Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher with moderate demand. Quality was average through good. Yearlings lightly tested. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.63/cwt on 137 head.

Average price

$130.63

137 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$34.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.64

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	519	133.80	695	112
Medium and Large 2-3	471	118.84	560	22
Small and Medium 1-2	488	98.83	483	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.97/cwt here — about $212 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale137 hd

130.63

—

KY average9 barns · 1,638 hd

128.99

+1.64

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

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	1,615	82.36	1,330	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,191	62.32	742	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,402	61.69	865	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,036	52.91	548	19

Every lot, as filed

85 lots · USDA AMS · Bluegrass Stockyard - Mt. Sterling, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,009	56.86/cwt	56.50–57.00	574	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	50.04/cwt	44.50–53.50	504	13
Bulls	—	—	1,550	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	992	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	128.00/cwt	127.00–129.00	778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	117.01/cwt	116.00–118.00	889	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	97.45/cwt	95.00–100.00	807	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	147.03/cwt	145.00–148.00	563	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	139.66/cwt	139.00–141.00	817	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	119.37/cwt	116.00–121.00	853	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,061	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	159.50/cwt	159.00–161.00	684	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	131.01/cwt	129.00–133.00	949	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	135.37/cwt	130.00–138.00	915	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	148.77/cwt	142.00–156.00	730	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	143.96/cwt	140.00–150.00	823	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	138.27/cwt	135.00–140.00	853	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,128	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	149.01/cwt	144.00–155.00	791	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	413	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	677	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	467	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	667	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	954	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	613	143.60/cwt	143.00–144.00	880	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	603	125.74/cwt	124.00–127.50	758	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	135.65/cwt	132.00–138.00	722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	133.65/cwt	120.00–141.00	642	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	1,278.09/cwt	1,250.00–1,300.00	14,225	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,249	1,098.32/cwt	950.00–1,210.00	13,718	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,308	864.04/cwt	785.00–925.00	11,302	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	980	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	6,713	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	12,257	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,130	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	7,063	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,142	760.63/cwt	750.00–785.00	8,686	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	885	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,540	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	730	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	3,796	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	949	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	863	62.79/cwt	61.00–65.00	542	2
Bulls	—	—	1,604	83.46/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,339	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,346	59.59/cwt	58.00–62.00	802	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	57.07/cwt	56.00–58.00	611	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	61.31/cwt	59.00–63.00	722	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,068	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	61.17/cwt	60.00–62.00	688	3
Bulls	—	—	1,755	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,632	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	66.87/cwt	63.00–69.50	879	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	138.84/cwt	133.00–141.00	718	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	152.14/cwt	142.00–158.00	676	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	145.67/cwt	138.00–154.00	680	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	143.52/cwt	137.50–149.00	466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	663	117.47/cwt	116.00–119.00	779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	139.42/cwt	136.00–141.00	530	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	126.34/cwt	125.00–127.00	711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	134.63/cwt	127.00–139.00	572	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	529	125.02/cwt	120.00–131.00	661	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	128.79/cwt	124.00–134.00	621	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	632	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	537	141.76/cwt	140.00–142.00	761	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	140.48/cwt	138.00–143.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	835	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	134.06/cwt	132.50–137.50	375	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	135.09/cwt	127.00–139.00	704	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	136.10/cwt	133.00–140.00	641	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	139.47/cwt	138.00–141.00	583	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	130.80/cwt	125.00–138.00	746	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	126.21/cwt	122.00–129.00	788	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	124.03/cwt	120.00–128.00	401	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	467	121.93/cwt	118.00–128.00	569	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	117.86/cwt	110.00–122.00	672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	119.77/cwt	115.00–122.00	507	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	117.86/cwt	113.00–123.00	611	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	415	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	446	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	470	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	423	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	580	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	574	1

How this sale compares

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 →

Bluegrass Stockyard - Mt. Sterling, KY

Wed Jun 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 385Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,009	56.50–57.00	56.86
10	—	1,177	59.00–63.00	61.31
7	—	1,314	63.00–69.50	66.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,008	44.50–53.50	50.04
3	—	1,070	56.00–58.00	57.07
3	—	1,125	60.00–62.00	61.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,346	58.00–62.00	59.59
2	—	1,570	68.00	68.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	64.00	64.00
7	—	1,604	82.00–85.00	83.46
1	—	1,755	93.00	93.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	160.00	160.00
2	—	608	127.00–129.00	128.00
2	—	760	116.00–118.00	117.01
2	—	828	95.00–100.00	97.45
3	—	383	145.00–148.00	147.03
3	—	585	139.00–141.00	139.66
3	—	715	116.00–121.00	119.37
1	—	265	149.00	149.00
5	—	517	133.00–141.00	138.84
7	—	444	142.00–158.00	152.14
11	—	467	138.00–154.00	145.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	120.00	120.00
1	—	740	106.00	106.00
2	—	325	137.50–149.00	143.52
2	—	663	116.00–119.00	117.47
3	—	380	136.00–141.00	139.42
3	—	563	125.00–127.00	126.34
4	—	425	127.00–139.00	134.63
4	—	529	120.00–131.00	125.02
5	—	482	124.00–134.00	128.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	157.50	157.50
1	—	355	161.00	161.00
1	—	915	116.00	116.00
2	—	280	162.00	162.00
4	—	429	159.00–161.00	159.50
5	—	724	129.00–133.00	131.01
6	—	676	130.00–138.00	135.37
8	—	491	142.00–156.00	148.77
8	—	572	140.00–150.00	143.96
11	—	617	135.00–140.00	138.27
14	—	842	134.00	134.00
15	—	531	144.00–155.00	149.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	164.00	164.00
2	—	467	158.50	158.50
2	—	667	143.00	143.00
5	—	613	143.00–144.00	143.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	136.00	136.00
2	—	603	124.00–127.50	125.74
3	—	532	132.00–138.00	135.65
4	—	480	120.00–141.00	133.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	632	132.00	132.00
16	—	537	140.00–142.00	141.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	119.00	119.00
2	—	393	138.00–143.00	140.48
2	—	687	123.00	123.00
2	—	815	102.50	102.50
7	—	280	132.50–137.50	134.06
13	—	521	127.00–139.00	135.09
15	—	471	133.00–140.00	136.10
17	—	418	138.00–141.00	139.47
17	—	570	125.00–138.00	130.80
18	—	624	122.00–129.00	126.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	115.00	115.00
1	—	390	120.00	120.00
1	—	760	106.00	106.00
2	—	323	120.00–128.00	124.03
3	—	467	118.00–128.00	121.93
3	—	570	110.00–122.00	117.86
5	—	423	115.00–122.00	119.77
6	—	518	113.00–123.00	117.86
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	107.50	107.50
1	—	470	90.00	90.00
1	—	580	99.00	99.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,113	1,250.00–1,300.00	1,278.09
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,249	950.00–1,210.00	1,098.32
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,308	785.00–925.00	864.04
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	685.00	685.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,385	885.00	885.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	625.00	625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,142	750.00–785.00	760.63
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	400.00	400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	730	520.00	520.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	76.50	76.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	863	61.00–65.00	62.79

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.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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