Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and bull calves softer undertone in a lite test. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher with very good demnad; few featherweights sharply higher with very good demand. Yearling steers and heifers lite test. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter bulls sold firm with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.08/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −72.65 against this barn's trailing median of $401.72.

Average price

$329.08

30 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,821

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$36.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.44

vs KY average

−5.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	338.82	1,884	22
Medium and Large 2-3	546	302.28	1,649	8thin

One grade step is worth $36.54/cwt here — about $235 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 sale30 hd

329.08

—

KY average25 barns · 1,129 hd

335.52

−6.44

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−5.04

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.72

−72.65

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	1,813	210.59	3,819	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,247	170.43	2,125	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	161.78	2,407	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,042	149.63	1,559	20

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	925	$1,175	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	815	$1,050	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,090	$2,050	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,450	$3,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,209	$3,045	3thin

Every lot, as filed

88 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	400–450	415	355.31/cwt	342.50–365.00	1,475	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	431	378.25/cwt	370.00–397.00	1,630	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,578	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	302.44/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,011	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	386.15/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,236	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	257.95/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,973	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	350.73/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,662	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	353.32/cwt	340.00–358.00	1,661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,015	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,258	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	346.20/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,776	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	289.56/cwt	284.00–295.00	1,934	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	361.08/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,354	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	190	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,085	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,953	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,106	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	2,725.00/head	2,725.00–2,725.00	2,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	270	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	225	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	365	433.15/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,615	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	575	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,142	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	377.47/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,668	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	300	431.67/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,295	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,870	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	565	265.44/cwt	215.00–315.00	1,500	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	440	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	911	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	490	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,519	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	415	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,255	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	158.53/cwt	154.50–163.50	2,364	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	173.15/cwt	165.00–183.50	2,182	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	770	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,051	1
Bulls	—	—	1,819	224.01/cwt	218.00–230.50	4,075	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	142.16/cwt	136.00–148.00	1,490	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,363	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	390	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,424	1
Bulls	—	—	1,809	199.86/cwt	190.00–205.00	3,615	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	131.86/cwt	129.00–136.00	1,274	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	160.00/cwt	152.50–175.00	1,747	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	169.03/cwt	165.50–173.00	2,492	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	163.82/cwt	159.00–170.00	1,989	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	345	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,475	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	930	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,395	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	666	288.66/cwt	287.50–291.00	1,922	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,895	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	310.40/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,608	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,051	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,263	3,205.25/head	3,150.00–3,250.00	3,205	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	391.33/cwt	391.00–392.00	2,008	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	330.79/cwt	315.00–347.00	1,240	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,014	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	336.67/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,077	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	306.40/cwt	277.50–335.00	1,480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	343.48/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,762	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	372.08/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,730	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	378.24/cwt	373.00–382.00	2,114	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	765	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,410	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,102	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,669	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,211	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	562	297.41/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,671	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	344.50/cwt	340.00–351.00	2,002	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	100–150	135	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	597	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,091	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	325.32/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,858	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,261	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 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 201Last week 345Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 85Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 13Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	135	442.50	442.50
2	300–350	320	380.00–392.50	386.15
1	350–400	360	395.00	395.00
5	400–450	415	342.50–365.00	355.31
7	450–500	470	340.00–358.00	353.32
2	500–550	502	332.50	332.50
5	550–600	571	320.00–332.00	325.32
1	600–650	640	290.00	290.00
2	650–700	665	295.00–310.00	302.44
2	750–800	765	251.00–265.00	257.95
1	1000–1050	1,015	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	370.00–397.00	378.25
5	450–500	465	365.00–382.50	372.08
5	500–550	513	340.00–350.00	343.48
10	550–600	581	340.00–351.00	344.50
15	600–650	617	320.00–350.00	336.67
1	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	410.00	410.00
3	300–350	300	425.00–435.00	431.67
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	307.00	307.00
1	300–350	310	325.00	325.00
2	350–400	375	315.00–347.00	330.79
1	400–450	405	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	518	305.00–315.00	310.40
5	550–600	562	285.00–310.00	297.41
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	665	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	442.50	442.50
2	400–450	415	410.00	410.00
1	550–600	565	370.00	370.00
2	600–650	622	338.00	338.00
1	800–850	845	284.00	284.00
3	850–900	895	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	465.00	465.00
3	350–400	365	420.00–440.00	433.15
1	450–500	455	425.00	425.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	315.00	315.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	666	287.50–291.00	288.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	513	391.00–392.00	391.33
8	550–600	559	373.00–382.00	378.24
3	750–800	765	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	277.50–335.00	306.40
1	550–600	555	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	625	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	655	307.50	307.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	450.00	450.00
2	350–400	375	355.00–367.50	361.08
3	400–450	442	370.00–392.50	377.47
7	450–500	474	345.00–355.00	350.73
6	500–550	513	345.00–350.00	346.20
1	550–600	560	345.00	345.00
2	600–650	642	287.50	287.50
2	650–700	668	284.00–295.00	289.56
1	750–800	765	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	810	260.00	260.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	427.50	427.50
2	350–400	380	425.00	425.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	302.50	302.50
1	450–500	490	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	565	215.00–315.00	265.44
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	362.50	362.50
1	300–350	325	372.50	372.50
1	350–400	360	367.50	367.50
2	450–500	480	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	570	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	605	270.00	270.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,725.00	2,725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,263	3,150.00–3,250.00	3,205.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,450	3,050.00	3,050.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	170.00	170.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	150.00	150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	815	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	2,050.00	2,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,491	154.50–163.50	158.53
1	—	1,565	151.00	151.00
10	—	1,474	165.50–173.00	169.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,260	165.00–183.50	173.15
7	—	1,214	159.00–170.00	163.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	136.50	136.50
4	—	1,048	136.00–148.00	142.16
4	—	966	129.00–136.00	131.86
11	—	1,092	152.50–175.00	160.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,819	218.00–230.50	224.01
5	—	1,809	190.00–205.00	199.86

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

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle