Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday the feeder market was uneven with an average quality offering. Feeder steers appeared lower with a lite test, while the Feeder heifers were unevenly steady ranging from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher with a limited supply but good demand for weaned and guaranteed open heifers. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher with a limited supply and slaughter bulls were steady with good demand

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $381.96/cwt on 9 head, down $2.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 30 comparable sales and sits −19.76 against this barn's trailing median of $401.72.

Average price

$381.96

▼ 2.85 vs prior sale

9 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,084

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$350

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

$41.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.31

vs KY average

−18.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	395.86	2,204	6thin
Medium and Large 2	523	354.17	1,853	3thin

One grade step is worth $41.69/cwt here — about $350 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 sale9 hd

381.96

—

KY average25 barns · 834 hd

399.27

−17.31

National average163 barns · 8,321 hd

400.52

−18.56

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.72

−19.76

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	1,713	212.20	3,636	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,565	180.65	2,827	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,277	179.10	2,286	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,123	158.36	1,779	8thin

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,005	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	815	$1,450	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,682	$3,711	3thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,099	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	437.46/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	469.83/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,274	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	434.96/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,923	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	468.71/cwt	467.50–470.00	1,476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,195	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	433.81/cwt	430.00–437.50	2,052	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	329.88/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,237	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,857	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,863	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	437.55/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,297	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	405.00/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,167	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,320	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,005	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	815	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	516.02/cwt	512.50–520.00	1,677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	658	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,681	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	750–800	789	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,698	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	482	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,880	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,296	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	175.80/cwt	168.00–183.00	2,280	3
Bulls	—	—	1,575	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	2,717	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	145.63/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,408	3
Bulls	—	—	1,705	206.28/cwt	200.00–214.00	3,517	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	161.24/cwt	156.00–166.00	1,948	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,835	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	477	452.84/cwt	449.00–460.00	2,160	14
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	435	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,805	1
Bulls	—	—	1,765	229.38/cwt	223.00–236.50	4,049	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,230	173.12/cwt	172.00–174.00	2,129	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	180.65/cwt	178.00–183.00	2,827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	257	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,221	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	475	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,351	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,143	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,889	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,605	3,766.59/head	3,500.00–4,025.00	3,767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,421	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	372.57/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,105	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,805	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,291	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	232	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	998	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	543	469.20/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,337	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,288	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	509.80/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	569.69/cwt	565.00–575.00	1,851	2

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 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 135Last week 368Year ago 345

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 41Year ago 85

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 13Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	565.00–575.00	569.69
1	400–450	435	482.50	482.50
5	450–500	484	465.00–480.00	469.83
2	500–550	513	430.00–445.00	437.46
3	550–600	593	440.00	440.00
2	650–700	697	385.00	385.00
1	750–800	750	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	435.00	435.00
1	600–650	615	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	543	465.00–470.00	469.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	490.00	490.00
2	300–350	325	512.50–520.00	516.02
2	350–400	378	500.00–520.00	509.80
1	400–450	430	492.50	492.50
3	450–500	471	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	525	435.00–440.00	437.55
2	550–600	590	372.00	372.00
1	600–650	600	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	482	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	257	475.00	475.00
1	400–450	430	420.00	420.00
1	850–900	870	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	377.50	377.50
1	500–550	500	342.50	342.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	495.00	495.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	497.50	497.50
1	250–300	260	502.50	502.50
2	300–350	315	467.50–470.00	468.71
3	350–400	393	472.50	472.50
3	400–450	442	425.00–450.00	434.96
4	450–500	473	430.00–437.50	433.81
2	500–550	535	400.00–410.00	405.00
2	550–600	565	370.00–375.00	372.57
2	600–650	610	375.00	375.00
3	650–700	678	320.00–340.00	329.88
1	700–750	725	320.00	320.00
1	900–950	935	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	460.00	460.00
14	450–500	477	449.00–460.00	452.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	658	407.50	407.50
5	750–800	789	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	232	430.00	430.00
1	450–500	460	392.50	392.50
2	500–550	505	357.50	357.50
1	550–600	560	347.50	347.50
1	600–650	630	322.50	322.50
1	800–850	800	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	490	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	670	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	410.00	410.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	1,450.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,835	3,600.00	3,600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,605	3,500.00–4,025.00	3,766.59
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	182.50	182.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	189.00	189.00
3	—	1,297	168.00–183.00	175.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	967	140.00–148.00	145.63
3	—	1,208	156.00–166.00	161.24
2	—	1,230	172.00–174.00	173.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	178.00–183.00	180.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	172.50	172.50
2	—	1,705	200.00–214.00	206.28
3	—	1,765	223.00–236.50	229.38

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

Feeder Cattle

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Slaughter Cattle