Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2026-01-08

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Jan 8
● Final120 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,932 head
▲ 1,303 vs last sale 629▲ 1,338 vs year ago 594 · +225.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
129 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 96▲ 79 vs year ago 50 · +158.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 3 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to Christmas Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $417.51/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 13 of 32 comparable sales and sits −24.27 against this barn's trailing median of $441.78.
Average price
$417.51
74 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,315
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−4.84
vs KY average
−48.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555417.512,31574
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 sale74 hd
417.51
—
KY average24 barns · 1,509 hd
422.34
−4.84
National average195 barns · 28,890 hd
466.33
−48.82
This barn, trailing median32 sales
441.78
−24.27
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
528467407346median 441.7803/1205/0707/0909/1010/29
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,770180.543,19615
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,616155.912,52011
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,336146.431,95637
CowsLean 85-90%High1,072131.681,41226

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 Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,015$2,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,360$2,5001thin

Every lot

120 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2240400.00/cwt400.00–400.009601
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy295450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3281
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2511
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy333452.22/cwt445.00–460.001,5062
Steers350–400Small 1-2375360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy381451.85/cwt437.50–472.501,7227
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415404.94/cwt400.00–410.001,6812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420456.25/cwt450.00–462.501,9162
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy477426.16/cwt420.00–432.502,03315
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485393.75/cwt387.50–400.001,9102
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy510487.00/cwt487.00–487.002,4845
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522424.91/cwt385.00–460.002,21826
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575374.02/cwt360.00–382.502,15111
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added581415.58/cwt382.50–467.502,41532
Steers600–650Small 1-2610322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,9671
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627386.14/cwt360.00–401.002,42118
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643353.74/cwt350.00–357.502,2752
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664373.21/cwt360.00–377.002,47842
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,38611
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725373.60/cwt355.00–376.252,70970
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3728321.26/cwt320.00–322.502,3392
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729328.79/cwt325.00–340.002,39713
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3763316.05/cwt310.00–319.002,4113
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766341.46/cwt340.00–342.502,61612
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added771367.41/cwt350.00–370.752,833153
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added825340.21/cwt338.25–353.002,807142
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,6811
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2854325.00/cwt322.50–328.002,77611
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added870339.18/cwt336.00–342.502,951118
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3885301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,6641
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2937310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,90517
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added955330.62/cwt328.25–332.253,157162
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy215412.50/cwt412.50–412.508871
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225400.00/cwt400.00–400.009001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy279448.88/cwt425.00–455.001,2525
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy327405.36/cwt405.00–407.501,3267
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3371337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,2523
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy379418.30/cwt405.00–427.501,5857
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393395.02/cwt380.00–400.001,5525
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430397.59/cwt385.00–427.501,71018
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431371.13/cwt360.00–380.001,6009
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3433326.22/cwt320.00–352.501,4135
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy476397.34/cwt390.00–407.501,89136
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480373.50/cwt367.50–382.501,7935
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485329.33/cwt320.00–350.001,5975
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526382.96/cwt362.50–399.002,01454
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526347.48/cwt340.00–352.501,8284
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3532320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7022
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567369.60/cwt357.50–380.002,09635
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574343.97/cwt337.50–355.001,9747
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614359.85/cwt342.50–375.002,20932
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619330.44/cwt327.50–335.002,0455
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3619313.09/cwt295.00–317.501,9387
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650332.00/cwt325.00–339.002,1582
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682354.01/cwt340.00–357.002,414143
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3682287.09/cwt277.50–317.501,9585
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723342.40/cwt331.00–345.502,476128
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727280.78/cwt275.00–292.502,0413
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added753329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,4774
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3755202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,5291
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2043
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added830331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,7472
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added859322.45/cwt321.00–322.502,77060
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880293.95/cwt291.00–297.002,5872
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3990210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0792
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,006277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,78758
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy290465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,3491
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,6501
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3370323.65/cwt300.00–350.001,1982
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy371454.64/cwt432.50–475.001,68710
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2378402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,5212
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425443.13/cwt420.00–467.501,8839
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3439337.01/cwt330.00–360.001,4794
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2445382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,7021
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2457396.91/cwt380.00–407.501,8144
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3463357.77/cwt337.50–370.001,6568
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy472427.95/cwt412.50–445.002,02019
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy520407.27/cwt390.00–417.502,11820
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2522380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9842
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3528348.77/cwt312.50–355.001,84214
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3567343.01/cwt330.00–355.001,9457
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573367.30/cwt360.00–375.002,10510
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy593393.55/cwt387.50–395.002,3345
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2600330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9801
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy625363.79/cwt350.00–375.002,27414
Bulls600–650Small 1-2640272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7441
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2653334.98/cwt330.00–340.002,1872
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy667362.79/cwt350.00–370.002,42014
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3670320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1441
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy707352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,4922
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3710305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1661
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2735327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,4071
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2755330.83/cwt327.50–337.502,4983
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3768284.85/cwt275.00–305.002,1884
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2815285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3231
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3820250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0501
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3855245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0951
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2865290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,5091
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3935212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,9871
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3990180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7821
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 3Value Added957264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,52654
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,713175.33/cwt160.00–186.003,00312
Bulls——1,990199.00/cwt199.00–199.003,9601
Bulls——2,003202.55/cwt202.00–203.004,0572
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,026103.77/cwt95.00–113.001,0657
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,072163.85/cwt157.50–172.501,7566
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,091124.32/cwt115.00–134.001,3568
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,106143.92/cwt135.00–150.001,5925
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,296125.09/cwt120.00–131.001,6218
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31065.00/cwt65.00–65.008521
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,334143.75/cwt136.00–153.001,91814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,363167.12/cwt158.00–182.002,27814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,602147.08/cwt140.00–153.002,3563
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,616163.97/cwt154.00–176.002,6507
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,660126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,0921
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,090226.71/cwt215.00–237.502,4712
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,180182.50/cwt182.50–182.502,1541
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0152,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3602,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.