Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with good demand for weaned packages. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.49/cwt on 173 head.

Average price

$132.49

173 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$47

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

$23.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.37

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	554	136.21	754	142
Medium and Large 2-3	565	115.88	655	26
Large 1-2	708	113.16	801	5thin

One grade step is worth $23.05/cwt here — about −$47 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 sale173 hd

132.49

—

KY average24 barns · 6,143 hd

142.86

−10.37

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	1,655	107.97	1,787	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,309	77.76	1,018	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,448	76.98	1,114	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,094	65.76	719	18

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	138.14/cwt	136.00–140.00	532	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	678	1
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	529	172.85/cwt	168.00–174.50	914	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	469	166.79/cwt	160.00–171.00	782	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	132.98/cwt	130.00–136.00	698	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	155.24/cwt	145.00–160.50	966	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	591	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	821	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	344	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	140.99/cwt	140.00–142.00	953	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	707	134.32/cwt	124.00–137.00	950	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	770	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	141.23/cwt	140.00–144.00	749	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	137.69/cwt	135.00–144.00	570	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	131.76/cwt	131.00–134.00	817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	833	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,083	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	137.00/cwt	136.00–139.00	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	125.52/cwt	122.00–129.00	783	16
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	445	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	134.57/cwt	134.00–135.00	754	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	123.94/cwt	120.00–128.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	327	123.35/cwt	122.50–125.00	403	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	115.70/cwt	111.00–121.00	709	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	131.48/cwt	130.00–133.00	579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	687	102.28/cwt	92.00–110.00	703	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	819	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	703	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,055	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	867	6
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	—	571	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	885	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	656	152.03/cwt	142.00–156.00	997	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	155.23/cwt	150.00–157.50	714	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	135.86/cwt	130.00–137.50	999	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	552	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	438	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	736	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,167	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	552	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	905	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	636	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	210	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	114.60/cwt	111.00–124.00	868	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	715	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	775	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,015	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	555	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	857	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	896	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	82.46/cwt	78.00–86.00	1,181	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	73.01/cwt	68.00–76.00	1,078	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	67.64/cwt	63.50–72.50	762	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	58.11/cwt	53.00–64.00	607	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	70.95/cwt	66.50–75.50	861	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	80.35/cwt	76.00–86.00	1,081	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	74.20/cwt	69.50–76.50	834	5
Bulls	—	—	1,699	110.34/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,875	8
Bulls	—	—	1,300	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,157	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	8,824	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,433	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	9,718	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,005	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,538	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,085	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	8,029	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	82.99/cwt	78.00–88.00	928	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	4,514	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,267	942.69/cwt	850.00–1,010.00	11,944	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	12,881	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	340	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	347	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	153.83/cwt	148.00–161.00	646	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	130.34/cwt	127.00–134.00	794	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	466	148.11/cwt	142.00–150.00	690	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	415	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	138.50/cwt	135.00–143.00	464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	122.99/cwt	120.00–124.00	813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	123.04/cwt	120.00–130.00	719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	752	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	684	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	951	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	438	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	723	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	553	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	860	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	774	107.70/cwt	101.00–110.00	834	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	155.51/cwt	146.00–160.00	736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	98.64/cwt	97.00–101.00	1,014	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	152.45/cwt	148.00–159.00	814	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	137.43/cwt	132.50–140.00	595	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	157.35/cwt	157.00–158.00	823	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	151.63/cwt	145.00–155.00	842	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	265	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	345	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	122.37/cwt	101.00–137.00	1,003	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	636	135.83/cwt	134.50–140.00	864	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	356	139.95/cwt	135.00–142.00	498	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	133.71/cwt	130.00–141.00	697	5

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 Feb 2, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 427Last week 389Year ago 497

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 44Year ago 36

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 8Year ago 10

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with good demand for weaned packages. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher with very good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	385	136.00–140.00	138.14
13	—	525	130.00–136.00	132.98
2	—	250	137.50	137.50
12	—	414	135.00–144.00	137.69
3	—	485	136.00–139.00	137.00
16	—	624	122.00–129.00	125.52
7	—	560	134.00–135.00	134.57
1	—	990	91.00	91.00
3	—	335	135.00–143.00	138.50
4	—	661	120.00–124.00	122.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	591	139.00	139.00
24	—	707	124.00–137.00	134.32
1	—	770	138.00	138.00
15	—	530	140.00–144.00	141.23
4	—	620	131.00–134.00	131.76
3	—	833	130.00	130.00
21	—	466	142.00–150.00	148.11
2	—	415	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	135.00	135.00
4	—	774	101.00–110.00	107.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	120.00	120.00
1	—	475	131.00	131.00
2	—	523	120.00–128.00	123.94
3	—	327	122.50–125.00	123.35
7	—	613	111.00–121.00	115.70
2	—	440	130.00–133.00	131.48
3	—	687	92.00–110.00	102.28
4	—	584	120.00–130.00	123.04
2	—	752	91.00	91.00
1	—	735	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	133.00	133.00
1	—	495	145.00	145.00
3	—	400	138.00	138.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	531	154.00	154.00
5	—	571	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	529	168.00–174.50	172.85
15	—	469	160.00–171.00	166.79
21	—	622	145.00–160.50	155.24
4	—	703	150.00	150.00
20	—	656	142.00–156.00	152.03
5	—	438	168.00	168.00
2	—	552	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	676	140.00–142.00	140.99
4	—	525	156.00	156.00
6	—	615	141.00	141.00
3	—	416	160.00	160.00
4	—	460	150.00–157.50	155.23
9	—	735	130.00–137.50	135.86
1	—	570	150.00	150.00
8	—	822	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	161.00	161.00
5	—	757	111.00–124.00	114.60
5	—	420	148.00–161.00	153.83
2	—	300	152.50	152.50
8	—	609	127.00–134.00	130.34
3	—	473	146.00–160.00	155.51
3	—	1,028	97.00–101.00	98.64
1	—	670	130.00	130.00
7	—	534	148.00–159.00	152.45
1	—	940	91.00	91.00
3	—	555	145.00–155.00	151.63
4	—	820	101.00–137.00	122.37
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	122.00	122.00
1	—	340	102.00	102.00
1	—	450	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	130.00	130.00
2	—	775	131.00	131.00
2	—	555	154.50	154.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	130.00	130.00
3	—	433	132.50–140.00	137.43
1	—	265	130.00	130.00
5	—	356	135.00–142.00	139.95
5	—	521	130.00–141.00	133.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	142.00	142.00
4	—	438	165.00	165.00
9	—	553	155.50	155.50
3	—	523	157.00–158.00	157.35
4	—	636	134.50–140.00	135.83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	64.00	64.00
6	—	1,432	78.00–86.00	82.46
5	—	1,476	68.00–76.00	73.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,127	63.50–72.50	67.64
7	—	1,044	53.00–64.00	58.11
5	—	1,124	69.50–76.50	74.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,214	66.50–75.50	70.95
21	—	1,345	76.00–86.00	80.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,699	105.00–120.00	110.34
1	—	1,300	89.00	89.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	975.00	975.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	830	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	740	610.00	610.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	860.00	860.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,267	850.00–1,010.00	942.69
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	740.00	740.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,118	78.00–88.00	82.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,145	1,125.00	1,125.00

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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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle