Sale reports / Kentucky / Mount Sterling Livestock Auction / 2021-03-03

Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 3
● Final128 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,459 head
▲ 1,017 vs last sale 442▲ 511 vs year ago 948 · +53.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 99▲ 39 vs year ago 53 · +73.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 41▲ 11 vs year ago 18 · +61.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday middleweight steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 higher with very good demand for weaned packages; yearlings sold steady to weak. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold mostly 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.83/cwt on 652 head.
Average price
$129.83
652 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$763
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$243
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$15.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.11
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2590130.68772613
Large 1-2662118.607855thin
Medium and Large 2-3528116.2161433
Small and Medium 1-2460115.005291thin
One grade step is worth $15.68/cwt here — about $243 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 sale652 hd
129.83
—
KY average29 barns · 7,942 hd
128.72
+1.11
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—Average1,51884.951,2894thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45063.5992213
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20262.3675022
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01051.2651828

Every lot

128 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3270155.00/cwt155.00–155.004191
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3335152.00/cwt152.00–152.005092
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340165.00/cwt165.00–165.005612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2369171.10/cwt166.00–180.006319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added395183.82/cwt180.00–195.0072620
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2405129.00/cwt129.00–129.005221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415155.61/cwt152.50–158.006468
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3425142.50/cwt142.50–142.506061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added431174.65/cwt160.00–184.0075326
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3470145.00/cwt145.00–145.006821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added473169.92/cwt159.00–182.0080433
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487152.15/cwt148.00–156.007415
Steers—Large 1-2495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515157.72/cwt153.00–165.0081239
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516152.50/cwt152.00–153.007876
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575147.27/cwt146.00–156.0084739
Steers—Large 1-2579135.50/cwt135.50–135.507857
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581144.00/cwt144.00–144.008378
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610142.36/cwt137.00–152.5086813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611135.09/cwt130.00–135.7582524
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3630127.00/cwt127.00–127.008001
Steers—Large 1-2643125.00/cwt124.00–127.008043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669136.16/cwt134.25–140.00911145
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3669121.22/cwt120.00–126.008115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674131.42/cwt131.00–131.508866
Steers—Large 1-2705121.00/cwt121.00–121.008531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723125.80/cwt125.00–128.5091024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731124.09/cwt123.50–124.509075
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3768115.00/cwt115.00–115.008838
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776122.63/cwt120.00–123.5095211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added782124.69/cwt124.00–125.75975111
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3812113.26/cwt112.00–116.009204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2821121.54/cwt120.25–123.0099839
Steers—Large 1-2870118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy872116.65/cwt116.00–118.001,01717
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2210134.00/cwt134.00–134.002811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3235125.00/cwt125.00–125.002941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2292137.50/cwt137.50–137.504022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004031
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3313122.16/cwt120.00–125.003824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy318145.60/cwt145.00–146.004635
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3373124.71/cwt122.50–127.504653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378136.47/cwt132.00–140.0051614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added397147.50/cwt147.50–147.505862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424132.65/cwt128.00–136.005629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added435142.26/cwt138.00–148.0061917
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3435120.55/cwt116.00–125.005242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3460122.50/cwt122.50–122.505641
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2460115.00/cwt115.00–115.005291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465131.62/cwt127.00–135.0061225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added472146.18/cwt136.00–150.0069064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520122.50/cwt120.00–125.006372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532132.42/cwt127.00–136.0070467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2557124.21/cwt119.00–126.006924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573130.97/cwt126.00–137.00750101
Heifers—Large 1-2590124.00/cwt124.00–124.007322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3593122.90/cwt115.00–125.0072915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-360395.29/cwt92.00–105.005754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624120.46/cwt119.00–122.0075211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added641132.70/cwt123.00–133.7585195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open644121.59/cwt119.00–125.0078313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3660103.00/cwt103.00–103.006801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674128.51/cwt121.00–129.90866121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676114.84/cwt110.00–118.0077611
Heifers—Large 1-2Guaranteed Open710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open732113.77/cwt111.00–123.0083318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open754114.87/cwt114.00–115.008668
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-376778.00/cwt78.00–78.005982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2797103.40/cwt103.00–105.0082410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open825107.50/cwt107.50–107.508872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open867103.40/cwt103.00–104.008965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open920100.00/cwt100.00–100.009201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-293092.44/cwt89.00–96.008602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open1,12595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0692
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2288155.00/cwt155.00–155.004464
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3325150.49/cwt145.00–155.004894
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365155.00/cwt155.00–155.005661
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3373140.89/cwt130.00–151.005263
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3400141.00/cwt141.00–141.005641
Bulls—Large 1-2400140.00/cwt140.00–140.005601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2437146.34/cwt145.00–147.006403
Bulls—Large 1-2480143.00/cwt143.00–143.006861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2489145.82/cwt142.50–150.007138
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3497138.00/cwt138.00–138.006862
Bulls—Large 1-2520139.00/cwt139.00–139.007231
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525133.00/cwt133.00–133.006981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2533146.45/cwt141.00–150.007818
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3566136.05/cwt133.00–138.007705
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy570150.00/cwt150.00–150.008551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579141.74/cwt138.00–148.0082118
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613126.63/cwt125.00–130.007765
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3618111.45/cwt107.00–116.006892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2688119.34/cwt115.50–126.0082110
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3700102.00/cwt102.00–102.007141
Bulls—Large 1-2705109.00/cwt109.00–109.007682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720114.00/cwt112.00–116.008215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2785105.00/cwt105.00–105.008244
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2825106.00/cwt106.00–106.008751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2862105.00/cwt105.00–105.009052
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 339580.00/cwt80.00–80.003162
Dairy Steers—Large 358187.00/cwt87.00–87.005055
Dairy Steers—Large 366580.00/cwt80.00–80.005322
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,03568.50/cwt68.50–68.507091
Bulls——1,62093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,5071
Bulls——1,70889.14/cwt88.00–90.001,5232
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95445.92/cwt41.00–50.0043812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00553.43/cwt51.00–56.5053712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16059.77/cwt56.00–62.5069310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19360.75/cwt59.50–62.507254
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23166.21/cwt63.00–70.0081511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30546.00/cwt46.00–46.006001
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42464.65/cwt63.00–67.0092110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53860.07/cwt58.50–61.509243
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-21,045725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,5761
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,320875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3751,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0016,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4701,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0014,7001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3920610.00/cwt610.00–610.005,6121
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2963899.61/cwt885.00–910.008,6632
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-31,050585.00/cwt585.00–585.006,1431
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,130701.17/cwt650.00–740.007,9232
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,138786.83/cwt785.00–790.008,9543
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,225960.00/cwt960.00–960.0011,7601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,305962.94/cwt925.00–1,010.0012,5662
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,317885.70/cwt825.00–950.0011,6653
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-278073.00/cwt73.00–73.005691
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-294871.92/cwt70.00–74.006822
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-396865.07/cwt62.00–68.006302

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.