Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.01/cwt on 252 head.

Average price

$130.01

252 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$25.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.36

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	538	131.12	705	236
Medium and Large 2-3	470	116.35	547	12thin
Large 1-2	642	106.00	681	4thin

One grade step is worth $25.12/cwt here — about $24 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 sale252 hd

130.01

—

KY average27 barns · 6,235 hd

127.65

+2.36

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	1,588	109.86	1,744	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	75.42	977	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,469	75.25	1,105	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,116	63.69	711	25

Every lot, as filed

97 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	—	486	130.34/cwt	128.00–133.00	633	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	120.59/cwt	118.00–124.00	687	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	112.37/cwt	110.00–115.00	702	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	422	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	142.67/cwt	141.50–145.00	683	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	108.14/cwt	108.00–109.00	882	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	112.02/cwt	107.00–115.00	802	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	145.27/cwt	144.00–148.00	609	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	135.44/cwt	130.00–141.00	752	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	121.20/cwt	117.00–124.00	806	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	782	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	142.76/cwt	140.00–144.00	728	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	107.50/cwt	107.00–108.00	831	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	146.08/cwt	142.50–150.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	345	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	552	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	577	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	727	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	805	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	757	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	740	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	784	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	62.33/cwt	57.00–65.00	678	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	53.70/cwt	49.00–56.00	555	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	76.60/cwt	74.00–79.50	1,137	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	122.03/cwt	120.00–124.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	115.00/cwt	113.00–117.00	753	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	751	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	285	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	622	123.23/cwt	119.00–127.00	766	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	664	120.51/cwt	119.00–122.00	800	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	860	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	823	102.02/cwt	101.00–103.00	840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	735	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	660	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	368	146.52/cwt	140.00–149.00	539	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	309	147.15/cwt	142.50–151.00	455	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	667	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	720	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	760	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	714	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	475	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	542	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	400	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	510	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	520	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	577	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	69.85/cwt	67.00–71.00	984	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	380	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	118.41/cwt	115.00–124.00	693	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	627	112.99/cwt	108.00–117.00	708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	712	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	947	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	660	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	143.22/cwt	141.00–145.00	752	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	134.28/cwt	129.00–136.00	853	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	149.54/cwt	148.00–151.00	636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	911	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	628	128.51/cwt	128.00–129.00	807	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	114.76/cwt	109.00–119.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	117.75/cwt	112.00–121.00	433	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	120.48/cwt	119.00–122.00	582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	529	135.45/cwt	126.00–136.25	717	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	572	128.47/cwt	126.00–132.00	735	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	761	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	139.50/cwt	135.00–143.00	586	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	69.35/cwt	66.00–73.00	816	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	768	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,006	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	421	154.89/cwt	154.00–157.00	652	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	551	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	807	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	156.12/cwt	153.00–160.00	738	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	508	154.45/cwt	153.50–158.00	785	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	139.54/cwt	137.00–140.00	889	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	140.50/cwt	138.00–143.00	527	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	138.45/cwt	136.00–141.00	651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	121.97/cwt	119.00–125.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	442	136.46/cwt	135.00–141.00	603	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	629	123.04/cwt	115.00–127.00	774	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	387	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	319	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,405	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	15,455	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,694	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	11,049	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,018	715.68/cwt	675.00–735.00	7,286	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,330	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,643	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,050	1
Bulls	—	—	1,116	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,116	3
Bulls	—	—	1,671	111.60/cwt	101.00–120.00	1,865	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	69.88/cwt	67.00–73.00	840	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	77.80/cwt	74.00–84.00	1,039	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	139.56/cwt	136.00–145.00	656	7

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 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 517Last week 430Year ago 343

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 89Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 15Year ago 55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	486	128.00–133.00	130.34
7	—	570	118.00–124.00	120.59
5	—	625	110.00–115.00	112.37
4	—	534	120.00–124.00	122.03
3	—	655	113.00–117.00	115.00
3	—	390	135.00	135.00
2	—	407	129.00	129.00
2	—	250	135.00	135.00
1	—	765	102.00	102.00
1	—	715	105.00	105.00
1	—	215	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	622	119.00–127.00	123.23
8	—	664	119.00–122.00	120.51
2	—	860	107.50	107.50
2	—	823	101.00–103.00	102.02
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	368	140.00–149.00	146.52
4	—	309	142.50–151.00	147.15
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	667	108.00	108.00
1	—	760	94.00	94.00
1	—	475	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	568	109.00–119.00	114.76
3	—	368	112.00–121.00	117.75
2	—	483	119.00–122.00	120.48
1	—	685	97.00	97.00
1	—	320	120.00	120.00
1	—	295	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	529	126.00–136.25	135.45
16	—	572	126.00–132.00	128.47
15	—	610	124.75	124.75
9	—	420	135.00–143.00	139.50
7	—	470	136.00–145.00	139.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	110.00	110.00
2	—	540	125.00	125.00
2	—	488	138.00	138.00
2	—	422	137.00	137.00
1	—	710	99.00	99.00
1	—	310	137.50	137.50
5	—	585	115.00–124.00	118.41
3	—	627	108.00–117.00	112.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	479	141.50–145.00	142.67
7	—	816	108.00–109.00	108.14
7	—	716	107.00–115.00	112.02
6	—	419	144.00–148.00	145.27
5	—	555	130.00–141.00	135.44
4	—	665	117.00–124.00	121.20
4	—	636	123.00	123.00
4	—	510	140.00–144.00	142.76
2	—	773	107.00–108.00	107.50
2	—	378	142.50–150.00	146.08
1	—	305	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	577	126.00	126.00
1	—	805	94.00	94.00
1	—	740	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	127.50	127.50
1	—	520	111.00	111.00
1	—	380	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	712	133.00	133.00
2	—	660	137.00	137.00
5	—	768	131.00	131.00
7	—	421	154.00–157.00	154.89
7	—	551	146.50	146.50
9	—	473	153.00–160.00	156.12
28	—	508	153.50–158.00	154.45
36	—	637	137.00–140.00	139.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	525	141.00–145.00	143.22
4	—	635	129.00–136.00	134.28
4	—	582	140.00	140.00
2	—	820	122.00	122.00
2	—	718	124.00	124.00
2	—	425	148.00–151.00	149.54
1	—	680	134.00	134.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	128.00–129.00	128.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	137.50	137.50
2	—	375	138.00–143.00	140.50
2	—	470	136.00–141.00	138.45
2	—	590	119.00–125.00	121.97
4	—	442	135.00–141.00	136.46
5	—	629	115.00–127.00	123.04
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	387	82.50	82.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,088	57.00–65.00	62.33
5	—	1,033	49.00–56.00	53.70
11	—	1,177	66.00–73.00	69.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,484	74.00–79.50	76.60
4	—	1,409	67.00–71.00	69.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,202	67.00–73.00	69.88
28	—	1,336	74.00–84.00	77.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,116	100.00	100.00
17	—	1,671	101.00–120.00	111.60

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	—	1,405	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	870.00	870.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,018	675.00–735.00	715.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,330	725.00	725.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	675	600.00	600.00

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