Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2026-02-09

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 9
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190
Feeder Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 22▼ 54 vs year ago 96 · −56.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 14▼ 2 vs year ago 20 · −10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $417.87/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 9 of 15 comparable sales and sits +4.31 against this barn's trailing median of $413.57.
Average price
$417.87
7 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,262
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+19.72
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541417.872,2627thin
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 sale7 hd
417.87
—
KY average17 barns · 186 hd
398.16
+19.72
This barn, trailing median15 sales
413.57
+4.31
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
485434382331median 413.5603/0204/2008/1010/0511/02
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High2,063206.534,2612thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,743164.562,8682thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,340147.981,9838thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,021139.631,4265thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,175245.002,8791thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,0991
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,6461
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy415425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7641
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473421.22/cwt420.00–422.501,9922
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360496.25/cwt482.50–510.001,7872
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy413480.05/cwt477.50–482.501,9833
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6391
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy478457.32/cwt452.50–462.502,1862
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2490410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0091
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy528424.03/cwt411.00–435.002,2395
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy575402.48/cwt400.00–405.002,3142
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy623388.93/cwt382.50–400.002,4235
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2810257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,0861
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2855245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0951
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2990267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,6481
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,175245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,8791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,063206.53/cwt204.00–209.004,2612
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013143.07/cwt141.00–145.001,4492
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,6691
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,318146.07/cwt135.00–153.001,9254
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,328165.86/cwt164.00–169.002,2033
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,465102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,4941
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,743164.56/cwt162.00–167.002,8682

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.