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Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, May 4

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202

← Apr 27May 4May 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

319 head

▼ 173 vs last sale 492▼ 17 vs year ago 336 · −5.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

81 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 115▲ 23 vs year ago 58 · +39.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 37▼ 5 vs year ago 23 · −21.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady on similar quality however lighter supplies and more average quality calves today compared to last week. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.39/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$141.39

61 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$19.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.79

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	573	145.57	834	48
Medium and Large 2-3	524	125.93	660	13thin

One grade step is worth $19.64/cwt here — about $174 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 sale61 hd

141.39

—

KY average27 barns · 5,255 hd

149.17

−7.79

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,746	116.09	2,026	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,452	84.27	1,224	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,207	79.24	956	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,026	69.91	717	21

Every lot

72 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	255	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	383	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	278	172.48/cwt	170.00–175.00	479	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	385	195.72/cwt	187.50–200.00	754	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	435	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	827	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	466	180.01/cwt	172.50–184.00	839	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	163.00/cwt	160.00–166.00	766	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	520	174.48/cwt	171.00–180.00	907	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	158.34/cwt	153.00–161.00	896	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	585	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	766	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	594	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	980	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	604	167.01/cwt	161.00–169.00	1,009	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	668	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,096	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	755	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,117	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	832	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,098	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,156	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	245	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	365	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	290	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	467	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	345	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	562	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	380	164.00/cwt	163.00–165.00	623	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	430	158.38/cwt	156.00–160.00	681	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	465	130.35/cwt	130.00–131.00	606	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	473	158.13/cwt	157.00–159.00	748	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	732	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	523	153.31/cwt	147.00–159.00	802	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	763	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	802	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	607	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	880	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	843	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	630	116.49/cwt	116.00–117.00	734	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	130.81/cwt	130.00–134.00	867	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	684	112.01/cwt	101.00–125.00	766	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	705	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	924	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	719	129.49/cwt	128.00–131.00	931	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	755	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	974	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	818	126.07/cwt	117.00–130.50	1,031	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	260	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	442	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	325	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	496	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	177.50/cwt	175.00–180.00	630	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	375	150.31/cwt	148.00–152.50	564	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	383	192.06/cwt	189.00–195.00	736	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	165.64/cwt	165.00–167.50	714	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	159.89/cwt	153.00–167.50	745	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	471	171.36/cwt	171.00–172.50	807	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	475	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	689	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	156.03/cwt	154.00–160.00	822	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	533	163.99/cwt	163.00–165.00	874	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	866	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	557	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	847	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	960	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	645	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	845	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	126.49/cwt	126.00–127.00	921	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	762	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	953	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	897	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	893	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	667	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	574	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,680	104.37/cwt	102.50–106.50	1,753	3
Bulls	—	—	1,762	119.02/cwt	108.00–129.00	2,097	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	800	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	440	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	64.70/cwt	59.00–69.00	659	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,036	79.04/cwt	78.00–80.00	819	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,058	72.41/cwt	69.00–75.00	766	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,130	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	667	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,181	78.41/cwt	75.50–81.00	926	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,213	86.25/cwt	83.50–92.00	1,046	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,257	72.14/cwt	70.00–74.50	907	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,367	81.84/cwt	79.50–83.00	1,119	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,495	85.49/cwt	83.50–88.50	1,278	12
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,153	991.68/cwt	900.00–1,030.00	11,434	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,188	826.79/cwt	775.00–875.00	9,822	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,350	1,210.00/cwt	1,210.00–1,210.00	16,335	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bluegrass Stockyard - Mt. Sterling, KY

Wed May 4, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 319Last week 492Year ago 336

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 115Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 37Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	161.00	161.00
1	—	245	149.00	149.00
4	—	684	101.00–125.00	112.01
2	—	630	116.00–117.00	116.49
1	—	505	125.00	125.00
3	—	465	130.00–131.00	130.35
1	—	385	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	136.00	136.00
1	—	530	144.00	144.00
1	—	565	142.00	142.00
5	—	663	130.00–134.00	130.81
2	—	485	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	523	147.00–159.00	153.31
7	—	607	145.00	145.00
2	—	380	163.00–165.00	164.00
2	—	345	163.00	163.00
1	—	705	131.00	131.00
7	—	473	157.00–159.00	158.13
3	—	430	156.00–160.00	158.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	719	128.00–131.00	129.49
3	—	818	117.00–130.50	126.07
2	—	755	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	136.00	136.00
2	—	832	132.00	132.00
2	—	278	170.00–175.00	172.48
6	—	470	160.00–166.00	163.00
3	—	566	153.00–161.00	158.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	131.00	131.00
1	—	255	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	604	161.00–169.00	167.01
12	—	466	172.50–184.00	180.01
6	—	385	187.50–200.00	195.72
5	—	594	165.00	165.00
6	—	520	171.00–180.00	174.48
3	—	668	164.00	164.00
1	—	755	148.00	148.00
1	—	435	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	667	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	110.00	110.00
4	—	466	153.00–167.50	159.89
2	—	355	175.00–180.00	177.50
2	—	762	125.00	125.00
1	—	555	156.00	156.00
2	—	728	126.00–127.00	126.49
2	—	640	150.00	150.00
4	—	431	165.00–167.50	165.64
3	—	527	154.00–160.00	156.03
1	—	875	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	171.00–172.50	171.36
2	—	533	163.00–165.00	163.99
2	—	383	189.00–195.00	192.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	170.00	170.00
2	—	325	152.50	152.50
2	—	375	148.00–152.50	150.31
2	—	645	131.00	131.00
1	—	475	145.00	145.00
2	—	557	152.00	152.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	55.00	55.00
8	—	1,018	59.00–69.00	64.70
8	—	1,058	69.00–75.00	72.41
4	—	1,036	78.00–80.00	79.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,495	83.50–88.50	85.49
6	—	1,367	79.50–83.00	81.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,213	83.50–92.00	86.25
9	—	1,181	75.50–81.00	78.41
1	—	1,130	59.00	59.00
5	—	1,257	70.00–74.50	72.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,762	108.00–129.00	119.02
3	—	1,680	102.50–106.50	104.37

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,188	775.00–875.00	826.79

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,153	900.00–1,030.00	991.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	1,210.00	1,210.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.