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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 10

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190

← Nov 3Nov 10Nov 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

182 head

▲ 87 vs last sale 95▼ 5 vs year ago 187 · −2.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 17▼ 16 vs year ago 41 · −39.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 3▲ 0 vs year ago 3 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower, Feeder heifers steady except 400-500 lbs they were 8.00-10.00 lower, Moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, No test on bulls , Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

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 $346.32/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits −26.62 against this barn's trailing median of $372.94.

Average price

$346.32

57 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,976

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$594

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

$86.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.60

vs KY average

−17.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	574	353.95	2,031	52
Medium and Large 2-3	538	266.96	1,437	5thin

One grade step is worth $86.99/cwt here — about $594 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 sale57 hd

346.32

—

KY average24 barns · 1,469 hd

330.72

+15.60

National average183 barns · 20,348 hd

363.96

−17.64

This barn, trailing median13 sales

372.94

−26.62

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	—	Low	1,605	179.00	2,873	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,308	143.00	1,870	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,058	126.88	1,342	9thin

Every lot

45 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,173	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	385	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,598	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,617	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,756	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,086	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,112	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	340	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	986	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	363	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,162	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	341.94/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,337	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	405	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	921	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	349.70/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,486	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	432	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,598	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	356.81/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,634	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	317.96/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,479	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,785	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	527	264.94/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,396	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,499	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	577	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,060	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	334.37/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,959	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	307.42/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,903	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,415	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,397	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	370.66/cwt	357.50–380.00	1,572	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	358.66/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,729	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	358.81/cwt	352.50–365.00	1,830	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	303.68/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,549	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,998	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	573	294.42/cwt	272.50–312.50	1,687	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	333.65/cwt	325.00–337.50	2,072	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	623	290.12/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,807	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,046	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,768	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,980	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,188	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,605	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,873	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	935	112.50/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,052	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,072	127.37/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,365	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,167	140.77/cwt	136.00–149.00	1,643	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,185	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,327	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,928	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,334	145.00/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,934	8
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,126	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	983	168.70/cwt	167.50–170.00	1,658	2

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 Nov 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 182Last week 95Year ago 187

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 17Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 3Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	330.00–347.50	341.94
4	400–450	425	335.00–357.50	349.70
13	450–500	458	340.00–360.00	356.81
4	500–550	525	340.00	340.00
4	550–600	586	332.50–340.00	334.37
5	600–650	619	300.00–322.50	307.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
44	550–600	577	357.00	357.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	290.00	290.00
6	350–400	363	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	405	227.50	227.50
4	450–500	465	310.00–330.00	317.96
3	500–550	527	260.00–275.00	264.94
2	550–600	555	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	620	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	432	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	437	370.00	370.00
4	450–500	481	365.00	365.00
2	500–550	510	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	560	372.50	372.50
2	600–650	640	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	382.50	382.50
7	400–450	424	357.50–380.00	370.66
10	450–500	482	350.00–362.50	358.66
2	500–550	510	352.50–365.00	358.81
3	550–600	555	360.00	360.00
4	600–650	621	325.00–337.50	333.65
1	650–700	660	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	740	267.50	267.50
1	850–900	875	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	332.50	332.50
2	500–550	510	300.00–307.50	303.68
3	550–600	573	272.50–312.50	294.42
2	600–650	623	280.00–300.00	290.12
1	650–700	680	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	112.00	112.00
8	—	1,334	139.00–148.00	145.00
1	—	1,220	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,072	125.00–132.00	127.37
3	—	1,167	136.00–149.00	140.77
3	—	935	105.00–117.00	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	179.00	179.00

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	2	—	983	167.50–170.00	168.70
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	272.50	272.50

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.