Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers limited comparison with last week's light test. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with good demand in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.74/cwt on 285 head.

Average price

$136.74

285 head · 609 lb average

Value per head Derived

$833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$24.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.92

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	616	139.06	857	241
Medium and Large 2-3	533	125.77	670	34
Large 1-2	725	119.02	863	8thin
Small and Medium 1-2	562	115.00	646	2thin

One grade step is worth $24.06/cwt here — about $211 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 sale285 hd

136.74

—

KY average25 barns · 5,616 hd

140.66

−3.92

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	1,656	103.88	1,720	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,387	73.87	1,025	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,290	73.25	945	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,155	58.24	673	10

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	489	136.62/cwt	132.50–138.00	668	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	140.49/cwt	135.00–145.00	947	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	832	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	146.27/cwt	145.00–147.00	462	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,014	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	148.48/cwt	140.00–151.00	793	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	133.28/cwt	130.00–135.00	718	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	143.83/cwt	141.00–147.00	910	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	566	139.70/cwt	137.00–142.00	791	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,165	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	159.36/cwt	158.00–160.00	754	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	158.60/cwt	148.00–166.00	988	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	166.51/cwt	158.00–175.00	863	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	154.30/cwt	150.00–156.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	123.61/cwt	123.00–129.00	779	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,085	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	137.65/cwt	134.00–139.00	933	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	145.41/cwt	136.00–152.00	775	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	704	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	1,068	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	149.02/cwt	144.00–156.00	849	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	134.18/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,029	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	153.29/cwt	150.00–157.00	780	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	136.98/cwt	134.00–141.00	838	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	368	154.83/cwt	150.00–160.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	725	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	914	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	425	162.23/cwt	157.00–167.00	689	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	164.72/cwt	158.00–171.00	944	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,247	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	889	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	484	150.91/cwt	146.00–152.00	730	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	785	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,005	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	728	133.93/cwt	131.50–135.50	975	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	151.71/cwt	149.50–153.00	1,032	19
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	562	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	646	2
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	790	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,345	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	825	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,620	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	826	1
Bulls	—	—	1,545	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,421	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	858	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	53.94/cwt	52.00–55.00	646	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	61.91/cwt	60.00–65.00	658	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	702	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	842	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	685	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	836	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	652	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	906	2
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	—	640	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	947	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	530	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	385	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	693	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,795	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	25,130	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,112	718.11/cwt	660.00–760.00	7,985	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,125	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,594	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,245	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	9,836	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	788	116.28/cwt	113.00–119.00	916	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	126.42/cwt	123.00–130.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	156.68/cwt	155.00–157.50	669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	436	145.84/cwt	142.50–147.50	636	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	1,134.53/cwt	1,080.00–1,200.00	14,522	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	579	124.85/cwt	116.00–127.00	723	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	127.01/cwt	125.00–129.00	668	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	136.67/cwt	135.00–140.00	636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	230	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	345	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	849	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	140.72/cwt	139.00–142.50	539	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	146.55/cwt	145.00–150.50	829	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	144.91/cwt	141.00–150.00	681	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	736	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	129.02/cwt	128.00–130.00	873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	141.62/cwt	140.00–145.00	620	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	972	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	130.76/cwt	126.00–136.00	762	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	712	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	929	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	156.27/cwt	154.00–157.00	672	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	77.15/cwt	74.00–80.50	1,122	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,244	68.12/cwt	65.50–71.50	847	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	62.30/cwt	61.00–64.00	732	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	77.94/cwt	74.00–83.50	1,030	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	69.08/cwt	66.50–71.00	881	6
Bulls	—	—	1,668	105.20/cwt	99.00–114.00	1,755	9

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 Jul 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 668Last week 128Year ago 286

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 49Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 22Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	489	132.50–138.00	136.62
3	—	436	142.50–147.50	145.84
2	—	383	139.00–142.50	140.72
4	—	583	126.00–136.00	130.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	130.00	130.00
15	—	534	140.00–151.00	148.48
1	—	770	116.00	116.00
1	—	715	119.00	119.00
3	—	427	155.00–157.50	156.68
9	—	566	145.00–150.50	146.55
6	—	470	141.00–150.00	144.91
2	—	342	157.50	157.50
7	—	888	109.50	109.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	633	140.50	140.50
7	—	712	130.50	130.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	150.00	150.00
2	—	530	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	674	135.00–145.00	140.49
1	—	735	138.00	138.00
1	—	960	116.00	116.00
20	—	633	141.00–147.00	143.83
7	—	903	129.00	129.00
4	—	475	150.00–156.00	154.30
21	—	810	134.00	134.00
10	—	570	144.00–156.00	149.02
6	—	767	132.00–135.00	134.18
4	—	509	150.00–157.00	153.29
1	—	1,075	116.00	116.00
1	—	445	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	158.00–160.00	159.36
23	—	623	148.00–166.00	158.60
38	—	518	158.00–175.00	166.51
29	—	704	151.75	151.75
23	—	425	157.00–167.00	162.23
22	—	573	158.00–171.00	164.72
19	—	680	149.50–153.00	151.71
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	652	139.00	139.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	142.50	142.50
2	—	230	150.00	150.00
1	—	570	149.00	149.00
4	—	526	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	316	145.00–147.00	146.27
8	—	539	130.00–135.00	133.28
1	—	555	135.00	135.00
10	—	630	123.00–129.00	123.61
3	—	465	135.00–140.00	136.67
5	—	677	128.00–130.00	129.02
3	—	438	140.00–145.00	141.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	566	137.00–142.00	139.70
118	—	678	134.00–139.00	137.65
41	—	533	136.00–152.00	145.41
3	—	612	134.00–141.00	136.98
2	—	368	150.00–160.00	154.83
8	—	484	146.00–152.00	150.91
7	—	728	131.50–135.50	133.93
8	—	430	154.00–157.00	156.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	126.00	126.00
6	—	785	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	562	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	702	120.00	120.00
1	—	685	122.00	122.00
1	—	560	125.00	125.00
4	—	788	113.00–119.00	116.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	123.00–130.00	126.42
1	—	650	116.00	116.00
12	—	579	116.00–127.00	124.85
1	—	340	130.00	130.00
17	—	526	125.00–129.00	127.01
1	—	385	120.00	120.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	790	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	560.00	560.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,112	660.00–760.00	718.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,245	790.00	790.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,795	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,280	1,080.00–1,200.00	1,134.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	64.00	64.00
10	—	1,454	74.00–80.50	77.15
4	—	1,244	65.50–71.50	68.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	73.00	73.00
6	—	1,198	52.00–55.00	53.94
3	—	1,063	60.00–65.00	61.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	61.00–64.00	62.30
10	—	1,321	74.00–83.50	77.94
6	—	1,276	66.50–71.00	69.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	92.00	92.00
9	—	1,668	99.00–114.00	105.20

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