Sale reports / Kentucky / Mount Sterling Livestock Auction / 2024-09-25

Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 25
● Final115 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202
Feeder Cattle receipts
462 head
126 vs last sale 336 616 vs year ago 1,078 · 57.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
33 vs last sale 61 78 vs year ago 172 · 45.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
19 vs last sale 44 12 vs year ago 51 · +23.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 8.00 higher with good demand for weaned packages. Yearlings lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.80/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 143.92 against this barn's trailing median of $401.72.
Average price
$257.80
123 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,453
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$310
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$44.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.97
vs KY average
+17.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565260.661,474115
Large 1-2543218.001,1843thin
Medium and Large 2-3539215.941,1645thin
One grade step is worth $44.72/cwt here — about $310 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale123 hd
257.80
KY average25 barns · 1,420 hd
233.83
+23.97
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
+17.71
This barn, trailing median30 sales
401.72
−143.92
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
BullsLow1,589157.892,50817
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,256119.281,49922
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,441119.271,71923
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,069103.651,10833

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)1,193$1,9192thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,151$1,51122
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,155$1,3338
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)720$1,0001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)770$9501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,560$1,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,420$1,9398
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,495$1,7001thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750705202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4241
HeifersLarge 1-2650–700678206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3973
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2450–500480205.00/cwt190.00–220.009842
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650627241.88/cwt237.00–246.001,51711
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350–400375230.00/cwt230.00–230.008631
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2200–250235202.50/cwt202.50–202.504761
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2350–400390210.00/cwt210.00–210.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500486219.48/cwt201.00–224.001,0677
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600570222.07/cwt220.00–224.001,2662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added300–350335262.88/cwt255.00–267.008813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600570266.36/cwt246.00–267.001,51897
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550513240.47/cwt240.00–244.001,2349
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550518211.86/cwt208.00–220.001,0973
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350330214.89/cwt210.00–222.007093
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650630238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4991
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450431253.59/cwt247.00–257.001,0937
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added350–400363258.86/cwt255.00–263.009402
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400395208.00/cwt208.00–208.008221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526231.19/cwt224.00–236.001,21612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650605210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2711
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3850–900855164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,4021
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300268242.00/cwt242.00–242.006493
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500481238.55/cwt230.00–241.001,14710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250222272.50/cwt272.50–272.506052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300260242.84/cwt225.00–260.006312
HeifersLarge 1-2600–650621212.58/cwt200.00–220.001,3204
HeifersLarge 1-2800–850801182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4584
HeifersLarge 1-2550–600580220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3912
SteersLarge 1-2700–750748227.25/cwt209.00–229.501,7009
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450421281.61/cwt272.50–301.001,1866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added350–400365280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400365290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0591
SteersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,085199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,1591
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450400257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485268.00/cwt265.00–271.001,3002
SteersLarge 1-2600–650605214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2951
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700–750720211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5191
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600573234.70/cwt229.00–238.001,3453
SteersLarge 1-21150–12001,155186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,1486
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567250.56/cwt246.00–256.001,42110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650638233.50/cwt233.00–234.001,4902
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700655236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5462
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500457281.92/cwt276.00–290.001,2885
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600554260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4404
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750706240.25/cwt240.25–240.251,69613
SteersMedium and Large 2-3800–850805206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,6581
SteersLarge 1-2850–900877207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,8152
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650608205.53/cwt200.00–228.001,2505
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450427244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550523264.80/cwt260.00–279.001,38518
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600550257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4142
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500455268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,2191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550510255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3012
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350330225.00/cwt225.00–225.007431
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400371227.79/cwt220.00–250.008454
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy800–850835160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3362
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,445117.11/cwt114.00–119.501,6927
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,338112.63/cwt110.00–114.501,5076
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,500124.76/cwt122.00–127.501,87110
CowsLean 85-90%90088.48/cwt83.00–92.007963
CowsBoner 80-85%1,304126.04/cwt120.50–137.001,64410
CowsLean 85-90%1,087105.61/cwt102.00–109.001,14818
CowsLean 85-90%1,230117.25/cwt110.00–125.001,4424
CowsLean 85-90%1,01198.14/cwt94.50–101.509928
Bulls1,140130.66/cwt118.00–142.001,4903
CowsBoner 80-85%1,195111.24/cwt110.00–113.001,3295
Bulls1,736165.47/cwt161.00–172.002,87311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,232115.37/cwt112.00–120.001,4217
Bulls1,497157.30/cwt151.00–160.002,3553
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1931,919.18/head1,850.00–2,000.001,9192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0601,330.50/head1,200.00–1,450.001,33113
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1491,276.45/head1,100.00–1,435.001,2767
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2821,771.30/head1,600.00–2,000.001,7719
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2-37201,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3122,092.50/head2,000.00–2,200.002,0933
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,4841,847.36/head1,700.00–1,950.001,8475
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,4951,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2-3770950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,5601,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550538237.20/cwt230.00–240.001,2767
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500470255.63/cwt251.00–260.001,2017
BullsLarge 1-2600–650638202.38/cwt185.00–211.001,2913
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600574238.59/cwt238.00–240.001,3705
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700678215.71/cwt212.50–219.001,4632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400383249.31/cwt248.00–251.009553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568227.47/cwt226.00–232.001,2926
HeifersLarge 1-2450–500452243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0982
HeifersLarge 1-2500–550525217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1392
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350320243.00/cwt243.00–243.007781
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800760188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,4291
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750718192.47/cwt190.00–195.001,3822
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2450–500460206.46/cwt203.00–210.009502
HeifersLarge 1-2700–750705205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4451
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2400–450405210.00/cwt210.00–210.008511
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700665182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2102
BullsLarge 1-2700–750715201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4371
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650618229.25/cwt224.00–234.001,41719
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450405272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,1021
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550503220.01/cwt218.00–221.001,1073
HeifersLarge 1-2300–350300235.00/cwt235.00–235.007052
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850836166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,3883
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650638210.65/cwt210.00–212.001,3443
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350323274.81/cwt270.00–280.008882
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750735172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2641
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600562228.80/cwt228.00–230.001,2865
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800770168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400380260.00/cwt260.00–260.009881
BullsLarge 1-2500–550545198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,0791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750715201.81/cwt196.00–207.001,4438
BullsLarge 1-2650–700673209.66/cwt209.00–210.001,4113
BullsLarge 1-2800–850835165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3781
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450407254.77/cwt245.00–258.001,0374
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2550–600565175.00/cwt175.00–175.009892

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.