Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady with good demand; very good demand for weaned 400-500 lbs steers. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.11/cwt on 289 head.

Average price

$145.11

289 head · 924 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,341

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$637

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

$10.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.72

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	944	145.48	1,373	275
Large 1-2	542	145.00	786	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	545	135.02	736	10thin

One grade step is worth $10.46/cwt here — about $637 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 sale289 hd

145.11

—

KY average26 barns · 5,543 hd

151.83

−6.72

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	1,811	104.12	1,886	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,275	71.89	917	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,275	68.50	873	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	991	56.58	561	5thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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 2-3	—	375	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	157.66/cwt	157.00–158.00	646	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	627	127.69/cwt	123.00–137.00	801	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	479	143.92/cwt	140.00–148.00	689	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	506	140.90/cwt	140.00–143.00	713	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	423	150.64/cwt	148.00–153.00	637	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	565	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	666	146.74/cwt	145.00–150.00	977	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	127.77/cwt	121.00–130.00	793	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	139.03/cwt	135.00–143.00	477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	134.75/cwt	132.00–137.00	771	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	817	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	565	128.50/cwt	128.00–129.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	517	112.59/cwt	112.00–113.00	582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	136.40/cwt	136.00–136.50	716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	139.66/cwt	137.00–141.00	689	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	328	180.12/cwt	178.00–182.50	591	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	218	138.45/cwt	137.00–140.00	302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	806	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	774	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	786	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	963	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	472	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	713	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	800	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	151.99/cwt	150.00–154.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	931	147.10/cwt	147.10–147.10	1,370	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	167.06/cwt	160.00–170.00	608	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	900	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	137.71/cwt	134.00–140.00	709	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	805	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	477	173.36/cwt	170.00–180.00	827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	143.58/cwt	140.00–147.00	823	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,056	141.70/cwt	141.70–141.70	1,496	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	752	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	425	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	169.58/cwt	164.00–179.00	712	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,039	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	550	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,079	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	151.92/cwt	144.00–156.00	620	5
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	620	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	465	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	772	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	370	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	629	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	428	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	676	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	49.90/cwt	43.00–53.00	523	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	66.61/cwt	66.00–67.50	603	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	66.25/cwt	65.00–67.50	865	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	637	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	74.22/cwt	70.00–78.50	952	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	858	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,215	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	887	1
Bulls	—	—	1,900	105.90/cwt	100.50–110.50	2,012	4
Bulls	—	—	1,455	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,411	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,413	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,880	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,229	960.74/cwt	800.00–1,075.00	11,807	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,231.71/cwt	1,100.00–1,325.00	15,704	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	990	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	6,287	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	11,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	154.15/cwt	151.00–157.50	501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	109.31/cwt	103.00–113.00	727	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	143.05/cwt	132.50–152.00	544	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	157.40/cwt	155.00–160.00	575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	145.47/cwt	138.00–151.00	770	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	724	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,043	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	343	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	317	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	293	133.03/cwt	130.00–136.00	390	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	723	124.67/cwt	124.00–126.00	901	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	915	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	125.49/cwt	122.00–129.00	870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	373	152.73/cwt	150.00–154.00	570	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	255	145.72/cwt	144.00–147.50	372	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	662	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	728	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	535	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	722	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	485	141.96/cwt	140.00–144.00	689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	821	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,174	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	112.36/cwt	109.00–114.00	689	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	137.22/cwt	134.50–140.00	782	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	129.31/cwt	128.00–130.00	921	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	122.49/cwt	120.00–125.00	745	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	959	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 Aug 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 515Last week 422Year ago 733

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 88Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 77Year ago 27

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady with good demand; very good demand for weaned 400-500 lbs steers. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	149.00	149.00
1	—	405	143.00	143.00
3	—	627	123.00–137.00	127.69
1	—	670	122.00	122.00
3	—	515	134.00–140.00	137.71
1	—	575	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	157.00–158.00	157.66
1	—	720	131.00	131.00
2	—	503	150.00–154.00	151.99
4	—	364	160.00–170.00	167.06
4	—	625	144.00	144.00
2	—	573	140.00–147.00	143.58
1	—	485	155.00	155.00
2	—	787	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	666	145.00–150.00	146.74
1	—	710	142.00	142.00
3	—	477	170.00–180.00	173.36
7	—	420	164.00–179.00	169.58
2	—	550	157.00	157.00
1	—	760	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	178.00–182.50	180.12
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	472	151.00	151.00
1	—	800	127.00	127.00
1	—	425	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	931	147.10	147.10
158	—	1,056	141.70	141.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	479	140.00–148.00	143.92
9	—	506	140.00–143.00	140.90
11	—	423	148.00–153.00	150.64
2	—	565	142.00	142.00
3	—	373	150.00–154.00	152.73
4	—	607	135.25	135.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	110.00	110.00
5	—	517	112.00–113.00	112.59
2	—	600	105.00	105.00
3	—	806	96.00	96.00
2	—	317	124.00	124.00
2	—	720	108.00	108.00
2	—	293	130.00–136.00	133.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	621	121.00–130.00	127.77
2	—	343	135.00–143.00	139.03
11	—	572	132.00–137.00	134.75
5	—	525	136.00–136.50	136.40
3	—	493	137.00–141.00	139.66
2	—	218	137.00–140.00	138.45
1	—	435	142.50	142.50
2	—	392	147.00	147.00
2	—	693	122.00–129.00	125.49
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	128.00–129.00	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	786	122.50	122.50
3	—	723	124.00–126.00	124.67
2	—	915	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	125.00	125.00
1	—	620	111.00	111.00
2	—	662	110.00	110.00
1	—	535	135.00	135.00
2	—	485	140.00–144.00	141.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	408	144.00–156.00	151.92
2	—	325	151.00–157.50	154.15
2	—	365	155.00–160.00	157.40
5	—	529	138.00–151.00	145.47
1	—	915	114.00	114.00
2	—	655	126.00	126.00
1	—	1,030	114.00	114.00
2	—	477	147.00	147.00
7	—	570	134.50–140.00	137.22
1	—	805	107.00	107.00
3	—	712	128.00–130.00	129.31
2	—	608	120.00–125.00	122.49
1	—	780	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	166.00	166.00
1	—	370	170.00	170.00
4	—	428	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	665	103.00–113.00	109.31
3	—	380	132.50–152.00	143.05
2	—	540	134.00	134.00
2	—	463	135.00	135.00
2	—	343	150.00	150.00
2	—	255	144.00–147.50	145.72
3	—	613	109.00–114.00	112.36
1	—	730	106.00	106.00
1	—	575	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,048	43.00–53.00	49.90
2	—	905	66.00–67.50	66.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,305	65.00–67.50	66.25
1	—	1,215	73.00	73.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	54.00	54.00
10	—	1,283	70.00–78.50	74.22
1	—	1,290	66.50	66.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,900	100.50–110.50	105.90
1	—	1,455	97.00	97.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	990	635.00	635.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,375	860.00	860.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,229	800.00–1,075.00	960.74
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,275	1,100.00–1,325.00	1,231.71

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle