Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower in a light test with good demand for weaned packages. Featherweight heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher due to some farmer participation in the market. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower with light to moderate demand and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.20/cwt on 132 head.

Average price

$120.20

132 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$9.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.76

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	559	120.92	676	122
Medium and Large 2-3	492	111.42	548	10thin

One grade step is worth $9.50/cwt here — about $128 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 sale132 hd

120.20

—

KY average26 barns · 5,347 hd

120.96

−0.76

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	—	High	1,635	93.17	1,524	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,303	55.25	720	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,410	54.83	773	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,019	47.75	486	10

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	375	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	560	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	138.86/cwt	134.00–142.00	732	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	142.63/cwt	140.00–145.00	673	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	142.68/cwt	140.00–145.00	632	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	144.18/cwt	142.50–145.00	565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	90.86/cwt	84.00–98.00	793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	124.99/cwt	123.00–127.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	133.50/cwt	133.00–134.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	447	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	679	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	749	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	738	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	310	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	114.39/cwt	112.50–115.00	532	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	119.17/cwt	117.50–120.00	512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	105.07/cwt	100.00–110.00	560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	627	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	48.23/cwt	47.00–49.00	518	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	54.55/cwt	54.00–55.00	574	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	40.31/cwt	33.00–45.00	368	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	429	139.83/cwt	135.00–142.50	600	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	124.91/cwt	120.00–130.00	631	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	582	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	722	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	657	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	759	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	111.60/cwt	107.00–115.50	693	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	108.83/cwt	107.00–112.00	724	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	124.74/cwt	115.00–129.00	583	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	117.28/cwt	115.00–119.00	676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	116.65/cwt	114.00–119.00	602	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	126.49/cwt	125.00–132.50	515	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	132.23/cwt	121.00–137.00	491	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	135.90/cwt	135.00–137.50	389	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	93.99/cwt	93.00–95.00	858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	96.51/cwt	94.00–99.00	751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	723	106.36/cwt	105.00–109.00	769	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,010	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,323	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	8,048	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	960	770.44/cwt	750.00–800.00	7,396	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	10,868	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	412	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	484	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	520	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	643	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	150.62/cwt	146.00–151.00	881	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	726	122.87/cwt	120.00–125.00	892	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	913	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	426	158.62/cwt	155.00–161.00	676	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	528	148.98/cwt	148.00–150.00	787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	475	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	109.87/cwt	109.00–113.00	913	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	143.37/cwt	140.00–146.00	724	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	129.79/cwt	127.00–131.00	788	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	606	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	143.26/cwt	142.50–144.00	685	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	158.34/cwt	155.00–162.00	523	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	983	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	54.26/cwt	53.50–55.00	788	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	58.06/cwt	57.50–58.50	897	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,055	49.50/cwt	49.50–49.50	522	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	53.86/cwt	52.00–55.50	667	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,530	60.88/cwt	59.00–64.00	931	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	47.42/cwt	44.50–50.00	486	2
Bulls	—	—	1,760	97.97/cwt	92.50–104.50	1,724	6
Bulls	—	—	1,448	85.98/cwt	81.00–90.00	1,245	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	998	729.01/cwt	675.00–800.00	7,276	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	920	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	6,302	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	807.68/cwt	800.00–825.00	9,636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	795	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	894	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	613	117.99/cwt	117.00–120.00	723	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	890	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	376	142.93/cwt	137.50–148.00	537	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	308	140.32/cwt	137.50–143.00	432	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	585	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	644	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	465	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	512	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 Apr 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 311Last week 320Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 78Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 7Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	125.00	125.00
1	—	585	110.00	110.00
1	—	465	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	135.00	135.00
1	—	650	108.00	108.00
1	—	560	121.00	121.00
1	—	545	115.00	115.00
1	—	340	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	527	134.00–142.00	138.86
3	—	472	140.00–145.00	142.63
3	—	443	140.00–145.00	142.68
3	—	392	142.50–145.00	144.18
2	—	873	84.00–98.00	90.86
2	—	618	123.00–127.00	124.99
2	—	553	133.00–134.00	133.50
1	—	650	119.00	119.00
1	—	300	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	447	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	749	98.50	98.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	167.50	167.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	412	117.50	117.50
1	—	520	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	643	121.50	121.50
1	—	490	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	585	146.00–151.00	150.62
10	—	726	120.00–125.00	122.87
10	—	663	137.75	137.75
5	—	426	155.00–161.00	158.62
2	—	528	148.00–150.00	148.98
2	—	475	154.00	154.00
1	—	615	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	831	109.00–113.00	109.87
13	—	505	140.00–146.00	143.37
5	—	607	127.00–131.00	129.79
4	—	396	153.00	153.00
3	—	440	154.00	154.00
2	—	670	128.00	128.00
2	—	478	142.50–144.00	143.26
2	—	330	155.00–162.00	158.34
1	—	1,035	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	112.50–115.00	114.39
3	—	430	117.50–120.00	119.17
2	—	533	100.00–110.00	105.07
1	—	705	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	429	135.00–142.50	139.83
10	—	505	120.00–130.00	124.91
7	—	582	124.00	124.00
5	—	657	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	621	107.00–115.50	111.60
8	—	665	107.00–112.00	108.83
8	—	467	115.00–129.00	124.74
7	—	576	115.00–119.00	117.28
6	—	516	114.00–119.00	116.65
5	—	407	125.00–132.50	126.49
4	—	371	121.00–137.00	132.23
4	—	286	135.00–137.50	135.90
2	—	913	93.00–95.00	93.99
2	—	778	94.00–99.00	96.51
1	—	710	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	723	105.00–109.00	106.36
7	—	795	112.50	112.50
6	—	613	117.00–120.00	117.99
1	—	890	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	376	137.50–148.00	142.93
2	—	308	137.50–143.00	140.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,073	47.00–49.00	48.23
3	—	1,052	54.00–55.00	54.55
3	—	913	33.00–45.00	40.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,453	53.50–55.00	54.26
2	—	1,545	57.50–58.50	58.06
1	—	1,055	49.50	49.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,239	52.00–55.50	53.86
5	—	1,530	59.00–64.00	60.88
2	—	1,025	44.50–50.00	47.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,760	92.50–104.50	97.97
4	—	1,448	81.00–90.00	85.98

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	870.00	870.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	960	750.00–800.00	770.44
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	998	675.00–800.00	729.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	920	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)	3	—	1,193	800.00–825.00	807.68

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle