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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 20

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2190

← Jul 13Jul 20Jul 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

184 head

▲ 121 vs last sale 63▲ 71 vs year ago 113 · +62.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 14▼ 5 vs year ago 26 · −19.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers steady, Feeder heifers 2.00-4.00 lower, Moderate to good demand for feeders on limited comparison. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $353.36/cwt on 9 head, down $68.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits −19.57 against this barn's trailing median of $372.94.

Average price

$353.36

▼ 68.52 vs prior sale

9 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,956

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$397

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

$79.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−52.90

vs KY average

−22.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	371.11	2,042	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	565	291.25	1,646	2thin

One grade step is worth $79.86/cwt here — about $397 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 sale9 hd

353.36

—

KY average25 barns · 1,015 hd

406.27

−52.90

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

−22.45

This barn, trailing median13 sales

372.94

−19.57

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

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.33, low $307.95, median $372.94 across 13 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	—	Average	1,948	221.00	4,304	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,768	178.90	3,163	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,295	169.48	2,194	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	960	156.28	1,500	6thin

Every lot

44 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) - 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	280	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,526	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	467	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,323	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,088	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	612	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,555	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	343.76/cwt	342.50–345.00	2,664	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,822	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,214	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,617	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	400	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,420	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	408.65/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,757	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	397.15/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,875	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	373.46/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,942	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	540	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,742	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	369.35/cwt	357.50–380.00	2,116	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	590	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,534	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	606	391.92/cwt	385.00–392.00	2,375	85
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	610	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,013	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	690	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,863	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	715	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,948	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,242	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,456	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	357	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,901	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	423	506.27/cwt	502.50–510.00	2,142	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,035	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	476.00/cwt	455.00–485.00	2,209	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,755	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	435.99/cwt	417.50–445.00	2,293	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,359	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	371.74/cwt	357.50–390.00	2,279	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	344.98/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,304	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	793	297.52/cwt	290.00–312.50	2,359	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,458	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	965	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,678	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,730	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	3,893	1
Bulls	—	—	2,165	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	4,698	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	934	159.54/cwt	155.00–167.50	1,490	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,526	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,242	176.72/cwt	173.00–180.00	2,195	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,898	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,423	163.12/cwt	160.00–166.00	2,321	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,768	178.90/cwt	175.00–183.00	3,163	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 (Monday) - Stanford, KY

Mon Jul 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 184Last week 63Year ago 113

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 14Year ago 26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	430	400.00–417.50	408.65
8	450–500	472	380.00–415.00	397.15
3	500–550	520	360.00–380.00	373.46
4	550–600	573	357.50–380.00	369.35
1	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	760	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	362.50	362.50
1	400–450	400	355.00	355.00
1	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	540	322.50	322.50
1	550–600	590	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	610	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	690	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	715	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
85	600–650	606	385.00–392.00	391.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	775	342.50–345.00	343.76
1	850–900	855	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	612	417.50	417.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	545.00	545.00
4	450–500	467	497.50	497.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	520.00	520.00
1	400–450	440	462.50	462.50
7	450–500	464	455.00–485.00	476.00
7	500–550	526	417.50–445.00	435.99
1	550–600	555	425.00	425.00
4	600–650	613	357.50–390.00	371.74
2	650–700	668	340.00–350.00	344.98
3	750–800	793	290.00–312.50	297.52
1	850–900	870	282.50	282.50
1	950–1000	965	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	377.50	377.50
1	650–700	660	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	357	532.50	532.50
2	400–450	423	502.50–510.00	506.27

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	146.00	146.00
2	—	1,423	160.00–166.00	163.12
5	—	1,242	173.00–180.00	176.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,768	175.00–183.00	178.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	934	155.00–167.50	159.54
1	—	1,090	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,165	217.00	217.00
1	—	1,730	225.00	225.00

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.