Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages and yearlings. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $283.59/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −173.07 against this barn's trailing median of $456.65.

Average price

$283.59

31 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,563

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$330

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

$35.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.60

vs KY average

−26.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	285.90	1,585	29
Small and Medium 1-2	502	250.00	1,255	2thin

One grade step is worth $35.90/cwt here — about $330 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

22 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $515.83, low $358.79, median $456.65 across 22 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale31 hd

283.59

—

KY average24 barns · 1,057 hd

303.19

−19.60

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

−26.67

This barn, trailing median22 sales

456.65

−173.07

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	1,598	144.25	2,305	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,258	130.61	1,643	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,426	129.48	1,846	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,146	112.61	1,291	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,205	162.19	1,954	6thin

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)	1,230	$1,665	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,355	$1,650	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,185	$1,285	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	725	$985	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,545	$2,700	5

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
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	363	228.75/cwt	220.00–255.00	830	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	500	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	584	272.02/cwt	258.50–318.00	1,589	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	282.03/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,469	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	754	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,862	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	247.98/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,545	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	282.05/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	658	286.41/cwt	276.00–295.00	1,885	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,082	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	428	314.51/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,346	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	268.01/cwt	255.00–279.00	1,388	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	257.63/cwt	254.00–261.50	1,855	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	504	313.58/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,580	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	466	299.47/cwt	296.00–305.00	1,396	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	257.15/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,070	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	282.39/cwt	270.00–293.00	921	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	162.33/cwt	152.00–183.00	1,502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	244.05/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,301	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	430	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	920	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,263	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,367	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,373	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	273.17/cwt	260.00–287.00	841	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,090	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,222	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,545	2,700.10/head	2,425.00–3,000.00	2,700	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	961	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,922	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	370	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	777	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	325	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	212.55/cwt	202.00–215.00	1,724	7
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	502	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,255	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	116.67/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,386	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,202	114.44/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,376	6
Bulls	—	—	1,985	148.50/cwt	148.00–149.00	2,948	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	108.95/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,128	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,205	162.19/cwt	148.00–166.00	1,954	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,050	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	765	179.06/cwt	173.00–182.00	1,370	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	550	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,485	2
Heifers	Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	1000–1050	1,010	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,788	2
Bulls	—	—	1,443	142.55/cwt	139.00–146.00	2,057	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	130.11/cwt	121.00–141.50	1,876	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	133.14/cwt	123.00–142.50	1,692	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	226.97/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	950–1000	995	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,000	2
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	830	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,627	1
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	745	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,527	1
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	395	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	552	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,242	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	277	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	278.19/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,282	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	800–850	830	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,751	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,180	1,349.89/head	1,325.00–1,375.00	1,350	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,185	1,285.00/head	1,285.00–1,285.00	1,285	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	379	244.45/cwt	232.50–256.00	926	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	286.67/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,046	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	658	187.74/cwt	165.00–211.00	1,235	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	433	272.02/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,178	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	315	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	476	270.39/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,287	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,281	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	291.14/cwt	249.00–300.00	1,840	28
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	985.00/head	985.00–985.00	985	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	428	330.70/cwt	323.00–334.00	1,415	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	365	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,214	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	340	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	721	181.82/cwt	161.00–192.00	1,311	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	250.52/cwt	244.00–261.00	1,668	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	524	227.10/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,190	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	671	240.23/cwt	238.00–240.50	1,612	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	476	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,380	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	390	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	258.43/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,478	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	269.84/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,646	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 Mar 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 376Last week 444Year ago 1,014

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 71Year ago 95

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 17Year ago 39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	363	220.00–255.00	228.75
1	400–450	430	214.00	214.00
1	500–550	500	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	365	332.50	332.50
6	400–450	428	300.00–325.00	314.51
7	450–500	466	296.00–305.00	299.47
4	500–550	521	280.00–284.00	282.03
4	550–600	574	280.00–284.00	282.05
2	600–650	610	250.00–290.00	269.84
7	650–700	666	244.00–261.00	250.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	277	276.00	276.00
2	300–350	308	260.00–287.00	273.17
3	350–400	381	286.00	286.00
6	450–500	461	276.00–285.00	278.19
3	500–550	530	258.00	258.00
1	550–600	580	277.00	277.00
2	700–750	738	224.00–230.00	226.97
7	800–850	811	202.00–215.00	212.55
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	550	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	234.00	234.00
2	350–400	360	225.00	225.00
2	450–500	470	234.00	234.00
3	600–650	610	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	325.00	325.00
6	400–450	428	323.00–334.00	330.70
3	450–500	476	290.00	290.00
10	500–550	504	300.00–317.00	313.58
18	550–600	584	258.50–318.00	272.02
28	600–650	632	249.00–300.00	291.14
3	650–700	658	276.00–295.00	286.41
22	700–750	720	254.00–261.50	257.63
15	750–800	754	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	309.00	309.00
1	500–550	530	259.00	259.00
4	950–1000	961	200.00	200.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	502	250.00	250.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	745	205.00	205.00
1	800–850	830	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	280.00–300.00	286.67
1	450–500	450	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	311.00	311.00
3	400–450	433	270.00–273.00	272.02
18	450–500	476	268.00–276.00	270.39
11	500–550	518	255.00–279.00	268.01
12	550–600	572	255.00–260.00	258.43
11	600–650	623	240.00–252.00	247.98
9	650–700	671	238.00–240.50	240.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	250	277.00	277.00
4	300–350	326	270.00–293.00	282.39
1	350–400	350	287.50	287.50
6	400–450	416	253.00–260.00	257.15
1	450–500	485	252.00	252.00
2	500–550	533	242.00–246.00	244.05
2	700–750	705	200.00	200.00
1	850–900	875	152.00	152.00
3	900–950	925	152.00–183.00	162.33
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	212.00	212.00
2	350–400	370	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	250.00	250.00
3	750–800	765	173.00–182.00	179.06
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,010	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	211.00	211.00
2	950–1000	995	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	232.50–256.00	244.45
5	500–550	524	220.00–239.00	227.10
2	550–600	552	225.00	225.00
2	650–700	658	165.00–211.00	187.74
4	700–750	721	161.00–192.00	181.82

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)	3	—	1,263	1,875.00	1,875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,355	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,180	1,325.00–1,375.00	1,349.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,185	1,285.00	1,285.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,545	2,425.00–3,000.00	2,700.10
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	725	985.00	985.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,188	114.00–119.00	116.67
11	—	1,271	123.00–142.50	133.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,202	111.00–119.00	114.44
3	—	1,035	107.00–111.00	108.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	115.00	115.00
23	—	1,442	121.00–141.50	130.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,985	148.00–149.00	148.50
5	—	1,443	139.00–146.00	142.55
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,205	148.00–166.00	162.19

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Bluegrass Stockyard - Mt. Sterling, KY

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle