Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.88/cwt on 260 head.

Average price

$116.88

260 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$344

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

$22.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.65

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	569	118.79	676	230
Large 1-2	556	105.65	588	11thin
Medium and Large 2-3	565	100.65	568	17thin
Small and Medium 1-2	345	96.25	332	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.54/cwt here — about $344 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 sale260 hd

116.88

—

KY average26 barns · 7,142 hd

120.52

−3.65

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	1,752	90.96	1,594	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,478	53.83	796	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,381	51.96	718	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,036	42.30	438	8thin

Every lot, as filed

120 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	—	674	128.61/cwt	127.00–130.00	867	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	138.22/cwt	136.00–144.00	722	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	122.42/cwt	119.00–128.00	650	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	462	127.58/cwt	126.00–129.00	589	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	115.51/cwt	114.00–117.00	878	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	355	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	447	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	120.59/cwt	118.00–122.00	696	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	124.64/cwt	121.00–129.00	769	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	123.42/cwt	119.00–126.00	590	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	417	128.61/cwt	127.00–134.00	536	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	480	149.63/cwt	149.00–151.00	718	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	137.01/cwt	135.00–139.00	795	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	957	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	106.99/cwt	106.00–108.00	784	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	103.22/cwt	100.00–107.00	790	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,090	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	422	152.92/cwt	151.00–157.00	645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	123.10/cwt	120.00–129.00	467	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	104.89/cwt	101.00–115.00	709	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	141.96/cwt	140.00–147.00	610	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	141.51/cwt	138.00–145.00	529	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	95.33/cwt	91.00–104.00	749	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	131.63/cwt	125.00–139.00	702	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	115.37/cwt	111.00–119.00	764	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	113.98/cwt	111.00–117.00	600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	126.09/cwt	120.00–130.00	412	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	129.07/cwt	128.00–135.00	743	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	119.82/cwt	110.00–130.00	726	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	136.61/cwt	134.00–137.50	492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	669	120.41/cwt	118.50–122.00	806	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	771	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	954	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	149.55/cwt	147.50–155.00	778	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	118.53/cwt	114.00–119.00	864	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	722	116.38/cwt	112.00–118.00	840	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	766	111.42/cwt	106.00–115.00	853	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	583	103.59/cwt	103.00–106.00	604	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,262	910.61/cwt	795.00–1,000.00	11,492	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	716	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	738	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	731	4
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	465	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	521	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,085	592.95/cwt	585.00–600.00	6,434	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,115	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	6,411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	611	122.55/cwt	121.00–123.25	749	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	132.22/cwt	130.00–137.00	820	25
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	280	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	350	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	425	111.31/cwt	110.00–112.50	473	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	365	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	338	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	325	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	325	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	55.94/cwt	54.50–57.00	873	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,416	53.48/cwt	52.50–54.50	757	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,414	56.20/cwt	55.00–59.00	795	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	52.44/cwt	50.00–54.50	721	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	44.82/cwt	38.00–48.00	601	6
Bulls	—	—	1,730	89.20/cwt	82.00–93.00	1,543	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	695	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	806	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	46.82/cwt	43.00–49.00	524	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	653	1
Bulls	—	—	1,420	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,108	1
Bulls	—	—	1,845	95.67/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,765	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	39.59/cwt	37.00–41.00	390	5
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	579	122.31/cwt	115.00–128.00	708	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	487	104.02/cwt	101.00–110.00	507	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	740	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	747	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	470	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	653	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	516	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	653	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	647	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	751	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	711	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	754	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	730	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	840	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	661	106.84/cwt	105.00–112.00	706	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	758	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	750	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	10,062	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,610	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	24,955	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,436	829.40/cwt	775.00–875.00	11,910	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	630	98.68/cwt	94.00–101.00	622	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	395	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	478	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	810	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	676	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	602	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	268	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	382	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,125	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	8,100	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,165	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	857	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	108.57/cwt	103.00–114.00	673	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	123.44/cwt	120.00–126.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	823	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	98.25/cwt	98.00–99.00	818	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	687	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	517	119.54/cwt	115.00–124.00	618	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	114.52/cwt	113.00–116.00	553	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	135.73/cwt	133.00–138.00	657	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	376	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	129.71/cwt	127.00–131.00	674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	593	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	669	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	769	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	103.00/cwt	102.00–104.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	121.18/cwt	118.00–123.00	692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	116.23/cwt	115.00–117.50	424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	117.26/cwt	117.00–117.50	510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	476	128.80/cwt	126.00–135.00	613	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	318	131.62/cwt	129.00–137.50	419	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	127.54/cwt	125.00–130.00	593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	608	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	705	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 Jan 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 650Last week 477Year ago 846

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 41Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 17Year ago 22

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with moderate demand.

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
15	—	674	127.00–130.00	128.61
3	—	480	149.00–151.00	149.63
3	—	422	151.00–157.00	152.92
11	—	771	123.75	123.75
10	—	520	147.50–155.00	149.55
4	—	716	124.00	124.00
25	—	620	130.00–137.00	132.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	522	136.00–144.00	138.22
6	—	760	114.00–117.00	115.51
26	—	617	121.00–129.00	124.64
16	—	580	135.00–139.00	137.01
2	—	825	116.00	116.00
6	—	960	113.50	113.50
6	—	430	140.00–147.00	141.96
1	—	390	155.00	155.00
16	—	729	114.00–119.00	118.53
5	—	462	145.00	145.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	126.00	126.00
1	—	465	112.00	112.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	116.00	116.00
1	—	470	139.00	139.00
6	—	516	126.50	126.50
2	—	647	116.00	116.00
1	—	730	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	112.00	112.00
3	—	520	127.00–131.00	129.71
3	—	593	130.00	130.00
4	—	669	115.00	115.00
4	—	476	126.00–135.00	128.80
2	—	608	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	531	119.00–128.00	122.42
10	—	462	126.00–129.00	127.58
30	—	577	118.00–122.00	120.59
17	—	417	127.00–134.00	128.61
18	—	669	118.50–122.00	120.41
13	—	611	121.00–123.25	122.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	478	119.00–126.00	123.42
1	—	810	93.00	93.00
1	—	865	89.00	89.00
8	—	379	120.00–129.00	123.10
13	—	676	101.00–115.00	104.89
3	—	786	91.00–104.00	95.33
4	—	526	111.00–117.00	113.98
5	—	327	120.00–130.00	126.09
1	—	985	87.00	87.00
15	—	620	103.00–114.00	108.57
4	—	420	120.00–126.00	123.44
1	—	935	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	360	134.00–137.50	136.61
3	—	268	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	722	112.00–118.00	116.38
10	—	766	106.00–115.00	111.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	583	103.00–106.00	103.59
4	—	738	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	92.50	92.50
1	—	325	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	101.00–110.00	104.02
2	—	740	101.00	101.00
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
3	—	630	94.00–101.00	98.68
2	—	395	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	82.00	82.00
1	—	635	102.00	102.00
3	—	676	89.00	89.00
1	—	545	93.00	93.00
2	—	483	113.00–116.00	114.52
1	—	295	105.00	105.00
1	—	890	73.00	73.00
2	—	585	102.00–104.00	103.00
1	—	770	87.00	87.00
2	—	365	115.00–117.50	116.23
2	—	435	117.00–117.50	117.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	733	106.00–108.00	106.99
4	—	765	100.00–107.00	103.22
4	—	374	138.00–145.00	141.51
10	—	533	125.00–139.00	131.63
5	—	662	111.00–119.00	115.37
11	—	576	128.00–135.00	129.07
15	—	606	110.00–130.00	119.82
1	—	850	95.00	95.00
4	—	833	98.00–99.00	98.25
2	—	428	140.00	140.00
7	—	484	133.00–138.00	135.73
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	115.00	115.00
1	—	510	110.00	110.00
2	—	280	125.00	125.00
2	—	425	110.00–112.50	111.31
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	579	115.00–128.00	122.31
3	—	711	106.00	106.00
4	—	661	105.00–112.00	106.84
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
2	—	758	99.00	99.00
1	—	810	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	126.00	126.00
1	—	665	102.00	102.00
1	—	630	109.00	109.00
5	—	517	115.00–124.00	119.54
3	—	376	132.00	132.00
5	—	571	118.00–123.00	121.18
4	—	318	129.00–137.50	131.62
4	—	465	125.00–130.00	127.54

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,262	795.00–1,000.00	910.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,170	860.00	860.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,436	775.00–875.00	829.40
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,125	720.00	720.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	675.00	675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,085	585.00–600.00	592.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,610	1,550.00	1,550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,560	54.50–57.00	55.94
8	—	1,416	52.50–54.50	53.48
1	—	1,485	44.00	44.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,414	55.00–59.00	56.20
10	—	1,375	50.00–54.50	52.44
6	—	1,342	38.00–48.00	44.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,120	43.00–49.00	46.82
5	—	986	37.00–41.00	39.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,730	82.00–93.00	89.20
1	—	1,420	78.00	78.00
5	—	1,845	94.00–98.00	95.67

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

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