Blue Grass South Stockyards (Monday) Market Report, Stanford, KY

Stanford, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 11, 2026

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	92	112	192
Feeder cattle	68	98	148
Slaughter cattle	23	8	41
Replacement cattle	1	6	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

→ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady
→ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,596	—
775	775	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,441	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–535	533	2	470.00–485.00	$477.54	$2,545	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	465.00	$465.00	$2,209	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	560.00	$560.00	$1,400	—
315–340	325	3	510.00–527.50	$517.74	$1,683	—
425–437	433	3	492.50–495.00	$493.32	$2,136	+43.32
471	471	5	500.00	$500.00	$2,355	+23.77
505–535	518	3	422.50–450.00	$433.09	$2,243	+35.64
610	610	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,135	+10.00
670	670	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,278	—
735	735	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,315	-27.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	485.00	$485.00	$1,916	—
410–430	423	3	450.00–465.00	$455.08	$1,925	—
540	540	1	402.50	$402.50	$2,174	—
735	735	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,058	—
895	895	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,416	—
990	990	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,574	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	2	467.50	$467.50	$1,646	—
545	545	2	395.00	$395.00	$2,153	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,763	—
665	665	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,128	-20.00
815	815	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,874	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	447.50	$447.50	$1,432	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225 fancy	225	1	850.00	$850.00	$1,912	—
295	295	1	560.00	$560.00	$1,652	—
350–375	363	4	530.00–537.50	$533.88	$1,938	+8.88
415–420	418	2	470.00–500.00	$484.91	$2,027	+24.91
460	460	1	475.00	$475.00	$2,185	+3.52
517–545	526	3	440.00–450.00	$443.45	$2,333	-34.05
600–630	617	3	417.50–425.00	$421.64	$2,602	-5.86
765	765	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,678	—
805	805	1	292.50	$292.50	$2,355	—
930	930	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,232	—
965	965	1	257.50	$257.50	$2,485	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,960	-38.81
505	505	1	405.00	$405.00	$2,045	-42.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,352	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,770	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1080	975	85-90%	3	140.00–145.00	$141.56	$1,380	-23.44
1020–1295	1115	85-90%	4	157.00–165.00	$162.68	$1,814	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1295	1203	80-85%	4	171.00–177.00	$173.95	$2,093	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1830	1630	3	209.00–219.00	$215.03	$3,505	—
1845–2045	1957	3	225.00–235.00	$228.82	$4,478	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1520	1520	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.