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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Feeder Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, May 8

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2220

← Dec 12May 8Dec 4 →

Receipts

392 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 408▼ 13 vs year ago 405 · −3.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Traditions Hereford Influenced Feeder Sale

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 $392.33/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −62.74 against this barn's trailing median of $455.07.

Average price

$392.33

49 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$64.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.42

vs KY average

+13.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	509	394.98	2,010	47
Medium and Large 2-3	540	330.00	1,782	2thin

One grade step is worth $64.98/cwt here — about $228 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 sale49 hd

392.33

—

KY average24 barns · 1,159 hd

372.91

+19.42

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+13.54

This barn, trailing median1 sales

455.07

−62.74

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

21 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	374	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,057	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,787	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	407	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,903	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	509	394.98/cwt	352.50–407.50	2,010	47
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	540	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,782	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	604	353.01/cwt	344.00–362.00	2,132	66
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	608	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,824	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	338.92/cwt	331.00–345.00	2,349	63
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	303.04/cwt	288.25–319.00	2,379	48
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	808	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,311	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	911	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,451	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	388	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,717	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,497	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	331.51/cwt	320.00–357.50	1,644	39
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	501	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,653	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,288	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	294.22/cwt	280.00–317.50	1,742	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	607	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,791	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,807	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,133	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	918	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,295	6

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 Stockyards - Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Stanford, KY

Thu May 8, 2025

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

Receipts 392Last week 408Year ago 405

Traditions Hereford Influenced Feeder Sale

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	608	300.00	300.00
2	800–850	808	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	395	452.50	452.50
6	400–450	407	467.50	467.50
47	500–550	509	352.50–407.50	394.98
66	600–650	604	344.00–362.00	353.01
63	650–700	693	331.00–345.00	338.92
48	750–800	785	288.25–319.00	303.04
10	900–950	911	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	550.00	550.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	394	380.00	380.00
39	450–500	496	320.00–357.50	331.51
4	500–550	501	330.00	330.00
29	550–600	592	280.00–317.50	294.22
3	600–650	607	295.00	295.00
7	650–700	687	263.00	263.00
3	750–800	755	282.50	282.50
6	900–950	918	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	388	442.50	442.50

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.