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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Jul 31

● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191

← Jul 24Jul 31Aug 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

957 head

▼ 152 vs last sale 1,109▼ 551 vs year ago 1,508 · −36.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

48 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 59▼ 34 vs year ago 82 · −41.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 1▲ 0 vs year ago 12 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 800 lbs steady, Over 800 lbs 6.00-10.00 higher, Feeder and yearling heifers 6.00-10.00 higher, Good demand for feeders and very good demand for yearling loads. Slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 3.00-5.00 higher, Very good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $355.43/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −86.35 against this barn's trailing median of $441.78.

Average price

$355.43

6 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$310

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

$57.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.13

vs KY average

−26.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	365.02	1,986	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	545	307.50	1,676	1thin

One grade step is worth $57.52/cwt here — about $310 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale6 hd

355.43

—

KY average24 barns · 464 hd

382.56

−27.13

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−26.25

This barn, trailing median32 sales

441.78

−86.35

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

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.05, low $359.98, median $441.78 across 32 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	—	High	1,721	210.08	3,615	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,646	166.12	2,734	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,319	165.71	2,185	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,044	152.83	1,596	11

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,148	$2,463	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	880	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,178	$2,137	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,098	$2,028	4thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	805	$2,050	1thin

Every lot

95 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	210	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	987	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	285	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,233	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	310	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,194	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	410	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,353	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,613	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	379.87/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,831	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	493	335.03/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,652	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	368.79/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,918	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,676	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,030	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	620	353.00/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,189	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,143	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	645	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,645	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	663	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,287	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	339.98/cwt	337.50–342.50	2,312	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	692	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,041	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	710	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	2,567	57
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	324.04/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,317	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	323.82/cwt	320.00–327.50	2,474	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	768	283.54/cwt	260.00–301.00	2,178	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	829	344.09/cwt	339.75–346.75	2,853	248
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,886	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	863	264.87/cwt	250.00–280.00	2,286	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	926	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,778	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	986	314.02/cwt	312.25–315.75	3,096	115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	235	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,069	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	265	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	875	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	310	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,256	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	310	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,147	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	320	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,088	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	366	409.39/cwt	405.00–412.50	1,498	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	378	324.90/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,228	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	364.92/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,503	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	414	394.86/cwt	387.50–400.00	1,635	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	463	337.64/cwt	334.00–345.00	1,563	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	361.53/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,761	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	329.85/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,676	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	526	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,828	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,730	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	329.71/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,863	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	576	308.63/cwt	285.00–317.50	1,778	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	583	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,041	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	316.92/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,962	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	646	351.80/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,273	88
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	325.87/cwt	322.50–332.50	2,209	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	678	292.41/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,983	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	685	349.75/cwt	349.75–349.75	2,396	71
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	296.70/cwt	280.00–302.50	2,101	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	728	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,472	76
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	754	336.25/cwt	336.25–336.25	2,535	65
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	283.84/cwt	280.00–287.50	2,180	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	780	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,521	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	800	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,080	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,355	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,478	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	205	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,025	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	300	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,155	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	310	431.85/cwt	420.00–437.50	1,339	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	355	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,074	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	372.90/cwt	362.50–382.50	1,398	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	391	422.61/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,652	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,438	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	410	335.73/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,376	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	430	409.95/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,763	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	372.77/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,748	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	471	333.01/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,568	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	340.88/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,796	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	533	364.23/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,941	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	571	317.06/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,810	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	344.27/cwt	330.00–357.50	1,969	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	580	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,146	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	605	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,770	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	300.08/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,906	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	642	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,183	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,129	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	292.16/cwt	280.00–305.00	2,118	2
Bulls	750–800	Small 1-2	775	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,686	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	292.43/cwt	282.50–300.00	2,304	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,140	1
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	892	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,508	200.96/cwt	195.00–204.00	3,030	3
Bulls	—	—	1,880	216.92/cwt	210.00–225.00	4,078	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	142.46/cwt	132.00–149.00	1,432	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,091	165.28/cwt	155.00–187.00	1,803	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,308	167.62/cwt	155.00–179.00	2,192	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,470	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,043	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,645	168.53/cwt	153.00–184.00	2,772	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,655	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,350	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,098	2,027.79/head	1,550.00–2,950.00	2,028	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,148	2,462.96/head	2,450.00–2,475.00	2,463	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,178	2,136.92/head	1,925.00–2,375.00	2,137	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,444	1

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 (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Thu Jul 31, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 957Last week 1,109Year ago 1,508

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 59Year ago 82

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 1Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	370.00	370.00
5	400–450	412	360.00–372.50	364.92
8	450–500	487	355.00–365.00	361.53
4	500–550	508	320.00–340.00	329.85
10	550–600	565	322.50–332.50	329.71
5	600–650	619	312.50–320.00	316.92
3	650–700	678	322.50–332.50	325.87
4	700–750	708	280.00–302.50	296.70
2	750–800	768	280.00–287.50	283.84
2	800–850	805	292.50	292.50
1	850–900	885	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	526	347.50	347.50
7	550–600	583	350.00	350.00
88	600–650	646	340.00–353.00	351.80
71	650–700	685	349.75	349.75
76	700–750	728	339.50	339.50
65	750–800	754	336.25	336.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	330.00	330.00
1	300–350	320	340.00	340.00
2	350–400	378	320.00–330.00	324.90
3	450–500	463	334.00–345.00	337.64
1	500–550	545	317.50	317.50
4	550–600	576	285.00–317.50	308.63
3	650–700	678	285.00–297.50	292.41
1	750–800	780	195.00	195.00
1	800–850	800	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	455.00	455.00
1	300–350	310	405.00	405.00
4	350–400	366	405.00–412.50	409.39
4	400–450	414	387.50–400.00	394.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	385.00	385.00
2	350–400	375	362.50–382.50	372.90
1	400–450	405	355.00	355.00
10	450–500	469	360.00–385.00	372.77
6	500–550	527	337.50–352.50	340.88
6	550–600	572	330.00–357.50	344.27
3	600–650	635	292.50–310.00	300.08
1	650–700	655	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	725	280.00–305.00	292.16
4	750–800	788	282.50–300.00	292.43
1	800–850	800	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	302.50	302.50
4	400–450	410	322.50–340.00	335.73
5	450–500	471	325.00–337.50	333.01
5	550–600	571	307.50–325.00	317.06
1	600–650	605	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	775	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	500.00	500.00
3	300–350	310	420.00–437.50	431.85
6	350–400	391	400.00–430.00	422.61
5	400–450	430	400.00–420.00	409.95
9	500–550	533	360.00–367.50	364.23
4	550–600	580	370.00	370.00
6	600–650	642	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	620	350.00–357.50	353.00
7	650–700	663	345.00	345.00
57	700–750	710	361.50	361.50
248	800–850	829	339.75–346.75	344.09
115	950–1000	986	312.25–315.75	314.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	445	362.50	362.50
4	450–500	482	365.00–385.00	379.87
2	500–550	520	367.50–370.00	368.79
3	550–600	560	362.50	362.50
1	600–650	635	337.50	337.50
2	650–700	680	337.50–342.50	339.98
3	700–750	715	315.00–330.00	324.04
4	750–800	764	320.00–327.50	323.82
1	850–900	855	337.50	337.50
4	900–950	926	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	493	330.00–340.00	335.03
1	500–550	545	307.50	307.50
1	600–650	645	255.00	255.00
2	650–700	692	295.00	295.00
3	750–800	768	260.00–301.00	283.54
2	850–900	863	250.00–280.00	264.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	470.00	470.00
1	250–300	285	432.50	432.50
1	350–400	380	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	302.50	302.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,645	153.00–184.00	168.53
1	—	1,655	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,308	155.00–179.00	167.62
1	—	1,470	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,091	155.00–187.00	165.28
6	—	1,005	132.00–149.00	142.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,880	210.00–225.00	216.92
3	—	1,508	195.00–204.00	200.96

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	805	2,050.00	2,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,098	1,550.00–2,950.00	2,027.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,148	2,450.00–2,475.00	2,462.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,178	1,925.00–2,375.00	2,136.92

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	1	—	875	165.00	165.00

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.