Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold sharply higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $417.54/cwt on 28 head, up $11.60 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 30 comparable sales and sits +15.82 against this barn's trailing median of $401.72.

Average price

$417.54

▲ 11.60 vs prior sale

28 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,328

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$287

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

$24.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.63

vs KY average

−10.82 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	419.28	2,349	26
Medium and Large 2-3	522	395.00	2,062	2thin

One grade step is worth $24.28/cwt here — about $287 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale28 hd

417.54

—

KY average25 barns · 1,295 hd

420.18

−2.63

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

−10.82

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.72

+15.82

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	1,580	216.21	3,416	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,583	194.35	3,077	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,227	181.24	2,224	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	932	164.54	1,533	13

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,161	$2,839	19
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,073	$2,682	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,011	$2,254	6
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$2,750	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	660	$1,910	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,440	$3,691	2thin

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	550–600	567	414.40/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,350	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,091	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,229	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	1,936	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	472.44/cwt	470.00–477.50	2,447	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	369.12/cwt	360.00–371.00	2,484	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	502.54/cwt	495.00–510.00	2,578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	564	437.57/cwt	433.00–440.00	2,468	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,579	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	526.46/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,232	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	481.12/cwt	480.00–492.50	2,487	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	569.75/cwt	569.00–570.00	1,943	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	482.52/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,046	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	391.97/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,434	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,571	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,359	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	619.48/cwt	610.00–622.50	2,329	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,857	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	865	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,115	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	955	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	521.61/cwt	507.50–525.00	2,045	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	419.37/cwt	417.00–421.00	2,617	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,294	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	495	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	426.27/cwt	425.00–427.50	2,387	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	438.31/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,082	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	148.02/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,362	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	155.97/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,424	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,627	202.12/cwt	192.50–209.00	3,288	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	182.70/cwt	179.50–186.00	2,773	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	194.50/cwt	191.50–200.00	2,492	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	183.65/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,261	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	158.81/cwt	158.00–159.50	1,822	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	172.61/cwt	168.00–175.50	2,059	8
Bulls	—	—	1,788	227.07/cwt	222.00–231.00	4,060	3
Bulls	—	—	1,424	208.06/cwt	203.50–216.00	2,963	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	173.57/cwt	171.00–176.00	1,637	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	165.81/cwt	160.50–169.00	1,547	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	522	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,062	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,341	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,140	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	1,910.00/head	1,910.00–1,910.00	1,910	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,857	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,161	2,839.22/head	1,550.00–3,775.00	2,839	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	225	597.00/cwt	597.00–597.00	1,343	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	469	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,439	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	440	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	2,402	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,265	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,009	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	295	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,623	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	290	597.00/cwt	597.00–597.00	1,731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	227	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	1,544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	560	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	412.03/cwt	411.00–415.00	2,513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	480	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	2,724	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	352	572.91/cwt	572.00–577.50	2,017	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	2,681.75/head	1,400.00–3,325.00	2,682	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,011	2,254.32/head	1,975.00–2,885.00	2,254	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	209.19/cwt	197.00–220.00	2,102	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	500.95/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,405	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	412.36/cwt	406.00–420.00	2,231	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	451.89/cwt	448.00–460.00	2,142	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	560.71/cwt	537.50–567.00	2,052	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	563.84/cwt	560.00–565.00	1,889	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	440.62/cwt	432.50–445.00	2,551	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	549.00/cwt	549.00–549.00	1,784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	520.57/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,632	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	3,690.83/head	3,550.00–3,810.00	3,691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	463.02/cwt	452.50–477.50	1,991	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	360.34/cwt	350.00–367.50	2,411	6

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 Apr 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 291Last week 232Year ago 316

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 54Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 58Last week 71Year ago 18

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	225	485.00	485.00
2	250–300	265	510.00–530.00	520.57
4	300–350	335	560.00–565.00	563.84
5	350–400	366	537.50–567.00	560.71
12	400–450	430	452.50–477.50	463.02
22	450–500	474	448.00–460.00	451.89
6	500–550	541	406.00–420.00	412.36
14	550–600	567	400.00–420.00	414.40
6	650–700	669	350.00–367.50	360.34
2	750–800	750	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	815	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	499.00	499.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	564	433.00–440.00	437.57
5	600–650	624	417.00–421.00	419.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	395	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	425	432.50	432.50
5	450–500	475	435.00–440.00	438.31
2	500–550	522	395.00	395.00
1	750–800	755	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	835	227.50	227.50
1	850–900	865	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	597.00	597.00
1	250–300	295	550.00	550.00
6	350–400	352	572.00–577.50	572.91
3	400–450	410	490.00	490.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	390.00	390.00
1	350–400	390	455.00	455.00
1	400–450	405	440.00	440.00
2	450–500	470	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	510	462.50	462.50
2	550–600	560	425.00–427.50	426.27
1	700–750	740	310.00	310.00
1	950–1000	955	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	502.00	502.00
5	350–400	392	507.50–525.00	521.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	595.00	595.00
2	250–300	282	560.00	560.00
4	300–350	341	569.00–570.00	569.75
10	350–400	376	610.00–622.50	619.48
5	400–450	424	470.00–500.00	482.52
15	450–500	480	490.00–510.00	500.95
11	500–550	517	480.00–492.50	481.12
6	550–600	579	432.50–445.00	440.62
5	600–650	621	385.00–395.00	391.97
6	650–700	673	360.00–371.00	369.12
2	700–750	727	375.00	375.00
1	750–800	775	297.00	297.00
1	800–850	810	331.00	331.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	600.00	600.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	402.00	402.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	227	680.00	680.00
2	250–300	290	597.00	597.00
4	400–450	440	546.00	546.00
10	450–500	469	520.00	520.00
1	550–600	560	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	510.00	510.00
1	300–350	325	549.00	549.00
7	400–450	424	520.00–540.00	526.46
1	450–500	480	517.50	517.50
5	500–550	518	470.00–477.50	472.44
1	550–600	550	467.50	467.50
4	600–650	610	411.00–415.00	412.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	495.00–510.00	502.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	480.00	480.00
1	500–550	525	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	410	552.50	552.50
2	450–500	480	567.50	567.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	920	146.00–150.00	148.02
2	—	913	154.00–158.00	155.97
5	—	943	171.00–176.00	173.57
4	—	933	160.50–169.00	165.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,627	192.50–209.00	202.12
2	—	1,518	179.50–186.00	182.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,281	191.50–200.00	194.50
7	—	1,231	180.00–188.00	183.65
3	—	1,147	158.00–159.50	158.81
8	—	1,193	168.00–175.50	172.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,788	222.00–231.00	227.07
4	—	1,424	203.50–216.00	208.06

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	660	1,910.00	1,910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	2,750.00	2,750.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	235.00	235.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,005	197.00–220.00	209.19
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,161	1,550.00–3,775.00	2,839.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,073	1,400.00–3,325.00	2,681.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,011	1,975.00–2,885.00	2,254.32
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,440	3,550.00–3,810.00	3,690.83

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

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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