Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with very good demand for weaned 400-600 lb calves and market noticeably higher for 700-800 lb steers. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.56/cwt on 237 head.

Average price

$153.56

237 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$896

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$10.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.62

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	584	153.65	897	235
Medium and Large 2-3	483	142.75	689	2thin

One grade step is worth $10.90/cwt here — about $209 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 sale237 hd

153.56

—

KY average26 barns · 6,784 hd

143.94

+9.62

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	1,763	92.95	1,639	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,323	67.07	887	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,428	66.52	950	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,066	55.26	589	29

Every lot, as filed

90 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	—	611	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	831	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	133.26/cwt	132.00–135.00	613	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	138.42/cwt	132.50–141.00	523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	538	143.37/cwt	133.00–144.75	771	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	155.60/cwt	152.00–157.00	814	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	439	141.11/cwt	140.00–147.50	619	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	135.28/cwt	135.00–137.00	898	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	852	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	158.33/cwt	158.00–160.00	494	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	770	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,024	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	720	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,066	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	164.69/cwt	160.00–170.00	604	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	941	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	543	156.50/cwt	156.00–157.00	850	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	132.48/cwt	128.00–137.00	762	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	376	148.66/cwt	145.00–156.00	559	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	980	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	161.04/cwt	159.50–164.50	837	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	497	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	822	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	156.94/cwt	155.00–161.00	907	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	423	170.37/cwt	163.00–180.00	721	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	472	167.45/cwt	164.00–174.00	790	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	425	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	125.10/cwt	120.00–131.00	792	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,149	977.42/cwt	800.00–1,075.00	11,231	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	15,458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	725	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	753	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	919	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	701	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	841	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	691	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	843	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	255	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	344	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	310	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	372	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	445	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	445	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	981.67/cwt	825.00–1,100.00	10,975	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,130	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	10,509	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,115	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,920	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	63.33/cwt	61.50–68.00	723	7
Bulls	—	—	1,730	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,384	1
Bulls	—	—	1,786	100.70/cwt	94.00–104.50	1,799	4
Bulls	—	—	1,743	86.94/cwt	84.50–90.00	1,515	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	57.35/cwt	55.00–60.00	613	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,413	56.47/cwt	56.00–57.00	798	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	565	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	746	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	50.52/cwt	45.50–54.50	520	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	69.18/cwt	65.00–73.50	1,043	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	61.72/cwt	59.00–64.50	793	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	70.04/cwt	65.50–75.00	929	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	61.70/cwt	57.00–64.00	792	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,104	723.86/cwt	600.00–825.00	7,991	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,130	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,735	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	4,719	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,010.65/cwt	940.00–1,100.00	11,673	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	460	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	409	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	614	91.63/cwt	89.00–102.00	563	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	129.00/cwt	127.00–131.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	123.24/cwt	118.00–129.00	505	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	5,851	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	602	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	139.25/cwt	135.00–148.00	802	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	397	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	151.55/cwt	150.00–153.00	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	600	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	471	109.31/cwt	100.00–128.00	515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,076	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	794	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	112.61/cwt	107.50–118.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	147.03/cwt	140.00–150.00	615	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	145.64/cwt	140.00–153.00	894	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	153.69/cwt	150.00–157.50	507	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	158.25/cwt	150.00–163.00	753	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	150.45/cwt	147.50–153.00	406	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	381	166.10/cwt	165.50–167.00	633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	134.42/cwt	127.00–140.00	567	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	325	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	549	1

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 Mar 31, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 679Last week 755Year ago 929

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 101Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 57Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	611	136.00	136.00
8	—	523	152.00–157.00	155.60
15	—	664	135.00–137.00	135.28
4	—	557	153.00	153.00
6	—	312	158.00–160.00	158.33
5	—	367	160.00–170.00	164.69
2	—	412	160.00	160.00
1	—	920	117.00	117.00
1	—	800	125.00	125.00
6	—	476	150.00–163.00	158.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	770	133.00	133.00
72	—	720	148.00	148.00
8	—	663	142.00	142.00
24	—	520	159.50–164.50	161.04
3	—	578	155.00–161.00	156.94
28	—	423	163.00–180.00	170.37
21	—	472	164.00–174.00	167.45
15	—	614	140.00–153.00	145.64
5	—	381	165.50–167.00	166.10
1	—	325	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	142.50	142.50
1	—	425	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	460	132.00–135.00	133.26
4	—	378	132.50–141.00	138.42
3	—	305	130.00	130.00
1	—	635	117.00	117.00
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
1	—	235	135.00	135.00
3	—	662	120.00	120.00
1	—	290	137.50	137.50
13	—	422	127.00–140.00	134.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	538	133.00–144.75	143.37
13	—	439	140.00–147.50	141.11
1	—	465	140.00	140.00
19	—	575	128.00–137.00	132.48
6	—	376	145.00–156.00	148.66
6	—	633	120.00–131.00	125.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	91.00	91.00
2	—	822	112.00	112.00
3	—	753	122.00	122.00
3	—	701	120.00	120.00
3	—	691	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	614	89.00–102.00	91.63
3	—	410	118.00–129.00	123.24
5	—	522	115.00	115.00
3	—	471	100.00–128.00	109.31
2	—	565	107.50–118.00	112.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	156.00–157.00	156.50
2	—	497	164.00	164.00
2	—	425	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	135.00	135.00
1	—	310	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	132.00	132.00
1	—	610	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	130.00	130.00
2	—	580	127.00–131.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	576	135.00–148.00	139.25
2	—	368	150.00–153.00	151.55
1	—	665	128.00	128.00
1	—	625	120.00	120.00
2	—	545	145.00	145.00
5	—	418	140.00–150.00	147.03
2	—	330	150.00–157.50	153.69
2	—	270	147.50–153.00	150.45
1	—	785	107.00	107.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	89.00	89.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,149	800.00–1,075.00	977.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,130	930.00	930.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,118	825.00–1,100.00	981.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,155	940.00–1,100.00	1,010.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,104	600.00–825.00	723.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,130	950.00	950.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	715	660.00	660.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	755	775.00	775.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	64.00	64.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,142	61.50–68.00	63.33
7	—	1,069	55.00–60.00	57.35
15	—	1,029	45.50–54.50	50.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,413	56.00–57.00	56.47
18	—	1,326	65.50–75.00	70.04
6	—	1,283	57.00–64.00	61.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,508	65.00–73.50	69.18
5	—	1,285	59.00–64.50	61.72
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	80.00	80.00
4	—	1,786	94.00–104.50	100.70
3	—	1,743	84.50–90.00	86.94

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

Steers · 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