Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages; some 400-500 lb heifer packages sharply higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $188.68/cwt on 580 head.

Average price

$188.68

580 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,083

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$712

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

$66.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.80

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	575	193.27	1,111	507
Large 1-2	651	164.95	1,073	35
Medium and Large 2-3	509	151.13	770	35
Small and Medium 1-2	315	126.73	399	3thin

One grade step is worth $66.55/cwt here — about $712 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 sale580 hd

188.68

—

KY average25 barns · 7,467 hd

187.88

+0.80

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	1,708	131.72	2,250	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,413	97.87	1,383	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,201	96.94	1,164	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,025	74.77	767	14

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,225	$1,075	1thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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 1-2	—	775	166.93/cwt	166.00–170.00	1,294	11
Steers	Large 1-2	—	655	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	211.17/cwt	208.00–215.00	910	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	622	161.63/cwt	152.50–170.00	1,005	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	479	211.06/cwt	192.00–221.00	1,011	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	297	229.01/cwt	225.00–230.00	680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	384	218.44/cwt	200.00–233.00	839	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	161.04/cwt	155.00–174.00	937	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	836	154.50/cwt	151.00–158.00	1,292	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	691	183.57/cwt	168.00–189.00	1,268	154
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	572	175.29/cwt	169.00–181.00	1,003	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	527	165.29/cwt	152.50–174.00	871	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	431	229.97/cwt	216.00–255.00	991	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	201.71/cwt	185.00–207.50	746	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	213.31/cwt	200.00–230.00	917	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	180.30/cwt	173.00–183.00	945	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	188.87/cwt	183.00–190.00	905	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	915	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	534	197.54/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,055	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	179.97/cwt	167.00–189.00	1,143	46
Heifers	Large 1-2Value Added	—	682	166.56/cwt	166.00–172.00	1,136	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	168.57/cwt	160.00–176.00	615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	174.51/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,009	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	653	198.45/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,296	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	341	237.10/cwt	221.00–249.00	809	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	852	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,481	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	208.28/cwt	194.00–213.00	1,300	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	527	229.35/cwt	209.00–237.50	1,209	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	764	186.85/cwt	175.00–187.75	1,428	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,037	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	563	217.71/cwt	207.00–221.00	1,226	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	706	182.53/cwt	175.00–188.00	1,289	28
Steers	Large 1-2	—	728	167.66/cwt	161.00–174.00	1,221	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	209.38/cwt	199.00–215.00	976	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	471	233.24/cwt	218.00–254.00	1,099	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	390	239.97/cwt	222.50–247.50	936	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	773	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,183	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	563	207.69/cwt	203.00–211.00	1,169	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	330	233.63/cwt	232.50–234.00	771	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	420	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	557	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	305	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	778	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	846	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	101.08/cwt	89.50–111.00	1,240	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	85.90/cwt	83.00–90.00	912	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,265	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	860	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,421	99.29/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,411	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,168	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	85.70/cwt	84.00–87.50	968	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	78.65/cwt	75.00–82.00	765	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	62.30/cwt	59.00–66.00	633	4
Bulls	—	—	1,696	134.43/cwt	120.00–144.00	2,280	8
Bulls	—	—	1,805	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,986	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	954	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,014	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	200.32/cwt	200.00–201.00	1,136	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	201.46/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,048	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	185.04/cwt	182.50–187.50	564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	203.82/cwt	202.50–207.00	942	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	203.16/cwt	200.00–212.50	589	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	502	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,069	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	413	235.36/cwt	220.00–255.00	972	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	267	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	454	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	191.31/cwt	185.00–198.00	1,104	70
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	460	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	833	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	663	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	995	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	328	220.27/cwt	200.00–234.00	722	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	188.73/cwt	180.00–197.50	681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	151.34/cwt	150.00–154.00	870	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	285	125.09/cwt	120.00–130.00	357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,123	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	645	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	751	130.25/cwt	130.00–131.00	978	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	135.74/cwt	134.00–141.00	914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	243	161.43/cwt	151.00–177.50	392	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	731	130.20/cwt	130.00–131.00	952	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	165.78/cwt	165.00–167.00	1,127	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	282	160.73/cwt	145.00–177.50	453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	152.07/cwt	140.00–157.50	719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	426	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	767	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,154	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	737	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,216	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,121	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	497	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	895	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	472	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,005	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,100	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 Mar 15, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,084Last week 291Year ago 436

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 88Year ago 81

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 33Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	775	166.00–170.00	166.93
1	—	1,055	149.00	149.00
4	—	431	208.00–215.00	211.17
1	—	555	199.00	199.00
1	—	730	166.00	166.00
1	—	1,045	142.00	142.00
4	—	825	179.50	179.50
1	—	945	152.00	152.00
1	—	350	199.00	199.00
2	—	875	175.00	175.00
8	—	546	190.00	190.00
8	—	466	199.00–215.00	209.38
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	185.00	185.00
2	—	728	161.00–174.00	167.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	622	152.50–170.00	161.63
3	—	582	155.00–174.00	161.04
1	—	410	165.00	165.00
5	—	370	185.00–207.50	201.71
2	—	510	167.00	167.00
1	—	495	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	431	216.00–255.00	229.97
9	—	653	198.00–200.00	198.45
7	—	341	221.00–249.00	237.10
44	—	624	194.00–213.00	208.28
88	—	527	209.00–237.50	229.35
28	—	764	175.00–187.75	186.85
57	—	563	207.00–221.00	217.71
28	—	706	175.00–188.00	182.53
18	—	471	218.00–254.00	233.24
6	—	390	222.50–247.50	239.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	479	192.00–221.00	211.06
5	—	297	225.00–230.00	229.01
33	—	384	200.00–233.00	218.44
4	—	836	151.00–158.00	154.50
154	—	691	168.00–189.00	183.57
29	—	430	200.00–230.00	213.31
41	—	534	185.00–200.00	197.54
46	—	635	167.00–189.00	179.97
70	—	577	185.00–198.00	191.31
9	—	328	200.00–234.00	220.27
3	—	737	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	572	169.00–181.00	175.29
3	—	527	152.50–174.00	165.29
1	—	915	122.00	122.00
1	—	460	181.00	181.00
3	—	663	150.00	150.00
1	—	645	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	524	173.00–183.00	180.30
6	—	479	183.00–190.00	188.87
4	—	578	170.00–176.00	174.51
4	—	361	180.00–197.50	188.73
6	—	780	144.00	144.00
1	—	335	185.00	185.00
5	—	680	165.00–167.00	165.78
4	—	842	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	682	166.00–172.00	166.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	160.00–176.00	168.57
3	—	575	150.00–154.00	151.34
4	—	751	130.00–131.00	130.25
4	—	673	134.00–141.00	135.74
4	—	243	151.00–177.50	161.43
5	—	731	130.00–131.00	130.20
3	—	282	145.00–177.50	160.73
1	—	305	170.00	170.00
4	—	473	140.00–157.50	152.07
3	—	426	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	120.00–130.00	125.09
1	—	375	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	773	153.00	153.00
3	—	563	203.00–211.00	207.69
4	—	330	232.50–234.00	233.63
2	—	502	213.00	213.00
9	—	413	220.00–255.00	235.36
2	—	472	213.00	213.00
1	—	625	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	132.50	132.50
1	—	305	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	207.50	207.50
3	—	567	200.00–201.00	200.32
4	—	520	200.00–203.00	201.46
4	—	462	202.50–207.00	203.82
5	—	290	200.00–212.50	203.16
1	—	760	151.00	151.00
1	—	640	164.00	164.00
1	—	675	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	149.00	149.00
1	—	560	181.00	181.00
2	—	305	182.50–187.50	185.04
1	—	395	194.00	194.00
1	—	410	151.00	151.00
2	—	267	170.00	170.00
2	—	497	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	78.00	78.00
10	—	1,227	89.50–111.00	101.08
2	—	1,130	84.00–87.50	85.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,062	83.00–90.00	85.90
1	—	1,265	68.00	68.00
6	—	973	75.00–82.00	78.65
4	—	1,016	59.00–66.00	62.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,421	96.00–105.00	99.29
1	—	1,350	86.50	86.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,696	120.00–144.00	134.43
1	—	1,805	110.00	110.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,225	1,075.00	1,075.00

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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