Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold steady to mixed with fleshy new crop 400-600 lb calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower and weaned 500-600 lb packages 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady with a few weaned 400-500 lbs 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with most decline on lean cows. 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 $122.94/cwt on 125 head.

Average price

$122.94

125 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$608

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$18.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.50

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	500	125.29	626	109
Medium and Large 2-3	461	106.97	493	16thin

One grade step is worth $18.32/cwt here — about $133 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 sale125 hd

122.94

—

KY average27 barns · 5,122 hd

118.44

+4.50

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	1,654	88.18	1,459	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,223	54.25	663	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,244	53.60	667	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,083	44.91	486	18

Every lot, as filed

91 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	700	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	615	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	680	102.56/cwt	95.00–110.00	697	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	615	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	627	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	44.83/cwt	42.00–49.00	493	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	53.64/cwt	51.50–55.00	631	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	34.17/cwt	30.00–37.00	317	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,280	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	672	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,165	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	652	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	52.15/cwt	50.00–54.00	633	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	55.91/cwt	55.00–57.50	723	5
Bulls	—	—	1,635	85.96/cwt	83.50–89.00	1,405	4
Bulls	—	—	1,800	95.19/cwt	91.50–100.50	1,713	3
Bulls	—	—	1,295	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	984	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	740	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	4,329	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	124.13/cwt	119.00–127.50	578	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	118.00/cwt	116.00–120.00	607	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	112.68/cwt	111.00–117.00	650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	103.51/cwt	103.00–104.00	699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	126.20/cwt	122.00–131.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	124.88/cwt	120.00–132.50	458	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	132.21/cwt	131.00–133.00	416	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	123.50/cwt	120.00–127.00	358	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	469	112.44/cwt	100.00–122.00	527	6
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	529	112.76/cwt	106.00–115.00	597	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	420	117.81/cwt	112.50–123.00	495	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	98.98/cwt	94.00–104.00	666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	121.49/cwt	121.00–122.00	648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	127.47/cwt	125.00–130.00	593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	407	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	367	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	495	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	333	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	140.09/cwt	134.00–145.00	661	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	128.38/cwt	125.00–131.00	730	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	146.98/cwt	143.00–150.00	548	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	89.15/cwt	79.00–95.00	685	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	144.18/cwt	142.50–147.50	451	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	102.01/cwt	101.00–103.00	719	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,168	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	758	671.86/cwt	625.00–725.00	5,093	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,190	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	7,140	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,045	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,531	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	10,646	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,065	836.03/cwt	775.00–900.00	8,904	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,060	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,420	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,116	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	129.49/cwt	127.50–130.00	489	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	469	129.15/cwt	122.50–134.00	606	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	677	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	125.53/cwt	124.00–127.00	703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	127.95/cwt	126.00–130.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	557	154.20/cwt	151.00–159.50	859	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	613	138.86/cwt	136.00–141.00	851	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	762	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	120.43/cwt	120.00–121.50	865	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	132.24/cwt	131.00–134.00	676	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	415	158.16/cwt	157.00–160.00	656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	466	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	109.90/cwt	105.00–113.00	678	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	125.03/cwt	121.00–128.00	656	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	124.35/cwt	119.50–129.00	713	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	497	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	646	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	423	141.31/cwt	132.00–145.00	598	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	328	113.51/cwt	112.00–115.00	372	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	503	109.50/cwt	109.00–110.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	112.66/cwt	111.00–114.00	527	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	606	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	384	109.38/cwt	107.50–115.00	420	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	590	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	399	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	638	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	986	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	153.72/cwt	152.50–157.50	558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	141.22/cwt	140.00–147.00	589	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	910	6

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 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 328Last week 311Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 40Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 25Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	86.00	86.00
1	—	660	114.00	114.00
1	—	625	115.00	115.00
1	—	520	137.00	137.00
1	—	420	140.00	140.00
1	—	255	142.50	142.50
9	—	472	134.00–145.00	140.09
5	—	569	125.00–131.00	128.38
4	—	373	143.00–150.00	146.98
3	—	768	79.00–95.00	89.15
3	—	313	142.50–147.50	144.18
2	—	877	81.00	81.00
2	—	705	101.00–103.00	102.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	87.00	87.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	95.00–110.00	102.56
1	—	615	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	469	100.00–122.00	112.44
4	—	529	106.00–115.00	112.76
2	—	420	112.50–123.00	117.81
1	—	575	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	94.00–104.00	98.98
2	—	533	121.00–122.00	121.49
2	—	465	125.00–130.00	127.47
2	—	407	129.00	129.00
2	—	367	135.00	135.00
2	—	333	130.00	130.00
1	—	295	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	466	119.00–127.50	124.13
7	—	514	116.00–120.00	118.00
6	—	577	111.00–117.00	112.68
4	—	675	103.00–104.00	103.51
4	—	416	122.00–131.00	126.20
3	—	367	120.00–132.50	124.88
3	—	315	131.00–133.00	132.21
2	—	290	120.00–127.00	123.50
1	—	710	97.00	97.00
1	—	215	130.00	130.00
12	—	617	105.00–113.00	109.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	525	121.00–128.00	125.03
11	—	573	119.50–129.00	124.35
14	—	497	130.00	130.00
23	—	423	132.00–145.00	141.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
1	—	560	110.00	110.00
2	—	328	112.00–115.00	113.51
2	—	503	109.00–110.00	109.50
3	—	468	111.00–114.00	112.66
3	—	606	90.00	90.00
4	—	384	107.50–115.00	109.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	127.50–130.00	129.49
4	—	469	122.50–134.00	129.15
2	—	677	114.00	114.00
2	—	560	124.00–127.00	125.53
2	—	513	126.00–130.00	127.95
1	—	610	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	557	151.00–159.50	154.20
14	—	613	136.00–141.00	138.86
10	—	520	146.50	146.50
7	—	718	120.00–121.50	120.43
3	—	415	157.00–160.00	158.16
3	—	466	160.00	160.00
6	—	664	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	511	131.00–134.00	132.24
1	—	315	150.00	150.00
1	—	480	140.00	140.00
1	—	825	119.50	119.50
4	—	363	152.50–157.50	153.72
6	—	417	140.00–147.00	141.22
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	399	160.00	160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,099	42.00–49.00	44.83
5	—	1,177	51.50–55.00	53.64
4	—	928	30.00–37.00	34.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	52.50	52.50
1	—	1,165	56.00	56.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,214	50.00–54.00	52.15
5	—	1,293	55.00–57.50	55.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,635	83.50–89.00	85.96
3	—	1,800	91.50–100.50	95.19
1	—	1,295	76.00	76.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	740	585.00	585.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	795	650.00	650.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	758	625.00–725.00	671.86
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,190	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,275	835.00	835.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,065	775.00–900.00	836.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	975.00	975.00

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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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