Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher with moderate demand; good demand for weaned packages. Quality was average through good. Yearlings no comparison with last week's light test. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.87/cwt on 428 head.

Average price

$138.87

428 head · 769 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$372

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

$7.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.23

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	783	139.27	1,091	399
Large 1-2	598	136.92	819	11thin
Medium and Large 2-3	548	131.32	719	18thin

One grade step is worth $7.95/cwt here — about $372 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 sale428 hd

138.87

—

KY average26 barns · 6,176 hd

141.11

−2.23

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	1,616	87.43	1,413	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,219	64.52	786	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,358	62.57	850	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,071	54.17	580	30

Every lot, as filed

88 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	130.49/cwt	130.00–131.00	424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	104.52/cwt	103.00–106.00	753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	119.21/cwt	116.00–122.00	734	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	126.28/cwt	122.00–132.00	472	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	123.71/cwt	120.00–128.00	591	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	122.07/cwt	118.00–130.00	709	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	127.76/cwt	120.00–134.00	548	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	123.39/cwt	114.00–128.00	639	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	512	132.39/cwt	130.00–132.50	678	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	103.48/cwt	101.00–106.00	631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	104.02/cwt	101.00–107.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	95.06/cwt	93.00–97.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	514	107.09/cwt	100.00–113.00	550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	112.78/cwt	108.00–116.00	483	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	113.89/cwt	108.00–120.00	535	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	410	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	459	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	755	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	921	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	607	129.92/cwt	128.00–130.25	789	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	707	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	848	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	533	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	106.07/cwt	103.00–110.00	711	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	124.47/cwt	121.00–128.00	703	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	125.12/cwt	121.00–131.00	654	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	127.51/cwt	127.00–128.00	603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	377	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	338	133.02/cwt	132.00–134.00	450	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	529	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	137.65/cwt	133.00–143.00	709	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	138.06/cwt	129.00–145.00	660	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	755	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	142.81/cwt	122.50–154.00	407	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	141.56/cwt	136.00–150.00	538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	148.31/cwt	143.00–151.00	500	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	787	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	268	1
Bulls	—	—	1,195	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	848	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	49.25/cwt	47.00–52.00	480	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,291	64.92/cwt	63.50–66.00	838	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	65.84/cwt	63.00–69.00	811	8
Bulls	—	—	1,674	91.18/cwt	88.50–96.50	1,526	6
Bulls	—	—	1,675	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	1,650	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	61.25/cwt	58.00–64.00	675	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	54.72/cwt	52.00–58.00	610	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	60.22/cwt	55.00–62.00	858	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	60.99/cwt	60.00–62.50	722	3
Bulls	—	—	1,619	84.99/cwt	83.00–87.50	1,376	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,498	870.33/cwt	675.00–1,000.00	13,038	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,480	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	12,728	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,550	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,223	968.05/cwt	875.00–1,050.00	11,839	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,380	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	11,868	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	1,138.69/cwt	1,125.00–1,150.00	14,974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	131.41/cwt	128.00–139.00	745	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	612	123.48/cwt	114.00–130.00	756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	137.48/cwt	136.00–139.00	671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	133.11/cwt	130.00–136.00	566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	767	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	1,083	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	557	156.37/cwt	153.00–157.25	871	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	522	155.45/cwt	152.00–157.00	811	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	472	156.49/cwt	152.00–163.00	739	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	632	142.26/cwt	140.00–143.00	899	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,182	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	944	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,211	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	889	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,189	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	136.08/cwt	135.00–138.00	836	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	145.02/cwt	140.00–148.00	693	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	149.99/cwt	146.00–153.00	619	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	134.02/cwt	130.00–135.00	903	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	145.13/cwt	140.00–148.00	808	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	144.59/cwt	139.00–151.00	774	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	547	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	578	137.49/cwt	137.00–138.00	795	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	929	136.95/cwt	136.95–136.95	1,272	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	151.97/cwt	150.00–154.00	547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	636	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	590	136.00/cwt	135.50–137.00	802	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	482	149.03/cwt	147.00–150.00	718	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	835	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,010	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 Jul 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 747Last week 331Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 64Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 50Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	94.00	94.00
2	—	325	130.00–131.00	130.49
2	—	677	113.00	113.00
2	—	720	103.00–106.00	104.52
4	—	616	116.00–122.00	119.21
9	—	374	122.00–132.00	126.28
16	—	478	120.00–128.00	123.71
24	—	581	118.00–130.00	122.07
30	—	429	120.00–134.00	127.76
34	—	518	114.00–128.00	123.39
1	—	755	111.00	111.00
1	—	280	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	512	130.00–132.50	132.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	119.00	119.00
1	—	560	111.00	111.00
2	—	610	101.00–106.00	103.48
2	—	660	101.00–107.00	104.02
2	—	720	93.00–97.00	95.06
4	—	514	100.00–113.00	107.09
5	—	428	108.00–116.00	112.78
10	—	470	108.00–120.00	113.89
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	607	128.00–130.25	129.92
2	—	707	120.00	120.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	122.00	122.00
6	—	590	135.50–137.00	136.00
3	—	482	147.00–150.00	149.03
1	—	835	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	567	128.00–139.00	131.41
3	—	612	114.00–130.00	123.48
2	—	488	136.00–139.00	137.48
2	—	425	130.00–136.00	133.11
1	—	525	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	767	141.25	141.25
15	—	557	153.00–157.25	156.37
14	—	522	152.00–157.00	155.45
14	—	472	152.00–163.00	156.49
12	—	632	140.00–143.00	142.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	844	140.00	140.00
60	—	944	128.25	128.25
53	—	889	133.75	133.75
12	—	614	135.00–138.00	136.08
8	—	478	140.00–148.00	145.02
7	—	413	146.00–153.00	149.99
5	—	674	130.00–135.00	134.02
5	—	557	140.00–148.00	145.13
5	—	535	139.00–151.00	144.59
4	—	385	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	137.00–138.00	137.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	929	136.95	136.95
2	—	360	150.00–154.00	151.97
1	—	410	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	110.00–111.00	110.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	103.00–110.00	106.07
4	—	565	121.00–128.00	124.47
3	—	523	121.00–131.00	125.12
2	—	473	127.00–128.00	127.51
2	—	377	122.00	122.00
2	—	338	132.00–134.00	133.02
1	—	780	88.00	88.00
1	—	410	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	515	133.00–143.00	137.65
10	—	478	129.00–145.00	138.06
5	—	576	131.00	131.00
4	—	285	122.50–154.00	142.81
3	—	380	136.00–150.00	141.56
3	—	337	143.00–151.00	148.31
1	—	755	95.00	95.00
1	—	690	114.00	114.00
1	—	210	127.50	127.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	71.00	71.00
6	—	1,674	88.50–96.50	91.18
1	—	1,675	98.50	98.50
7	—	1,619	83.00–87.50	84.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	974	47.00–52.00	49.25
5	—	1,102	58.00–64.00	61.25
16	—	1,115	52.00–58.00	54.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,291	63.50–66.00	64.92
4	—	1,425	55.00–62.00	60.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,232	63.00–69.00	65.84
3	—	1,183	60.00–62.50	60.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,498	675.00–1,000.00	870.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,480	860.00	860.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,140	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,223	875.00–1,050.00	968.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,380	860.00	860.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,315	1,125.00–1,150.00	1,138.69

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Bluegrass Stockyard - Mt. Sterling, KY

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle