Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.83/cwt on 251 head.

Average price

$130.83

251 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$13.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.93

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	580	132.19	766	225
Large 1-2	365	124.00	453	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	458	118.36	542	23

One grade step is worth $13.83/cwt here — about $224 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 sale251 hd

130.83

—

KY average27 barns · 4,949 hd

127.89

+2.93

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	1,724	100.14	1,726	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,260	72.30	911	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,444	71.87	1,038	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,086	65.39	710	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,187	1,067.06/cwt	1,050.00–1,075.00	12,666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	701	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	897	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	478	163.85/cwt	160.00–167.50	783	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	362	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	662	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	887	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	486	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	763	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	134.58/cwt	133.50–137.50	821	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	551	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	926	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	413	138.57/cwt	136.00–144.00	572	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	257	141.14/cwt	137.50–143.00	363	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	136.62/cwt	136.00–140.00	783	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	132.25/cwt	130.00–135.00	551	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	134.86/cwt	130.00–140.00	637	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	122.18/cwt	121.75–126.50	936	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	117.84/cwt	115.00–120.00	729	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	328	160.16/cwt	159.00–161.00	525	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	154.29/cwt	150.00–156.00	717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	659	129.51/cwt	128.00–130.50	853	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	661	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	985	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,450.01/cwt	1,450.01–1,450.01	14,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	141.12/cwt	140.00–146.00	680	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	129.83/cwt	125.00–131.00	817	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	508	143.26/cwt	138.00–145.75	728	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	921	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	148.34/cwt	143.00–155.00	703	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	915	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	938	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,112	962.94/cwt	800.00–1,075.00	10,708	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	793	119.40/cwt	118.75–122.25	947	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	717	116.02/cwt	114.00–117.00	832	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,162	1,069.71/cwt	825.00–1,260.00	12,430	16
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	730	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	103.66/cwt	103.00–105.00	902	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	325	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	403	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	1,299.44/cwt	1,125.00–1,550.00	15,528	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	68.38/cwt	67.50–69.00	1,031	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,416	73.42/cwt	71.50–74.50	1,040	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	657	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	75.05/cwt	70.50–80.50	961	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	67.11/cwt	62.50–69.00	810	9
Bulls	—	—	1,820	103.64/cwt	100.00–106.50	1,886	12
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	525	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	677	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	930	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	930	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	365	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	453	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	71.38/cwt	68.00–77.00	797	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	65.33/cwt	62.00–67.00	658	5
Bulls	—	—	1,383	89.21/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,234	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,594	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	769.00/cwt	750.00–785.00	6,944	2
Bulls	—	—	1,255	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,004	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	51.07/cwt	43.00–56.00	558	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,143	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	8,726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	540	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	615	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	744	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	435	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	519	118.80/cwt	115.00–120.00	617	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	278	125.30/cwt	121.00–130.00	348	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	155.34/cwt	155.00–156.00	477	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	547	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	738	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	733.00/cwt	675.00–775.00	6,304	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,070	702.10/cwt	675.00–725.00	7,512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	317	122.14/cwt	114.00–127.50	387	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	142.35/cwt	141.00–142.50	878	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	893	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	154.72/cwt	149.00–158.00	580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,075	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	156.73/cwt	156.00–157.50	585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	139.32/cwt	132.50–141.00	509	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	892	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	125.04/cwt	119.00–130.00	838	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	132.67/cwt	132.00–134.00	869	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	124.62/cwt	121.00–126.00	729	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	409	116.74/cwt	115.00–123.00	477	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	126.80/cwt	125.00–129.00	781	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	394	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	107.33/cwt	104.00–109.00	875	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	148.64/cwt	145.00–155.00	627	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	133.02/cwt	127.00–139.00	628	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	141.80/cwt	134.00–145.00	820	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	145.73/cwt	141.00–152.00	772	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	720	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 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 537Last week 431Year ago 254

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 89Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 111Last week 37Year ago 10

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	3	—	1,187	1,050.00–1,075.00	1,067.06
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,195	1,125.00–1,550.00	1,299.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	975	1,450.01	1,450.01
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	895	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,112	800.00–1,075.00	962.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,162	825.00–1,260.00	1,069.71
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	945	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	860	675.00–775.00	733.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,070	675.00–725.00	702.10
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	810	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	735	625.00	625.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	903	750.00–785.00	769.00

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
4	—	701	128.00	128.00
2	—	478	160.00–167.50	163.85
2	—	362	162.50	162.50
5	—	551	168.00	168.00
5	—	328	159.00–161.00	160.16
5	—	661	149.00	149.00
21	—	617	141.00–142.50	142.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	122.00	122.00
2	—	442	155.50	155.50
2	—	502	153.00	153.00
11	—	766	121.75–126.50	122.18
4	—	465	150.00–156.00	154.29
1	—	1,075	100.00	100.00
2	—	373	156.00–157.50	156.73
3	—	725	123.00	123.00
3	—	655	132.00–134.00	132.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	547	135.00	135.00
1	—	405	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	104.00	104.00
3	—	257	137.50–143.00	141.14
6	—	417	130.00–135.00	132.25
17	—	472	130.00–140.00	134.86
1	—	685	117.00	117.00
6	—	619	115.00–120.00	117.84
2	—	245	139.00	139.00
5	—	365	132.50–141.00	139.32
2	—	502	125.00	125.00
5	—	585	121.00–126.00	124.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	413	136.00–144.00	138.57
72	—	573	136.00–140.00	136.62
5	—	659	128.00–130.50	129.51
7	—	482	140.00–146.00	141.12
5	—	629	125.00–131.00	129.83
27	—	508	138.00–145.75	143.26
37	—	793	118.75–122.25	119.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	102.50	102.50
9	—	717	114.00–117.00	116.02
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	519	115.00–120.00	118.80
2	—	278	121.00–130.00	125.30
3	—	317	114.00–127.50	122.14
5	—	409	115.00–123.00	116.74
1	—	750	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	662	134.00	134.00
3	—	486	157.00	157.00
13	—	610	133.50–137.50	134.58
1	—	730	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	912	101.00	101.00
7	—	474	143.00–155.00	148.34
3	—	870	103.00–105.00	103.66
3	—	307	155.00–156.00	155.34
2	—	770	116.00	116.00
3	—	375	149.00–158.00	154.72
2	—	715	119.00	119.00
10	—	670	119.00–130.00	125.04
5	—	616	125.00–129.00	126.80
2	—	250	157.50	157.50
3	—	815	104.00–109.00	107.33
6	—	422	145.00–155.00	148.64
21	—	578	134.00–145.00	141.80
12	—	530	141.00–152.00	145.73
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	129.00	129.00
1	—	930	100.00	100.00
1	—	615	121.00	121.00
1	—	435	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	135.00	135.00
1	—	370	146.00	146.00
2	—	685	113.00	113.00
1	—	575	138.00	138.00
5	—	472	127.00–139.00	133.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,508	67.50–69.00	68.38
9	—	1,416	71.50–74.50	73.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	53.00	53.00
24	—	1,280	70.50–80.50	75.05
9	—	1,207	62.50–69.00	67.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,117	68.00–77.00	71.38
5	—	1,007	62.00–67.00	65.33
5	—	1,092	43.00–56.00	51.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,820	100.00–106.50	103.64
2	—	1,383	88.00–90.00	89.21
1	—	1,255	80.00	80.00

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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle