Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold steady with very good demand. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower with good demand. Yearlings lightly tested. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.66/cwt on 178 head.

Average price

$129.66

178 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$12.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.21

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	531	130.75	694	162
Medium and Large 2-3	484	118.65	575	16thin

One grade step is worth $12.09/cwt here — about $119 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 sale178 hd

129.66

—

KY average28 barns · 4,988 hd

128.45

+1.21

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	1,710	104.40	1,785	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,223	73.74	902	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,384	72.47	1,003	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,076	69.09	743	19

Every lot, as filed

90 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 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	880	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	924	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	113.20/cwt	113.00–114.00	775	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	125.68/cwt	123.00–127.00	713	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	138.23/cwt	135.00–140.00	442	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	336	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	119.97/cwt	118.00–123.00	810	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	114.40/cwt	114.00–115.00	808	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	136.74/cwt	130.00–141.00	773	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	141.91/cwt	134.00–145.00	754	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	125.24/cwt	124.00–126.00	765	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	850	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	157.62/cwt	152.50–162.50	339	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	464	156.45/cwt	150.00–158.00	726	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	510	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	865	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,038	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	121.85/cwt	116.00–127.00	589	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	124.20/cwt	119.00–127.50	525	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	683	104.03/cwt	101.00–107.00	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	130.02/cwt	128.00–131.00	739	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	131.89/cwt	129.00–134.00	691	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	422	143.69/cwt	138.00–146.00	606	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	375	154.37/cwt	150.00–159.00	579	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	460	140.19/cwt	138.00–142.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	323	154.20/cwt	152.00–159.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	133.98/cwt	129.00–136.00	654	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	122.40/cwt	120.00–127.00	705	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	131.28/cwt	130.00–134.00	559	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	111.98/cwt	110.00–114.00	763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	138.73/cwt	137.50–140.00	531	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	115.03/cwt	113.00–117.00	702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	364	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	322	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	611	123.11/cwt	118.00–125.00	752	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	123.42/cwt	115.00–129.00	771	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	561	127.38/cwt	124.00–134.00	715	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	517	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	481	157.52/cwt	151.00–161.00	758	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	129.55/cwt	127.00–131.50	939	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	561	146.41/cwt	144.00–148.00	821	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	508	154.14/cwt	150.00–160.00	783	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	423	161.15/cwt	153.00–168.00	682	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	139.43/cwt	138.00–142.00	869	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	671	138.48/cwt	138.00–139.50	929	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,034	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	134.17/cwt	133.00–135.00	892	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	140.83/cwt	138.00–143.00	814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	123.99/cwt	122.00–127.00	885	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	132.33/cwt	132.00–133.00	854	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	155.63/cwt	154.00–158.00	602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	149.98/cwt	148.00–152.00	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	996	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	975	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	951	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	812	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	695	120.67/cwt	120.00–122.00	839	3
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	460	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	557	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	530	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	424	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	11,747	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	14,548	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,077	988.89/cwt	960.00–1,050.00	10,650	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	965	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,334	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	785	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	4,592	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	84.32/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,391	2
Bulls	—	—	1,410	95.28/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,343	2
Bulls	—	—	1,813	112.75/cwt	103.50–121.50	2,044	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	762	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	67.01/cwt	64.00–70.50	784	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	76.49/cwt	72.00–82.50	948	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	822	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,391	73.08/cwt	71.00–75.50	1,017	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	437	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	62.70/cwt	61.00–64.00	703	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	74.43/cwt	68.00–79.00	799	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	167.29/cwt	162.50–169.00	627	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	488	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 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 430Last week 476Year ago 514

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 63Year ago 64

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 19Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	105.00	105.00
25	—	611	118.00–125.00	123.11
1	—	975	97.50	97.50
2	—	812	110.00	110.00
3	—	695	120.00–122.00	120.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	483	116.00–127.00	121.85
3	—	423	119.00–127.50	124.20
2	—	683	101.00–107.00	104.03
1	—	640	103.00	103.00
1	—	325	120.00	120.00
1	—	285	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	568	128.00–131.00	130.02
17	—	524	129.00–134.00	131.89
7	—	422	138.00–146.00	143.69
7	—	375	150.00–159.00	154.37
6	—	460	138.00–142.00	140.19
3	—	323	152.00–159.00	154.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	488	129.00–136.00	133.98
6	—	576	120.00–127.00	122.40
6	—	426	130.00–134.00	131.28
5	—	681	110.00–114.00	111.98
4	—	383	137.50–140.00	138.73
2	—	610	113.00–117.00	115.03
2	—	518	126.00	126.00
1	—	765	108.00	108.00
1	—	715	106.00	106.00
1	—	260	140.00	140.00
1	—	230	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	685	113.00–114.00	113.20
3	—	567	123.00–127.00	125.68
3	—	320	135.00–140.00	138.23
2	—	600	119.00	119.00
1	—	460	131.00	131.00
1	—	240	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	675	118.00–123.00	119.97
5	—	706	114.00–115.00	114.40
5	—	565	130.00–141.00	136.74
5	—	531	134.00–145.00	141.91
4	—	611	124.00–126.00	125.24
3	—	766	111.00	111.00
2	—	215	152.50–162.50	157.62
1	—	940	94.00	94.00
1	—	415	140.00	140.00
1	—	385	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	464	150.00–158.00	156.45
2	—	510	149.00	149.00
1	—	865	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	115.00–129.00	123.42
3	—	561	124.00–134.00	127.38
2	—	517	133.00	133.00
1	—	715	106.00	106.00
1	—	450	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	481	151.00–161.00	157.52
18	—	725	127.00–131.50	129.55
12	—	561	144.00–148.00	146.41
12	—	508	150.00–160.00	154.14
12	—	423	153.00–168.00	161.15
11	—	623	138.00–142.00	139.43
6	—	671	138.00–139.50	138.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	837	123.50	123.50
6	—	665	133.00–135.00	134.17
6	—	578	138.00–143.00	140.83
4	—	714	122.00–127.00	123.99
3	—	645	132.00–133.00	132.33
3	—	387	154.00–158.00	155.63
2	—	495	149.00	149.00
2	—	440	148.00–152.00	149.98
1	—	905	110.00	110.00
1	—	540	146.00	146.00
1	—	300	162.50	162.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	162.50–169.00	167.29
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	80.00	80.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	1,035.00	1,035.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,265	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,077	960.00–1,050.00	988.89
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	965	760.00	760.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	785	585.00	585.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,650	83.00–85.00	84.32
2	—	1,410	92.00–98.00	95.28
7	—	1,813	103.50–121.50	112.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	63.00	63.00
7	—	1,170	64.00–70.50	67.01
25	—	1,239	72.00–82.50	76.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	64.00	64.00
14	—	1,391	71.00–75.50	73.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	55.00	55.00
7	—	1,121	61.00–64.00	62.70
11	—	1,073	68.00–79.00	74.43

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

Replacement Cattle

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