Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 1.00 higher with moderate demand. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher with most advance on 400-500 lbs heifers. Quality was average through good. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.52/cwt on 206 head.

Average price

$138.52

206 head · 718 lb average

Value per head Derived

$995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$556

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

$21.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.88

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	738	139.04	1,026	189
Medium and Large 2-3	485	134.79	654	14thin
Large 1-2	615	126.50	778	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	400	117.50	470	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.54/cwt here — about $556 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 sale206 hd

138.52

—

KY average26 barns · 5,050 hd

140.40

−1.88

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	—	Average	1,578	84.28	1,330	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,429	67.02	958	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,128	64.07	722	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	977	55.41	541	17

Every lot, as filed

84 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 2-3	—	421	115.72/cwt	110.00–123.00	487	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	114.84/cwt	114.50–117.00	549	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	115.34/cwt	115.00–116.00	594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	479	137.61/cwt	135.50–143.00	659	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	517	135.80/cwt	133.00–140.00	702	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	861	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	126.72/cwt	121.00–133.00	731	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	127.74/cwt	121.00–132.00	673	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	126.96/cwt	120.00–134.00	592	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	121.95/cwt	119.00–124.50	828	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	123.19/cwt	119.00–126.00	770	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	131.21/cwt	129.00–134.00	562	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	345	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	493	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	418	135.98/cwt	135.00–137.00	568	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	568	110.40/cwt	106.00–115.00	627	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	715	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	787	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	440	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	510	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	390	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	484	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	125.31/cwt	118.00–129.00	652	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	489	127.25/cwt	126.00–129.00	622	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	113.98/cwt	110.00–118.00	718	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	134.00/cwt	130.00–141.00	694	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	142.53/cwt	140.00–147.00	681	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	135.94/cwt	131.00–138.00	778	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	888	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	124.76/cwt	122.00–128.00	772	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	140.68/cwt	135.00–148.00	587	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	118.53/cwt	116.00–121.00	787	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	927	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	605	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	799	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	775	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	760	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	904	48.38/cwt	43.00–56.00	437	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	63.80/cwt	61.00–67.00	690	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	55.13/cwt	55.00–55.50	523	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	68.12/cwt	64.00–72.50	963	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	63.73/cwt	63.50–64.00	939	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	61.48/cwt	59.50–63.00	655	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	68.87/cwt	66.00–72.00	844	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,030	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	577	1
Bulls	—	—	1,586	85.81/cwt	82.00–88.50	1,361	9
Bulls	—	—	1,440	70.81/cwt	69.00–73.00	1,020	2
Bulls	—	—	1,785	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,740	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	940	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,160	928.88/cwt	825.00–975.00	10,775	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,263	1,092.75/cwt	1,085.00–1,100.00	13,801	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	4,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	865	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,541	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,453	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	400	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	512	136.67/cwt	136.00–138.00	700	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	137.01/cwt	136.00–138.00	799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	720	140.98/cwt	140.25–142.25	1,015	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	147.25/cwt	143.00–147.50	919	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	559	154.27/cwt	150.00–156.00	862	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	436	156.67/cwt	152.00–158.00	683	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	536	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	946	128.71/cwt	120.00–128.85	1,218	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	135.31/cwt	130.00–136.75	1,115	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	144.88/cwt	141.00–148.00	840	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	135.91/cwt	132.00–137.25	896	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	139.18/cwt	138.00–141.00	873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	130.97/cwt	129.00–135.00	936	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	143.58/cwt	140.00–150.00	738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	148.96/cwt	147.00–151.00	687	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,047	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	880	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,118	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	800	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,032	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	690	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	876	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	540	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	680	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	450	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	513	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 24, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 472Last week 747Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 56Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 26Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	421	110.00–123.00	115.72
7	—	478	114.50–117.00	114.84
3	—	515	115.00–116.00	115.34
1	—	790	97.00	97.00
1	—	660	111.00	111.00
1	—	560	108.00	108.00
1	—	365	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	479	135.50–143.00	137.61
13	—	517	133.00–140.00	135.80
3	—	615	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	577	121.00–133.00	126.72
15	—	527	121.00–132.00	127.74
14	—	466	120.00–134.00	126.96
10	—	679	119.00–124.50	121.95
6	—	625	119.00–126.00	123.19
5	—	428	129.00–134.00	131.21
1	—	1,005	92.00	92.00
1	—	800	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	345	143.00	143.00
2	—	418	135.00–137.00	135.98
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	106.00–115.00	110.40
1	—	715	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	116.00	116.00
1	—	390	124.00	124.00
1	—	320	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	520	118.00–129.00	125.31
4	—	489	126.00–129.00	127.25
3	—	630	110.00–118.00	113.98
2	—	685	114.00	114.00
1	—	335	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	518	130.00–141.00	134.00
9	—	478	140.00–147.00	142.53
8	—	572	131.00–138.00	135.94
6	—	782	113.50	113.50
5	—	619	122.00–128.00	124.76
5	—	417	135.00–148.00	140.68
4	—	664	116.00–121.00	118.53
3	—	395	138.00	138.00
2	—	1,030	90.00	90.00
1	—	945	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	98.00	98.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	512	136.00–138.00	136.67
4	—	375	135.00	135.00
2	—	583	136.00–138.00	137.01
1	—	640	121.00	121.00
1	—	415	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	720	140.25–142.25	140.98
18	—	624	143.00–147.50	147.25
14	—	559	150.00–156.00	154.27
12	—	436	152.00–158.00	156.67
3	—	536	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	946	120.00–128.85	128.71
14	—	824	130.00–136.75	135.31
11	—	580	141.00–148.00	144.88
9	—	659	132.00–137.25	135.91
5	—	627	138.00–141.00	139.18
4	—	715	129.00–135.00	130.97
4	—	514	140.00–150.00	143.58
4	—	461	147.00–151.00	148.96
2	—	787	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	127.00	127.00
1	—	800	129.00	129.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	127.00	127.00
1	—	540	126.00	126.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	904	43.00–56.00	48.38
6	—	1,081	61.00–67.00	63.80
4	—	949	55.00–55.50	55.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,414	64.00–72.50	68.12
2	—	1,473	63.50–64.00	63.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,066	59.50–63.00	61.48
6	—	1,226	66.00–72.00	68.87
1	—	1,030	56.00	56.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,586	82.00–88.50	85.81
2	—	1,440	69.00–73.00	70.81
1	—	1,785	97.50	97.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,160	825.00–975.00	928.88
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,263	1,085.00–1,100.00	1,092.75
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	800	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	525.00	525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	725.00	725.00

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.

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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

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