Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market not fully established - Lite test due to winter storm and very muddy conditions.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $236.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −165.72 against this barn's trailing median of $401.72.

Average price

$236.00

4 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,392

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$8.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.85

vs KY average

−61.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	593	238.00	1,411	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	230.00	1,334	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $77 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

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 sale4 hd

236.00

—

KY average23 barns · 1,082 hd

270.85

−34.85

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−61.00

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.72

−165.72

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,355	136.00	1,843	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,143	132.77	1,517	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,090	113.75	1,240	4thin

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)	980	$1,650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,411	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,334	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	787	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,251	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	412	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,133	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,228	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,179	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	376	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	931	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	127.25/cwt	123.50–131.00	1,432	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,102	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	115.66/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,287	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,843	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	133.85/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,472	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,531	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	953	132.20/cwt	128.00–136.00	1,260	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,438	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,883	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 Feb 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31Last week 641Year ago 283

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 55Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 23Year ago 15

Market not fully established - Lite test due to winter storm and very muddy conditions.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	240.00	240.00
2	450–500	495	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	580	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	640	224.00	224.00
1	650–700	660	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	265.00	265.00
1	450–500	460	267.00	267.00
3	550–600	593	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	412	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	247.50	247.50
1	600–650	635	200.00	200.00
2	750–800	787	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	269.00	269.00
1	500–550	500	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	123.50–131.00	127.25
4	—	1,100	132.00–137.00	133.85
1	—	1,350	139.50	139.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	108.00	108.00
3	—	1,113	114.00–117.00	115.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	136.00	136.00

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)	1	—	980	1,650.00	1,650.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	953	128.00–136.00	132.20
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	153.00	153.00

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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Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle