Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady on a lite test of average quality, Moderate demand for feeder classes. No test on slaughter classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $348.28/cwt on 16 head, up $3.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −91.64 against this barn's trailing median of $439.92.

Average price

$348.28

▲ 3.94 vs prior sale

16 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,861

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$38.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.58

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	531	353.04	1,876	14thin
Medium and Large 2	555	315.00	1,748	2thin

One grade step is worth $38.04/cwt here — about $128 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

33 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $478.82, low $344.35, median $439.92 across 33 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 sale16 hd

348.28

—

KY average24 barns · 365 hd

332.70

+15.58

This barn, trailing median33 sales

439.92

−91.64

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,605	142.37	2,285	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,351	128.77	1,740	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,021	121.93	1,245	6thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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 1-2	300–350	325	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,146	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	316.46/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,658	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	280.06/cwt	277.50–282.50	1,862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	378.64/cwt	370.00–387.50	1,533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,228	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	301.24/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,648	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	387.45/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	188	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	780	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	339.94/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,584	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,412	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	316.68/cwt	312.50–325.00	2,622	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,432	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	345.94/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,200	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	326.64/cwt	322.50–332.50	2,179	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,415	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	352.50/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	310.00/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,308	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	995	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,642	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	530	381.25/cwt	380.00–382.50	2,021	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	297.51/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,883	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	150–200	150	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,084	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,862	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	389.54/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,827	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	351.29/cwt	347.50–355.00	1,616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	307.43/cwt	297.50–317.50	2,213	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	320.68/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,011	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,109	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,976	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	163	491.73/cwt	485.00–495.00	802	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	347.75/cwt	337.50–370.00	1,822	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	332.86/cwt	315.00–342.50	2,263	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	100–150	145	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	425.11/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	351.27/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,002	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,613	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	123.06/cwt	110.00–136.00	1,292	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	140.86/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,902	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,253	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	150.55/cwt	148.00–153.00	2,443	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,978	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	152.52/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,568	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	90.20/cwt	80.00–100.00	888	2

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 Sep 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 204Last week 793Year ago 2,284

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 25Year ago 143

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year ago 11

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady on a lite test of average quality, Moderate demand for feeder classes. No test on slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	188	415.00	415.00
1	200–250	215	410.00	410.00
1	300–350	325	352.50	352.50
2	350–400	383	385.00–390.00	387.45
2	400–450	405	370.00–387.50	378.64
7	450–500	466	330.00–345.00	339.94
6	500–550	524	310.00–330.00	316.46
11	550–600	591	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	633	292.50–300.00	297.51
2	650–700	665	277.50–282.50	280.06
1	700–750	725	287.50	287.50
1	900–950	935	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	327.50	327.50
4	500–550	547	300.00–305.00	301.24
1	550–600	575	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	150	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	387.50	387.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	447	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	525	350.00–355.00	352.50
1	550–600	565	345.00	345.00
8	600–650	636	342.50–350.00	345.94
6	650–700	667	322.50–332.50	326.64
4	700–750	743	325.00	325.00
6	750–800	772	315.00	315.00
6	800–850	828	312.50–325.00	316.68
1	850–900	850	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	337.50	337.50
1	600–650	640	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	885	272.50	272.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	440	250.00	250.00
1	950–1000	995	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	385	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	422	300.00–320.00	310.00
2	450–500	460	347.50–355.00	351.29
1	500–550	530	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	610	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	380.00–382.50	381.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	145	510.00	510.00
3	150–200	163	485.00–495.00	491.73
1	250–300	270	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	335	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	353	410.00–440.00	425.11
10	450–500	469	380.00–395.00	389.54
10	500–550	524	337.50–370.00	347.75
2	550–600	570	350.00–352.50	351.27
6	600–650	627	310.00–332.50	320.68
10	650–700	680	315.00–342.50	332.86
2	700–750	720	297.50–317.50	307.43
1	750–800	760	277.50	277.50
1	900–950	930	212.50	212.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	237.50	237.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	110.00–136.00	123.06
2	—	1,028	150.00–155.00	152.52
2	—	985	80.00–100.00	90.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,350	138.00–145.00	140.86
1	—	1,355	92.50	92.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,623	148.00–153.00	150.55
1	—	1,570	126.00	126.00

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

Bulls · 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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle