Sale reports / Kentucky / Mount Sterling Livestock Auction / 2020-01-15

Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 15
● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202
Feeder Cattle receipts
846 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 862▲ 846 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 98▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 8▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 higher on lightweight calves with good demand. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.87/cwt on 339 head.
Average price
$119.87
339 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.64
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535121.92653298
Large 1-2475115.005461thin
Medium and Large 2-3461104.7548340
One grade step is worth $17.17/cwt here — about $170 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 sale339 hd
119.87
—
KY average29 barns · 8,492 hd
125.51
−5.64
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—High1,80983.151,5048thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38856.897897thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29052.1867320
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08342.2945816

Every lot

119 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy250167.50/cwt167.50–167.504191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy316165.04/cwt160.00–172.505226
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3325142.50/cwt142.50–142.504631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360155.00/cwt150.00–160.005582
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3375147.50/cwt147.50–147.505531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy384171.16/cwt162.50–177.5065713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added413161.23/cwt155.00–172.5066621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425145.00/cwt145.00–145.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455155.00/cwt155.00–155.007051
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3464133.00/cwt125.00–137.006174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476147.23/cwt140.00–153.5070115
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2478118.74/cwt117.50–120.005682
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3500124.00/cwt124.00–124.006201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520138.84/cwt136.00–141.007226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521145.96/cwt144.00–160.0076011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy537135.00/cwt135.00–135.007252
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3570131.07/cwt129.00–133.007472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572138.35/cwt137.00–141.0079124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607139.85/cwt136.00–141.0084928
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3610125.98/cwt125.00–127.007682
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618133.05/cwt129.00–135.0082217
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676136.83/cwt136.00–138.0092524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677132.60/cwt129.00–138.0089818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added705134.10/cwt132.00–135.5094515
Steers—Large 1-2705123.00/cwt123.00–123.008671
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3721120.33/cwt120.00–121.008683
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731126.25/cwt125.00–130.009234
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy762122.00/cwt122.00–122.009302
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770129.33/cwt127.00–130.009966
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3780114.00/cwt114.00–114.008891
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added785138.14/cwt133.75–138.501,08464
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy805123.00/cwt123.00–123.009903
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3840120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy870122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2871126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0974
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,050106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,1131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3225102.50/cwt102.50–102.502311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy235152.50/cwt152.50–152.503582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2245120.00/cwt120.00–120.002941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy273139.60/cwt132.50–143.003813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3283101.84/cwt95.00–116.002888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2313119.88/cwt117.00–123.003752
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3324111.95/cwt104.00–117.503635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy327133.84/cwt132.00–137.004388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy380135.56/cwt134.00–138.0051522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3380112.00/cwt112.00–112.004261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385118.52/cwt115.00–128.0045611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added408131.00/cwt131.00–131.005344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy412130.66/cwt130.00–132.005383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427123.71/cwt119.00–128.005287
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3433102.45/cwt97.00–114.004444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3466112.46/cwt103.00–114.005247
Heifers—Large 1-2475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476122.63/cwt119.00–127.0058435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open483120.00/cwt120.00–120.005803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3500102.00/cwt102.00–102.005102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522117.38/cwt110.00–123.5061324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added529123.12/cwt120.00–124.5065128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566116.53/cwt110.00–123.0066012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568121.91/cwt120.00–124.0069236
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3573103.47/cwt102.00–105.005932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open618120.53/cwt119.00–122.5074545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626114.23/cwt105.00–120.0071514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3637100.99/cwt100.00–102.006433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2654112.96/cwt107.00–117.007395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008048
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-367399.52/cwt95.00–101.006704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open715120.00/cwt120.00–120.0085814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-371895.95/cwt91.00–101.006892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2721107.35/cwt105.00–111.007747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765113.00/cwt113.00–113.008641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3775100.00/cwt100.00–100.007751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2845105.00/cwt105.00–105.008871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2865104.00/cwt104.00–104.009002
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3212132.50/cwt132.50–132.502812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325155.00/cwt155.00–155.005041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360162.50/cwt160.00–165.005852
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2365112.50/cwt112.50–112.504111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2369151.56/cwt140.00–157.505598
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3380130.51/cwt130.00–131.004962
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2420115.00/cwt115.00–115.004831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2436140.55/cwt136.00–149.0061310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3438125.09/cwt120.00–130.005482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471135.32/cwt133.00–138.006376
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2477117.17/cwt117.00–117.505593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy487152.00/cwt152.00–152.007408
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3488122.25/cwt122.00–122.505972
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517134.26/cwt132.00–136.0069412
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2543112.00/cwt112.00–112.006082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2564134.13/cwt131.00–135.007569
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2565116.00/cwt116.00–116.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3578126.66/cwt120.00–129.007328
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610123.75/cwt121.00–125.007554
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy625129.00/cwt129.00–129.008061
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3635104.00/cwt104.00–104.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3675117.00/cwt117.00–117.007901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy676127.00/cwt127.00–127.008597
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2677123.29/cwt120.00–126.008353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2718117.34/cwt117.00–118.008433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2758112.67/cwt112.00–114.008543
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-295593.00/cwt93.00–93.008881
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 373059.00/cwt59.00–59.004311
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,76586.99/cwt85.50–89.001,5353
Bulls——1,83580.85/cwt77.50–83.501,4845
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00738.05/cwt31.00–41.003837
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12744.91/cwt43.00–48.005068
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25551.00/cwt51.00–51.006401
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26049.91/cwt47.00–53.5062910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31457.00/cwt56.00–60.507498
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34344.22/cwt43.50–45.005942
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37357.70/cwt55.00–59.007926
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47552.00/cwt52.00–52.007671
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2975435.00/cwt435.00–435.004,2411
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,075550.00/cwt550.00–550.005,9131
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,205825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,9411
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,237918.36/cwt800.00–1,035.0011,3603
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,243609.58/cwt550.00–650.007,5774
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3955685.00/cwt685.00–685.006,5421
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,445912.44/cwt885.00–950.0013,1852

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.