Sale reports / Kentucky / Mount Sterling Livestock Auction / 2020-07-01

Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 1
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202
Feeder Cattle receipts
277 head
▼ 240 vs last sale 517▲ 277 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 109▲ 98 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 20▲ 20 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 2.00 lower with moderate demand; light demand for off-colored and fleshy bawling calves. Feeder heifers sold mixed with calves under 600 lbs trading 2.00 to 4.00 lower; over 600 lbs 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower 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 $127.67/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$127.67
101 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$354
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$25.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.56
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2493131.9265183
Large 1-2530111.725923thin
Medium and Large 2-3565107.4560714thin
Small and Medium 1-2280106.002971thin
One grade step is worth $25.92/cwt here — about $354 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 sale101 hd
127.67
—
KY average24 barns · 4,718 hd
125.11
+2.56
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—Low1,676102.161,71222
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,34271.1695532
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42770.561,00721
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01563.4664423

Every lot

99 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy265165.00/cwt165.00–165.004372
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2291154.00/cwt154.00–154.004483
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3315135.00/cwt135.00–135.004251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318152.01/cwt151.00–152.504833
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy342161.00/cwt161.00–161.005514
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3368135.51/cwt135.00–136.004992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373155.64/cwt150.00–159.005815
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2420119.49/cwt119.00–120.005022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added429153.04/cwt152.00–157.006579
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463146.73/cwt142.00–149.006793
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3465135.66/cwt133.00–139.006313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added466157.65/cwt154.00–159.007356
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3503131.51/cwt130.00–133.006612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528152.54/cwt149.00–155.008058
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540139.00/cwt139.00–139.007511
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3550125.00/cwt125.00–125.006881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added555147.00/cwt147.00–147.008161
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2565121.00/cwt121.00–121.006841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570139.77/cwt136.00–141.007974
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607137.00/cwt137.00–137.008322
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3665118.00/cwt118.00–118.007851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670132.62/cwt130.00–134.008893
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3235127.50/cwt127.50–127.503001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy280146.00/cwt146.00–146.004092
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2280106.00/cwt106.00–106.002971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335130.66/cwt130.00–131.004383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy342140.15/cwt139.00–147.504797
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy355142.00/cwt142.00–142.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390130.00/cwt130.00–130.005071
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3395118.00/cwt118.00–118.004661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added423143.09/cwt140.00–145.0060516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435129.28/cwt122.00–134.005623
Heifers—Large 1-2450117.00/cwt117.00–117.005271
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3470120.52/cwt120.00–121.005662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475130.31/cwt124.50–133.006197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added498135.00/cwt135.00–135.006723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3505118.00/cwt118.00–118.005961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522132.67/cwt129.00–136.0069317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530117.00/cwt117.00–117.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560126.01/cwt125.00–127.007062
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3563115.18/cwt111.00–117.006484
Heifers—Large 1-2570109.08/cwt100.00–118.006222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2593121.91/cwt120.50–124.007235
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3620100.00/cwt100.00–100.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623114.36/cwt113.00–116.007123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open634125.18/cwt122.00–128.507944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open657124.00/cwt124.00–124.008152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665112.00/cwt112.00–112.007452
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-367385.53/cwt83.00–88.005762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open706117.00/cwt117.00–117.008264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375593.00/cwt93.00–93.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-386575.00/cwt75.00–75.006491
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2225140.00/cwt140.00–140.003151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2260140.00/cwt140.00–140.003641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2307148.48/cwt143.00–155.004564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy321157.50/cwt157.50–157.505063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2373148.77/cwt145.00–152.005557
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3388131.97/cwt128.00–136.005122
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3410128.67/cwt126.00–130.005283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2421148.43/cwt146.00–149.006255
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2460105.00/cwt105.00–105.004831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3465138.00/cwt138.00–138.006421
Bulls—Large 1-2490136.00/cwt136.00–136.006661
Bulls—Large 1-2500129.00/cwt129.00–129.006451
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2500105.00/cwt105.00–105.005251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy515145.66/cwt145.00–146.007506
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3521118.00/cwt118.00–118.006153
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2526137.40/cwt131.00–144.0072310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568132.64/cwt131.00–135.007533
Bulls—Large 1-2576127.26/cwt126.50–128.007336
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3586123.78/cwt120.00–127.507254
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2611124.54/cwt120.50–129.5076110
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3625108.06/cwt104.00–112.006752
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2630101.00/cwt101.00–101.006361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3675104.00/cwt100.00–108.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-371781.00/cwt81.00–81.005812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2775103.00/cwt103.00–103.007981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2845104.00/cwt104.00–104.008791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy965124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1971
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-397081.00/cwt81.00–81.007861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2980104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0191
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28992.65/cwt85.00–97.001,1945
Bulls——1,783108.29/cwt104.00–115.001,93115
Bulls——1,83879.99/cwt77.00–82.001,4702
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88553.99/cwt48.00–58.504783
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00361.94/cwt59.00–64.006218
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05666.84/cwt64.50–72.0070612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19061.00/cwt61.00–61.007261
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33367.00/cwt65.00–68.008936
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35072.56/cwt69.00–77.5098025
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36666.18/cwt64.50–68.009047
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45772.75/cwt69.50–75.501,06014
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1751,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0013,5131
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,3951,036.96/cwt1,025.00–1,050.0014,4662
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,068700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,4762
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,183875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,3512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,210835.00/cwt835.00–835.0010,1041
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3770725.00/cwt725.00–725.005,5831

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.