Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold steady on similar quality weaned packages. Some fleshy bawling calves discounted. Slaughter cows and 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 $149.83/cwt on 114 head.

Average price

$149.83

114 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$45

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

$50.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.63

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	511	152.93	781	103
Medium and Large 2-3	567	123.00	697	9thin
Small and Medium 1-2	380	120.00	456	1thin
Large 1-2	810	102.00	826	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.93/cwt here — about −$45 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 sale114 hd

149.83

—

KY average25 barns · 6,058 hd

150.45

−0.63

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	1,619	122.66	1,986	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,294	90.44	1,170	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,418	87.68	1,243	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,003	74.92	751	13

Every lot, as filed

85 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	—	588	138.56/cwt	134.00–143.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	147.00/cwt	143.00–151.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	147.68/cwt	146.00–150.00	699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	150.54/cwt	145.00–152.50	548	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	132.07/cwt	129.00–135.00	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	562	150.09/cwt	146.00–157.00	844	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	145.63/cwt	142.00–149.00	765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	810	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	427	165.85/cwt	156.00–170.00	708	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	131.65/cwt	130.00–137.00	879	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	475	201.96/cwt	187.00–209.00	959	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	131.68/cwt	119.00–136.00	826	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	367	169.59/cwt	163.00–174.00	622	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	139.67/cwt	137.00–141.00	838	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	528	157.52/cwt	150.00–165.00	832	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	317	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	911	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	552	159.66/cwt	159.00–160.00	881	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,195	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,041	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	650	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	730	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,088	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	500	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	890	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	148.52/cwt	147.00–152.00	913	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	956	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	997	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	154.56/cwt	150.00–158.00	827	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	191.89/cwt	181.00–200.00	1,019	10
Steers	Large 1-2	—	515	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	783	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	160.46/cwt	153.50–171.00	998	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	318	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	596	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	187.35/cwt	178.00–190.00	903	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	512	183.03/cwt	180.00–186.00	937	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	555	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	168.01/cwt	161.00–175.00	808	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	147.16/cwt	144.00–160.00	840	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	85.24/cwt	80.00–91.00	909	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,131	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	94.79/cwt	90.00–104.00	1,327	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	995	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	72.93/cwt	71.00–75.00	669	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	84.29/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,047	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	60.92/cwt	60.00–63.00	592	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	96.13/cwt	91.50–105.50	1,283	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	84.55/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,205	6
Bulls	—	—	1,400	102.84/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,440	3
Bulls	—	—	1,674	127.61/cwt	113.00–139.00	2,136	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	1,493.21/cwt	1,485.00–1,500.00	19,785	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	12,978	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	935	985.16/cwt	925.00–1,050.00	9,211	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,226	1,135.87/cwt	1,000.00–1,300.00	13,926	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	14,805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	166.43/cwt	155.00–172.00	862	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	141.50/cwt	135.00–148.00	630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	534	133.74/cwt	131.00–140.00	714	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	677	125.33/cwt	125.00–126.00	848	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	570	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	162.95/cwt	155.00–172.50	668	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	393	160.76/cwt	159.00–162.50	632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	629	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	137.32/cwt	136.00–140.00	950	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	368	191.30/cwt	190.00–194.00	704	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	586	137.75/cwt	137.00–138.00	807	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	136.48/cwt	134.00–139.00	856	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	954	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	500	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	755	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	380	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	475	161.57/cwt	154.00–169.00	767	15
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	757	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	893	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	180.80/cwt	178.00–187.00	786	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	733	131.46/cwt	130.00–134.50	964	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	768	111.43/cwt	107.00–116.00	856	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	431	2

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 May 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 297Last week 619Year ago 244

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 112Year ago 64

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 93Year ago 45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	134.00–143.00	138.56
2	—	435	143.00–151.00	147.00
1	—	845	115.00	115.00
4	—	473	146.00–150.00	147.68
4	—	364	145.00–152.50	150.54
2	—	525	142.00–149.00	145.63
8	—	668	130.00–137.00	131.65
1	—	755	128.00	128.00
6	—	627	119.00–136.00	131.68
3	—	701	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	129.00–135.00	132.07
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
2	—	768	107.00–116.00	111.43
2	—	560	130.00	130.00
2	—	345	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	562	146.00–157.00	150.09
19	—	427	156.00–170.00	165.85
6	—	367	163.00–174.00	169.59
3	—	600	137.00–141.00	139.67
17	—	528	150.00–165.00	157.52
2	—	317	165.00	165.00
15	—	475	154.00–169.00	161.57
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	475	187.00–209.00	201.96
1	—	650	154.00	154.00
2	—	730	149.00	149.00
10	—	531	181.00–200.00	191.89
14	—	622	153.50–171.00	160.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	180.00	180.00
3	—	546	163.00	163.00
4	—	615	147.00–152.00	148.52
2	—	655	146.00	146.00
1	—	405	185.00	185.00
2	—	717	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	159.00–160.00	159.66
1	—	885	135.00	135.00
1	—	760	137.00	137.00
4	—	535	150.00–158.00	154.56
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	131.00	131.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	318	187.50	187.50
8	—	482	178.00–190.00	187.35
4	—	512	180.00–186.00	183.03
3	—	368	190.00–194.00	191.30
10	—	435	178.00–187.00	180.80
6	—	733	130.00–134.50	131.46
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	150.00	150.00
1	—	500	151.00	151.00
2	—	757	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	481	161.00–175.00	168.01
5	—	571	144.00–160.00	147.16
6	—	518	155.00–172.00	166.43
1	—	380	179.00	179.00
5	—	410	155.00–172.50	162.95
1	—	340	185.00	185.00
3	—	692	136.00–140.00	137.32
1	—	270	183.00	183.00
4	—	627	134.00–139.00	136.48
2	—	745	128.00	128.00
1	—	800	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	135.00–148.00	141.50
1	—	320	160.00	160.00
4	—	534	131.00–140.00	133.74
3	—	677	125.00–126.00	125.33
2	—	393	159.00–162.50	160.76
1	—	785	111.00	111.00
4	—	586	137.00–138.00	137.75
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	124.00	124.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,066	80.00–91.00	85.24
3	—	918	71.00–75.00	72.93
4	—	971	60.00–63.00	60.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	78.00	78.00
4	—	1,400	90.00–104.00	94.79
6	—	1,425	83.00–88.00	84.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	78.00	78.00
10	—	1,242	82.00–88.00	84.29
13	—	1,335	91.50–105.50	96.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,400	101.00–104.00	102.84
12	—	1,674	113.00–139.00	127.61

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,325	1,485.00–1,500.00	1,493.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	895	1,450.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	935	925.00–1,050.00	985.16
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,226	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,135.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,260	1,175.00	1,175.00

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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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