Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher on weaned offerings with good demand for long-weaned packages and yearlings. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 lower with moderate demand. Fleshy, off-color, bawling, and short-weaned calves facing discounts. Buyers showing preference for long-weaned preconditioned calf packages and yearlings. Many new crop calves starting to show up this week and buyers discounting soft tender calves due to health concerns over fall weather and short grass. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower with light to moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $252.41/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −204.24 against this barn's trailing median of $456.65.

Average price

$252.41

34 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

per head · Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$13.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.51

vs KY average

−16.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	560	254.50	1,425	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	536	251.91	1,350	17thin
Medium and Large 2-3	547	241.00	1,318	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.50/cwt here — about $107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale34 hd

252.41

—

KY average15 barns · 426 hd

268.92

−16.51

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

−16.99

This barn, trailing median22 sales

456.65

−204.24

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	1,592	161.35	2,569	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,196	132.73	1,587	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,408	131.54	1,852	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	979	108.44	1,062	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,268	156.01	1,978	2thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,180	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,020	$1,100	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	833	$1,023	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	973	$1,138	2thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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 2-3	350–400	370	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	235.24/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	244.00/cwt	243.00–245.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	457	247.56/cwt	244.00–253.00	1,131	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	436	253.04/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,103	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	980	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	245.94/cwt	234.00–255.00	935	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	232.40/cwt	227.00–238.00	1,341	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	742	1
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	705	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,551	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	241.55/cwt	238.00–247.00	1,483	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	277.75/cwt	277.75–277.75	1,855	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	601	193.57/cwt	185.00–210.00	1,163	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	211.60/cwt	190.00–220.00	1,100	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,030	26
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	560	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,425	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,064	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	712	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,424	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	212.81/cwt	200.00–222.00	932	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	217.85/cwt	208.00–225.00	1,013	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	229.33/cwt	222.00–233.00	1,445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,159	206.10/cwt	206.10–206.10	2,389	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,814	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	887	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,818	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	247.46/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,200	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	240.52/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,258	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	246.25/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,268	10
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	683	198.67/cwt	181.00–222.50	1,357	3
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	626	235.88/cwt	224.00–240.00	1,477	4
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	760	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	255.50/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,088	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	450–500	490	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	945	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,833	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	547	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,318	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	259.37/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,214	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	762	228.24/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,739	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,013	216.75/cwt	216.75–216.75	2,196	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	771	256.52/cwt	253.10–260.00	1,978	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,472	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	560	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	742	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	520	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	993	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,177	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	256.64/cwt	240.00–267.00	1,178	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	936	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	587	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,215	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	980	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,637	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	130.22/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,508	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,303	129.74/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,691	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	124.84/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,833	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	939	108.28/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,017	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	135.29/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,958	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	123.18/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,442	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,268	156.01/cwt	150.00–162.00	1,978	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	141.18/cwt	136.00–149.00	1,756	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	931	100.76/cwt	97.00–102.00	938	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	116.36/cwt	113.00–121.00	1,269	5
Bulls	—	—	1,626	161.30/cwt	155.00–167.00	2,623	7
Bulls	—	—	1,345	142.03/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,910	4
Bulls	—	—	1,742	176.87/cwt	168.00–194.00	3,081	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	790	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,020	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	833	1,022.67/head	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,023	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,155	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,914	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,260	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	256.38/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,092	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	266.41/cwt	265.00–270.00	983	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	222.30/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,278	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	723	181.02/cwt	180.00–182.00	1,309	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	580	220.47/cwt	200.00–231.00	1,279	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	236.61/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,261	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	196.00/cwt	185.00–216.00	1,313	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	440	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	227.18/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,540	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	885	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,655	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	605	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,331	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	660	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	335	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	233.95/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,116	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	565	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	240.30/cwt	231.00–247.00	757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	920	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,292	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	208.88/cwt	200.00–217.00	1,191	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	434	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,102	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	480	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,200	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	313	218.76/cwt	217.50–220.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,021	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	206.80/cwt	200.00–212.00	1,377	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	238.74/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,241	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	859	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	731	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 Sep 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 896Last week 310Year ago 1,176

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 119Year ago 89

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 38Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	217.50–220.00	218.76
2	350–400	370	200.00	200.00
6	400–450	438	200.00–222.00	212.81
6	450–500	465	208.00–225.00	217.85
11	500–550	520	190.00–220.00	211.60
7	600–650	601	185.00–210.00	193.57
5	650–700	670	185.00–216.00	196.00
2	700–750	723	180.00–182.00	181.02
1	850–900	885	187.00	187.00
1	950–1000	980	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	243.00–245.00	244.00
1	250–300	290	256.00	256.00
3	300–350	315	231.00–247.00	240.30
14	350–400	380	234.00–255.00	245.94
2	400–450	425	230.00–240.00	235.24
6	450–500	477	230.00–240.00	233.95
19	500–550	533	230.00–239.00	236.61
8	550–600	577	227.00–238.00	232.40
1	600–650	600	230.00	230.00
7	650–700	678	220.00–230.00	227.18
1	750–800	775	202.00	202.00
1	800–850	800	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	250.00–254.00	253.04
5	450–500	457	244.00–253.00	247.56
6	500–550	523	240.00–241.00	240.52
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	580	200.00–231.00	220.47
1	600–650	605	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	660	200.00	200.00
8	700–750	712	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	200.00	200.00
1	400–450	440	205.00	205.00
2	550–600	565	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	434	254.00	254.00
23	450–500	480	250.00	250.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	560	254.50	254.50
4	600–650	626	224.00–240.00	235.88
8	700–750	705	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	760	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	280.00	280.00
7	400–450	426	250.00–260.00	255.50
24	450–500	468	245.00–267.00	259.37
10	500–550	515	240.00–257.00	246.25
5	600–650	614	238.00–247.00	241.55
3	750–800	775	234.00	234.00
26	850–900	864	235.00	235.00
85	1000–1050	1,013	216.75	216.75
140	1150–1200	1,159	206.10	206.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	566	260.00	260.00
81	650–700	668	277.75	277.75
143	750–800	771	253.10–260.00	256.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	240.00–250.00	247.46
2	500–550	547	241.00	241.00
3	600–650	630	222.00–233.00	229.33
3	650–700	683	181.00–222.50	198.67
12	750–800	762	220.00–229.00	228.24
5	850–900	887	205.00	205.00
3	900–950	945	194.00	194.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	621	249.00	249.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	107.00	107.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	240.00	240.00
1	400–450	440	232.00	232.00
1	500–550	540	218.00	218.00
3	550–600	570	200.00–217.00	208.88
1	650–700	680	190.00	190.00
1	900–950	920	150.00	150.00
1	950–1000	980	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	261.00	261.00
1	300–350	340	252.50	252.50
5	350–400	369	265.00–270.00	266.41
5	400–450	426	250.00–260.00	256.38
7	450–500	459	240.00–267.00	256.64
5	500–550	520	230.00–245.00	238.74
2	550–600	575	215.00–230.00	222.30
2	600–650	600	210.00	210.00
6	650–700	666	200.00–212.00	206.80
1	750–800	750	201.00	201.00
1	800–850	840	197.00	197.00
2	850–900	890	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	587	207.00	207.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,158	126.00–134.00	130.22
4	—	1,171	121.00–125.00	123.18
6	—	1,244	136.00–149.00	141.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,303	127.00–132.00	129.74
2	—	1,468	124.00–126.00	124.84
5	—	1,447	133.00–138.00	135.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	939	104.00–112.00	108.28
5	—	931	97.00–102.00	100.76
5	—	1,091	113.00–121.00	116.36
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	150.00–162.00	156.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,626	155.00–167.00	161.30
4	—	1,345	135.00–147.00	142.03
5	—	1,742	168.00–194.00	176.87

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,155	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	833	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,022.67

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Bluegrass Stockyard - Mt. Sterling, KY

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