Sale reports / Kentucky / Mount Sterling Livestock Auction / 2021-01-13

Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 13
● Final120 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202
Feeder Cattle receipts
650 head
▲ 173 vs last sale 477▼ 196 vs year ago 846 · −23.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 41▲ 10 vs year ago 56 · +17.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 17▲ 9 vs year ago 22 · +40.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold 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 $116.88/cwt on 260 head.
Average price
$116.88
260 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$344
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$22.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.65
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2569118.79676230
Large 1-2556105.6558811thin
Medium and Large 2-3565100.6556817thin
Small and Medium 1-234596.253322thin
One grade step is worth $22.54/cwt here — about $344 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 sale260 hd
116.88
—
KY average26 barns · 7,142 hd
120.52
−3.65
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—Average1,75290.961,59412
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47853.8379615
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,38151.9671825
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03642.304388thin

Every lot

120 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2355126.00/cwt126.00–126.004471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390155.00/cwt155.00–155.006051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added422152.92/cwt151.00–157.006453
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430141.96/cwt140.00–147.006106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462145.00/cwt145.00–145.006705
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2465112.00/cwt112.00–112.005211
Steers—Large 1-2470139.00/cwt139.00–139.006531
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3476128.80/cwt126.00–135.006134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480149.63/cwt149.00–151.007183
Steers—Large 1-2516126.50/cwt126.50–126.506536
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520149.55/cwt147.50–155.0077810
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3520129.71/cwt127.00–131.006743
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522138.22/cwt136.00–144.0072220
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580137.01/cwt135.00–139.0079516
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3593130.00/cwt130.00–130.007713
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3608116.00/cwt116.00–116.007052
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617124.64/cwt121.00–129.0076926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620132.22/cwt130.00–137.0082025
Steers—Large 1-2647116.00/cwt116.00–116.007512
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3669115.00/cwt115.00–115.007694
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674128.61/cwt127.00–130.0086715
Steers—Large 1-2695116.00/cwt116.00–116.008061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added716124.00/cwt124.00–124.008884
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2729118.53/cwt114.00–119.0086416
Steers—Large 1-2730115.00/cwt115.00–115.008401
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3735112.00/cwt112.00–112.008231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760115.51/cwt114.00–117.008786
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added771123.75/cwt123.75–123.7595411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825116.00/cwt116.00–116.009572
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2960113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,0906
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy268142.50/cwt142.50–142.503823
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3295105.00/cwt105.00–105.003101
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2325100.00/cwt100.00–100.003251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327126.09/cwt120.00–130.004125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360136.61/cwt134.00–137.504924
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3365116.23/cwt115.00–117.504242
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-236592.50/cwt92.50–92.503381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379123.10/cwt120.00–129.004678
Heifers—Large 1-2395121.00/cwt121.00–121.004782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added417128.61/cwt127.00–134.0053617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420123.44/cwt120.00–126.005184
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3435117.26/cwt117.00–117.505102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added462127.58/cwt126.00–129.0058910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478123.42/cwt119.00–126.0059017
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3483114.52/cwt113.00–116.005532
Heifers—Large 1-2487104.02/cwt101.00–110.005073
Heifers—Large 1-2500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526113.98/cwt111.00–117.006004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531122.42/cwt119.00–128.0065029
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-354593.00/cwt93.00–93.005071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577120.59/cwt118.00–122.0069630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy583103.59/cwt103.00–106.006045
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3585103.00/cwt102.00–104.006032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611122.55/cwt121.00–123.2574913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620108.57/cwt103.00–114.0067315
Heifers—Large 1-263098.68/cwt94.00–101.006223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3635102.00/cwt102.00–102.006481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669120.41/cwt118.50–122.0080618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676104.89/cwt101.00–115.0070913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-367689.00/cwt89.00–89.006023
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-370082.00/cwt82.00–82.005741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open722116.38/cwt112.00–118.0084014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy73899.00/cwt99.00–99.007314
Heifers—Large 1-2740101.00/cwt101.00–101.007472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open766111.42/cwt106.00–115.0085310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-377087.00/cwt87.00–87.006701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-278695.33/cwt91.00–104.007493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-281093.00/cwt93.00–93.007531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-286589.00/cwt89.00–89.007701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-389073.00/cwt73.00–73.006501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-293590.00/cwt90.00–90.008421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-298587.00/cwt87.00–87.008571
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2280125.00/cwt125.00–125.003502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3318131.62/cwt129.00–137.504194
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2374141.51/cwt138.00–145.005294
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3376132.00/cwt132.00–132.004963
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3405126.00/cwt126.00–126.005101
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2425111.31/cwt110.00–112.504732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2428140.00/cwt140.00–140.005992
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3465127.54/cwt125.00–130.005934
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2484135.73/cwt133.00–138.006577
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2510110.00/cwt110.00–110.005611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3517119.54/cwt115.00–124.006185
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2533131.63/cwt125.00–139.0070210
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3571121.18/cwt118.00–123.006925
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576129.07/cwt128.00–135.0074311
Bulls—Large 1-2579122.31/cwt115.00–128.0070810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2606119.82/cwt110.00–130.0072615
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3630109.00/cwt109.00–109.006871
Bulls—Large 1-2640110.00/cwt110.00–110.007041
Bulls—Large 1-2661106.84/cwt105.00–112.007064
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2662115.37/cwt111.00–119.007645
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3665102.00/cwt102.00–102.006781
Bulls—Large 1-2711106.00/cwt106.00–106.007543
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2733106.99/cwt106.00–108.007844
Bulls—Large 1-275899.00/cwt99.00–99.007502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2765103.22/cwt100.00–107.007904
Bulls—Large 1-281098.00/cwt98.00–98.007941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283398.25/cwt98.00–99.008184
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-285095.00/cwt95.00–95.008081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1081
Bulls——1,73089.20/cwt82.00–93.001,5436
Bulls——1,84595.67/cwt94.00–98.001,7655
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98639.59/cwt37.00–41.003905
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12046.82/cwt43.00–49.005243
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34244.82/cwt38.00–48.006016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37552.44/cwt50.00–54.5072110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41456.20/cwt55.00–59.007959
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41653.48/cwt52.50–54.507578
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48544.00/cwt44.00–44.006531
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56055.94/cwt54.50–57.008736
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,6101,550.00/cwt1,550.00–1,550.0024,9551
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,115575.00/cwt575.00–575.006,4111
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,125720.00/cwt720.00–720.008,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,165675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,8641
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,170860.00/cwt860.00–860.0010,0621
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,262910.61/cwt795.00–1,000.0011,4928
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,436829.40/cwt775.00–875.0011,9104
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-21,085592.95/cwt585.00–600.006,4342

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.