Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2026-02-02

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 2
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 115 vs last sale 137▼ 254 vs year ago 276 · −92.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 36▼ 30 vs year ago 44 · −68.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Comparison due to limited supply because of the wintery weather.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $280.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −92.94 against this barn's trailing median of $372.94.
Average price
$280.00
1 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,540
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−105.12
vs KY average
−151.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3550280.001,5401thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
280.00
—
KY average6 barns · 63 hd
385.12
−105.12
National average145 barns · 12,920 hd
431.54
−151.54
This barn, trailing median13 sales
372.94
−92.94
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
449398346294median 372.9403/0204/0605/1810/0511/02
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,610201.003,2361thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,314170.002,2344thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,095137.631,5089thin

Every lot

17 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2557360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0055
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,3651
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5752
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3380305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1591
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,7581
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3550280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5401
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0211
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,3662
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3785250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9631
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,2441
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033164.39/cwt159.00–167.001,6983
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,105120.49/cwt115.00–125.001,3313
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,125146.53/cwt146.00–147.001,6482
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,0871
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,314170.00/cwt163.00–175.002,2344
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,610201.00/cwt201.00–201.003,2361

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.