Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers very good demand in a limited comparison with last week's lite test. Feeder heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 7.00 higher with very good demand for featherweights. Very good demand for weaned and preconditioned calf packages; softer undertone for fleshy and average quality offerings. Yearling steers lightly tested. Very good demand for yearling heifers in a limited comparison.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.24/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −78.48 against this barn's trailing median of $401.72.

Average price

$323.24

52 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$531

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

$82.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.59

vs KY average

−15.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	335.03	1,843	37
Large 1-2	590	305.00	1,800	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	553	300.21	1,659	12thin
Small and Medium 1-2	520	252.40	1,312	2thin

One grade step is worth $82.63/cwt here — about $531 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

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 sale52 hd

323.24

—

KY average25 barns · 1,468 hd

336.83

−13.59

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−15.00

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.72

−78.48

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	—	Low	1,654	198.69	3,286	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,235	163.52	2,019	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,476	162.08	2,392	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	983	138.58	1,362	17

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)	1,114	$2,340	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,201	$2,060	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,007	$1,883	6
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	752	$1,825	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$3,261	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,252	$3,144	6

Every lot, as filed

103 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	650–700	671	270.12/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,813	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	355.83/cwt	347.00–365.00	1,833	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	378.99/cwt	377.00–387.50	1,463	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	580	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,074	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	371.66/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	327.35/cwt	327.00–328.00	1,686	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	257.83/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,877	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	210	406.34/cwt	402.50–410.00	853	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	293.75/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,851	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,102	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	250–300	290	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,374	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	354.53/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,521	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	300.53/cwt	293.50–302.00	2,164	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	280.84/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	332.67/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,910	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,031	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	351.37/cwt	350.00–354.00	1,641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	255	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,122	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	534	380.91/cwt	376.00–396.00	2,034	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	297.12/cwt	292.50–302.00	2,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	594	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,287	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	406.00/cwt	390.00–422.00	1,441	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,030	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	395.66/cwt	385.00–402.50	1,294	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	355	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	326	410.98/cwt	409.00–415.00	1,340	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	337	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,517	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	215	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,075	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	250–300	255	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	808	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	173.56/cwt	171.00–176.00	1,822	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,160.28/head	1,950.00–2,350.00	2,160	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,130	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,276	3,382.25/head	3,300.00–3,500.00	3,382	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	625	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,375	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	565	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	365	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,104	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	470	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,293	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	520	252.40/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,312	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	926	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	123.25/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,054	2
Bulls	—	—	1,427	162.47/cwt	145.00–172.00	2,318	3
Bulls	—	—	1,872	217.54/cwt	204.00–230.00	4,072	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	171.13/cwt	166.00–179.50	2,155	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	139.62/cwt	132.00–150.00	1,400	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,619	167.97/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,719	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,361	157.37/cwt	154.00–162.00	2,142	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	159.57/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,899	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	158.50/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,593	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	149.37/cwt	146.00–153.00	1,812	4
Bulls	—	—	1,513	194.80/cwt	178.00–202.00	2,947	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	590	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	715	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,823	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	690	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,780	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	355	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,050	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,785	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	300–350	315	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	3,261.20/head	3,050.00–3,500.00	3,261	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,462	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,271	2,207.40/head	2,050.00–2,400.00	2,207	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,114	2,340.18/head	2,050.00–2,650.00	2,340	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	976	1,744.94/head	1,450.00–1,925.00	1,745	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	600	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,110	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	633	246.16/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,558	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,320	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,284	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	583	294.12/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,715	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	662	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,787	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	337.50/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	333.06/cwt	327.00–336.00	1,565	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	673	271.23/cwt	270.00–272.50	1,825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	522	306.29/cwt	285.00–317.00	1,599	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	417	345.85/cwt	335.00–362.50	1,442	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	537	325.73/cwt	297.50–340.00	1,749	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	368	381.29/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,403	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	561	340.08/cwt	325.00–348.00	1,908	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	346.20/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	348.23/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,525	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,467	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	365.25/cwt	335.00–387.50	1,370	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	260	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	344.61/cwt	331.00–372.50	1,795	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	476	363.81/cwt	363.00–365.00	1,732	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	323.17/cwt	316.00–326.00	2,042	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,050	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,118	42

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 Jun 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 410Last week 152Year ago 475

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 74Year ago 77

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 23Year ago 28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	385.00–402.50	395.66
2	350–400	355	390.00–422.00	406.00
3	400–450	401	370.00–375.00	371.66
2	500–550	515	347.00–365.00	355.83
3	600–650	636	280.00–282.50	280.84
4	650–700	671	260.00–277.50	270.12
1	950–1000	960	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	455.00	455.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	440.00	440.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	317.00	317.00
1	350–400	365	302.50	302.50
1	450–500	470	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	565	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	625	250.00	250.00
2	650–700	660	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	365.00	365.00
1	700–750	715	255.00	255.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	377.50	377.50
6	350–400	375	335.00–387.50	365.25
3	400–450	417	335.00–362.50	345.85
2	450–500	475	335.00–340.00	337.50
6	500–550	537	297.50–340.00	325.73
3	550–600	561	325.00–348.00	340.08
1	650–700	650	260.00	260.00
3	700–750	740	224.00	224.00
1	750–800	755	235.00	235.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	340.00	340.00
5	350–400	386	377.00–387.50	378.99
5	400–450	429	340.00–375.00	354.53
3	450–500	467	350.00–354.00	351.37
6	500–550	515	327.00–328.00	327.35
4	600–650	630	290.00–302.50	293.75
1	650–700	680	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	728	251.00–265.00	257.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	375.00–387.50	381.29
5	450–500	476	363.00–365.00	363.81
10	500–550	521	331.00–372.50	344.61
21	550–600	574	322.00–340.00	332.67
10	600–650	632	316.00–326.00	323.17
42	650–700	665	318.50	318.50
91	700–750	720	293.50–302.00	300.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	255	440.00	440.00
5	350–400	365	402.00	402.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	326	409.00–415.00	410.98
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	250.00–255.00	252.40
1	600–650	625	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	590	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	600	274.00	274.00
1	650–700	690	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	335	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	400	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	470	327.00–336.00	333.06
6	500–550	522	285.00–317.00	306.29
6	550–600	583	270.00–310.00	294.12
4	600–650	633	240.00–255.00	246.16
2	650–700	662	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	360.00	360.00
2	550–600	580	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	402.50–410.00	406.34
3	300–350	346	397.00	397.00
2	400–450	430	395.00	395.00
1	650–700	650	312.50	312.50
2	700–750	720	292.50–302.00	297.12
1	750–800	770	297.00	297.00
1	850–900	875	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	534	376.00–396.00	380.91
28	550–600	594	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	500.00	500.00
2	300–350	337	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	382.50	382.50
1	350–400	395	370.00	370.00
3	400–450	438	325.00–370.00	348.23
4	550–600	573	335.00–350.00	346.20
1	600–650	610	295.00	295.00
2	650–700	673	270.00–272.50	271.23
3	750–800	770	274.00	274.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	156.50	156.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	171.00–176.00	173.56
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,070	1,950.00–2,350.00	2,160.28
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,271	2,050.00–2,400.00	2,207.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,114	2,050.00–2,650.00	2,340.18
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	976	1,450.00–1,925.00	1,744.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	1,325.00	1,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	1,950.00	1,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,276	3,300.00–3,500.00	3,382.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,060	3,050.00–3,500.00	3,261.20
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	752	1,825.00	1,825.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	98.00	98.00
2	—	855	120.00–127.00	123.25
11	—	1,003	132.00–150.00	139.62
3	—	1,005	154.00–164.00	158.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,259	166.00–179.50	171.13
3	—	1,190	155.00–162.00	159.57
4	—	1,213	146.00–153.00	149.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,619	165.00–174.00	167.97
10	—	1,361	154.00–162.00	157.37
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,427	145.00–172.00	162.47
7	—	1,872	204.00–230.00	217.54
6	—	1,513	178.00–202.00	194.80

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

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