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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Sep 3

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191

← Aug 27Sep 3Sep 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

204 head

▼ 589 vs last sale 793▼ 2,080 vs year ago 2,284 · −91.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 25▼ 130 vs year ago 143 · −90.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 2▼ 10 vs year ago 11 · −90.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady on a lite test of average quality, Moderate demand for feeder classes. No test on slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $348.28/cwt on 16 head, up $3.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −76.58 against this barn's trailing median of $424.86.

Average price

$348.28

▲ 3.94 vs prior sale

16 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,861

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$38.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.58

vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	531	353.04	1,876	14thin
Medium and Large 2	555	315.00	1,748	2thin

One grade step is worth $38.04/cwt here — about $128 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale16 hd

348.28

—

KY average24 barns · 365 hd

332.70

+15.58

This barn, trailing median34 sales

424.86

−76.58

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

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $478.82, low $344.35, median $424.86 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,605	142.37	2,285	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,351	128.77	1,740	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,021	121.93	1,245	6thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,468	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,542	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	352.50/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,851	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,949	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	575	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,228	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	345.94/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,200	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,920	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	326.64/cwt	322.50–332.50	2,179	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	743	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,415	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,432	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	828	316.68/cwt	312.50–325.00	2,622	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,550	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	885	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,412	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	150	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	735	1
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	188	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	780	2
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	215	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	882	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,146	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	387.45/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,484	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	378.64/cwt	370.00–387.50	1,533	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	339.94/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,584	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,605	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	316.46/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,658	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	301.24/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,648	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,696	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,862	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	297.51/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,883	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	280.06/cwt	277.50–282.50	1,862	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,084	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,431	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	100–150	Medium and Large 1-2	145	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	740	1
Bulls	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	163	491.73/cwt	485.00–495.00	802	3
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	270	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	945	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,050	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	280	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	840	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	353	425.11/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,501	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,271	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	310.00/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,308	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,100	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	351.29/cwt	347.50–355.00	1,616	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	389.54/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,827	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	347.75/cwt	337.50–370.00	1,822	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	530	381.25/cwt	380.00–382.50	2,021	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	351.27/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,002	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,739	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	320.68/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,011	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	332.86/cwt	315.00–342.50	2,263	10
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	307.43/cwt	297.50–317.50	2,213	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,109	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	930	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,976	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	995	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,642	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	90.20/cwt	80.00–100.00	888	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	152.52/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,568	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	123.06/cwt	110.00–136.00	1,292	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	140.86/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,902	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,355	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,253	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,570	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,978	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,623	150.55/cwt	148.00–153.00	2,443	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,613	1

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 Sep 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 204Last week 793Year ago 2,284

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 25Year ago 143

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year ago 11

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady on a lite test of average quality, Moderate demand for feeder classes. No test on slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	188	415.00	415.00
1	200–250	215	410.00	410.00
1	300–350	325	352.50	352.50
2	350–400	383	385.00–390.00	387.45
2	400–450	405	370.00–387.50	378.64
7	450–500	466	330.00–345.00	339.94
6	500–550	524	310.00–330.00	316.46
11	550–600	591	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	633	292.50–300.00	297.51
2	650–700	665	277.50–282.50	280.06
1	700–750	725	287.50	287.50
1	900–950	935	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	327.50	327.50
4	500–550	547	300.00–305.00	301.24
1	550–600	575	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	150	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	447	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	525	350.00–355.00	352.50
1	550–600	565	345.00	345.00
8	600–650	636	342.50–350.00	345.94
6	650–700	667	322.50–332.50	326.64
4	700–750	743	325.00	325.00
6	750–800	772	315.00	315.00
6	800–850	828	312.50–325.00	316.68
1	850–900	850	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	337.50	337.50
1	600–650	640	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	885	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	440	250.00	250.00
1	950–1000	995	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	385	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	422	300.00–320.00	310.00
2	450–500	460	347.50–355.00	351.29
1	500–550	530	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	610	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	380.00–382.50	381.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	145	510.00	510.00
3	150–200	163	485.00–495.00	491.73
1	250–300	270	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	335	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	353	410.00–440.00	425.11
10	450–500	469	380.00–395.00	389.54
10	500–550	524	337.50–370.00	347.75
2	550–600	570	350.00–352.50	351.27
6	600–650	627	310.00–332.50	320.68
10	650–700	680	315.00–342.50	332.86
2	700–750	720	297.50–317.50	307.43
1	750–800	760	277.50	277.50
1	900–950	930	212.50	212.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	237.50	237.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	110.00–136.00	123.06
2	—	1,028	150.00–155.00	152.52
2	—	985	80.00–100.00	90.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,350	138.00–145.00	140.86
1	—	1,355	92.50	92.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,623	148.00–153.00	150.55
1	—	1,570	126.00	126.00

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.