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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 13

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190

← Oct 6Oct 13Oct 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

166 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 154▼ 118 vs year ago 284 · −41.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 25▼ 29 vs year ago 79 · −36.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last monday: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $344.15/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits −28.79 against this barn's trailing median of $372.94.

Average price

$344.15

28 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$32.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.24

vs KY average

−53.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	345.32	1,876	27
Medium and Large 2-3	580	312.50	1,813	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.82/cwt here — about $63 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale28 hd

344.15

—

KY average24 barns · 876 hd

353.39

−9.24

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−53.71

This barn, trailing median13 sales

372.94

−28.79

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

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.33, low $307.95, median $372.94 across 13 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	1,811	190.58	3,452	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,523	164.61	2,507	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,350	163.70	2,210	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,043	133.55	1,393	14

Every lot

65 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,213	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,752	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,824	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,730	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,165	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	666	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,181	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,439	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,219	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,519	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	830	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,635	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,838	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	336.25/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,160	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,292	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	405	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,337	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	361.58/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,493	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	1
Heifers	450–500	Large 2	470	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,375	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	354.10/cwt	347.50–367.50	1,686	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	345.14/cwt	343.00–352.50	1,874	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,813	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	605	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,694	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	788	249.93/cwt	242.50–257.50	1,969	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	940	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,421	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	222	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,010	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	365	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,241	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	388.50/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,639	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,658	1
Bulls	450–500	Large 1-2	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,410	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,769	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	385.03/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,844	5
Bulls	450–500	Large 2	480	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,500	1
Bulls	450–500	Large 2-3	485	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,358	1
Bulls	500–550	Large 1-2	515	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,700	1
Bulls	550–600	Large 1-2	560	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,876	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,994	3
Bulls	550–600	Large 2	578	273.72/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,582	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	605	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,133	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	615	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,614	1
Bulls	600–650	Large 1-2	640	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,936	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,080	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	655	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,752	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	667	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,801	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	775	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,686	1
Bulls	800–850	Large 1-2	815	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,160	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,030	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,205	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	370	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	777	1
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	590	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,151	1
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	735	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,341	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,698	189.75/cwt	184.00–195.00	3,222	2
Bulls	—	—	1,740	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	3,028	1
Bulls	—	—	1,960	199.70/cwt	197.00–203.00	3,914	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	903	104.85/cwt	100.00–110.00	947	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	960	126.16/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,211	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,082	137.76/cwt	132.00–141.00	1,491	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,183	155.52/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,840	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,863	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,343	158.10/cwt	155.00–161.00	2,123	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,364	167.97/cwt	163.00–175.00	2,291	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,523	164.61/cwt	164.00–165.00	2,507	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 Oct 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 166Last week 154Year ago 284

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 25Year ago 79

Compared to last monday: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	480	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	505	342.50	342.50
4	650–700	666	327.50	327.50
1	700–750	710	312.50	312.50
1	800–850	830	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	407.50	407.50
3	500–550	548	395.00	395.00
2	650–700	692	352.50	352.50
1	700–750	725	347.50	347.50
1	850–900	880	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	222	455.00	455.00
5	400–450	422	385.00–390.00	388.50
5	450–500	479	380.00–395.00	385.03
3	550–600	578	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	645	322.50	322.50
1	750–800	750	300.00	300.00
2	800–850	832	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	372.50	372.50
1	450–500	475	372.50	372.50
2	650–700	667	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	820	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	515	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	560	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	640	302.50	302.50
1	800–850	815	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	605	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	312.50	312.50
2	550–600	578	272.50–275.00	273.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	365	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	470	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	615	262.50	262.50
1	650–700	655	267.50	267.50
1	750–800	775	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	405	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	580	312.50	312.50
1	600–650	605	280.00	280.00
2	750–800	788	242.50–257.50	249.93
1	900–950	940	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	413	350.00–367.50	361.58
22	450–500	476	347.50–367.50	354.10
26	500–550	543	343.00–352.50	345.14
1	550–600	550	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	332.50–340.00	336.25
1	350–400	380	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	445	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	590	195.00	195.00
1	700–750	735	182.50	182.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,343	155.00–161.00	158.10
10	—	1,364	163.00–175.00	167.97
1	—	1,250	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,523	164.00–165.00	164.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,082	132.00–141.00	137.76
3	—	1,183	150.00–163.00	155.52
4	—	960	120.00–130.00	126.16
2	—	903	100.00–110.00	104.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,698	184.00–195.00	189.75
1	—	1,740	174.00	174.00
2	—	1,960	197.00–203.00	199.70

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.