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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Mar 12

● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191

← Mar 5Mar 12Mar 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,243 head

▲ 193 vs last sale 1,050▼ 667 vs year ago 1,910 · −34.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

65 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 62▼ 79 vs year ago 144 · −54.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 4▼ 18 vs year ago 24 · −75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sharply higher, over 600 lbs 8.00-10.00 lower, Feeder heifers under 700 lbs steady, over 700 lbs 6.00-8.00 lower, Good demand for feeder classes and moderate demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, 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 $489.99/cwt on 118 head. That ranks 28 of 32 comparable sales and sits +48.22 against this barn's trailing median of $441.78.

Average price

$489.99

118 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$519

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

$123.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.56

vs KY average

+17.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	494.17	2,665	114
Medium and Large 2-3	579	370.88	2,146	4thin

One grade step is worth $123.30/cwt here — about $519 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale118 hd

489.99

—

KY average25 barns · 1,190 hd

467.43

+22.56

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+17.79

This barn, trailing median32 sales

441.78

+48.22

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	—	Low	1,724	187.16	3,227	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,633	164.27	2,682	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,326	159.67	2,117	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,030	140.13	1,443	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,045	295.00	3,083	1thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,013	$1,750	2thin

Every lot

99 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,100	1
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	245	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,250	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	287	583.92/cwt	545.00–690.00	1,676	8
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,482	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	331	594.73/cwt	560.00–675.00	1,969	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	375	565.68/cwt	539.00–635.00	2,121	39
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	511.91/cwt	495.00–525.00	1,945	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	428	534.07/cwt	505.00–565.00	2,286	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	464.16/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,024	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	479.79/cwt	465.00–487.00	2,221	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	472	536.29/cwt	510.00–572.50	2,531	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	461.44/cwt	453.00–477.50	2,376	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	520	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,981	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	521	509.33/cwt	481.00–532.50	2,654	66
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	463.19/cwt	445.00–472.50	2,640	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	575	508.39/cwt	482.50–521.00	2,923	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	598	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,198	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	610	438.86/cwt	390.00–447.00	2,677	53
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	360.42/cwt	355.00–363.00	2,271	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	635	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,159	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	670	400.52/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,683	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	342.00/cwt	331.00–347.50	2,480	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	736	367.46/cwt	352.00–380.00	2,705	100
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	737	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,211	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	326.26/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,457	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	763	357.75/cwt	356.00–360.00	2,730	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	334.93/cwt	320.00–339.50	2,743	30
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	830	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,631	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	866	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,840	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	947	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	3,082	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	225	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,271	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	264	555.56/cwt	525.00–585.00	1,467	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	320	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,328	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	334	493.62/cwt	470.00–522.50	1,649	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	452.88/cwt	447.50–465.00	1,662	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	376	505.73/cwt	470.00–575.00	1,902	25
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	393.40/cwt	390.00–397.50	1,495	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,804	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	413	409.30/cwt	401.00–417.50	1,690	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	422	477.61/cwt	457.50–492.50	2,016	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	470	469.17/cwt	457.00–490.00	2,205	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	441.78/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,090	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	476	421.94/cwt	405.00–437.50	2,008	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,906	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	522	424.73/cwt	412.50–439.00	2,217	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	566	419.42/cwt	400.00–422.50	2,374	89
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	394.92/cwt	383.00–399.00	2,294	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,845	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	337.95/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,058	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	613	385.82/cwt	350.00–404.00	2,365	56
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	669	367.91/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,461	36
Heifers	650–700	Small 1-2	690	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,760	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	314.30/cwt	312.50–315.00	2,288	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	730	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,212	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	742	349.75/cwt	349.75–349.75	2,595	51
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	755	283.36/cwt	262.00–305.00	2,139	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	317.20/cwt	309.00–320.00	2,446	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	791	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,713	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	810	260.29/cwt	253.00–267.50	2,108	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	925	256.44/cwt	247.50–265.00	2,372	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	335	572.50/cwt	542.50–602.50	1,918	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	365	573.38/cwt	517.50–622.50	2,093	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	410	505.24/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,071	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	427	401.27/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,713	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,012	2
Bulls	450–500	Small 1-2	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	477	504.96/cwt	487.50–521.00	2,409	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	465.16/cwt	451.00–472.00	2,233	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	495	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,133	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	513	479.17/cwt	447.00–510.00	2,458	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	420.70/cwt	407.50–433.00	2,230	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	530	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,054	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	555	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,636	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	568	355.31/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,018	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	432.40/cwt	430.00–437.00	2,486	3
Bulls	600–650	Small 1-2	605	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,003	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	613	406.21/cwt	377.50–429.00	2,490	23
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,415	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,172	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	336.34/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,405	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	740	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,627	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,648	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	327.83/cwt	321.00–345.00	2,551	5
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	920	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,668	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,045	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,083	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,720	193.00/cwt	190.00–196.00	3,320	2
Bulls	—	—	1,728	181.32/cwt	175.00–186.00	3,133	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	993	105.87/cwt	95.00–117.00	1,051	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	998	169.93/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,696	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,001	129.04/cwt	122.50–135.00	1,292	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	149.67/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,613	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	152.89/cwt	145.00–158.00	1,992	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,349	166.46/cwt	161.00–174.00	2,246	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,603	156.46/cwt	155.00–158.00	2,508	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,645	167.39/cwt	165.00–169.00	2,754	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,013	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,386	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,110	180.00/cwt	179.00–181.00	1,998	3

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 Mar 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,243Last week 1,050Year ago 1,910

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 62Year ago 144

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 4Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	427	385.00–430.00	401.27
2	450–500	495	431.00	431.00
1	500–550	530	387.50	387.50
2	550–600	568	345.00–365.00	355.31
1	650–700	695	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	605	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	542.50–602.50	572.50
6	350–400	365	517.50–622.50	573.38
3	400–450	410	500.00–515.00	505.24
9	450–500	477	487.50–521.00	504.96
16	500–550	513	447.00–510.00	479.17
1	550–600	555	475.00	475.00
23	600–650	613	377.50–429.00	406.21
2	700–750	740	355.00	355.00
1	750–800	750	353.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	447	450.00	450.00
4	450–500	480	451.00–472.00	465.16
4	500–550	530	407.50–433.00	420.70
3	550–600	575	430.00–437.00	432.40
5	650–700	690	350.00	350.00
2	700–750	715	330.00–342.50	336.34
5	750–800	778	321.00–345.00	327.83
1	900–950	920	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
66	500–550	521	481.00–532.50	509.33
11	550–600	575	482.50–521.00	508.39
53	600–650	610	390.00–447.00	438.86
30	650–700	670	390.00–415.00	400.52
100	700–750	736	352.00–380.00	367.46
22	750–800	763	356.00–360.00	357.75
58	900–950	947	325.50	325.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	381.00	381.00
3	550–600	598	367.50	367.50
6	600–650	635	340.00	340.00
2	700–750	737	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	830	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	510.00	510.00
1	250–300	295	502.50	502.50
7	350–400	380	495.00–525.00	511.91
6	400–450	436	460.00–485.00	464.16
3	450–500	463	465.00–487.00	479.79
6	500–550	515	453.00–477.50	461.44
31	550–600	570	445.00–472.50	463.19
3	600–650	630	355.00–363.00	360.42
3	700–750	725	331.00–347.50	342.00
2	750–800	753	322.50–330.00	326.26
30	800–850	819	320.00–339.50	334.93
3	850–900	866	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	550.00	550.00
8	250–300	287	545.00–690.00	583.92
7	300–350	331	560.00–675.00	594.73
39	350–400	375	539.00–635.00	565.68
24	400–450	428	505.00–565.00	534.07
41	450–500	472	510.00–572.50	536.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	500–550	522	412.50–439.00	424.73
89	550–600	566	400.00–422.50	419.42
56	600–650	613	350.00–404.00	385.82
36	650–700	669	360.00–370.00	367.91
51	700–750	742	349.75	349.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	415.00	415.00
3	350–400	380	390.00–397.50	393.40
2	400–450	413	401.00–417.50	409.30
4	450–500	476	405.00–437.50	421.94
1	550–600	595	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	730	303.00	303.00
2	750–800	755	262.00–305.00	283.36
2	800–850	810	253.00–267.50	260.29
2	900–950	925	247.50–265.00	256.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	565.00	565.00
7	250–300	264	525.00–585.00	555.56
16	300–350	334	470.00–522.50	493.62
25	350–400	376	470.00–575.00	505.73
36	400–450	422	457.50–492.50	477.61
28	450–500	470	457.00–490.00	469.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	367	447.50–465.00	452.88
1	400–450	410	440.00	440.00
3	450–500	473	435.00–450.00	441.78
2	500–550	505	377.50	377.50
7	550–600	581	383.00–399.00	394.92
5	600–650	609	330.00–340.00	337.95
3	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
7	700–750	728	312.50–315.00	314.30
12	750–800	771	309.00–320.00	317.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	791	343.00	343.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,001	122.50–135.00	129.04
4	—	998	160.00–175.00	169.93
4	—	993	95.00–117.00	105.87
10	—	1,078	145.00–155.00	149.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,303	145.00–158.00	152.89
12	—	1,349	161.00–174.00	166.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,645	165.00–169.00	167.39
2	—	1,603	155.00–158.00	156.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,728	175.00–186.00	181.32
2	—	1,720	190.00–196.00	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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,013	1,750.00	1,750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,110	179.00–181.00	180.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	192.50	192.50

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.