Sale reports / Kentucky / Mount Sterling Livestock Auction / 2023-12-20

Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 20
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202
Feeder Cattle receipts
62 head
573 vs last sale 635 23 vs year ago 85 · 27.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
88 vs last sale 109 32 vs year ago 53 · 60.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
26 vs last sale 46 48 vs year ago 68 · 70.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market lightly tested due to approaching Holiday; however good quality weaned calves continue to be well received with good demand on an active market with good buyer participation for all classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $189.86/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$189.86
18 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$857
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$71.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.39
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2462206.469559thin
Medium and Large 2-3413178.037358thin
Large 1-2660135.008911thin
One grade step is worth $71.46/cwt here — about $64 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 sale18 hd
189.86
KY average23 barns · 3,764 hd
197.25
−7.39
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,610126.662,0393thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48396.231,4276thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31390.961,19410
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08083.699043thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,247$1,2008
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,045$8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,378$1,5253thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2695159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,3052
BullsMedium and Large 1-2410240.00/cwt240.00–240.009841
BullsMedium and Large 1-2495230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1391
BullsMedium and Large 2-3995110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2506236.48/cwt233.00–240.001,1976
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3405182.50/cwt182.50–182.507392
HeifersLarge 1-2660135.00/cwt135.00–135.008911
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3570171.82/cwt162.00–182.009792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385196.25/cwt190.00–202.507562
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3235192.50/cwt192.50–192.504521
SteersLarge 1-2600205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2301
BullsLarge 1-2735185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2601
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3480182.00/cwt182.00–182.008741
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3320170.55/cwt152.50–187.505462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added565218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,2321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added372215.89/cwt215.00–217.508033
BullsMedium and Large 1-2735167.49/cwt167.00–169.001,2314
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2510170.00/cwt170.00–170.008671
BullsMedium and Large 2-3623168.97/cwt168.00–170.001,0532
BullsMedium and Large 1-2820155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added540200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0802
BullsLarge 1-2685200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3221,259.25/head1,125.00–1,325.001,2596
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,045850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0151,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5601,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0201,021.45/head960.00–1,075.001,0212
Bulls1,480123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,8201
Bulls1,675128.49/cwt126.00–131.002,1522
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,05090.00/cwt90.00–90.009451
CowsLean 85-90%1,08083.69/cwt82.00–84.509043
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32888.57/cwt85.00–93.001,1768
CowsBoner 80-85%1,253100.52/cwt98.00–102.501,2602
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56997.47/cwt93.00–103.501,5295

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.