Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2026-05-14

Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-14

Feeder Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, May 14

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2220

← Dec 4May 14latest

Receipts

466 head

▲ 79 vs last sale 387▲ 466 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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 $455.07/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $455.07.

Average price

$455.07

92 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,458

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$47.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.87

vs KY average

−18.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	504	478.55	2,412	43
Medium and Large 2-3	592	436.00	2,581	34
Medium and Large 3	527	431.00	2,270	15thin

One grade step is worth $47.55/cwt here — about $142 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale92 hd

455.07

—

KY average26 barns · 1,208 hd

477.94

−22.87

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

−18.63

This barn, trailing median1 sales

455.07

+0.00

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

Every lot

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Small 1-2	395	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,304	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	559.09/cwt	553.00–562.50	2,220	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	403	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,086	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	409	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,209	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,296	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,285	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	504	478.55/cwt	475.00–483.00	2,412	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,198	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	592	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,581	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	437.82/cwt	387.00–447.00	2,649	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,244	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	685	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,213	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	394.21/cwt	377.00–400.00	2,732	64
Steers	700–750	Small 1-2	720	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,142	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	356.38/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,823	35
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	946	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	3,145	37
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	488.00/cwt	467.50–505.00	1,879	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	1,837	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	1,867	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	482	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,971	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	502	435.29/cwt	415.00–451.00	2,185	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,700	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	395.21/cwt	393.00–399.00	2,344	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,142	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	605	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,124	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,426	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,470	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	690	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,381	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,506	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,605	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	778	315.40/cwt	310.00–319.00	2,454	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	903	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,826	8

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 14, 2026

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

Receipts 466Last week 387Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	385	467.50–505.00	488.00
1	400–450	405	461.00	461.00
41	500–550	502	415.00–451.00	435.29
16	550–600	593	393.00–399.00	395.21
27	600–650	608	399.00	399.00
23	650–700	686	360.00	360.00
4	700–750	716	350.00	350.00
2	750–800	773	337.00	337.00
8	900–950	903	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	390	471.00	471.00
8	450–500	482	409.00	409.00
4	600–650	605	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	595	360.00	360.00
4	650–700	690	345.00	345.00
5	750–800	778	310.00–319.00	315.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	397	553.00–562.50	559.09
10	400–450	409	540.00	540.00
4	450–500	498	461.00	461.00
43	500–550	504	475.00–483.00	478.55
31	600–650	605	387.00–447.00	437.82
64	650–700	693	377.00–400.00	394.21
35	750–800	792	350.00–370.00	356.38
37	900–950	946	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	403	517.50	517.50
10	500–550	500	457.00	457.00
5	550–600	580	379.00	379.00
1	650–700	660	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
34	550–600	592	436.00	436.00
1	650–700	685	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	720	297.50	297.50

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.