Sale reports / Kentucky / Mount Sterling Livestock Auction / 2019-06-26

Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 26
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202
Feeder Cattle receipts
343 head
▼ 171 vs last sale 514▲ 343 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 64▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 19▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady on an average through good quality offering. Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower in a light test.

Groups of 20 head or more: Steers 20 head blk 565 lbs 157.75.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.25/cwt on 157 head.
Average price
$126.25
157 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$401
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$19.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.75
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527129.80684117
Medium and Large 2-3483116.9056534
Small and Medium 1-2258110.002846thin
One grade step is worth $19.80/cwt here — about $401 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale157 hd
126.25
—
KY average26 barns · 4,440 hd
125.50
+0.75
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,53278.921,2097thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45759.6786911
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21256.5868616
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13551.715878thin

Every lot

82 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3210132.50/cwt132.50–132.502781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330161.00/cwt161.00–161.005311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375153.04/cwt150.00–156.005742
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy378157.00/cwt157.00–157.005934
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423151.72/cwt149.00–155.006424
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3445138.00/cwt138.00–138.006141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2461147.11/cwt140.00–151.0067810
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2465120.00/cwt120.00–120.005581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added473158.50/cwt158.50–158.5075011
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480133.66/cwt131.00–138.006424
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515156.00/cwt156.00–156.008031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531145.78/cwt141.00–151.007748
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3545134.00/cwt134.00–134.007301
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3560135.00/cwt135.00–135.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565157.75/cwt157.75–157.7589120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572148.83/cwt144.00–154.008514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608145.48/cwt144.00–147.008852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618138.21/cwt137.00–140.008545
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672135.24/cwt131.00–138.0090915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0003
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2700135.00/cwt135.00–135.009452
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2226110.00/cwt110.00–110.002494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240127.50/cwt127.50–127.503061
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2322110.00/cwt110.00–110.003542
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3331125.58/cwt118.00–128.004164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382130.00/cwt130.00–130.004976
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3390120.67/cwt115.00–125.004715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429131.61/cwt126.00–135.0056510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3431119.81/cwt115.00–122.005167
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3461120.42/cwt110.00–124.005557
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471134.42/cwt131.00–138.0063326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523130.28/cwt121.00–135.0068124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530136.42/cwt135.00–137.0072312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3532111.13/cwt105.00–118.005913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added553135.00/cwt135.00–135.007473
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3570118.68/cwt118.00–119.006763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583128.59/cwt124.00–131.007508
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610122.42/cwt119.00–127.0074716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3612115.00/cwt115.00–115.007042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open631133.00/cwt133.00–133.008396
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3655100.00/cwt100.00–100.006551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680122.00/cwt122.00–122.008301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-271599.00/cwt99.00–99.007081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760103.00/cwt103.00–103.007831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-280596.00/cwt96.00–96.007731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-386584.00/cwt84.00–84.007272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-289094.00/cwt94.00–94.008371
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2235110.00/cwt110.00–110.002591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy295166.00/cwt166.00–166.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy353159.98/cwt158.00–161.005653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2361151.35/cwt150.00–152.005463
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2370112.50/cwt112.50–112.504161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3372134.27/cwt129.00–146.004995
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2405105.00/cwt105.00–105.004251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430146.75/cwt144.00–150.0063111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2463141.80/cwt141.00–143.006575
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2490106.00/cwt106.00–106.005191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2509139.26/cwt139.00–140.007094
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563134.00/cwt134.00–134.007542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3590129.02/cwt127.00–130.007613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2608130.00/cwt130.00–130.007902
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41870.56/cwt70.00–71.001,0012
Bulls——1,57782.27/cwt79.00–86.501,2975
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03545.20/cwt43.00–48.004683
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07348.01/cwt46.00–50.005154
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15857.98/cwt57.00–59.006712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22054.04/cwt52.00–56.006593
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22162.25/cwt61.00–63.007605
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28557.43/cwt55.00–59.007387
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30758.12/cwt57.00–59.007606
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53051.00/cwt51.00–51.007801
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66364.17/cwt62.00–65.501,0674
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-3874543.94/cwt500.00–625.004,7544
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,020692.32/cwt650.00–750.007,0623
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,085651.61/cwt625.00–675.007,0702
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-31,125600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,180625.00/cwt625.00–625.007,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,240760.00/cwt760.00–760.009,4241
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2890810.00/cwt810.00–810.007,2091
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-3930551.48/cwt525.00–575.005,1292
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,025947.91/cwt685.00–1,210.009,7164
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2581,101.74/cwt900.00–1,385.0013,8606

This sale against other markets

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.