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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 28

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190

← Apr 21Apr 28May 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

116 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 116▼ 93 vs year ago 209 · −44.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

44 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 19▲ 6 vs year ago 38 · +15.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 3▼ 1 vs year ago 6 · −16.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $352.75/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −60.82 against this barn's trailing median of $413.57.

Average price

$352.75

19 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,937

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

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

$68.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.08

vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	356.38	1,951	18thin
Medium and Large 2-3	575	287.50	1,653	1thin

One grade step is worth $68.88/cwt here — about $298 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale19 hd

352.75

—

KY average24 barns · 697 hd

342.67

+10.08

This barn, trailing median15 sales

413.57

−60.82

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $471.50, low $344.79, median $413.57 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	Low	1,462	164.61	2,407	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,628	156.03	2,540	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,310	150.68	1,974	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,100	134.65	1,481	7thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,235	$2,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$2,250	1thin

Every lot

48 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	355	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,429	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,435	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	419	401.29/cwt	387.50–405.00	1,681	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	463	376.53/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,743	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,456	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	574	343.90/cwt	332.50–355.00	1,974	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	295	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,114	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	322	353.68/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,139	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,175	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	381	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,410	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	427	355.02/cwt	340.00–382.50	1,516	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	474	347.19/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,646	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,519	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	575	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,783	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	690	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,501	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,946	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	320	387.42/cwt	382.50–390.00	1,240	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,173	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	387	395.94/cwt	387.50–405.00	1,532	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	418	375.84/cwt	372.50–380.00	1,571	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,479	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,620	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	484	402.54/cwt	387.50–407.50	1,948	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	520	369.95/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,924	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,859	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	553	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,018	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	332.50/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,895	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,653	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	620	333.15/cwt	322.50–340.00	2,066	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,792	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	657	318.76/cwt	312.50–320.00	2,094	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	715	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,152	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,860	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	955	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,197	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,380	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	2,036	1
Bulls	—	—	1,503	173.16/cwt	171.00–175.00	2,603	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,290	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	149.38/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,621	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,114	130.94/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,459	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,226	134.02/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,643	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,329	154.38/cwt	140.00–170.00	2,052	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,628	156.03/cwt	148.00–162.00	2,540	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,235	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,043	193.36/cwt	187.50–197.50	2,017	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,125	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1

This sale against other markets

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 Apr 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 116Last week 116Year ago 209

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 19Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 3Year ago 6

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,226	130.00–138.00	134.02
18	—	1,329	140.00–170.00	154.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,628	148.00–162.00	156.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,114	127.00–135.00	130.94
2	—	1,085	145.00–154.00	149.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	147.50	147.50
2	—	1,503	171.00–175.00	173.16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	377.50	377.50
3	300–350	322	340.00–362.50	353.68
3	350–400	381	370.00	370.00
5	400–450	427	340.00–382.50	355.02
10	450–500	474	337.50–355.00	347.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	575	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	317.50	317.50
2	450–500	490	310.00	310.00
3	850–900	865	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	435	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	450	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	535	347.50	347.50
5	550–600	570	322.50–340.00	332.50
1	600–650	640	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	800	232.50	232.50
1	950–1000	955	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	382.50–390.00	387.42
5	350–400	387	387.50–405.00	395.94
3	400–450	418	372.50–380.00	375.84
6	450–500	484	387.50–407.50	402.54
5	500–550	520	362.50–375.00	369.95
7	550–600	553	365.00	365.00
3	600–650	620	322.50–340.00	333.15
6	650–700	657	312.50–320.00	318.76
1	700–750	715	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	377.50	377.50
1	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	520	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	402.50	402.50
6	400–450	419	387.50–405.00	401.29
7	450–500	463	360.00–395.00	376.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	574	332.50–355.00	343.90

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	2,400.00	2,400.00

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	3	—	1,043	187.50–197.50	193.36

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	2,250.00	2,250.00

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.