Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher with moderate to good demand in a light test. Slaughter cows sold steady with moderate demand . Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.38/cwt on 126 head.

Average price

$121.38

126 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$599

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$28.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.87

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	493	124.34	613	108
Medium and Large 2-3	488	108.21	528	10thin
Large 1-2	660	103.00	680	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	445	96.16	428	6thin

One grade step is worth $28.17/cwt here — about $186 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 sale126 hd

121.38

—

KY average26 barns · 3,873 hd

119.51

+1.87

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	1,738	81.09	1,409	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,457	54.44	793	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,240	54.07	671	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,021	44.40	454	11

Every lot, as filed

94 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	765	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	536	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	790	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	126.58/cwt	120.00–130.00	595	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	754	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	138.35/cwt	134.00–141.00	656	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	140.09/cwt	138.00–144.00	590	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	129.37/cwt	128.00–130.00	364	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	114.34/cwt	112.00–117.00	671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	108.53/cwt	107.00–115.00	743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	114.67/cwt	114.00–115.00	619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	112.55/cwt	107.00–118.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	126.04/cwt	121.00–131.00	475	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	136.45/cwt	133.00–139.00	712	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	127.40/cwt	123.00–132.00	854	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	232	134.36/cwt	127.50–138.00	312	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,027	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	134.57/cwt	131.00–139.00	775	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	157.11/cwt	154.00–158.00	589	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	126.56/cwt	121.00–130.00	421	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	991	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	601	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	805	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	650	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	907	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	377	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	343	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	510	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	127.35/cwt	124.00–133.00	779	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,101	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	423	101.99/cwt	100.00–104.00	431	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	665	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	685	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	402	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	430	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	725	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	138.44/cwt	137.00–140.00	667	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	409	158.25/cwt	156.00–159.00	647	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	625	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	575	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	265	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	318	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	560	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	554	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	510	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	536	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	563	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	631	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	11,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,510	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	20,385	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	530	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	594	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	625	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	694	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	47.53/cwt	45.00–50.00	497	5
Bulls	—	—	1,609	82.37/cwt	79.00–85.50	1,325	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	926	35.92/cwt	34.00–38.00	333	4
Bulls	—	—	1,655	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	861	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	658	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	49.50/cwt	49.50–49.50	604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	628	123.17/cwt	122.00–125.00	774	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	862	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,129	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	58.21/cwt	55.50–60.00	904	4
Bulls	—	—	2,067	87.80/cwt	86.00–89.50	1,815	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	57.72/cwt	55.50–59.50	726	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	53.55/cwt	53.00–54.00	617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	109.03/cwt	104.00–114.00	516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	578	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,392	52.91/cwt	51.00–54.50	737	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	52.81/cwt	50.50–54.50	652	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	109.99/cwt	109.00–111.00	902	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	119.52/cwt	115.00–124.00	673	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,116	665.67/cwt	610.00–735.00	7,429	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	935	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	655	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	840	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	363	109.67/cwt	109.00–110.00	398	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	205	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	272	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	108.16/cwt	104.00–109.00	676	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	133.30/cwt	130.00–137.50	487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	570	122.24/cwt	120.00–126.00	697	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	129.15/cwt	125.00–131.00	675	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	144.03/cwt	142.00–145.00	763	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	119.02/cwt	117.00–125.00	725	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	771	131.52/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,014	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	475	130.74/cwt	130.00–131.00	621	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	432	130.66/cwt	130.00–132.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	125.91/cwt	120.00–129.00	539	10

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 Nov 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 288Last week 464Year ago 978

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 60Year ago 103

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 33Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	94.00	94.00
1	—	530	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	470	120.00–130.00	126.58
2	—	762	99.00	99.00
6	—	281	128.00–130.00	129.37
3	—	587	112.00–117.00	114.34
5	—	685	107.00–115.00	108.53
3	—	540	114.00–115.00	114.67
2	—	610	107.00–118.00	112.55
9	—	377	121.00–131.00	126.04
3	—	232	127.50–138.00	134.36
5	—	333	121.00–130.00	126.56
1	—	720	109.00	109.00
10	—	428	120.00–129.00	125.91
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	377	91.00	91.00
1	—	510	92.00	92.00
2	—	423	100.00–104.00	101.99
1	—	560	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	628	122.00–125.00	123.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	104.00–114.00	109.03
1	—	530	109.00	109.00
2	—	595	110.00	110.00
1	—	840	86.00	86.00
1	—	280	120.00	120.00
3	—	363	109.00–110.00	109.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	570	120.00–126.00	122.24
21	—	523	125.00–131.00	129.15
4	—	475	130.00–131.00	130.74
3	—	432	130.00–132.00	130.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	474	134.00–141.00	138.35
6	—	421	138.00–144.00	140.09
2	—	730	106.00	106.00
1	—	330	151.00	151.00
7	—	609	117.00–125.00	119.02
2	—	500	131.00	131.00
1	—	815	104.00	104.00
1	—	765	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	402	107.00	107.00
1	—	725	86.00	86.00
1	—	625	92.00	92.00
1	—	265	120.00	120.00
3	—	500	110.00	110.00
2	—	563	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	93.00	93.00
1	—	445	130.00	130.00
1	—	205	132.50	132.50
6	—	625	104.00–109.00	108.16
3	—	365	130.00–137.50	133.30
2	—	320	125.00	125.00
1	—	455	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	125.00	125.00
7	—	522	133.00–139.00	136.45
1	—	725	122.00	122.00
1	—	425	140.00	140.00
2	—	670	123.00–132.00	127.40
1	—	815	126.00	126.00
10	—	576	131.00–139.00	134.57
8	—	375	154.00–158.00	157.11
1	—	780	127.00	127.00
6	—	612	124.00–133.00	127.35
1	—	1,090	101.00	101.00
7	—	482	137.00–140.00	138.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	601	134.00	134.00
2	—	650	139.50	139.50
4	—	409	156.00–159.00	158.25
9	—	530	142.00–145.00	144.03
4	—	771	130.00–133.00	131.52
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	103.00	103.00
1	—	510	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	862	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	820	109.00–111.00	109.99
2	—	563	115.00–124.00	119.52
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
1	—	335	135.00	135.00
1	—	470	125.00	125.00
1	—	380	146.00	146.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,225	910.00	910.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,116	610.00–735.00	665.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	935	600.00	600.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,510	1,350.00	1,350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,045	45.00–50.00	47.53
4	—	926	34.00–38.00	35.92
2	—	1,153	53.00–54.00	53.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	47.00	47.00
4	—	1,553	55.50–60.00	58.21
5	—	1,392	51.00–54.50	52.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	49.50	49.50
4	—	1,258	55.50–59.50	57.72
8	—	1,234	50.50–54.50	52.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,609	79.00–85.50	82.37
1	—	1,655	52.00	52.00
3	—	2,067	86.00–89.50	87.80

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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Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

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

Slaughter Cattle