Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower with moderate demand for weaned thin-fleshed calves and light demand for fleshy bawling calves. Feeder heifers were mixed with calves under 600 lbs trading 3.00 lower; and good quality packages over 600 lbs trading 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher with good demand for high dressing lean cows.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.30/cwt on 145 head.

Average price

$135.30

145 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$295

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

$32.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.81

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	516	137.66	710	127
Medium and Large 2-3	477	120.60	575	13thin
Large 1-2	551	115.75	638	4thin
Small and Medium 1-2	395	105.00	415	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.66/cwt here — about $295 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 sale145 hd

135.30

—

KY average26 barns · 5,203 hd

132.49

+2.81

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	1,844	89.75	1,655	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,304	68.20	889	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,378	65.22	898	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,030	60.39	622	22

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	145.04/cwt	142.50–147.50	450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	144.82/cwt	144.00–146.00	734	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	141.94/cwt	138.00–146.00	796	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	102.02/cwt	101.00–103.00	794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	621	133.80/cwt	131.00–142.00	831	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	565	140.10/cwt	135.00–145.00	792	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	130.33/cwt	123.00–135.00	679	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	138.22/cwt	135.00–145.00	531	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	477	144.51/cwt	139.00–149.50	689	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	151.39/cwt	150.00–155.00	725	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	149.96/cwt	140.00–159.00	918	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	885	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	841	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	662	129.32/cwt	128.00–130.00	856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,045	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	719	131.43/cwt	128.00–135.00	945	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	152.75/cwt	152.00–153.00	779	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	563	162.02/cwt	153.00–165.50	912	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,090.00/cwt	1,090.00–1,090.00	10,900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	141.52/cwt	135.00–147.00	743	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	763	112.97/cwt	111.00–115.00	862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	717	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	436	165.95/cwt	165.00–168.00	724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	512	163.43/cwt	153.00–164.50	837	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	1,019.16/cwt	1,010.00–1,030.00	14,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	153.09/cwt	150.00–157.00	643	10
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	300	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	398	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	525	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	425	146.07/cwt	140.00–151.00	621	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,332	1,254.26/cwt	1,110.00–1,440.00	16,707	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	892	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,798	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,460	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	15,330	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	982.90/cwt	900.00–1,030.00	10,173	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	980.00/cwt	980.00–980.00	13,524	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	235	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	294	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	395	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	415	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	50.17/cwt	48.00–54.00	448	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	58.70/cwt	56.00–62.00	592	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	65.82/cwt	62.50–71.50	725	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	62.69/cwt	59.00–65.00	868	8
Bulls	—	—	2,024	86.92/cwt	85.00–88.50	1,759	5
Bulls	—	—	1,230	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	923	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	620	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	837	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	550	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	748	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	1,165	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,014	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,369	68.60/cwt	65.50–72.50	939	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	70.21/cwt	65.50–74.00	926	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,040	653.92/cwt	630.00–680.00	6,801	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	705	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	790	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	61.15/cwt	57.00–64.00	764	4
Bulls	—	—	1,797	94.56/cwt	90.00–101.50	1,699	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	637	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	701	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	780	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	729	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	581	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	735	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	904	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	675	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	810	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,110	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	7,326	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,095	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	121.50/cwt	121.00–122.00	587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	776	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	601	124.51/cwt	121.00–128.00	748	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	560	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	115.50/cwt	115.00–116.00	774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	136.17/cwt	131.00–139.00	596	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	148.12/cwt	140.00–152.50	563	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	149.25/cwt	147.50–152.50	625	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	374	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	398	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	833	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	148.48/cwt	140.00–152.50	676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	138.24/cwt	138.00–139.00	455	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	138.33/cwt	135.00–140.00	484	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	629	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	127.43/cwt	117.50–132.50	484	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	145.71/cwt	140.00–150.00	764	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	559	131.80/cwt	129.00–133.00	737	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	133.60/cwt	129.00–134.50	822	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,620	1,580.00/cwt	1,580.00–1,580.00	25,596	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,052	690.17/cwt	600.00–750.00	7,261	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	114.51/cwt	112.50–115.00	650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	412	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	516	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 Apr 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 355Last week 473Year ago 328

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 130Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 47Last week 24Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	142.50–147.50	145.04
15	—	561	138.00–146.00	141.94
4	—	380	140.00–152.50	148.12
7	—	419	147.50–152.50	149.25
1	—	280	142.00	142.00
2	—	703	117.00–120.00	118.51
7	—	455	140.00–152.50	148.48
1	—	665	126.00	126.00
15	—	524	140.00–150.00	145.71
7	—	615	129.00–134.50	133.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	510	152.00–153.00	152.75
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	121.00	121.00
1	—	235	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	136.00	136.00
1	—	705	112.00	112.00
1	—	780	105.00	105.00
1	—	675	120.00	120.00
4	—	601	121.00–128.00	124.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	102.00	102.00
2	—	670	115.00–116.00	115.50
3	—	350	135.00–140.00	138.33
1	—	480	131.00	131.00
5	—	559	129.00–133.00	131.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	165.00	165.00
5	—	507	144.00–146.00	144.82
1	—	335	165.00	165.00
2	—	735	124.00	124.00
7	—	479	150.00–155.00	151.39
4	—	833	125.50	125.50
10	—	420	150.00–157.00	153.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	168.00	168.00
5	—	612	140.00–159.00	149.96
4	—	719	128.00–135.00	131.43
14	—	563	153.00–165.50	162.02
3	—	436	165.00–168.00	165.95
21	—	512	153.00–164.50	163.43
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	132.50	132.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	135.00	135.00
1	—	735	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	135.00	135.00
1	—	635	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	778	101.00–103.00	102.02
8	—	521	123.00–135.00	130.33
5	—	384	135.00–145.00	138.22
1	—	590	126.00	126.00
1	—	665	118.00	118.00
5	—	438	131.00–139.00	136.17
1	—	450	137.00	137.00
1	—	640	125.00	125.00
2	—	288	130.00	130.00
4	—	329	138.00–139.00	138.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	621	131.00–142.00	133.80
14	—	565	135.00–145.00	140.10
29	—	477	139.00–149.50	144.51
3	—	662	128.00–130.00	129.32
21	—	525	135.00–147.00	141.52
15	—	425	140.00–151.00	146.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	885	95.00	95.00
2	—	763	111.00–115.00	112.97
2	—	717	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
2	—	637	110.00	110.00
1	—	560	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	121.00–122.00	121.50
1	—	510	117.00	117.00
3	—	380	117.50–132.50	127.43
5	—	568	112.50–115.00	114.51
1	—	310	133.00	133.00
1	—	430	120.00	120.00

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 (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	1,090.00	1,090.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,332	1,110.00–1,440.00	1,254.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,460	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,620	1,580.00	1,580.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	892	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,052	600.00–750.00	690.17
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,375	1,010.00–1,030.00	1,019.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,035	900.00–1,030.00	982.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,380	980.00	980.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,040	630.00–680.00	653.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	660.00	660.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	650.00	650.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,165	87.00	87.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	76.00	76.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	893	48.00–54.00	50.17
8	—	1,008	56.00–62.00	58.70
10	—	1,102	62.50–71.50	65.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,384	59.00–65.00	62.69
6	—	1,369	65.50–72.50	68.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,319	65.50–74.00	70.21
4	—	1,250	57.00–64.00	61.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,024	85.00–88.50	86.92
1	—	1,230	75.00	75.00
6	—	1,797	90.00–101.50	94.56

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