Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers and Heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter Cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter Bulls sold steady on a lower dressing offering. Moderate demand throughout the sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.90/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$117.90

81 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$16.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.26

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	568	122.56	696	58
Medium and Large 2-3	542	106.16	576	23

One grade step is worth $16.40/cwt here — about $120 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 sale81 hd

117.90

—

KY average18 barns · 3,274 hd

130.17

−12.26

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	1,372	78.65	1,079	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,557	56.24	876	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,139	49.06	559	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	971	46.17	448	11

Every lot, as filed

71 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	—	666	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	829	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	125.43/cwt	124.00–127.00	593	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	104.36/cwt	100.00–117.00	543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	611	109.80/cwt	108.00–115.00	671	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	122.56/cwt	121.00–126.00	688	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	126.01/cwt	121.00–130.00	668	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	127.52/cwt	125.00–129.00	546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	895	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	112.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	637	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	372	108.34/cwt	100.00–116.00	403	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	130.03/cwt	126.00–134.00	865	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	140.02/cwt	139.00–141.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	1,131	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,041	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	118.94/cwt	116.00–122.00	729	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	136.43/cwt	131.00–143.00	774	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	139.82/cwt	135.00–141.00	877	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	747	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,046	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	593	111.99/cwt	109.00–115.00	664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,284	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	517	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	543	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	134.60/cwt	134.00–135.00	750	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	137.31/cwt	129.00–141.00	669	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	119.26/cwt	118.00–121.00	729	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	400	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	127.42/cwt	124.50–140.00	675	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	888	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,057	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	128.49/cwt	126.00–130.00	488	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	111.51/cwt	103.00–120.00	526	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	117.00/cwt	116.00–118.00	670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	702	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,665	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	21,645	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,149	928.88/cwt	500.00–1,050.00	10,673	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	736.62/cwt	675.00–775.00	8,420	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,287	847.86/cwt	650.00–1,050.00	10,912	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,518	764.66/cwt	725.00–800.00	11,608	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	1,210.00/cwt	1,210.00–1,210.00	12,560	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	691	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	1,223.80/cwt	1,025.00–1,450.00	16,154	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	1,009.43/cwt	775.00–1,210.00	9,206	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,157	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,413	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,939	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	4,486	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,688	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	653.09/cwt	550.00–750.00	5,290	2
Bulls	—	—	1,417	82.13/cwt	56.00–91.00	1,164	12
Bulls	—	—	1,100	57.80/cwt	54.00–61.00	636	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	965	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	598	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	35.67/cwt	31.00–41.00	392	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,571	59.70/cwt	58.50–61.50	938	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	51.12/cwt	50.00–52.00	492	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	46.70/cwt	43.50–49.00	465	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	254	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,723	49.27/cwt	48.00–51.00	849	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	55.57/cwt	54.00–57.00	820	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	45.81/cwt	42.00–49.50	508	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	54.05/cwt	50.00–56.50	649	8

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 Nov 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 183Last week 685Year ago 163

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 70Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 72Last week 27Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	666	124.50	124.50
1	—	780	108.00	108.00
5	—	557	134.00–135.00	134.60
6	—	487	129.00–141.00	137.31
4	—	611	118.00–121.00	119.26
5	—	530	124.50–140.00	127.42
2	—	422	132.50	132.50
1	—	700	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	122.50	122.50
2	—	517	105.00	105.00
5	—	472	103.00–120.00	111.51
2	—	573	116.00–118.00	117.00
1	—	735	82.50	82.50
1	—	780	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	113.00	113.00
5	—	520	100.00–117.00	104.36
1	—	665	101.00	101.00
4	—	611	108.00–115.00	109.80
2	—	895	81.00	81.00
4	—	566	110.00–115.00	112.52
5	—	372	100.00–116.00	108.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	124.00–127.00	125.43
10	—	561	121.00–126.00	122.56
20	—	530	121.00–130.00	126.01
1	—	735	101.00	101.00
4	—	428	125.00–129.00	127.52
1	—	315	125.00	125.00
3	—	608	124.00	124.00
8	—	380	126.00–130.00	128.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,131	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	888	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	131.00	131.00
1	—	285	127.50	127.50
1	—	335	137.50	137.50
2	—	613	116.00–122.00	118.94
2	—	593	109.00–115.00	111.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	152.00	152.00
2	—	665	126.00–134.00	130.03
2	—	460	139.00–141.00	140.02
1	—	410	139.00	139.00
10	—	567	131.00–143.00	136.43
5	—	627	135.00–141.00	139.82
1	—	980	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	747	140.00	140.00

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,665	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,149	500.00–1,050.00	928.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	—	1,143	675.00–775.00	736.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,287	650.00–1,050.00	847.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,518	725.00–800.00	764.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,038	1,210.00	1,210.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,320	1,025.00–1,450.00	1,223.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	912	775.00–1,210.00	1,009.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	—	1,157	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	725.00	725.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	72.00	72.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	712	630.00	630.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	625.00	625.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	810	550.00–750.00	653.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,417	56.00–91.00	82.13
2	—	1,100	54.00–61.00	57.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	62.00	62.00
2	—	1,098	31.00–41.00	35.67
8	—	1,108	42.00–49.50	45.81
8	—	1,201	50.00–56.50	54.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,571	58.50–61.50	59.70
2	—	1,723	48.00–51.00	49.27
5	—	1,476	54.00–57.00	55.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	50.00–52.00	51.12
8	—	995	43.50–49.00	46.70
1	—	795	32.00	32.00

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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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