Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady on similar quality weaned packages; softer undertone on fleshy short-weaned and plain to average quality offerings. Yearlings limited comparison. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher with 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 $336.16/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −120.49 against this barn's trailing median of $456.65.

Average price

$336.16

31 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$365

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

$72.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.35

vs KY average

−18.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	347.35	1,919	26
Medium and Large 2-3	568	280.00	1,590	3thin
Large 1-2	565	275.00	1,554	2thin

One grade step is worth $72.35/cwt here — about $365 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

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

336.16

—

KY average19 barns · 483 hd

339.51

−3.35

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−18.14

This barn, trailing median22 sales

456.65

−120.49

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	1,731	178.71	3,094	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,422	140.21	1,994	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,177	139.28	1,640	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	891	118.43	1,055	8thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,855	130.50	2,421	1thin

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)	1,225	$2,525	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,145	$1,925	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,325	$3,638	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,039	$2,819	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	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,129	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	282.47/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,186	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,015	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,847	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	350.50/cwt	341.00–360.00	981	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	378.75/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,473	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	251.76/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,926	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,599	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	607	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,846	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	352.74/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,672	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	349.69/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,479	6
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	250–300	295	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	258.56/cwt	240.00–277.50	1,500	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	348	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,082	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	295.01/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,646	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,375	3,675.00/head	3,675.00–3,675.00	3,675	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,035	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,490	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,165	3,675.00/head	3,675.00–3,675.00	3,675	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	972	2,406.52/head	2,375.00–2,450.00	2,407	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bulls	—	—	1,435	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,411	1
Bulls	—	—	1,805	181.39/cwt	178.00–183.00	3,274	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	142.86/cwt	141.50–145.50	2,039	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	126.49/cwt	124.00–128.50	1,533	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	137.55/cwt	135.00–140.50	1,949	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	120.20/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,052	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	129.31/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,148	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	112.10/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,009	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,806	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	148.69/cwt	145.50–155.00	1,670	4
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,855	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	2,421	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	410	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	552	330.63/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,825	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	326.88/cwt	320.00–346.00	1,667	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	475	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,600	1
Steers	Large 1-2	350–400	350	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,383	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	388.35/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,468	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	791	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,159	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	342.91/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,968	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	470	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	288.33/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,897	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	938	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,350	13
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	400	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,400	2
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	685	264.00/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	269.57/cwt	268.00–270.00	2,221	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,590	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	427	375.10/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,190	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,642	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,779	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	495	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	380	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,615	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	358.30/cwt	350.00–367.00	1,541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	376	352.89/cwt	345.00–367.50	1,327	3
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	565	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	476	315.05/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,500	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	310.39/cwt	287.00–318.00	1,325	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	306.30/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,409	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	425	324.47/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,379	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	317.66/cwt	309.00–325.00	1,658	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	889	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	332.18/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,080	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	365.27/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,907	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	278.85/cwt	268.00–281.00	1,760	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,929	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	263.80/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,293	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	297.91/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	304.39/cwt	304.00–305.00	1,756	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	238.83/cwt	232.50–245.00	1,464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	272.90/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,419	4

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 316Last week 422Year ago 447

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 117Year ago 80

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 101Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	340.00	340.00
4	350–400	389	370.00–395.00	378.75
6	400–450	423	325.00–370.00	349.69
7	450–500	474	340.00–375.00	352.74
1	500–550	545	325.00	325.00
3	550–600	558	290.00–300.00	295.01
1	600–650	640	250.00	250.00
2	750–800	765	240.00–264.00	251.76
1	800–850	820	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	311.00	311.00
1	350–400	390	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	415	300.00	300.00
5	550–600	580	240.00–277.50	258.56
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	337.50	337.50
2	600–650	607	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	375.00	375.00
4	500–550	510	320.00–346.00	326.88
4	550–600	552	330.00–332.50	330.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	312.00	312.00
2	350–400	350	287.50	287.50
2	400–450	420	280.00–285.00	282.47
5	450–500	490	250.00–300.00	263.80
4	500–550	520	260.00–280.00	272.90
2	600–650	613	232.50–245.00	238.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	341.00–360.00	350.50
3	300–350	325	315.00–340.00	332.18
3	350–400	375	318.00	318.00
7	400–450	427	287.00–318.00	310.39
3	450–500	460	305.00–307.00	306.30
4	500–550	520	295.00–307.00	297.91
6	600–650	631	268.00–281.00	278.85
3	700–750	710	260.00	260.00
1	900–950	930	195.00	195.00
2	950–1000	950	203.00	203.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	425	320.00–330.00	324.47
9	450–500	476	310.00–318.00	315.05
21	500–550	522	309.00–325.00	317.66
5	550–600	577	304.00–305.00	304.39
1	600–650	605	294.00	294.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	400	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	565	275.00	275.00
2	650–700	685	258.00–270.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	380	425.00	425.00
3	400–450	427	370.00–380.00	375.10
2	450–500	470	385.00	385.00
9	500–550	522	340.00–375.00	365.27
15	550–600	574	330.00–351.00	342.91
1	600–650	630	327.00	327.00
13	750–800	791	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	390.00	390.00
3	350–400	378	385.00–390.00	388.35
2	400–450	430	350.00–367.00	358.30
17	450–500	476	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	527	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	605	283.00	283.00
3	650–700	658	287.50–290.00	288.33
41	800–850	824	268.00–270.00	269.57
13	900–950	938	250.50	250.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	350.00	350.00
3	350–400	376	345.00–367.50	352.89
3	550–600	568	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	600	250.00	250.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	260.00	260.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,375	3,675.00	3,675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	3,675.00	3,675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	972	2,375.00–2,450.00	2,406.52
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	3,200.00	3,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,275	3,600.00	3,600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	144.00	144.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,225	2,525.00	2,525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,145	1,925.00	1,925.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	168.00	168.00
4	—	1,805	178.00–183.00	181.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,427	141.50–145.50	142.86
3	—	1,417	135.00–140.50	137.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,212	124.00–128.50	126.49
1	—	1,290	140.00	140.00
4	—	1,123	145.50–155.00	148.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	117.00–124.00	120.20
2	—	888	128.00–131.00	129.31
4	—	900	108.00–117.00	112.10
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	130.50	130.50

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle