Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with very good demand for weaned 4-weight packages. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.98/cwt on 436 head.

Average price

$135.98

436 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$359

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

$38.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.10

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	529	138.83	734	401
Large 1-2	580	108.40	629	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	551	102.47	565	29
Small and Medium 1-2	375	100.00	375	1thin

One grade step is worth $38.83/cwt here — about $359 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 sale436 hd

135.98

—

KY average27 barns · 8,388 hd

133.88

+2.10

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	—	Low	1,684	88.90	1,497	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,449	59.42	861	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	57.20	727	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,050	44.50	467	17

Every lot, as filed

112 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	Large 1-2	—	580	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	818	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	613	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	864	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	335	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	335	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	413	145.79/cwt	135.00–152.00	602	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	755	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	810	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	128.74/cwt	125.00–133.00	559	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	122.85/cwt	120.00–126.00	762	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	358	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	627	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	994	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	375	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	398	146.66/cwt	146.00–150.00	584	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	239	135.50/cwt	130.00–147.50	324	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	120.69/cwt	110.00–123.00	813	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	137.31/cwt	127.00–143.50	711	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	583	147.30/cwt	128.00–153.00	859	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	130.58/cwt	125.00–140.00	422	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	127.69/cwt	126.00–131.00	354	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	123.97/cwt	122.50–127.00	341	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	892	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	220	118.09/cwt	109.00–129.00	260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	145.86/cwt	142.00–150.00	839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	157.06/cwt	154.00–160.00	738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	318	185.39/cwt	181.00–190.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	132.16/cwt	129.50–133.75	823	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	151.29/cwt	150.00–155.00	652	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,041	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	936	16
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	477	169.38/cwt	163.00–185.00	808	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	417	171.23/cwt	160.00–186.00	714	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	792	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,125	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	150.54/cwt	145.00–160.00	945	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	159.81/cwt	151.00–168.50	916	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	679	149.18/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,013	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	528	162.33/cwt	155.00–170.00	857	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	488	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	295	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	354	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	590	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	767	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	433	169.90/cwt	164.00–176.00	736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	687	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	451	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	672	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	848	54.89/cwt	53.00–57.00	465	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	50.33/cwt	49.00–51.50	507	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	55.46/cwt	52.00–58.50	685	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	48.86/cwt	48.00–50.00	654	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	40.93/cwt	32.00–47.00	453	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	50.03/cwt	46.00–52.00	670	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	64.76/cwt	63.00–67.50	979	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	56.57/cwt	54.00–58.00	800	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	62.33/cwt	59.00–67.00	814	7
Bulls	—	—	2,320	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,670	1
Bulls	—	—	1,694	94.78/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,606	6
Bulls	—	—	1,544	85.23/cwt	80.50–90.00	1,316	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	898.61/cwt	875.00–950.00	10,514	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	780	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,070	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,166	748.75/cwt	720.00–775.00	8,730	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,194	835.17/cwt	800.00–850.00	9,972	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,069	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,965	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	115.20/cwt	114.00–116.00	814	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	125.06/cwt	120.00–128.00	650	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	223	135.29/cwt	126.00–140.00	302	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	544	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	687	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	818	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	785	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	128.22/cwt	125.00–132.00	862	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	150.74/cwt	147.00–152.50	494	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	152.63/cwt	147.50–157.50	635	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	131.15/cwt	125.00–134.00	631	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	139.38/cwt	137.50–142.00	527	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	734	80.42/cwt	76.00–93.00	590	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	469	138.77/cwt	135.00–142.00	651	37
Heifers	Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	792	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	958	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	112.05/cwt	110.00–114.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	361	116.37/cwt	111.00–122.50	420	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	713	117.99/cwt	117.00–121.00	841	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	880	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	994	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	1,020	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	905	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	926	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	392	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	635	121.32/cwt	120.00–122.00	770	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	328	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	472	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	389	143.94/cwt	140.00–150.00	560	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,002	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	112.50/cwt	112.00–113.00	945	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	140.50/cwt	137.00–143.00	660	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	128.93/cwt	125.00–134.00	798	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	138.76/cwt	131.00–150.00	726	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	544	3

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 Dec 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 976Last week 1,134Year ago 1,597

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 118Year ago 132

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 55Year ago 12

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with very good demand for weaned 4-weight packages. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	141.00	141.00
8	—	613	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	132.00	132.00
1	—	750	125.00	125.00
1	—	445	137.50	137.50
2	—	510	137.00	137.00
3	—	580	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	358	175.00	175.00
2	—	318	181.00–190.00	185.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	140.00	140.00
31	—	477	163.00–185.00	169.38
22	—	417	160.00–186.00	171.23
12	—	792	142.00	142.00
54	—	628	145.00–160.00	150.54
76	—	573	151.00–168.50	159.81
16	—	679	145.00–155.00	149.18
36	—	528	155.00–170.00	162.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	142.00–150.00	145.86
2	—	470	154.00–160.00	157.06
4	—	431	150.00–155.00	151.29
1	—	1,030	108.00	108.00
1	—	760	137.00	137.00
16	—	664	141.00	141.00
1	—	645	141.00	141.00
1	—	530	140.00	140.00
1	—	305	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	100.00	100.00
1	—	645	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	413	135.00–152.00	145.79
1	—	755	131.00	131.00
1	—	810	121.00	121.00
6	—	398	146.00–150.00	146.66
85	—	518	127.00–143.50	137.31
127	—	583	128.00–153.00	147.30
26	—	623	129.50–133.75	132.16
37	—	469	135.00–142.00	138.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	434	125.00–133.00	128.74
16	—	620	120.00–126.00	122.85
4	—	239	130.00–147.50	135.50
8	—	674	110.00–123.00	120.69
9	—	323	125.00–140.00	130.58
4	—	277	126.00–131.00	127.69
1	—	970	92.00	92.00
2	—	755	102.00	102.00
14	—	481	125.00–134.00	131.15
7	—	378	137.50–142.00	139.38
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	275	122.50–127.00	123.97
1	—	330	120.00	120.00
1	—	645	110.00	110.00
2	—	220	109.00–129.00	118.09
1	—	550	116.00	116.00
1	—	480	121.00	121.00
7	—	734	76.00–93.00	80.42
4	—	533	110.00–114.00	112.05
4	—	361	111.00–122.50	116.37
2	—	660	105.00	105.00
2	—	905	61.00	61.00
1	—	875	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	792	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	713	117.00–121.00	117.99
1	—	880	113.00	113.00
2	—	1,020	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	328	144.00	144.00
6	—	389	140.00–150.00	143.94
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	130.00	130.00
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
2	—	687	119.00	119.00
1	—	785	109.00	109.00
3	—	635	120.00–122.00	121.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	164.00–176.00	169.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	687	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	451	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	707	114.00–116.00	115.20
5	—	672	125.00–132.00	128.22
3	—	328	147.00–152.50	150.74
4	—	416	147.50–157.50	152.63
1	—	865	107.00	107.00
1	—	945	106.00	106.00
2	—	840	112.00–113.00	112.50
7	—	470	137.00–143.00	140.50
18	—	619	125.00–134.00	128.93
1	—	560	136.00	136.00
23	—	523	131.00–150.00	138.76
3	—	375	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	520	120.00–128.00	125.06
3	—	223	126.00–140.00	135.29
1	—	415	131.00	131.00
1	—	310	137.50	137.50
1	—	280	140.00	140.00
1	—	560	127.00	127.00
1	—	620	111.00	111.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	848	53.00–57.00	54.89
2	—	1,008	49.00–51.50	50.33
12	—	1,107	32.00–47.00	40.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,236	52.00–58.50	55.46
2	—	1,338	48.00–50.00	48.86
7	—	1,306	59.00–67.00	62.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,340	46.00–52.00	50.03
9	—	1,512	63.00–67.50	64.76
7	—	1,414	54.00–58.00	56.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,320	72.00	72.00
6	—	1,694	90.00–99.00	94.78
5	—	1,544	80.50–90.00	85.23

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,170	875.00–950.00	898.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,194	800.00–850.00	835.17
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,166	720.00–775.00	748.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,330	1,050.00	1,050.00

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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