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Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Oct 1

● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2191

← Sep 24Oct 1Oct 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

781 head

▼ 991 vs last sale 1,772▼ 170 vs year ago 951 · −17.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

73 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 69▼ 1 vs year ago 74 · −1.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 11▼ 6 vs year ago 11 · −54.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sharply lower, over 500 lbs 5.00-10.00 lower, Feeder and yearling heifers 5.00-10.00 lower. Moderate demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

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 $405.15/cwt on 20 head, down $1.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 32 comparable sales and sits −36.62 against this barn's trailing median of $441.78.

Average price

$405.15

▼ 1.20 vs prior sale

20 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,161

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+15.62

vs KY average

−9.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	533	405.15	2,161	20

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale20 hd

405.15

—

KY average25 barns · 790 hd

389.53

+15.62

National average184 barns · 17,632 hd

414.66

−9.51

This barn, trailing median32 sales

441.78

−36.62

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

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.05, low $359.98, median $441.78 across 32 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	—	Low	1,483	190.36	2,822	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,590	137.58	2,188	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,296	131.07	1,699	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,062	119.51	1,269	16

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,435	$2,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,740	$3,350	1thin

Every lot

100 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	275	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,595	1
Steers	350–400	Small 1-2	360	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,080	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	420.86/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,608	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,759	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	375.02/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,620	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	397.11/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,906	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,090	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	516	424.07/cwt	407.50–442.50	2,188	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,954	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	370.03/cwt	367.50–372.50	2,150	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	616	366.99/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,261	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	333.37/cwt	329.00–337.50	2,077	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	337.33/cwt	324.00–345.00	2,253	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	293.61/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,967	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	322.71/cwt	312.50–333.00	2,349	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,003	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	320.65/cwt	312.50–327.50	2,421	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	295.25/cwt	293.00–297.50	2,244	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	817	321.73/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,629	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	818	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,736	40
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	855	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,574	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	872	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,694	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	874	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,884	60
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	973	303.11/cwt	300.50–304.75	2,949	171
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	290	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,189	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	414.85/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,390	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	876	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	383.88/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,424	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	353.39/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,336	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	406	389.40/cwt	383.00–400.00	1,581	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	364.80/cwt	349.00–370.00	1,507	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	332.44/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,380	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	460	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,762	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	359.02/cwt	348.00–369.00	1,659	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,163	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	509	374.75/cwt	357.50–380.00	1,907	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	346.70/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,824	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,699	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	332.31/cwt	322.50–349.00	1,894	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	312.56/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,828	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	307.68/cwt	293.00–317.50	1,898	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	276.58/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,748	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	292.15/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,990	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	683	259.75/cwt	252.50–270.00	1,774	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	268.65/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,972	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,836	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	278.19/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,162	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	805	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,831	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,005	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,211	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls33 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	285	552.50/cwt	540.00–565.00	1,575	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	313	489.64/cwt	475.00–505.00	1,533	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,509	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	360	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,962	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	443.83/cwt	440.00–451.00	1,633	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	405.62/cwt	380.00–417.50	1,537	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,346	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	415	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,971	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	377.99/cwt	350.00–410.00	1,588	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	421.12/cwt	417.50–440.00	1,874	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	401.88/cwt	397.50–405.00	1,857	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	463	321.31/cwt	310.00–332.50	1,488	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	422.51/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,020	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,644	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	340.39/cwt	333.00–360.00	1,797	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	529	397.82/cwt	387.50–422.50	2,104	27
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	305.02/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,687	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	579	379.83/cwt	372.50–387.50	2,199	18
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	355.89/cwt	333.00–367.50	2,064	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	611	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,139	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	612	306.59/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,876	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	332.06/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,079	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	325.85/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,177	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,160	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	711	280.75/cwt	279.00–289.00	1,996	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	320.26/cwt	312.50–332.50	2,280	15
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	305.71/cwt	291.00–320.00	2,317	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	768	277.54/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,132	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	844	296.24/cwt	292.50–300.00	2,500	8
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	860	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,331	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	965	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,171	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	256.73/cwt	252.50–261.00	2,516	2
Bulls	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,935	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 3	847	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,842	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,180	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,018	1
Bulls	—	—	1,408	188.71/cwt	187.00–191.00	2,657	2
Bulls	—	—	1,935	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	4,122	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	104.14/cwt	97.00–111.00	1,060	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,069	131.47/cwt	126.00–140.00	1,405	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,103	117.81/cwt	113.00–124.00	1,299	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,277	133.40/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,704	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,298	113.40/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,472	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,315	104.95/cwt	102.00–107.50	1,380	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,343	145.95/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,960	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,540	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,679	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,577	132.76/cwt	124.00–138.00	2,094	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,635	155.83/cwt	148.00–167.50	2,548	5
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,072	198.37/cwt	165.00–232.50	2,127	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,435	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,740	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	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 Oct 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 781Last week 1,772Year ago 951

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 69Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 11Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	410.00	410.00
4	300–350	335	400.00–420.00	414.85
5	350–400	371	375.00–395.00	383.88
5	400–450	413	349.00–370.00	364.80
16	450–500	462	348.00–369.00	359.02
14	500–550	526	325.00–352.50	346.70
20	550–600	570	322.50–349.00	332.31
15	600–650	617	293.00–317.50	307.68
18	650–700	681	285.00–300.00	292.15
4	700–750	734	265.00–280.00	268.65
3	750–800	777	270.00–290.00	278.19
1	1000–1050	1,005	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	350.00–360.00	353.39
2	400–450	415	330.00–335.00	332.44
1	500–550	535	317.50	317.50
17	550–600	585	300.00–318.00	312.56
6	600–650	632	262.50–280.00	276.58
5	650–700	683	252.50–270.00	259.75
1	750–800	765	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	805	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	509	357.50–380.00	374.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	470	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	406	383.00–400.00	389.40
3	450–500	460	383.00	383.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	382	415.00–430.00	420.86
4	400–450	429	410.00	410.00
3	450–500	486	430.00	430.00
2	500–550	528	370.00	370.00
5	550–600	581	367.50–372.50	370.03
2	600–650	623	329.00–337.50	333.37
11	650–700	668	324.00–345.00	337.33
8	700–750	728	312.50–333.00	322.71
4	750–800	755	312.50–327.50	320.65
3	800–850	817	315.00–325.00	321.73
2	850–900	872	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	580.00	580.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	516	407.50–442.50	424.07
12	600–650	616	355.00–370.00	366.99
40	800–850	818	334.50	334.50
60	850–900	874	330.00	330.00
171	950–1000	973	300.50–304.75	303.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	370.00–380.00	375.02
2	450–500	480	385.00–410.00	397.11
3	650–700	670	280.00–310.00	293.61
1	700–750	735	272.50	272.50
2	750–800	760	293.00–297.50	295.25
1	850–900	855	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	847	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	379	380.00–417.50	405.62
7	400–450	420	350.00–410.00	377.99
4	450–500	462	397.50–405.00	401.88
2	500–550	522	315.00	315.00
2	550–600	553	300.00–310.00	305.02
3	600–650	612	300.00–310.00	306.59
2	650–700	690	313.00	313.00
6	700–750	711	279.00–289.00	280.75
2	750–800	768	275.00–280.00	277.54
1	950–1000	965	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	540.00–565.00	552.50
2	300–350	313	475.00–505.00	489.64
1	350–400	360	545.00	545.00
1	400–450	415	475.00	475.00
27	500–550	529	387.50–422.50	397.82
18	550–600	579	372.50–387.50	379.83
4	600–650	611	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	345.00	345.00
2	450–500	463	310.00–332.50	321.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	437.50	437.50
3	350–400	368	440.00–451.00	443.83
6	400–450	445	417.50–440.00	421.12
2	450–500	478	420.00–425.00	422.51
8	500–550	528	333.00–360.00	340.39
11	550–600	580	333.00–367.50	355.89
9	600–650	626	320.00–345.00	332.06
8	650–700	668	320.00–335.00	325.85
15	700–750	712	312.50–332.50	320.26
6	750–800	758	291.00–320.00	305.71
8	800–850	844	292.50–300.00	296.24
1	850–900	860	271.00	271.00
2	950–1000	980	252.50–261.00	256.73
1	1050–1100	1,075	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,103	113.00–124.00	117.81
7	—	1,069	126.00–140.00	131.47
5	—	1,018	97.00–111.00	104.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,343	143.00–150.00	145.95
12	—	1,277	127.00–137.00	133.40
2	—	1,315	102.00–107.50	104.95
2	—	1,298	112.00–115.00	113.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,635	148.00–167.50	155.83
1	—	1,540	109.00	109.00
13	—	1,577	124.00–138.00	132.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	171.00	171.00
2	—	1,408	187.00–191.00	188.71
1	—	1,935	213.00	213.00

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	3	—	1,072	165.00–232.50	198.37

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,435	2,150.00	2,150.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,740	3,350.00	3,350.00

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.