Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers were mixed with calves under 600 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower with moderate demand; over 600 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower with moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.20/cwt on 127 head.

Average price

$119.20

127 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$700

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$10.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.40

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	594	120.16	714	114
Medium and Large 2-3	534	110.75	591	12thin
Large 1-2	510	110.00	561	1thin

One grade step is worth $10.16/cwt here — about $153 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 sale127 hd

119.20

—

KY average28 barns · 5,558 hd

124.60

−5.40

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	1,763	98.36	1,734	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,443	67.97	981	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,221	67.75	827	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,130	57.35	648	7thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	884.59/cwt	810.00–950.00	11,455	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	960	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	5,664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	489	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	141.79/cwt	138.00–145.00	873	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	752	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,030	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	945	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	143.11/cwt	140.50–145.00	813	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	586	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	738	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	110.88/cwt	109.00–115.00	755	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	121.39/cwt	120.00–124.00	704	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	125.04/cwt	123.00–129.00	595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	834	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	121.77/cwt	121.00–123.00	637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	112.67/cwt	112.00–114.00	705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	123.32/cwt	121.00–126.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	133.98/cwt	133.00–135.00	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	133.03/cwt	131.00–135.00	406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	627	119.28/cwt	118.00–121.00	748	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	714	114.95/cwt	113.00–115.50	821	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	660	118.18/cwt	116.00–118.50	780	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	755	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	834	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	669	105.00/cwt	104.00–108.00	702	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	107.27/cwt	102.00–110.00	665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	133.02/cwt	129.00–134.00	782	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	137.22/cwt	136.00–139.00	666	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	741	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	89.46/cwt	85.00–94.00	812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	125.73/cwt	123.00–127.00	894	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	134.33/cwt	134.00–134.50	866	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	138.42/cwt	134.00–142.00	720	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	144.62/cwt	141.00–148.00	629	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	907	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,061	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	826	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,099	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	994	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,183	15
Steers	Large 1-2	—	750	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	825	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	460	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	464	118.76/cwt	118.00–119.00	551	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	110.66/cwt	110.00–111.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	126.62/cwt	124.00–133.00	672	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	491	130.16/cwt	129.00–132.00	639	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	839	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	771	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	61.94/cwt	58.00–64.50	713	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	53.08/cwt	52.00–54.00	624	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	454	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	70.22/cwt	66.50–73.00	1,015	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	64.97/cwt	64.00–66.00	936	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	62.93/cwt	60.00–65.00	717	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	72.56/cwt	68.00–77.50	945	6
Bulls	—	—	1,825	103.32/cwt	100.50–108.50	1,886	5
Bulls	—	—	1,663	95.77/cwt	89.00–100.00	1,593	5
Bulls	—	—	1,955	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,691	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	895	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	5,236	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,145	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	8,702	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 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 286Last week 347Year ago 747

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 60Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 18Year ago 26

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,295	810.00–950.00	884.59
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	585.00	585.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	760.00	760.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	590.00	590.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	117.00	117.00
1	—	640	111.00	111.00
1	—	365	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	616	138.00–145.00	141.79
6	—	752	137.00	137.00
5	—	680	139.00	139.00
5	—	568	140.50–145.00	143.11
1	—	510	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	711	123.00–127.00	125.73
3	—	645	134.00–134.50	134.33
3	—	520	134.00–142.00	138.42
3	—	490	148.00	148.00
3	—	435	141.00–148.00	144.62
2	—	907	117.00	117.00
2	—	675	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,140	100.00	100.00
1	—	755	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	826	133.00	133.00
15	—	994	119.00	119.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	110.00	110.00
1	—	460	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	586	126.00	126.00
23	—	531	124.00–133.00	126.62
6	—	491	129.00–132.00	130.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	681	109.00–115.00	110.88
8	—	580	120.00–124.00	121.39
6	—	476	123.00–129.00	125.04
5	—	783	106.50	106.50
5	—	523	121.00–123.00	121.77
3	—	626	112.00–114.00	112.67
3	—	410	121.00–126.00	123.32
2	—	373	133.00–135.00	133.98
2	—	305	131.00–135.00	133.03
1	—	730	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	627	118.00–121.00	119.28
9	—	714	113.00–115.50	114.95
8	—	660	116.00–118.50	118.18
2	—	755	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	464	118.00–119.00	118.76
3	—	580	110.00–111.00	110.66
2	—	505	104.00	104.00
1	—	795	90.00	90.00
1	—	630	97.00	97.00
1	—	375	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	669	104.00–108.00	105.00
3	—	620	102.00–110.00	107.27
1	—	860	85.00	85.00
1	—	585	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	588	129.00–134.00	133.02
5	—	485	136.00–139.00	137.22
3	—	723	102.50	102.50
2	—	908	85.00–94.00	89.46
2	—	677	124.00	124.00
1	—	820	94.00	94.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,151	58.00–64.50	61.94
2	—	1,175	52.00–54.00	53.08
1	—	955	47.50	47.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,445	66.50–73.00	70.22
3	—	1,440	64.00–66.00	64.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,139	60.00–65.00	62.93
6	—	1,302	68.00–77.50	72.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,825	100.50–108.50	103.32
5	—	1,663	89.00–100.00	95.77
1	—	1,955	86.50	86.50

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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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle