Sale reports / Kentucky / Mount Sterling Livestock Auction / 2021-12-01

Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 1
● Final135 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,134 head
▲ 951 vs last sale 183▲ 450 vs year ago 684 · +65.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
118 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 50▲ 50 vs year ago 68 · +73.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 72▲ 12 vs year ago 43 · +27.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher on good quality weaned packages. Off-color, fleshy and bawling calves facing discounts. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.64/cwt on 413 head.
Average price
$145.64
413 head · 652 lb average
Value per head Derived
$950
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$23.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.99
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2650149.37971339
Large 1-2691130.4490243
Medium and Large 2-3623125.9778531
One grade step is worth $23.40/cwt here — about $186 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 sale413 hd
145.64
—
KY average19 barns · 5,323 hd
152.63
−6.99
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—High1,67788.181,47826
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38260.7283917
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25856.2570734
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07050.8554434
HeifersChoiceAverage1,12890.001,0154thin

Every lot

135 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295152.50/cwt152.50–152.504502
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340160.00/cwt160.00–160.005441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395176.25/cwt170.00–182.506962
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3418136.44/cwt130.00–142.505702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425152.69/cwt150.00–157.0064913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added434167.16/cwt157.50–177.0072520
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added472157.94/cwt154.00–164.007455
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474152.85/cwt152.50–153.007257
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3490139.00/cwt139.00–139.006811
Steers—Large 1-2511126.00/cwt126.00–126.006445
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515146.51/cwt141.00–151.0075517
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3533130.50/cwt121.00–139.006966
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535153.09/cwt152.00–155.0081911
Steers—Large 1-2555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006943
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571153.35/cwt152.00–154.008763
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574145.37/cwt138.00–151.0083426
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3580124.16/cwt120.00–137.007206
Steers—Large 1-2609125.78/cwt124.00–130.007667
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2614135.24/cwt125.00–140.0083029
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626149.68/cwt140.00–154.0093756
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3627124.00/cwt124.00–124.007772
Steers—Large 1-2Value Added644140.00/cwt140.00–140.009025
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650141.00/cwt141.00–141.009171
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3668125.45/cwt120.00–130.008387
Steers—Large 1-2675126.00/cwt126.00–126.008511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686135.00/cwt135.00–135.009263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy693132.00/cwt132.00–132.0091513
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3711122.26/cwt121.00–126.008694
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714134.84/cwt133.00–135.0096312
Steers—Large 1-2715120.08/cwt117.00–125.008597
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added731149.75/cwt149.75–149.751,09517
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3765120.00/cwt120.00–120.009181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added771146.57/cwt145.75–148.501,13034
Steers—Large 1-2Value Added782140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0959
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2827157.70/cwt157.70–157.701,30465
Steers—Large 1-2835125.46/cwt122.00–129.001,0482
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3845119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2895130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1641
Steers—Large 1-2Fancy907136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,2384
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3920111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,020122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,2441
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2218126.38/cwt123.00–130.002762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2329133.82/cwt127.50–140.004408
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3367111.31/cwt110.00–112.004093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370129.53/cwt124.00–137.5047916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added382145.00/cwt145.00–145.005542
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3416115.61/cwt111.00–119.004814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added428140.01/cwt135.00–149.0059931
Heifers—Large 1-2428123.00/cwt123.00–123.005263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432128.25/cwt125.00–134.0055418
Heifers—Large 1-2450105.00/cwt105.00–105.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added460138.26/cwt136.00–143.006366
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3470114.36/cwt102.00–124.0053710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475127.92/cwt120.00–134.0060814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523134.47/cwt128.00–140.0070361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526121.98/cwt119.00–126.0064215
Heifers—Large 1-2534119.25/cwt111.00–123.0063715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3534114.31/cwt110.00–118.006108
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3557103.00/cwt103.00–103.005742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576124.25/cwt121.00–126.0071621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580130.76/cwt126.00–136.0075845
Heifers—Large 1-2605111.48/cwt105.00–121.006745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618123.95/cwt111.00–127.0076640
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3633107.50/cwt106.00–109.006803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634130.00/cwt130.00–130.008246
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-367598.13/cwt91.00–110.006623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676119.36/cwt116.00–128.008077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680136.00/cwt136.00–136.0092511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2709108.63/cwt107.00–112.007708
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-371392.37/cwt85.00–100.006592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open748120.00/cwt120.00–120.008983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775113.00/cwt113.00–113.008762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open777123.00/cwt123.00–123.009562
Heifers—Large 1-2780101.00/cwt101.00–101.007881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2817107.65/cwt106.00–110.008803
Heifers—Large 1-282597.00/cwt97.00–97.008001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2855102.00/cwt102.00–102.008721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-290092.00/cwt92.00–92.008281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open905119.25/cwt119.25–119.251,0799
Feeder Cattle · Bulls36 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3200142.50/cwt142.50–142.502851
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2215124.00/cwt124.00–124.002671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280154.93/cwt151.00–159.004342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2324147.65/cwt140.00–150.004789
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3335137.50/cwt137.50–137.504611
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2340110.00/cwt110.00–110.003741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2362151.60/cwt148.00–158.005493
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2423113.06/cwt111.00–115.004784
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2426146.29/cwt145.00–149.006236
Bulls—Large 1-2428130.00/cwt130.00–130.005567
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3438135.11/cwt134.00–140.005925
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3471127.04/cwt120.00–132.505986
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485147.39/cwt141.00–150.007157
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2500121.00/cwt121.00–121.006051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510134.53/cwt130.00–141.0068612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3512123.55/cwt119.00–130.006336
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added539147.01/cwt146.00–148.0079210
Bulls—Large 1-2563130.78/cwt127.00–132.5073610
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2563110.89/cwt104.00–119.006248
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574136.07/cwt131.00–139.0078113
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3578124.45/cwt121.00–129.007199
Bulls—Large 1-2600121.00/cwt120.00–122.007264
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3610108.00/cwt108.00–108.006591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2619121.90/cwt116.00–131.0075519
Bulls—Large 1-2651126.50/cwt126.50–126.508245
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672126.74/cwt126.00–129.008524
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2673119.50/cwt119.00–120.008042
Bulls—Large 1-2705109.00/cwt108.00–110.007682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2728114.18/cwt104.00–118.008318
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3750103.00/cwt103.00–103.007731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2790105.96/cwt104.00–112.008378
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2834108.98/cwt107.00–114.0090913
Bulls—Large 1-2840107.00/cwt107.00–107.008993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2858111.49/cwt107.00–114.009574
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy940111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,05290.00/cwt90.00–90.009472
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 360780.00/cwt80.00–80.004862
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,12890.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0154
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,06471.06/cwt63.00–74.007564
Bulls——1,76185.78/cwt80.00–91.001,51111
Bulls——1,81596.80/cwt94.00–100.001,75711
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04645.51/cwt42.00–48.0047612
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06551.78/cwt48.00–54.5055116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12959.07/cwt55.00–64.006676
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,18556.93/cwt54.00–58.006754
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19755.49/cwt53.00–57.0066413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21647.60/cwt45.00–52.005797
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33561.27/cwt58.00–65.0081814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44261.88/cwt58.00–67.0089213
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3970700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,7901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3988701.77/cwt650.00–750.006,9334
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,123933.59/cwt810.00–1,000.0010,4846
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,130757.19/cwt700.00–810.008,5562
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1891,008.82/cwt980.00–1,050.0011,9955
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2825620.00/cwt620.00–620.005,1151
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,085850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,2231

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.