Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends due to Holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.47/cwt on 218 head.

Average price

$118.47

218 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$30.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.60

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	543	120.71	655	193
Medium and Large 2-3	490	102.67	503	22
Large 1-2	555	90.00	500	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.71/cwt here — about $156 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 sale218 hd

118.47

—

KY average20 barns · 4,290 hd

121.07

−2.60

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	1,684	91.30	1,537	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,439	55.08	793	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,264	52.16	659	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	975	42.59	415	5thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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	Large 1-2	—	520	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	125.64/cwt	123.00–130.00	854	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	129.66/cwt	129.00–130.00	490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	139.22/cwt	136.00–141.00	728	9
Steers	Large 1-2	—	710	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	845	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	960	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	144.99/cwt	144.00–146.00	534	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	152.52/cwt	145.00–155.50	801	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	97.51/cwt	96.00–99.00	819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	138.37/cwt	136.00–141.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	127.33/cwt	125.00–129.00	730	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	423	156.95/cwt	154.00–161.00	664	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	143.49/cwt	141.00–146.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	121.88/cwt	120.00–127.50	389	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	104.95/cwt	102.00–111.00	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	117.33/cwt	116.00–120.00	805	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	129.29/cwt	126.50–133.00	799	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	112.00/cwt	111.00–113.50	701	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	115.40/cwt	112.00–119.00	591	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,438	947.74/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	13,629	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	973	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	145.33/cwt	145.00–146.00	615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	108.48/cwt	104.00–111.00	731	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,212	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	153.97/cwt	151.00–156.00	730	17
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	410	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	332	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	558	123.25/cwt	116.50–124.75	688	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	433	131.70/cwt	130.00–133.00	570	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	477	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	634	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	265	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	318	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	518	104.88/cwt	100.00–110.00	543	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	340	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	630	120.62/cwt	116.00–123.00	760	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	761	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	579	144.86/cwt	142.00–146.00	839	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	522	120.87/cwt	119.25–124.50	631	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,946	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	722.32/cwt	700.00–750.00	7,931	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	59.06/cwt	55.50–64.00	785	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	40.85/cwt	38.00–44.00	413	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	45.19/cwt	44.50–46.00	417	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	58.26/cwt	55.00–61.00	860	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	43.94/cwt	40.00–48.50	576	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	44.07/cwt	39.00–46.00	532	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	775.23/cwt	750.00–810.00	9,636	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	480	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	610	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	711	100.75/cwt	100.00–101.00	716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	660	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	805	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	837	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	50.84/cwt	49.00–55.00	628	6
Bulls	—	—	1,638	94.51/cwt	92.50–98.00	1,548	4
Bulls	—	—	1,775	84.88/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	406	107.79/cwt	106.00–113.00	438	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	255	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	116.67/cwt	116.00–117.00	727	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	685	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	617	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	490	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	441	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	680	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	823	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	117.84/cwt	116.00–123.00	746	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	905	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	381	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	655	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,250	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	7,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	113.31/cwt	108.50–116.00	652	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	90.49/cwt	90.00–91.00	555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	538	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	121.63/cwt	116.00–124.50	583	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	132.32/cwt	130.00–137.50	377	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	110.51/cwt	110.00–111.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	328	134.48/cwt	134.00–135.00	441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	326	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	375	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	134.49/cwt	134.00–135.00	784	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	455	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	98.50/cwt	98.00–99.00	557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	129.14/cwt	126.00–130.50	690	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	547	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	678	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	140.34/cwt	140.00–141.00	456	3

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 Jan 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 477Last week 94Year ago 862

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 22Year ago 98

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 7Year ago 8

No market trends due to Holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	138.00	138.00
2	—	710	119.00	119.00
1	—	680	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	150.00	150.00
20	—	680	123.00–130.00	125.64
9	—	523	136.00–141.00	139.22
2	—	468	141.00–146.00	143.49
6	—	618	126.50–133.00	129.29
3	—	821	118.50	118.50
3	—	423	145.00–146.00	145.33
2	—	1,212	104.00	104.00
2	—	390	151.00	151.00
2	—	583	134.00–135.00	134.49
1	—	715	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	525	145.00–155.50	152.52
13	—	423	154.00–161.00	156.95
17	—	474	151.00–156.00	153.97
31	—	579	142.00–146.00	144.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	116.00–117.00	116.67
2	—	538	129.00–130.00	129.50
2	—	485	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	381	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	100.00	100.00
4	—	406	106.00–113.00	107.79
1	—	255	117.50	117.50
1	—	370	115.00	115.00
2	—	905	71.00	71.00
2	—	613	90.00–91.00	90.49
2	—	520	105.00	105.00
1	—	790	79.00	79.00
1	—	245	111.00	111.00
5	—	326	115.00	115.00
2	—	565	98.00–99.00	98.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	129.00–130.00	129.66
2	—	442	124.00	124.00
4	—	319	120.00–127.50	121.88
1	—	810	85.00	85.00
13	—	626	111.00–113.50	112.00
8	—	512	112.00–119.00	115.40
6	—	674	104.00–111.00	108.48
15	—	575	108.50–116.00	113.31
14	—	479	116.00–124.50	121.63
1	—	270	132.00	132.00
1	—	235	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	332	143.00	143.00
47	—	558	116.50–124.75	123.25
13	—	433	130.00–133.00	131.70
5	—	477	133.00	133.00
33	—	522	119.25–124.50	120.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	630	116.00–123.00	120.62
3	—	761	107.50	107.50
2	—	660	119.00	119.00
1	—	805	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	90.00	90.00
2	—	490	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	72.00	72.00
2	—	480	127.00	127.00
4	—	711	100.00–101.00	100.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	144.00–146.00	144.99
2	—	840	96.00–99.00	97.51
2	—	423	136.00–141.00	138.37
3	—	573	125.00–129.00	127.33
3	—	722	102.00–111.00	104.95
3	—	686	116.00–120.00	117.33
8	—	633	116.00–123.00	117.84
1	—	280	162.50	162.50
1	—	915	85.00	85.00
9	—	534	126.00–130.50	129.14
3	—	325	140.00–141.00	140.34
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	100.00	100.00
1	—	265	120.00	120.00
2	—	518	100.00–110.00	104.88
1	—	340	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	130.00	130.00
3	—	285	130.00–137.50	132.32
2	—	668	110.00–111.00	110.51
2	—	328	134.00–135.00	134.48
2	—	547	124.00	124.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,438	900.00–1,000.00	947.74
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,278	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,098	700.00–750.00	722.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,243	750.00–810.00	775.23
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	610.00	610.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	625.00	625.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,329	55.50–64.00	59.06
5	—	1,207	39.00–46.00	44.07
6	—	1,235	49.00–55.00	50.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,010	38.00–44.00	40.85
2	—	923	44.50–46.00	45.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,476	55.00–61.00	58.26
2	—	1,310	40.00–48.50	43.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,638	92.50–98.00	94.51
2	—	1,775	82.00–87.00	84.88

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