Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers and heifers unevenly steady, Moderate to good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 3.00-6.00 higher, Slaughter 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 $368.33/cwt on 35 head, down $67.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −40.87 against this barn's trailing median of $409.20.

Average price

$368.33

▼ 67.67 vs prior sale

35 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,047

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$382

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

$76.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.56

vs KY average

−7.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	377.88	2,092	30
Medium and Large 2	575	350.00	2,013	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	568	301.26	1,710	4thin

One grade step is worth $76.62/cwt here — about $382 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

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 sale35 hd

368.33

—

KY average25 barns · 668 hd

379.88

−11.56

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

−7.48

This barn, trailing median31 sales

409.20

−40.87

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	—	High	1,825	229.80	4,194	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,621	186.63	3,025	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,299	182.08	2,365	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,070	171.54	1,835	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,110	212.50	2,359	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,121	294.00	3,296	3thin

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)	1,270	$3,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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 2-3	700–750	705	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	587	300.85/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,543	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	863	240.91/cwt	235.00–247.00	2,079	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	278.94/cwt	272.50–287.50	1,989	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	762	329.76/cwt	321.50–338.00	2,513	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,293	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	305.66/cwt	280.00–327.50	1,880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	380.06/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	529	380.53/cwt	367.50–407.50	2,013	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	374.70/cwt	357.50–377.00	2,555	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	407.01/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,287	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	388.60/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,452	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	427.05/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,293	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	766	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,283	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	488	398.79/cwt	390.00–407.50	1,946	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	862	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,939	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,003	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	320.04/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,032	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	430.12/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	718	296.53/cwt	280.00–312.50	2,129	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	491	393.25/cwt	375.00–422.50	1,931	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	547	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,092	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	290	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,094	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	386.67/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,875	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	210	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	977	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	408.56/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,740	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	255	547.16/cwt	530.00–565.00	1,395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	677	278.66/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,887	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	382.56/cwt	372.50–395.00	2,001	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	375.54/cwt	365.00–387.50	2,137	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	407.20/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,170	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	314.99/cwt	312.50–317.50	2,079	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	376.39/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,183	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	368.14/cwt	360.00–382.50	2,224	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	327.34/cwt	322.50–342.50	2,537	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,949	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	334.91/cwt	330.00–337.50	2,395	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	458.03/cwt	452.50–470.00	1,992	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	338.43/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,278	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,911	1
Bulls	—	—	1,825	229.80/cwt	225.00–238.00	4,194	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	185.25/cwt	173.00–204.00	2,369	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	163.05/cwt	162.00–164.00	2,312	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	182.33/cwt	179.00–188.00	2,013	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,138	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,642	190.16/cwt	173.00–205.00	3,122	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,560	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	162.39/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,798	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,110	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,359	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,121	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	3,296	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 (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Thu Jul 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 466Last week 1,540Year ago 1,109

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 45Year ago 59

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	375.00–385.00	380.06
1	500–550	510	302.50	302.50
3	550–600	587	300.00–302.50	300.85
4	600–650	615	280.00–327.50	305.66
3	650–700	677	265.00–300.00	278.66
1	700–750	705	255.00	255.00
1	800–850	835	255.00	255.00
2	850–900	863	235.00–247.00	240.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	465.00	465.00
1	300–350	340	425.00	425.00
1	350–400	360	420.00	420.00
10	400–450	426	390.00–430.00	408.56
6	450–500	485	385.00–390.00	386.67
10	500–550	523	372.50–395.00	382.56
20	550–600	569	365.00–387.50	375.54
5	600–650	616	340.00	340.00
7	700–750	713	272.50–287.50	278.94
1	750–800	760	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	624	367.50	367.50
154	750–800	762	321.50–338.00	329.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	530.00–565.00	547.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	435.00	435.00
1	400–450	425	410.00	410.00
2	450–500	488	390.00–407.50	398.79
6	500–550	529	367.50–407.50	380.53
1	600–650	610	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	740	325.00	325.00
4	750–800	766	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	445.00	445.00
1	350–400	370	467.50	467.50
1	400–450	430	475.00	475.00
1	450–500	450	445.00	445.00
4	500–550	537	420.00–450.00	427.05
10	550–600	562	395.00–410.00	407.01
9	600–650	631	380.00–400.00	388.60
17	650–700	682	357.50–377.00	374.70
1	700–750	720	342.50	342.50
2	800–850	812	317.50	317.50
3	850–900	876	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
55	850–900	862	341.00	341.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	425.00–435.00	430.12
4	450–500	491	375.00–422.50	393.25
2	500–550	547	382.50	382.50
1	550–600	565	345.00	345.00
2	600–650	635	315.00–325.00	320.04
3	650–700	660	312.50–317.50	314.99
2	700–750	718	280.00–312.50	296.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	550.00	550.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	515.00	515.00
4	400–450	435	452.50–470.00	458.03
1	450–500	450	467.50	467.50
10	500–550	533	400.00–420.00	407.20
5	550–600	580	370.00–387.50	376.39
8	600–650	604	360.00–382.50	368.14
8	650–700	673	330.00–347.50	338.43
3	700–750	715	330.00–337.50	334.91
4	750–800	775	322.50–342.50	327.34
1	850–900	885	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	920	245.00	245.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	3,250.00	3,250.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	227.50	227.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,825	225.00–238.00	229.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,279	173.00–204.00	185.25
2	—	1,418	162.00–164.00	163.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,104	179.00–188.00	182.33
1	—	785	145.00	145.00
3	—	1,107	160.00–165.00	162.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,642	173.00–205.00	190.16
1	—	1,515	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	212.50	212.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,121	294.00	294.00

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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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