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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Sep 25

● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191

← Sep 18Sep 25Oct 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,182 head

▲ 177 vs last sale 1,005▼ 716 vs year ago 1,898 · −37.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

49 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 74▼ 21 vs year ago 70 · −30.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 6▼ 3 vs year ago 9 · −33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers steady, Feeder and yearling heifers steady except 300-400 lbs they were 3.00-5.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls 2.00-4.00 higher, 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 $393.61/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 7 of 32 comparable sales and sits −48.17 against this barn's trailing median of $441.78.

Average price

$393.61

82 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$59.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.64

vs KY average

−23.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	395.07	2,171	80
Medium and Large 2-3	570	335.26	1,911	2thin

One grade step is worth $59.81/cwt here — about $260 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale82 hd

393.61

—

KY average25 barns · 981 hd

380.97

+12.64

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

−23.48

This barn, trailing median32 sales

441.78

−48.17

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	1,777	197.44	3,509	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,592	154.95	2,467	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,342	150.83	2,024	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,078	135.81	1,464	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,185	190.00	2,252	4thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,293	$2,172	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,215	$1,575	2thin

Every lot

96 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	218	470.34/cwt	450.00–515.00	1,025	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	323	426.26/cwt	425.00–427.50	1,377	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	390	441.11/cwt	430.00–452.50	1,720	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	401.25/cwt	392.50–410.00	1,585	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	427	414.38/cwt	405.00–422.50	1,769	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,666	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	329.41/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,466	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,799	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	479	355.33/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,702	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	511	420.00/cwt	417.50–422.50	2,146	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	512	400.61/cwt	380.00–407.50	2,051	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	570	393.17/cwt	382.50–405.00	2,241	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	335.26/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,911	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	368.31/cwt	362.50–377.50	2,162	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	615	376.64/cwt	372.50–381.00	2,316	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	626	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,473	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	675	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,228	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	346.40/cwt	337.50–355.00	2,349	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	680	378.55/cwt	360.00–379.25	2,574	82
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	735	290.00/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,132	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	741	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,749	70
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	334.83/cwt	325.00–336.00	2,558	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	786	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,397	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	830	302.59/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,511	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	855	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,710	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	873	353.88/cwt	349.00–358.00	3,089	180
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	941	326.12/cwt	319.75–332.50	3,069	121
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	960	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,178	66
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	223	440.75/cwt	425.00–460.00	983	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	281	417.72/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,174	5
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,069	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,191	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	376	332.66/cwt	327.50–350.00	1,251	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	379.74/cwt	367.50–387.50	1,435	5
Heifers	350–400	Small 1-2	395	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,304	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	425	337.47/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,434	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	370.90/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,584	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	428	390.63/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,672	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	470	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,798	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	473	338.61/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,602	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	374.70/cwt	360.00–377.00	1,806	19
Heifers	450–500	Small 1-2	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	336.55/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,727	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	517	392.75/cwt	375.00–403.00	2,031	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	337.87/cwt	330.00–343.00	1,882	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	313.21/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,785	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	587	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,119	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	607	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,882	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	628	362.91/cwt	355.00–367.50	2,279	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	642	258.13/cwt	252.50–260.00	1,657	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	655	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,260	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	661	279.40/cwt	265.00–302.50	1,847	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	720	266.39/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,918	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	755	289.17/cwt	282.50–292.50	2,183	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	757	339.56/cwt	327.50–342.25	2,570	90
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	811	333.25/cwt	333.25–333.25	2,703	57
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	852	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,675	40
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	907	252.50/cwt	242.50–255.00	2,290	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	230	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,001	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	326	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,361	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	370	419.55/cwt	407.50–445.00	1,552	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	386.25/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,429	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	417	420.76/cwt	409.00–437.50	1,755	15
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	395.44/cwt	391.00–400.00	1,843	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	473	291.68/cwt	267.50–320.00	1,380	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	372.60/cwt	362.50–377.50	1,900	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	528	411.94/cwt	385.00–423.00	2,175	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	528	285.88/cwt	275.00–297.50	1,509	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	569	391.89/cwt	385.00–402.50	2,230	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	367.68/cwt	352.50–377.50	2,125	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,082	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	625	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,688	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,000	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	327.66/cwt	317.50–337.00	2,166	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	674	280.38/cwt	250.00–302.50	1,890	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	775	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,899	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,355	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	865	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,336	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,185	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,252	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,695	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,085	1
Bulls	—	—	1,730	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	3,339	1
Bulls	—	—	1,820	204.07/cwt	196.00–211.00	3,714	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	993	111.73/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,109	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	141.63/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,537	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,103	153.97/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,698	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,153	130.50/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,505	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,388	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,319	148.68/cwt	142.00–152.00	1,961	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,367	159.41/cwt	155.00–168.00	2,179	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,570	147.31/cwt	135.00–153.00	2,313	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,622	165.14/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,679	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,215	1,575.00/head	1,375.00–1,775.00	1,575	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,293	2,172.10/head	1,875.00–2,475.00	2,172	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,008	193.01/cwt	173.00–210.00	1,946	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 (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Thu Sep 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,182Last week 1,005Year ago 1,898

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 74Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 6Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	512	380.00–407.50	400.61
44	550–600	570	382.50–405.00	393.17
13	600–650	615	372.50–381.00	376.64
82	650–700	680	360.00–379.25	378.55
70	700–750	741	371.00	371.00
180	850–900	873	349.00–358.00	353.88
121	900–950	941	319.75–332.50	326.12
66	950–1000	960	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	392.50–410.00	401.25
1	400–450	430	387.50	387.50
1	450–500	460	391.00	391.00
6	550–600	587	362.50–377.50	368.31
8	650–700	678	337.50–355.00	346.40
14	750–800	764	325.00–336.00	334.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	320.00–332.50	329.41
11	450–500	479	340.00–360.00	355.33
2	550–600	570	320.00–350.00	335.26
1	650–700	675	330.00	330.00
3	700–750	735	285.00–300.00	290.00
4	750–800	786	305.00	305.00
2	800–850	830	295.00–310.00	302.59
1	850–900	855	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	218	450.00–515.00	470.34
2	300–350	323	425.00–427.50	426.26
2	350–400	390	430.00–452.50	441.11
13	400–450	427	405.00–422.50	414.38
4	500–550	511	417.50–422.50	420.00
3	600–650	626	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	362.50	362.50
2	300–350	330	361.00	361.00
5	350–400	378	367.50–387.50	379.74
9	400–450	427	365.00–377.50	370.90
19	450–500	482	360.00–377.00	374.70
20	500–550	513	330.00–345.00	336.55
11	550–600	557	330.00–343.00	337.87
2	600–650	607	310.00	310.00
40	850–900	852	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	517	375.00–403.00	392.75
12	550–600	587	361.00	361.00
8	600–650	628	355.00–367.50	362.91
3	650–700	655	345.00	345.00
90	750–800	757	327.50–342.25	339.56
57	800–850	811	333.25	333.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	376	327.50–350.00	332.66
4	400–450	425	330.00–340.00	337.47
8	450–500	473	320.00–350.00	338.61
2	550–600	570	305.00–321.00	313.21
4	600–650	642	252.50–260.00	258.13
4	650–700	661	265.00–302.50	279.40
6	700–750	720	260.00–279.00	266.39
3	750–800	755	282.50–292.50	289.17
5	900–950	907	242.50–255.00	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	485	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	223	425.00–460.00	440.75
5	250–300	281	415.00–430.00	417.72
16	400–450	428	380.00–400.00	390.63
4	450–500	470	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	380.00–392.50	386.25
4	450–500	466	391.00–400.00	395.44
3	500–550	510	362.50–377.50	372.60
10	550–600	578	352.50–377.50	367.68
3	600–650	640	312.50	312.50
8	650–700	661	317.50–337.00	327.66
2	750–800	785	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	320.00	320.00
5	450–500	473	267.50–320.00	291.68
2	500–550	528	275.00–297.50	285.88
3	550–600	590	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	625	270.00	270.00
5	650–700	674	250.00–302.50	280.38
1	750–800	775	245.00	245.00
1	850–900	865	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	435.00	435.00
3	300–350	326	417.50	417.50
4	350–400	370	407.50–445.00	419.55
15	400–450	417	409.00–437.50	420.76
8	500–550	528	385.00–423.00	411.94
5	550–600	569	385.00–402.50	391.89
1	600–650	600	347.00	347.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	153.00–155.00	153.97
3	—	993	105.00–115.00	111.73
8	—	1,085	135.00–148.00	141.63
2	—	1,153	129.00–132.00	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,319	142.00–152.00	148.68
1	—	1,285	108.00	108.00
6	—	1,367	155.00–168.00	159.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,622	160.00–169.00	165.14
4	—	1,570	135.00–153.00	147.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,185	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,820	196.00–211.00	204.07
1	—	1,695	182.00	182.00
1	—	1,730	193.00	193.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	2	—	1,293	1,875.00–2,475.00	2,172.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,215	1,375.00–1,775.00	1,575.00

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	—	1,008	173.00–210.00	193.01

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.