Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower with moderate demand. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.66/cwt on 387 head.

Average price

$132.66

387 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$778

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$34.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.77

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	588	134.00	788	365
Medium and Large 2-3	553	110.92	614	21
Small and Medium 1-2	550	100.00	550	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about $238 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 sale387 hd

132.66

—

KY average27 barns · 5,306 hd

131.89

+0.77

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	1,657	96.46	1,598	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,223	65.30	799	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,379	63.87	881	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,066	55.72	594	12

Every lot, as filed

112 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	712	137.90/cwt	134.50–139.25	982	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	429	161.72/cwt	156.00–167.00	694	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	659	144.76/cwt	140.00–146.25	954	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	124.99/cwt	124.00–126.00	822	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	718	125.49/cwt	125.00–126.00	901	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	132.67/cwt	129.00–135.00	691	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,510	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	22,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,575	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	23,625	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	1,053.67/cwt	975.00–1,110.00	10,674	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,113.57/cwt	985.00–1,225.00	13,251	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	920	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,130	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	690	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	835	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	635	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	845	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	335	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	985	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	111.90/cwt	108.00–116.00	867	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	155.15/cwt	154.00–157.50	493	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	138.50/cwt	138.00–139.00	670	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	118.98/cwt	118.00–120.00	850	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	147.51/cwt	142.50–150.00	563	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	135.81/cwt	133.00–138.00	763	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	121.08/cwt	120.50–124.00	788	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	124.38/cwt	120.00–129.00	769	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	135.98/cwt	131.00–140.00	708	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	155.02/cwt	149.00–157.00	815	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	565	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	836	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	468	153.84/cwt	150.00–161.00	720	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	751	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,006	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	885.61/cwt	825.00–950.00	9,503	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,075	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	13,169	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	940	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	11,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	142.69/cwt	141.00–143.00	614	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	128.95/cwt	127.00–134.00	618	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	132.37/cwt	129.00–136.00	573	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	112.61/cwt	110.00–117.00	806	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	122.83/cwt	120.00–124.00	704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	135.77/cwt	132.50–139.00	497	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	126.40/cwt	125.00–127.00	683	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	113.93/cwt	110.00–118.00	753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	101.44/cwt	98.00–105.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	105.44/cwt	101.00–110.00	828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	114.49/cwt	114.00–115.00	719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	656	129.27/cwt	120.00–130.00	848	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	738	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	928	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	620	123.20/cwt	120.00–128.00	764	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	761	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	906	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	820	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	873	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	387	148.00/cwt	140.00–153.00	573	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	122.95/cwt	120.00–126.00	381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	658	140.10/cwt	140.10–140.10	922	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	132.65/cwt	128.00–137.00	695	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	142.27/cwt	140.00–146.00	814	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	131.61/cwt	127.00–135.00	759	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	136.38/cwt	136.00–137.00	657	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	51.30/cwt	43.50–56.00	548	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	59.87/cwt	59.00–61.00	636	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	64.94/cwt	62.50–67.50	688	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	67.44/cwt	66.00–69.50	956	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,348	64.07/cwt	62.00–65.00	864	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,348	56.44/cwt	53.50–59.50	761	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	68.41/cwt	65.50–72.00	866	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	58.61/cwt	54.00–61.50	679	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	64.01/cwt	63.00–65.00	749	5
Bulls	—	—	1,714	100.35/cwt	96.00–108.00	1,720	10
Bulls	—	—	1,628	90.81/cwt	90.00–91.50	1,478	3
Bulls	—	—	1,415	85.46/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,209	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,020	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,415	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,038	743.37/cwt	700.00–775.00	7,716	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	976.97/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	11,020	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	10,395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	148.24/cwt	144.00–151.00	630	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	140.09/cwt	137.00–143.00	734	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	129.63/cwt	127.00–133.00	923	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	127.72/cwt	120.00–135.00	540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	127.47/cwt	126.00–129.00	714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	125.96/cwt	120.00–129.00	668	7
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	405	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	425	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	518	111.62/cwt	109.00–116.00	578	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	288	159.12/cwt	157.50–162.50	458	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	342	157.29/cwt	155.00–162.00	538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	110.91/cwt	102.00–116.00	577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	123.91/cwt	122.50–125.00	589	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	587	115.73/cwt	114.00–119.00	679	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	631	102.26/cwt	95.00–108.00	645	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	550	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	550	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	520	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	686	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	615	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	787	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	810	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,004	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	850	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	961	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	240	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	396	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	335	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	385	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	560	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	982	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,286	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	131.88/cwt	130.00–132.50	990	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	132.39/cwt	132.00–133.00	872	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	1,052	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	145.39/cwt	140.00–150.00	676	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	136.99/cwt	136.00–139.00	844	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 Sep 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 620Last week 733Year ago 474

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 54Year ago 80

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 27Year ago 37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	712	134.50–139.25	137.90
19	—	429	156.00–167.00	161.72
37	—	659	140.00–146.25	144.76
11	—	526	149.00–157.00	155.02
10	—	565	148.00	148.00
10	—	468	150.00–161.00	153.84
3	—	751	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	128.00	128.00
2	—	658	124.00–126.00	124.99
2	—	718	125.00–126.00	125.49
10	—	521	129.00–135.00	132.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	572	140.00–146.00	142.27
12	—	425	144.00–151.00	148.24
11	—	524	137.00–143.00	140.09
8	—	712	127.00–133.00	129.63
1	—	340	150.00	150.00
2	—	367	152.50	152.50
2	—	982	131.00	131.00
4	—	751	130.00–132.50	131.88
5	—	659	132.00–133.00	132.39
5	—	808	130.25	130.25
7	—	465	140.00–150.00	145.39
7	—	616	136.00–139.00	136.99
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	132.00	132.00
1	—	615	128.00	128.00
1	—	810	124.00	124.00
1	—	850	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	165.00	165.00
1	—	335	162.50	162.50
2	—	385	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	167.50	167.50
1	—	260	152.50	152.50
1	—	895	110.00	110.00
1	—	925	101.00	101.00
1	—	1,000	105.00	105.00
2	—	775	108.00–116.00	111.90
3	—	318	154.00–157.50	155.15
4	—	484	138.00–139.00	138.50
4	—	714	118.00–120.00	118.98
6	—	382	142.50–150.00	147.51
6	—	562	133.00–138.00	135.81
6	—	651	120.50–124.00	121.08
12	—	618	120.00–129.00	124.38
13	—	521	131.00–140.00	135.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	124.00	124.00
2	—	423	120.00–135.00	127.72
2	—	560	126.00–129.00	127.47
7	—	530	120.00–129.00	125.96
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	105.00	105.00
3	—	518	109.00–116.00	111.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	430	141.00–143.00	142.69
130	—	658	140.10	140.10
62	—	524	128.00–137.00	132.65
40	—	577	127.00–135.00	131.61
13	—	482	136.00–137.00	136.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	479	127.00–134.00	128.95
10	—	433	129.00–136.00	132.37
8	—	716	110.00–117.00	112.61
6	—	573	120.00–124.00	122.83
6	—	366	132.50–139.00	135.77
5	—	540	125.00–127.00	126.40
4	—	661	110.00–118.00	113.93
2	—	910	94.50	94.50
2	—	830	98.00–105.00	101.44
2	—	785	101.00–110.00	105.44
2	—	628	114.00–115.00	114.49
1	—	975	94.00	94.00
1	—	320	135.00	135.00
1	—	205	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	656	120.00–130.00	129.27
11	—	738	125.75	125.75
5	—	620	120.00–128.00	123.20
3	—	761	119.00	119.00
1	—	820	106.50	106.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	387	140.00–153.00	148.00
3	—	288	157.50–162.50	159.12
3	—	342	155.00–162.00	157.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	785	91.00	91.00
2	—	310	120.00–126.00	122.95
1	—	740	86.00	86.00
1	—	355	115.00	115.00
3	—	520	102.00–116.00	110.91
4	—	475	122.50–125.00	123.91
4	—	587	114.00–119.00	115.73
4	—	631	95.00–108.00	102.26
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	100.00	100.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,510	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,575	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,013	975.00–1,110.00	1,053.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,190	985.00–1,225.00	1,113.57
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,073	825.00–950.00	885.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,128	900.00–1,075.00	976.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	990	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	940	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,038	700.00–775.00	743.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,069	43.50–56.00	51.30
3	—	1,062	59.00–61.00	59.87
2	—	1,060	62.50–67.50	64.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,417	66.00–69.50	67.44
3	—	1,348	62.00–65.00	64.07
2	—	1,348	53.50–59.50	56.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,266	65.50–72.00	68.41
6	—	1,159	54.00–61.50	58.61
5	—	1,170	63.00–65.00	64.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,714	96.00–108.00	100.35
3	—	1,628	90.00–91.50	90.81
2	—	1,415	85.00–86.00	85.46

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

Bluegrass Stockyard - Mt. Sterling, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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