903	325.63/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,940	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	399.16/cwt	377.50–415.00	2,467	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	800	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	521	428.39/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,232	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	583	427.00/cwt	417.50–430.00	2,489	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	754	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,828	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	671	400.15/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,685	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,307	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	397	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	593	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,479	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	945	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,637	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,135	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	970	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	800–850	810	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,309	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,175	284.80/cwt	280.00–295.00	3,346	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,419	268.33/cwt	234.00–279.00	3,808	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,250	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	3,263	2
Bulls	—	—	1,748	208.34/cwt	203.00–211.00	3,642	4
Bulls	—	—	1,515	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,727	1
Bulls	—	—	1,807	219.35/cwt	213.00–227.00	3,964	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	156.11/cwt	147.50–164.00	1,560	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,238	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	138.81/cwt	133.00–142.00	1,482	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	181.18/cwt	174.00–195.00	2,895	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,735	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,741	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	154.53/cwt	145.00–162.00	2,103	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,465	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	780	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,853	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	610	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,525	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	138.28/cwt	130.00–143.00	1,874	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	177.65/cwt	165.00–189.00	2,386	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	624	413.93/cwt	382.50–439.00	2,583	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	478	518.67/cwt	510.00–520.00	2,479	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	421.21/cwt	380.00–447.50	2,043	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	423	521.70/cwt	515.00–530.00	2,207	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	290	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	491	516.89/cwt	512.50–517.50	2,538	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	291	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	358	557.35/cwt	550.00–565.00	1,995	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	590	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,862	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	678	385.02/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	381	521.81/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,988	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,050	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	405.99/cwt	402.50–408.00	2,310	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	490.00/cwt	485.00–495.00	1,813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,005	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	482.91/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,313	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	451.13/cwt	451.00–452.50	2,666	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	356.50/cwt	355.00–358.00	2,881	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	338.50/cwt	338.00–339.00	3,091	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	700	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	988	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,162	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	362.42/cwt	359.00–372.50	2,664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	399	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,135	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	465.61/cwt	460.00–477.50	2,468	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	355.66/cwt	342.50–359.00	2,621	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	510	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,402	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	404	539.92/cwt	515.00–552.50	2,181	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	375	547.58/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,053	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	337	570.55/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,923	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	510	498.48/cwt	491.00–500.00	2,542	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	469	495.48/cwt	481.00–512.50	2,324	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	519.37/cwt	480.00–540.00	2,233	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	525.51/cwt	515.00–540.00	1,682	7

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 (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Thu May 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,050Last week 1,012Year ago 865

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 90Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 2Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	827	347.50	347.50
3	850–900	855	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	512	420.00–460.00	446.77
13	550–600	575	410.00–422.50	416.72
18	600–650	618	377.50–415.00	399.16
33	650–700	663	372.50–395.00	383.91
8	700–750	727	352.50–360.00	357.80
152	750–800	774	355.90–358.50	357.17
57	800–850	839	329.75–337.50	330.08
48	850–900	851	330.00	330.00
8	900–950	903	325.00–327.50	325.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	505.00	505.00
3	300–350	333	485.00–500.00	489.88
2	350–400	370	485.00–495.00	490.00
1	400–450	445	475.00	475.00
9	450–500	490	457.50–477.50	467.79
6	550–600	569	402.50–408.00	405.99
1	650–700	680	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	725	331.00	331.00
2	750–800	775	340.00	340.00
1	850–900	860	310.00	310.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	460.00	460.00
3	450–500	485	380.00–447.50	421.21
1	500–550	530	322.50	322.50
3	550–600	593	418.00	418.00
2	800–850	830	289.00	289.00
1	900–950	945	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	291	575.00	575.00
7	300–350	320	515.00–540.00	525.51
9	350–400	381	510.00–540.00	521.81
28	400–450	430	480.00–540.00	519.37
15	450–500	469	481.00–512.50	495.48
36	500–550	510	471.00	471.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	482.50	482.50
4	400–450	445	482.50–490.00	488.14
9	450–500	479	470.00–495.00	482.91
4	500–550	519	455.00–477.50	469.11
11	550–600	591	451.00–452.50	451.13
2	650–700	665	372.50–377.00	374.78
5	700–750	737	342.50–359.00	355.66
1	750–800	750	337.50	337.50
3	800–850	820	313.00	313.00
1	900–950	930	261.00	261.00
1	950–1000	995	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	390.00	390.00
1	350–400	380	485.00	485.00
1	400–450	440	457.50	457.50
5	500–550	521	415.00–445.00	428.39
4	550–600	583	417.50–430.00	427.00
1	650–700	665	360.00	360.00
1	800–850	800	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	810	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	555.00	555.00
12	300–350	337	560.00–600.00	570.55
5	350–400	375	540.00–560.00	547.58
12	400–450	423	515.00–530.00	521.70
13	450–500	478	510.00–520.00	518.67
24	500–550	510	491.00–500.00	498.48
1	550–600	590	485.00	485.00
18	600–650	624	382.50–439.00	413.93
2	650–700	678	380.00–390.00	385.02
2	700–750	700	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	535.00	535.00
5	350–400	399	535.00	535.00
3	500–550	530	460.00–477.50	465.61
7	550–600	581	455.00	455.00
4	700–750	735	359.00–372.50	362.42
16	800–850	808	355.00–358.00	356.50
16	900–950	913	338.00–339.00	338.50
6	950–1000	988	320.00	320.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	515	480.00–522.50	509.90
18	550–600	580	492.50–493.00	492.55
14	600–650	628	411.00–439.00	425.51
6	650–700	671	390.00–417.50	400.15
10	700–750	711	375.00–412.50	399.03
6	750–800	754	375.00	375.00
176	900–950	926	349.50–350.00	349.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	397	480.00	480.00
1	400–450	430	425.00	425.00
1	700–750	725	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	775	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	358	550.00–565.00	557.35
6	400–450	404	515.00–552.50	539.92
8	450–500	491	512.50–517.50	516.89
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	780	237.50	237.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	3,250.00	3,250.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	970	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	2,400.00	2,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,175	280.00–295.00	284.80
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,419	234.00–279.00	268.33
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	261.00	261.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,748	203.00–211.00	208.34
1	—	1,515	180.00	180.00
10	—	1,807	213.00–227.00	219.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	999	147.50–164.00	156.11
1	—	975	127.00	127.00
4	—	1,068	133.00–142.00	138.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,598	174.00–195.00	181.18
1	—	1,735	158.00	158.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,361	145.00–162.00	154.53
3	—	1,355	130.00–143.00	138.28
13	—	1,343	165.00–189.00	177.65

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

Heifers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle