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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold mixed with lightweights 3.00 lower;, middleweights 450-600 lbs 2.00 higher and calves over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Quality was plain through attractive with plain and fleshy bawling calves facing discounts. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.47/cwt on 298 head.

Average price

$119.47

298 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$32.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.77

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	527	122.67	647	243
Large 1-2	648	107.15	694	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	505	106.83	540	41
Small and Medium 1-2	424	90.00	382	5thin

One grade step is worth $32.67/cwt here — about $265 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 sale298 hd

119.47

—

KY average26 barns · 5,646 hd

122.24

−2.77

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	—	Low	1,650	81.22	1,340	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,513	59.21	896	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,284	57.21	735	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,087	46.13	502	22

Every lot, as filed

126 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 1-2	—	891	124.26/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,107	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	151.96/cwt	145.00–156.00	579	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	123.64/cwt	119.00–128.00	403	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	115.01/cwt	110.00–119.00	669	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	320	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	128.43/cwt	122.00–134.00	791	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	124.61/cwt	121.00–128.00	521	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	123.59/cwt	120.00–129.00	473	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	105.02/cwt	102.00–106.00	762	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	117.34/cwt	115.00–119.00	777	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	336	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	118.25/cwt	114.00–126.00	789	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	620	124.24/cwt	120.00–126.50	770	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	134.84/cwt	133.00–138.00	786	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	115.86/cwt	111.00–118.00	621	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	146.17/cwt	143.00–152.50	621	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	142.78/cwt	135.00–152.50	525	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	136.43/cwt	131.00–140.00	655	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	124.39/cwt	120.00–126.00	601	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	121.32/cwt	112.00–125.00	742	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	693	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	845	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	797	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	122.81/cwt	119.00–126.00	707	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	129.08/cwt	123.00–133.00	750	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	137.73/cwt	133.00–140.00	715	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	714	113.55/cwt	113.00–114.00	811	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	141.31/cwt	140.00–146.00	668	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	141.33/cwt	140.00–145.00	592	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	123.65/cwt	123.00–127.00	841	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	348	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	456	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	527	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	395	131.00/cwt	130.00–134.00	517	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	815	102.49/cwt	101.00–107.00	835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	124.99/cwt	123.00–127.00	901	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	126.77/cwt	126.00–129.00	971	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	295	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	325	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	313	116.04/cwt	107.50–125.00	363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	663	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	792	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	352	161.99/cwt	160.00–165.00	570	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	11,788	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	836.33/cwt	800.00–900.00	9,484	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	612	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	612	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	570	113.51/cwt	112.00–115.00	647	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	327	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	334	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	489	115.50/cwt	115.00–116.00	565	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	355	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	399	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	424	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	382	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	415	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	494	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	532	107.43/cwt	101.00–112.00	572	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	711	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	860	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	470	115.73/cwt	112.00–118.00	544	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	985	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,103	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	508	131.85/cwt	131.00–135.00	670	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	645	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	800	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	42.68/cwt	37.00–46.00	454	13
Bulls	—	—	1,513	72.19/cwt	64.00–77.00	1,092	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	654	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	59.04/cwt	56.00–62.00	652	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,387	62.01/cwt	57.50–68.00	860	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	61.19/cwt	57.50–66.50	920	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	54.86/cwt	51.50–57.50	840	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	48.86/cwt	47.00–53.00	551	7
Bulls	—	—	1,700	84.50/cwt	79.00–88.00	1,437	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	54.19/cwt	51.50–57.50	648	13
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	777	102.03/cwt	94.00–104.00	793	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	564	133.82/cwt	133.00–135.00	755	5
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	775	94.02/cwt	91.00–97.00	729	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	535	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	572	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	754	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	590	119.99/cwt	119.00–121.00	708	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,137	658.03/cwt	600.00–700.00	7,482	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,045	613.76/cwt	600.00–625.00	6,414	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	990	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,039	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	7,497	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	6,697	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	735	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	132.04/cwt	130.00–134.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	632	103.52/cwt	102.50–105.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	104.98/cwt	104.00–106.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	105.50/cwt	105.00–106.00	557	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,435	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	19,731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	111.02/cwt	107.00–115.00	474	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	347	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	855	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	481	153.63/cwt	147.00–159.00	739	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	537	147.38/cwt	143.00–153.00	791	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	601	134.71/cwt	134.25–137.00	810	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	133.73/cwt	131.00–135.00	694	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	125.00/cwt	119.00–128.50	663	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	98.01/cwt	97.00–99.00	645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	611	110.33/cwt	110.00–111.00	674	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	89.97/cwt	78.00–98.00	688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	463	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	553	146.43/cwt	142.00–147.00	810	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	417	149.91/cwt	149.00–152.50	625	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	714	96.02/cwt	91.00–102.00	686	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	319	131.51/cwt	130.00–132.50	420	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	132.02/cwt	131.00–135.00	624	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	686	132.70/cwt	130.25–134.75	910	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	415	132.89/cwt	132.00–133.00	551	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	434	129.77/cwt	121.00–136.00	563	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	120.61/cwt	115.00–122.00	702	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	107.51/cwt	106.00–109.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	121.73/cwt	117.00–124.00	634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	751	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,029	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	123.79/cwt	120.00–126.00	582	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	982	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	827	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	717	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	950	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	109.03/cwt	102.50–117.50	398	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	110.62/cwt	105.00–116.00	524	14

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 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 768Last week 288Year ago 440

Slaughter CattleReceipts 108Last week 52Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 10Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	891	122.00–125.00	124.26
5	—	381	145.00–156.00	151.96
15	—	616	122.00–134.00	128.43
8	—	583	133.00–138.00	134.84
12	—	519	133.00–140.00	137.73
9	—	473	140.00–146.00	141.31
1	—	325	160.00	160.00
6	—	419	140.00–145.00	141.33
6	—	680	123.00–127.00	123.65
4	—	721	123.00–127.00	124.99
4	—	766	126.00–129.00	126.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	160.00	160.00
5	—	352	160.00–165.00	161.99
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	107.50–125.00	116.04
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	711	121.00	121.00
1	—	985	112.00	112.00
1	—	755	120.00	120.00
5	—	508	131.00–135.00	131.85
1	—	645	124.00	124.00
5	—	564	133.00–135.00	133.82
1	—	685	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	130.00–134.00	132.04
10	—	473	131.00–135.00	132.02
1	—	825	119.00	119.00
1	—	590	125.00	125.00
1	—	370	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	481	147.00–159.00	153.63
17	—	537	143.00–153.00	147.38
18	—	601	134.25–137.00	134.71
9	—	553	142.00–147.00	146.43
6	—	417	149.00–152.50	149.91
30	—	686	130.25–134.75	132.70
13	—	751	137.00	137.00
2	—	717	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	326	119.00–128.00	123.64
14	—	582	110.00–119.00	115.01
11	—	418	121.00–128.00	124.61
15	—	383	120.00–129.00	123.59
4	—	726	102.00–106.00	105.02
1	—	765	103.00	103.00
6	—	662	115.00–119.00	117.34
1	—	825	92.00	92.00
1	—	280	120.00	120.00
7	—	536	111.00–118.00	115.86
33	—	483	120.00–126.00	124.39
1	—	620	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	620	120.00–126.50	124.24
11	—	714	113.00–114.00	113.55
4	—	815	101.00–107.00	102.49
2	—	663	119.00–120.00	119.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	693	122.00	122.00
47	—	576	119.00–126.00	122.81
1	—	630	125.00	125.00
18	—	530	119.00–128.50	125.00
4	—	463	130.00	130.00
9	—	415	132.00–133.00	132.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	348	131.00	131.00
21	—	395	130.00–134.00	131.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	424	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	112.00–118.00	115.73
5	—	777	94.00–104.00	102.03
1	—	535	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	632	102.50–105.00	103.52
2	—	578	104.00–106.00	104.98
1	—	780	103.00	103.00
2	—	528	105.00–106.00	105.50
6	—	427	107.00–115.00	111.02
1	—	330	105.00	105.00
1	—	855	75.00	75.00
2	—	670	106.00–109.00	107.51
1	—	270	117.50	117.50
2	—	827	82.00	82.00
6	—	365	102.50–117.50	109.03
14	—	474	105.00–116.00	110.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	842	95.00	95.00
11	—	667	114.00–126.00	118.25
1	—	335	140.00	140.00
3	—	425	143.00–152.50	146.17
5	—	368	135.00–152.50	142.78
7	—	480	131.00–140.00	136.43
11	—	612	112.00–125.00	121.32
1	—	885	90.00	90.00
1	—	700	119.00	119.00
11	—	581	123.00–133.00	129.08
7	—	519	131.00–135.00	133.73
1	—	285	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	527	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	110.00	110.00
2	—	612	100.00	100.00
2	—	570	112.00–115.00	113.51
2	—	327	102.00	102.00
4	—	489	115.00–116.00	115.50
1	—	355	112.50	112.50
1	—	415	119.00	119.00
6	—	532	101.00–112.00	107.43
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	91.00–97.00	94.02
2	—	590	119.00–121.00	119.99
1	—	735	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	97.00–99.00	98.01
3	—	611	110.00–111.00	110.33
3	—	765	78.00–98.00	89.97
4	—	714	91.00–102.00	96.02
5	—	319	130.00–132.50	131.51
1	—	250	122.50	122.50
12	—	434	121.00–136.00	129.77
5	—	582	115.00–122.00	120.61
4	—	521	117.00–124.00	121.73
6	—	470	120.00–126.00	123.79

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
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,150	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,134	800.00–900.00	836.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	785.00	785.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	905	740.00	740.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,137	600.00–700.00	658.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,045	600.00–625.00	613.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	990	610.00	610.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,435	1,375.00	1,375.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,063	37.00–46.00	42.68
2	—	1,105	56.00–62.00	59.04
7	—	1,127	47.00–53.00	48.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	50.50	50.50
11	—	1,387	57.50–68.00	62.01
13	—	1,196	51.50–57.50	54.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,504	57.50–66.50	61.19
5	—	1,532	51.50–57.50	54.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,513	64.00–77.00	72.19
11	—	1,700	79.00–88.00	84.50

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