Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2026-11-12

Stanford Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Nov 12
● Final128 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191
← Nov 5Nov 12latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
886 head
▲ 644 vs last sale 242▼ 92 vs year ago 978 · −9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 67▼ 17 vs year ago 74 · −23.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 17▼ 3 vs year ago 10 · −30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Weaned, preconditioned feeder calves still bringing large premiums. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $393.27/cwt on 48 head, down $4.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 34 comparable sales and sits −39.02 against this barn's trailing median of $432.30.
Average price
$393.27
▼ 4.85 vs prior sale
48 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,166
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$447
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$69.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.20
vs KY average
−25.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550401.852,20940
Medium and Large 2562363.782,0444thin
Large 1-2570341.561,9472thin
Medium and Large 2-3530332.501,7622thin
One grade step is worth $69.35/cwt here — about $447 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale48 hd
393.27
—
KY average21 barns · 745 hd
379.07
+14.20
National average131 barns · 16,955 hd
418.64
−25.37
This barn, trailing median34 sales
432.30
−39.02
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
528467407346median 432.3003/1205/0707/1609/1711/12
Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.05, low $359.98, median $432.30 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—High1,608161.622,59911
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,331111.581,48512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,720107.001,8401thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15888.351,02322

Every lot

128 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6581
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372486.63/cwt480.00–500.001,8106
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,7101
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2403456.27/cwt452.50–460.001,8392
Steers400–450Large 1-2410360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4763
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455417.50/cwt415.00–420.001,9002
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467433.93/cwt431.00–449.002,0266
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9162
Steers450–500Large 1-2490363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,7791
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520412.91/cwt405.00–420.002,14710
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524379.18/cwt370.00–397.001,9874
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,7622
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561412.83/cwt397.50–418.002,31616
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2562363.78/cwt360.00–365.002,0444
Steers550–600Large 1-2570341.56/cwt332.50–350.001,9472
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572382.28/cwt375.00–387.002,18710
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628363.36/cwt352.50–375.002,28226
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7171
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635334.81/cwt330.00–345.002,1263
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2658326.29/cwt322.50–330.002,1472
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671343.75/cwt335.00–350.002,30712
Steers650–700Large 1-2672327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,2012
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3685275.50/cwt270.00–281.001,8872
Steers700–750Large 1-2715315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2521
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736323.18/cwt315.00–335.002,37913
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758321.19/cwt315.00–327.502,4354
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2773297.83/cwt292.50–303.002,3022
Steers800–850Large 1-2810300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4301
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,6164
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860314.11/cwt305.00–316.002,7016
Steers850–900Large 1-2870292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,5451
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added884320.72/cwt318.00–323.252,835124
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added925313.50/cwt313.50–313.502,90052
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,005302.50/cwt302.50–302.503,0404
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,011304.00/cwt304.00–304.003,07354
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328400.00/cwt395.00–405.001,3123
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,3581
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381402.00/cwt392.50–417.501,5329
Heifers350–400Large 1-2392380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4902
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3832
Heifers400–450Large 2410322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,3221
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413374.15/cwt367.50–385.001,54510
Heifers400–450Large 1-2423340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4384
Heifers400–450Large 2-3426235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0015
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2439354.53/cwt350.00–357.501,5565
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464348.76/cwt345.00–355.001,6188
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7212
Heifers450–500Large 1-2477345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6462
Heifers450–500Large 2-3488217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,0613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2494329.80/cwt328.00–337.501,62917
Heifers500–550Large 1-2507307.42/cwt300.00–310.001,5598
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515331.83/cwt327.50–339.001,70911
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520286.37/cwt280.00–292.501,4892
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522319.82/cwt317.50–322.501,66914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,89918
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,8923
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564316.45/cwt300.00–327.501,78516
Heifers550–600Large 1-2565285.25/cwt277.50–293.001,6122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3585270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5801
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2586308.24/cwt297.00–312.501,8068
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609296.86/cwt292.50–300.001,8084
Heifers600–650Large 2-3610195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1901
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620273.83/cwt270.00–277.501,6986
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623310.76/cwt310.00–311.001,9368
Heifers600–650Large 1-2625240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5001
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3635247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5681
Heifers650–700Large 1-2650255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6581
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673280.60/cwt272.50–291.001,88811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added688317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,18417
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2691255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7623
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0684
Heifers700–750Large 1-2733240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7593
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3775175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3561
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2790265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0942
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,3092
Feeder Cattle · Bulls40 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2257450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1572
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2319423.59/cwt420.00–435.001,3514
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2322457.85/cwt445.00–465.001,4743
Bulls350–400Large 1-2376365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3725
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380489.93/cwt485.00–495.001,8622
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,7081
Bulls400–450Medium 1-2400310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420416.80/cwt415.00–420.001,75114
Bulls400–450Large 2420340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4281
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3425360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5301
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2433434.46/cwt430.00–445.001,8819
Bulls400–450Large 1-2435387.33/cwt380.00–395.001,6852
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3460322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,4842
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2466424.44/cwt417.50–437.501,9787
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,8381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2511374.70/cwt370.00–387.001,91511
Bulls500–550Large 1-2523351.20/cwt345.00–360.001,8374
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,8231
Bulls500–550Large 2542330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7892
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571385.71/cwt372.50–390.002,20211
Bulls550–600Large 1-2575340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9554
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2586350.03/cwt335.00–359.002,0517
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2612351.05/cwt342.50–365.002,1487
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620323.84/cwt312.50–335.002,0082
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3625295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8441
Bulls600–650Large 1-2630292.62/cwt285.00–300.001,8442
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670333.77/cwt321.00–347.502,2364
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2672295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9822
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3697260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8122
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2711297.29/cwt290.00–317.502,1147
Bulls700–750Large 1-2715252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,8051
Bulls700–750Large 2715222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,5911
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3735240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7642
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,1421
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2775295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2861
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2807277.49/cwt272.50–280.002,2393
Bulls800–850Large 1-2835232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,9411
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2870275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3931
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2930222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,0691
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2952177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,6902
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,535165.62/cwt161.00–172.002,5422
Bulls——1,541144.69/cwt135.00–149.002,2305
Bulls——1,728180.79/cwt174.00–189.003,1244
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09681.07/cwt72.50–86.008895
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11856.81/cwt53.00–65.006354
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,129110.53/cwt105.00–115.001,2484
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22496.56/cwt91.00–104.001,1829
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230110.85/cwt106.00–114.001,3637
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,460121.99/cwt121.00–123.001,7813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49098.53/cwt97.00–100.001,4682
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,720107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,8401
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4251,950.00/cwt1,950.00–1,950.0027,7881
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1582,667.28/cwt2,400.00–2,950.0030,8872

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.