Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2025-09-18

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Sep 18
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,005 head
▼ 468 vs last sale 1,473▲ 229 vs year ago 776 · +29.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 105▲ 0 vs year ago 74 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 4▼ 2 vs year ago 8 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers steady on the high quality weaned and vaccinated classes, plainer quality and fleshier calves are still facing discounts. Feeder heifers steady except 300-500 lbs they were 6.00-8.00 lower, Good demand for the high quality feeders and moderate demand for the plainer quality feeders. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.70/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 12 of 34 comparable sales and sits −32.93 against this barn's trailing median of $396.62.
Average price
$363.70
88 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,998
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$352
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$65.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.48
vs KY average
+4.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549367.402,01883
Medium and Large 2-3551302.171,6665thin
One grade step is worth $65.23/cwt here — about $352 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale88 hd
363.70
—
KY average24 barns · 1,362 hd
359.22
+4.48
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
+4.04
This barn, trailing median34 sales
396.62
−32.93
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

34 sales
461407352298median 396.6203/0504/3007/0909/0310/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $447.15, low $311.99, median $396.62 across 34 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—Average1,763188.673,3269thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,611156.562,52212
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,312153.692,01714
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,036133.141,37923
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,123202.072,2692thin
SteersSelectAverage1,400170.002,3801thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,190$1,9693thin

Every lot

109 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy227493.38/cwt445.00–515.001,1203
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245401.00/cwt401.00–401.009821
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy285440.00/cwt430.00–450.001,2542
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,3681
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1521
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370434.15/cwt417.50–465.001,60610
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3410340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3942
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420408.25/cwt397.50–415.001,7158
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438372.97/cwt367.50–382.001,6345
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8202
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3468332.22/cwt315.00–350.001,5552
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469384.77/cwt371.00–390.001,80525
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525388.09/cwt380.00–403.002,03752
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531364.67/cwt360.00–367.501,9368
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3572327.80/cwt311.00–342.001,8753
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573384.68/cwt380.00–387.502,20426
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576360.47/cwt350.00–370.002,07626
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added612362.18/cwt350.00–382.502,21730
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620338.16/cwt332.50–344.002,0972
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678345.04/cwt340.00–349.002,33910
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added690383.78/cwt350.00–389.002,64825
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724331.24/cwt330.00–339.002,3987
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3728300.44/cwt282.50–319.002,1872
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added736348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,5615
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3755317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,3971
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added789378.75/cwt378.75–378.752,98867
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3805291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,3431
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2862326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,81012
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3885312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,7611
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3975281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,7401
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 2-31,058270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,8573
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy215445.00/cwt445.00–445.009571
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2223382.58/cwt380.00–385.008532
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2265395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,0471
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3273338.95/cwt325.00–363.009255
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy277418.18/cwt405.00–450.001,1584
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315358.87/cwt355.00–362.501,1302
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3324327.79/cwt320.00–340.001,0628
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370361.00/cwt352.50–372.501,3364
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375330.28/cwt300.00–347.501,23910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420322.64/cwt300.00–345.001,35524
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425365.02/cwt360.00–370.001,5518
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3462327.57/cwt300.00–349.001,51314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467362.92/cwt350.00–375.001,6957
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy476383.36/cwt381.00–387.501,82525
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520328.77/cwt320.00–335.001,7104
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525373.33/cwt352.00–385.001,96042
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3528304.93/cwt300.00–310.001,6102
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3567300.33/cwt300.00–301.001,7033
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580365.61/cwt357.50–371.002,12136
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,9581
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added602353.74/cwt350.00–355.002,1304
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620285.08/cwt275.00–295.001,7672
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623329.32/cwt322.50–340.002,0524
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672325.55/cwt315.00–332.502,18816
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3673290.81/cwt284.00–305.001,9574
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,43075
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3700275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9252
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718324.37/cwt322.00–327.502,3297
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758317.70/cwt312.50–323.002,4084
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3793299.80/cwt299.00–300.002,3775
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3823275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2632
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3865252.20/cwt231.00–270.002,1823
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3905277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,5071
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added906312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,82763
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy220505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,1111
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy272480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,3062
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3318343.39/cwt320.00–365.001,0922
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy332422.44/cwt417.50–425.001,4033
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3350305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0681
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5001
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy379441.16/cwt422.50–475.001,6729
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7221
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2436377.04/cwt370.00–385.001,6447
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3440335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4741
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465369.32/cwt360.00–375.001,71716
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3480322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,5481
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy505400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0206
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2524363.80/cwt350.00–377.501,90611
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3534337.09/cwt297.50–347.501,80021
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568341.36/cwt333.00–352.001,9399
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3568306.40/cwt301.00–309.001,7403
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy610307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,8762
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy620356.60/cwt355.00–360.002,21111
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2633340.00/cwt339.00–341.002,1523
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2666340.35/cwt335.00–345.002,2677
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3679307.21/cwt301.00–320.002,08612
Bulls700–750Small 1-2700240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6801
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2720314.97/cwt305.00–327.502,2683
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3740270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9981
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2870280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,4361
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2920261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,4011
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3776220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7073
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select1,400170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,3801
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,123202.07/cwt201.00–203.002,2692
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,700150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,5501
Bulls——1,733198.40/cwt195.00–202.003,4384
Bulls——1,809188.61/cwt182.00–192.003,4124
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,006130.02/cwt124.00–135.001,3085
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,037144.25/cwt136.00–150.001,49611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,051101.96/cwt80.00–111.001,0725
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063157.82/cwt156.00–160.001,6782
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,261146.17/cwt136.00–152.001,8437
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,6891
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,379165.91/cwt158.00–174.002,2886
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,583146.09/cwt139.00–152.002,3134
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,625161.79/cwt154.00–168.002,6298
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,969.43/head1,725.00–2,250.001,9693
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,062209.97/cwt190.00–220.002,2303

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.