Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers 500-600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with very good demand for weaned offerings; other weights sold steady in a lite test. Very good demand for yearling heifers in a limited comparison. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.94/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −65.78 against this barn's trailing median of $401.72.

Average price

$335.94

33 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,889

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

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

$59.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.63

vs KY average

−4.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	346.71	1,941	27
Medium and Large 2-3	573	287.49	1,647	6thin

One grade step is worth $59.22/cwt here — about $294 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

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 sale33 hd

335.94

—

KY average23 barns · 1,292 hd

342.57

−6.63

National average161 barns · 10,769 hd

340.92

−4.98

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.72

−65.78

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	—	High	1,647	193.89	3,194	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,367	168.88	2,309	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,543	162.23	2,503	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,145	147.79	1,692	14
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,705	157.25	2,681	2thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,477	147.35	2,176	3thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,250	138.00	1,725	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,208	191.75	2,315	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,230	220.00	2,706	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)	1,215	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,075	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,180	$1,799	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,020	$3,025	1thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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 1-2	800–850	845	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	346.09/cwt	335.00–352.00	1,651	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,894	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	377.98/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,742	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,165	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	375.84/cwt	365.00–392.50	1,586	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	557	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,267	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	367.71/cwt	357.00–375.00	1,607	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	391.82/cwt	387.50–400.00	1,838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	482	354.50/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,709	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	583	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,186	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	600	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,262	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	395.31/cwt	382.50–405.00	2,040	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	349.80/cwt	338.00–363.00	2,011	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	727	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,203	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,233	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	716	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,091	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	410	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,135	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	715	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,274	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	661	361.02/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,386	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	362.84/cwt	347.00–380.00	1,361	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	274.72/cwt	267.50–282.00	1,904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	327.51/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	372.66/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,193	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	378	405.27/cwt	400.00–412.00	1,532	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	353.94/cwt	347.00–360.00	1,982	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,070	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	260.00/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,963	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	539	348.53/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,879	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	467	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,952	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,725	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	124.90/cwt	123.00–127.00	1,326	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	159.20/cwt	149.00–172.00	1,777	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,258	144.99/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,824	4
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,430	1
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,910	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	2,913	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,522	159.68/cwt	157.50–162.00	2,430	9
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,485	144.52/cwt	144.00–145.00	2,146	2
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,234	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,374	171.95/cwt	162.00–183.50	2,363	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	157.92/cwt	154.00–160.00	2,119	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	168.12/cwt	162.50–174.00	2,618	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,230	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,706	1
Bulls	—	—	1,998	225.79/cwt	221.00–230.50	4,511	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,280	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,701	1
Bulls	—	—	1,640	198.61/cwt	186.00–204.00	3,257	6
Bulls	—	—	1,483	170.86/cwt	160.00–180.00	2,534	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,347	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,020	3,025.00/head	3,025.00–3,025.00	3,025	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	925	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,804	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	490	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,446	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	615	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,919	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,135	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,304	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,180	1,798.52/head	1,750.00–1,850.00	1,799	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,075	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	957	178.92/cwt	170.00–187.50	1,712	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	200	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	218	292.99/cwt	270.00–320.00	639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	416	356.54/cwt	322.50–380.00	1,483	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	371	340.37/cwt	320.00–357.50	1,263	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	287.49/cwt	210.00–310.00	1,647	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,281	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	484	355.83/cwt	338.00–374.00	1,722	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	324.34/cwt	295.00–342.50	1,508	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	432	333.13/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,439	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,922	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,412	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	344.46/cwt	335.00–351.00	2,153	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	562	321.74/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,808	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	910	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	805	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,755	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 Jun 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 345Last week 410Year ago 238

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 58Year ago 33

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 54Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	355.00	355.00
2	300–350	320	370.00–375.00	372.66
2	350–400	375	347.00–380.00	362.84
5	400–450	437	357.00–375.00	367.71
10	450–500	477	335.00–352.00	346.09
2	500–550	508	325.00–330.00	327.51
1	550–600	590	321.00	321.00
1	600–650	600	320.00	320.00
2	750–800	755	250.00–270.00	260.00
2	800–850	845	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	482	352.50–360.00	354.50
8	500–550	539	335.00–385.00	348.53
16	550–600	575	338.00–363.00	349.80
16	600–650	625	335.00–351.00	344.46
76	650–700	653	342.00	342.00
14	700–750	716	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	395.00	395.00
6	350–400	378	400.00–412.00	405.27
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	270.00–320.00	292.99
1	250–300	275	320.00	320.00
1	300–350	320	320.00	320.00
7	350–400	371	320.00–357.50	340.37
6	400–450	432	305.00–345.00	333.13
6	450–500	465	295.00–342.50	324.34
6	550–600	573	210.00–310.00	287.49
4	600–650	628	306.00	306.00
1	650–700	670	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	422	365.00–392.50	375.84
4	450–500	469	387.50–400.00	391.82
1	500–550	540	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	740	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	395.00	395.00
4	450–500	467	418.00	418.00
10	500–550	516	382.50–405.00	395.31
2	550–600	557	407.00	407.00
8	600–650	600	377.00	377.00
5	650–700	661	355.00–365.00	361.02
2	700–750	727	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	375	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	430	357.50	357.50
1	450–500	450	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	595	355.00	355.00
1	800–850	830	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	412.00	412.00
1	300–350	320	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	390	397.00	397.00
7	450–500	461	365.00–395.00	377.98
1	500–550	525	350.00	350.00
6	550–600	560	347.00–360.00	353.94
2	650–700	693	267.50–282.00	274.72
1	700–750	730	251.00	251.00
2	900–950	917	230.00	230.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	583	375.00	375.00
3	650–700	651	328.00	328.00
7	700–750	715	318.00	318.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	382.50	382.50
1	350–400	390	362.00	362.00
4	400–450	416	322.50–380.00	356.54
7	450–500	484	338.00–374.00	355.83
1	500–550	540	325.00	325.00
3	550–600	562	320.00–325.00	321.74
1	600–650	635	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	805	200.00	200.00
1	900–950	910	195.00	195.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	925	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	138.00	138.00
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	162.00	162.00
1	—	1,910	152.50	152.50
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,485	144.00–145.00	144.52
1	—	1,460	153.00	153.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,062	123.00–127.00	124.90
7	—	1,116	149.00–172.00	159.20
4	—	1,258	138.00–148.00	144.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,522	157.50–162.00	159.68
7	—	1,557	162.50–174.00	168.12
1	—	1,630	144.00	144.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,374	162.00–183.50	171.95
7	—	1,342	154.00–160.00	157.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	220.00	220.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,998	221.00–230.50	225.79
6	—	1,640	186.00–204.00	198.61
4	—	1,483	160.00–180.00	170.86
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	211.00	211.00
1	—	1,135	172.50	172.50

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	—	1,215	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,180	1,750.00–1,850.00	1,798.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,800.00	1,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	3,025.00	3,025.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	957	170.00–187.50	178.92

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Bluegrass Stockyard - Mt. Sterling, KY

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