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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 2

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190

← May 19Jun 2Jun 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

122 head

▲ 38 vs last sale 84▼ 129 vs year ago 251 · −51.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 43▼ 19 vs year ago 38 · −50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to no sale last week because of Memorial Day Holiday.

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 $368.40/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 6 of 15 comparable sales and sits −45.16 against this barn's trailing median of $413.57.

Average price

$368.40

22 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,984

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$62.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.86

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	537	374.12	2,010	20
Medium and Large 2-3	553	311.25	1,720	2thin

One grade step is worth $62.87/cwt here — about $290 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 sale22 hd

368.40

—

KY average23 barns · 736 hd

346.54

+21.86

This barn, trailing median15 sales

413.57

−45.16

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	—	Average	1,280	198.93	2,546	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,276	159.48	2,035	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	805	122.00	982	1thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	305	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,327	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,311	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,444	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	465	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,872	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	383.91/cwt	377.50–390.00	1,835	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	508	386.22/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,962	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	372.11/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,968	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	369.41/cwt	365.00–372.50	2,072	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	615	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,045	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,096	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	225	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,058	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	270	437.04/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,180	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,409	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,424	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,422	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	353.60/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,467	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,491	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	354.98/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,626	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	327.60/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,589	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	517	340.44/cwt	320.00–352.50	1,760	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,537	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	590	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,918	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,859	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	603	326.22/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,967	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	680	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,227	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	237.42/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,693	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	725	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,613	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	845	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,268	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,209	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	275	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,293	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	381.61/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,442	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	367.73/cwt	360.00–382.50	1,570	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	384.76/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,797	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	478	331.41/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,584	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	509	413.46/cwt	397.50–417.50	2,105	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	360.24/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,898	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	530	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,484	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	361.88/cwt	355.00–372.50	2,059	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,969	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,935	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	650	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,836	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	297.44/cwt	290.00–305.00	2,023	5
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,992	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	995	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,114	1
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,225	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,280	198.93/cwt	196.00–202.50	2,546	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	805	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	982	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,757	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,292	161.98/cwt	155.00–168.00	2,093	5

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 Jun 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 122Last week 84Year ago 251

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 43Year ago 38

No comparison due to no sale last week because of Memorial Day Holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	380.00–385.00	381.61
3	400–450	427	360.00–382.50	367.73
9	450–500	467	380.00–392.50	384.76
8	500–550	527	350.00–365.00	360.24
7	550–600	569	355.00–372.50	361.88
1	600–650	645	300.00	300.00
5	650–700	680	290.00–305.00	297.44
1	800–850	830	240.00	240.00
1	950–1000	995	212.50	212.50
1	1000–1050	1,000	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	445	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	478	325.00–337.50	331.41
1	500–550	530	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	575	342.50	342.50
1	650–700	650	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	470.00	470.00
5	500–550	509	397.50–417.50	413.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	380	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	430	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	478	377.50–390.00	383.91
6	500–550	529	360.00–375.00	372.11
4	550–600	561	365.00–372.50	369.41
1	650–700	655	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	508	380.00–392.50	386.22
1	600–650	615	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	465	402.50	402.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	390.00	390.00
2	400–450	415	347.50–360.00	353.60
5	450–500	458	345.00–360.00	354.98
1	500–550	530	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	590	315.00	315.00
2	700–750	713	230.00–245.00	237.42
1	850–900	875	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	517	320.00–352.50	340.44
1	550–600	590	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	603	320.00–332.50	326.22
2	650–700	680	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	445	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	485	322.50–332.50	327.60
1	700–750	725	222.50	222.50
1	800–850	845	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	470.00	470.00
2	250–300	270	425.00–450.00	437.04
1	350–400	350	402.50	402.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,292	155.00–168.00	161.98
1	—	1,195	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	196.00–202.50	198.93

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.