Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower with moderate demand for weaned calf packages. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower with moderate demand for weaned packages. Higher corn prices have put downward pressure on the cattle market the last few weeks. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.28/cwt on 200 head.

Average price

$134.28

200 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$21.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.51

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	558	136.08	760	182
Medium and Large 2-3	547	116.55	637	13thin
Large 1-2	554	114.80	636	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.28/cwt here — about $124 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 sale200 hd

134.28

—

KY average27 barns · 4,230 hd

128.77

+5.51

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	1,735	93.97	1,630	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,574	68.01	1,070	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,316	67.86	893	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,060	61.69	654	12

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	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	606	147.02/cwt	139.00–151.00	891	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	416	143.15/cwt	140.00–148.00	596	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	601	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	781	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	512	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	344	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	440	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	703	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	135.19/cwt	131.00–139.00	825	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	854	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	140.37/cwt	136.00–144.00	518	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	147.69/cwt	140.00–151.00	762	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	486	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	773	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	140.16/cwt	134.00–142.00	737	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	593	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	121.02/cwt	119.00–123.00	754	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	144.72/cwt	140.00–148.00	480	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	823	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	160.51/cwt	158.00–162.00	626	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	157.04/cwt	147.50–164.50	667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	860	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	111.38/cwt	107.00–115.00	800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	154.66/cwt	152.00–157.00	789	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	946	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	146.76/cwt	141.00–152.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	762	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	823	115.33/cwt	115.00–116.00	949	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	490	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	899	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	414	157.58/cwt	155.00–159.00	652	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	570	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	690	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	940	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	5,264	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	700	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	4,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	136.93/cwt	131.00–138.00	787	89
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	139.21/cwt	137.50–141.00	742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	685	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	873	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	420	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	672	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,600	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	69.26/cwt	68.50–71.00	1,029	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,930	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	1,216	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	61.82/cwt	60.00–63.50	751	2
Bulls	—	—	1,560	88.09/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,374	2
Bulls	—	—	1,385	77.60/cwt	74.00–80.00	1,075	2
Bulls	—	—	1,810	97.15/cwt	92.50–102.50	1,758	14
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	600	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	540	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	770	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	778	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	930	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	856	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	601	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	727	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	816	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	69.29/cwt	65.00–75.00	919	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	863.55/cwt	830.00–910.00	9,370	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,262	913.94/cwt	870.00–990.00	11,534	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,360	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	10,676	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	55.09/cwt	51.00–58.00	592	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	69.12/cwt	68.50–70.00	773	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	62.50/cwt	61.50–63.50	633	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	121.63/cwt	119.00–125.00	697	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	387	127.46/cwt	125.00–132.50	493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	965	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	733	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	350	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	504	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	507	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	619	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	577	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	277	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	391	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	648	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,125	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,438	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	625	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	126.49/cwt	126.00–127.00	789	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	132.97/cwt	132.00–135.00	638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	135.22/cwt	131.00–138.00	653	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	502	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	328	136.22/cwt	132.50–140.00	447	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	661	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	727	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	150.75/cwt	147.50–155.00	573	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	135.62/cwt	130.00–143.00	784	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	145.12/cwt	142.00–149.00	701	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	772	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	743	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	788	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	12,510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	517	119.56/cwt	115.00–121.00	618	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	716	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	530	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	721	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 May 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 336Last week 355Year ago 354

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 67Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 47Year ago 4

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
5	—	606	139.00–151.00	147.02
3	—	440	162.00	162.00
3	—	703	126.00	126.00
6	—	486	159.00	159.00
4	—	510	152.00–157.00	154.66
4	—	678	139.50	139.50
3	—	576	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	160.00	160.00
2	—	780	123.00	123.00
3	—	700	122.00	122.00
7	—	516	140.00–151.00	147.69
4	—	390	158.00–162.00	160.51
4	—	425	147.50–164.50	157.04
3	—	573	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	127.50	127.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	601	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	144.00	144.00
1	—	390	140.00	140.00
2	—	772	113.00	113.00
2	—	590	126.00	126.00
1	—	650	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	416	140.00–148.00	143.15
11	—	610	131.00–139.00	135.19
33	—	526	134.00–142.00	140.16
1	—	490	138.00	138.00
4	—	755	120.00	120.00
89	—	575	131.00–138.00	136.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	134.00	134.00
11	—	369	136.00–144.00	140.37
2	—	623	119.00–123.00	121.02
5	—	332	140.00–148.00	144.72
5	—	483	131.00–138.00	135.22
1	—	715	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	762	119.00	119.00
9	—	823	115.00–116.00	115.33
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	90.00	90.00
2	—	507	122.00	122.00
2	—	577	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	387	125.00–132.50	127.46
1	—	965	76.00	76.00
2	—	580	123.00	123.00
5	—	517	115.00–121.00	119.56
1	—	465	120.00	120.00
1	—	770	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	601	130.00	130.00
2	—	512	144.00	144.00
3	—	593	147.00	147.00
5	—	414	155.00–159.00	157.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	94.00	94.00
3	—	718	107.00–115.00	111.38
2	—	420	141.00–152.00	146.76
2	—	533	137.50–141.00	139.21
4	—	624	126.00–127.00	126.49
5	—	329	152.50	152.50
3	—	380	147.50–155.00	150.75
7	—	578	130.00–143.00	135.62
8	—	483	142.00–149.00	145.12
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	101.00	101.00
1	—	930	92.00	92.00
1	—	350	144.00	144.00
1	—	625	118.00	118.00
1	—	530	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	119.00–125.00	121.63
1	—	355	134.00	134.00
2	—	277	141.00	141.00
4	—	480	132.00–135.00	132.97
2	—	328	132.50–140.00	136.22
3	—	661	110.00	110.00
1	—	435	140.00	140.00
1	—	525	128.00	128.00
1	—	765	103.00	103.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	560.00	560.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	700	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	760.00	760.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,085	830.00–910.00	863.55
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,295	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,262	870.00–990.00	913.94
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,360	785.00	785.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,270	985.00	985.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,485	68.50–71.00	69.26
1	—	1,930	63.00	63.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	60.00–63.50	61.82
1	—	1,360	60.00	60.00
14	—	1,327	65.00–75.00	69.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,074	51.00–58.00	55.09
3	—	1,118	68.50–70.00	69.12
5	—	1,013	61.50–63.50	62.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	85.00–91.00	88.09
2	—	1,385	74.00–80.00	77.60
14	—	1,810	92.50–102.50	97.15

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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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