Sale reports / Kentucky / Mount Sterling Livestock Auction / 2024-04-24

Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 24
● Final115 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202
Feeder Cattle receipts
442 head
36 vs last sale 478 5 vs year ago 447 · 1.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
7 vs last sale 117 62 vs year ago 48 · +129.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
13 vs last sale 39 16 vs year ago 42 · 38.1%
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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. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.70/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 139.02 against this barn's trailing median of $401.72.
Average price
$262.70
51 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,415
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$28.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.08
vs KY average
7.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529268.841,42335
Large 1-2549268.001,4715thin
Medium and Large 2-3563240.761,35511thin
One grade step is worth $28.08/cwt here — about $69 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
445407368330median 401.7212/1703/0404/2906/2408/19
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.17, low $343.72, median $401.72 across 30 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 sale51 hd
262.70
KY average25 barns · 1,760 hd
260.62
+2.08
National average178 barns · 11,596 hd
270.19
−7.49
This barn, trailing median30 sales
401.72
−139.02
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
BullsAverage1,671150.372,51214
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,224124.211,52027
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,424119.951,70833
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,077113.341,22131
SteersChoiceAverage1,085181.001,9641thin

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)1,075$1,4052thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,114$1,40110
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,205$1,3851thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,485$2,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,175$1,5601thin

Every lot, as filed

115 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850845235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9861
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350340280.00/cwt280.00–280.009521
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650610249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700658243.51/cwt243.00–244.001,6022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600590286.36/cwt278.00–288.001,6906
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400385317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,2202
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250230285.90/cwt270.00–302.506582
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750704206.96/cwt199.00–208.001,4579
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000980194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,9011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3576
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added350–400389323.08/cwt312.00–330.001,25711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,4811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500471265.88/cwt258.00–270.001,2526
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650640260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350325317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,0302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500–550500321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,60514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450418293.27/cwt281.00–296.001,22610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423264.34/cwt250.00–270.001,11811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed600–650605301.01/cwt296.00–302.001,82119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750707240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6972
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650620282.50/cwt268.00–297.001,7524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850815220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7931
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450405320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2962
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550527307.17/cwt303.00–317.001,61920
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800782239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,8692
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900875223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,9511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850845229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,9357
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550521274.14/cwt268.50–279.001,42824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400390279.49/cwt279.00–280.001,0902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850812193.87/cwt176.00–195.001,57417
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350328312.50/cwt310.00–315.001,0256
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950927200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8545
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800752206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5492
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500466287.71/cwt280.00–304.001,3416
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250215315.00/cwt315.00–315.006771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567258.37/cwt256.00–260.001,4655
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532256.39/cwt250.00–260.001,3646
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650628229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4384
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1781,463.83/head1,400.00–1,575.001,4646
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,2672
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2051,385.00/head1,385.00–1,385.001,3851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800776229.07/cwt224.00–234.001,7784
BullsMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,055136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,4351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000978154.08/cwt141.00–169.001,5073
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2450–500465202.00/cwt202.00–202.009391
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2350–400375228.00/cwt228.00–228.008551
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2500–550525225.10/cwt220.00–230.001,1822
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600573268.61/cwt260.00–277.001,5392
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550515272.06/cwt270.00–274.001,4012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300283314.12/cwt300.00–327.508892
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2450–500470220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0341
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,478133.02/cwt125.00–143.501,9667
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,319106.97/cwt104.00–109.501,4114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,178109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,2842
CowsBoner 80-85%1,255130.12/cwt125.00–141.501,63313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,198120.35/cwt113.00–123.501,44212
CowsLean 85-90%1,04085.80/cwt83.00–88.008922
Bulls1,726147.43/cwt145.00–149.002,5455
Bulls1,243128.53/cwt128.00–129.001,5982
SteersChoice1,085181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,9641
CowsLean 85-90%1,096109.27/cwt103.00–114.001,1988
CowsLean 85-90%1,01198.24/cwt94.00–101.009934
CowsLean 85-90%1,088122.04/cwt115.00–132.001,32817
BullsLarge 1-2600–650603250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5083
BullsLarge 1-2550–600570262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4961
BullsLarge 1-2750–800755226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7061
BullsLarge 1-2450–500453300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3593
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,426118.15/cwt113.00–123.501,68522
Bulls1,753158.71/cwt155.00–165.002,7827
SteersLarge 1-2650–700660250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6502
SteersLarge 1-2750–800795229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,8211
SteersLarge 1-2550–600585273.00/cwt270.00–276.001,5974
HeifersLarge 1-2500–550549268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4715
SteersLarge 1-2600–650606259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,5704
HeifersLarge 1-2650–700666223.96/cwt220.00–228.001,4924
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450431301.35/cwt288.00–305.001,2997
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750725223.95/cwt220.00–230.001,6245
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600577306.09/cwt290.00–314.001,7663
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250210350.00/cwt350.00–350.007351
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0151,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
SteersLarge 1-2800–850845219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,8512
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500495240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1881
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250–300273240.07/cwt199.00–285.006553
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700683218.10/cwt209.00–227.001,4902
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500450270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2151
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750700162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,1381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700665241.50/cwt241.00–242.001,6062
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650600255.33/cwt252.00–257.001,5323
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750700242.38/cwt237.50–244.001,6974
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750727258.18/cwt247.00–275.001,87713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700659287.68/cwt271.00–294.001,8967
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550543254.52/cwt250.00–259.001,3822
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500475240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500457277.55/cwt270.00–280.001,26813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700670244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6351
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450438248.03/cwt246.00–250.001,0862
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550530235.40/cwt220.00–244.001,2483
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650625221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3811
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600580248.46/cwt247.00–250.001,4412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650619249.69/cwt240.00–252.001,54617
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550534290.56/cwt276.00–297.001,5525
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1351,310.00/head1,310.00–1,310.001,3101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0181,307.74/head1,275.00–1,350.001,3084
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300290260.00/cwt260.00–260.007541
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400376245.99/cwt240.00–253.009254
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600580257.38/cwt250.00–271.001,4934
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700–750747234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,7482
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600575242.77/cwt227.00–249.001,3968
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200–250240260.00/cwt260.00–260.006241
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450435260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1311
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700685228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5621
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350323312.46/cwt280.00–327.001,0093
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,1751,560.00/head1,560.00–1,560.001,5601
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550520260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3522
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4852,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501

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.