Sale reports / Kentucky / Mount Sterling Livestock Auction / 2019-11-13

Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 13
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202
Feeder Cattle receipts
440 head
▼ 538 vs last sale 978▲ 440 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 103▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 21▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady, feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady-2.00 higher; Slaughter bulls sold steady. There was moderate demand for all classes of feeder cattle with moderate offering. Buyers showed good interest in weaned cattle and cattle with favorable condition, off colored or pinkeye scared cattle sold at a discount.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.50/cwt on 166 head.
Average price
$116.50
166 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$219
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$31.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.57
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2600118.77712154
Medium and Large 2-356487.3649312thin
One grade step is worth $31.41/cwt here — about $219 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 sale166 hd
116.50
—
KY average20 barns · 4,514 hd
122.07
−5.57
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—Average1,62178.281,2695thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56157.4089610
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23848.7560416

Every lot

69 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3275112.50/cwt112.50–112.503091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2314144.58/cwt140.00–150.004544
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3315112.00/cwt112.00–112.003531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2388142.37/cwt136.00–149.005522
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3395110.00/cwt110.00–110.004351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added410151.48/cwt150.00–153.006212
Steers—Medium and Large 2-341594.00/cwt94.00–94.003901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429136.33/cwt127.00–141.005858
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468128.24/cwt126.00–135.006005
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3475106.00/cwt106.00–106.005041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511141.25/cwt141.00–142.007224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518122.87/cwt114.00–132.006362
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569122.35/cwt119.00–128.006969
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added596143.00/cwt143.00–143.008523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610124.61/cwt114.00–129.0076010
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3645105.00/cwt105.00–105.006771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670127.00/cwt127.00–127.008511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727127.15/cwt123.00–130.009246
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775118.00/cwt118.00–118.009151
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3Full80579.00/cwt79.00–79.006361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818116.52/cwt110.00–123.009532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2868124.74/cwt121.00–128.501,0836
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added878141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,24063
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2940117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added970124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,2036
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,230109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,3411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235110.00/cwt110.00–110.002591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2317112.00/cwt112.00–112.003554
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-332097.50/cwt97.50–97.503121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372118.34/cwt110.00–121.004404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004881
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-342097.50/cwt97.50–97.504101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427114.01/cwt111.00–120.0048711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-345586.29/cwt82.50–90.003932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467111.06/cwt106.00–114.005199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516112.20/cwt104.00–119.0057920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565126.75/cwt126.75–126.7571622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576110.79/cwt104.00–117.006388
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-357789.23/cwt80.00–94.005153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-360584.00/cwt84.00–84.005082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623109.44/cwt98.00–118.0068210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660108.58/cwt106.00–112.007177
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-366583.00/cwt83.00–83.005521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-271599.78/cwt95.00–107.007134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added732127.36/cwt121.00–127.7593251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375881.01/cwt80.00–82.006142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2855104.00/cwt104.00–104.008892
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-335087.50/cwt87.50–87.503061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375142.00/cwt142.00–142.005331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405120.00/cwt120.00–120.004861
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3455100.00/cwt100.00–100.004551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462118.04/cwt112.00–122.005453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528127.87/cwt124.00–132.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-354592.00/cwt92.00–92.005012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565122.51/cwt122.00–123.006922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-360087.00/cwt87.00–87.005222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2623104.41/cwt102.00–107.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2719116.21/cwt102.00–118.008369
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2771102.40/cwt96.00–115.007903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-284596.22/cwt80.00–100.258135
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59675.73/cwt72.00–78.001,2094
Bulls——1,72088.50/cwt88.50–88.501,5221
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16839.10/cwt35.00–45.004574
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22849.85/cwt46.50–53.506128
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32956.20/cwt54.00–57.507474
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53356.17/cwt56.00–56.508613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56359.92/cwt57.50–61.009376
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63546.00/cwt46.00–46.007521
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,245810.00/cwt810.00–810.0010,0851

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.