Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady with moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.51/cwt on 164 head.

Average price

$125.51

164 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$760

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$21

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

$24.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.00

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	597	127.60	762	148
Medium and Large 2-3	521	112.40	586	5thin
Large 1-2	757	103.36	782	11thin

One grade step is worth $24.24/cwt here — about −$21 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 sale164 hd

125.51

—

KY average27 barns · 4,361 hd

126.52

−1.00

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	1,544	100.65	1,554	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,298	68.50	889	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,409	66.16	932	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,022	57.73	590	5thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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	—	428	125.51/cwt	125.00–126.00	537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	622	120.78/cwt	117.00–124.50	751	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	670	116.81/cwt	116.00–118.00	783	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	805	107.68/cwt	106.00–111.00	867	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	760	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	889	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	61.89/cwt	60.00–63.00	610	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,275	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	676	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	440	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	68.43/cwt	65.50–73.00	986	4
Bulls	—	—	1,503	103.78/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	123.49/cwt	123.00–124.00	661	2
Bulls	—	—	1,625	94.40/cwt	89.50–98.00	1,534	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	955	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	5,348	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,005	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,281	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	63.88/cwt	60.00–65.50	879	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	69.72/cwt	66.00–73.50	896	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	63.20/cwt	62.00–64.00	855	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	754	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	792	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	683	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	724	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	912	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	857	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	600	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	606	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	510	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	587	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	470	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	122.58/cwt	120.00–126.00	635	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	735	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	684	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	127.46/cwt	126.00–129.00	603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	396	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	416	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	612	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	106.49/cwt	105.00–108.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	816	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	1,021	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	827	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	675	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	743	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,175	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,813	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	10,179	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	8,778	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,615	1,800.00/cwt	1,800.00–1,800.00	29,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	645	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	122.91/cwt	120.00–126.00	645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	638	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	917	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	613	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	838	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	545	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	450	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	133.75/cwt	133.00–134.00	792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	134.45/cwt	132.00–139.00	711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	956	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	891	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	615	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	923	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,043	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	707	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	841	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	621	131.84/cwt	123.50–133.10	819	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	477	132.56/cwt	131.00–134.00	632	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	127.42/cwt	125.00–128.00	731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	541	128.42/cwt	126.00–131.00	695	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	425	133.51/cwt	133.00–135.00	567	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	111.74/cwt	110.00–113.00	744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	123.99/cwt	123.00–125.00	730	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	111.68/cwt	110.00–113.00	692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	126.65/cwt	125.00–128.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	132.14/cwt	130.00–136.00	489	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	110.01/cwt	109.00–111.00	803	2

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 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 271Last week 286Year ago 472

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 41Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 9Year ago 55

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady with moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	125.00–126.00	125.51
2	—	535	123.00–124.00	123.49
4	—	666	110.00–113.00	111.74
4	—	589	123.00–125.00	123.99
3	—	620	110.00–113.00	111.68
3	—	473	125.00–128.00	126.65
3	—	370	130.00–136.00	132.14
2	—	730	109.00–111.00	110.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	622	117.00–124.50	120.78
5	—	670	116.00–118.00	116.81
3	—	805	106.00–111.00	107.68
2	—	760	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	754	105.00	105.00
4	—	683	106.00	106.00
2	—	912	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	100.00	100.00
1	—	575	114.00	114.00
1	—	500	109.00	109.00
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
1	—	360	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	621	123.50–133.10	131.84
12	—	477	131.00–134.00	132.56
5	—	574	125.00–128.00	127.42
5	—	541	126.00–131.00	128.42
4	—	425	133.00–135.00	133.51
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	101.00	101.00
1	—	510	115.00	115.00
1	—	470	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	518	120.00–126.00	122.58
3	—	845	87.00	87.00
2	—	600	114.00	114.00
2	—	473	126.00–129.00	127.46
2	—	405	130.00	130.00
1	—	580	121.00	121.00
1	—	330	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	416	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	703	105.00–108.00	106.49
1	—	785	104.00	104.00
1	—	600	121.00	121.00
1	—	535	132.00	132.00
1	—	370	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,021	81.00	81.00
1	—	675	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	120.00–126.00	122.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	638	143.75	143.75
7	—	420	146.00	146.00
5	—	590	142.00	142.00
2	—	545	141.00	141.00
1	—	450	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	592	133.00–134.00	133.75
4	—	529	132.00–139.00	134.45
3	—	780	122.50	122.50
2	—	727	128.00	128.00
2	—	665	134.00	134.00
1	—	645	129.00	129.00
1	—	430	143.00	143.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	923	113.00	113.00
2	—	707	119.00	119.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	985	60.00–63.00	61.89
1	—	1,275	53.00	53.00
1	—	880	50.00	50.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,441	65.50–73.00	68.43
4	—	1,376	60.00–65.50	63.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,285	66.00–73.50	69.72
3	—	1,353	62.00–64.00	63.20
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,503	100.00–106.00	103.78
3	—	1,625	89.50–98.00	94.40

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	560.00	560.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	625.00	625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	780.00	780.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,180	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	840.00	840.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	825.00	825.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,615	1,800.00	1,800.00

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