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Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 17

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202

← Jan 10Jan 17Jan 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

54 head

▼ 692 vs last sale 746▼ 445 vs year ago 499 · −89.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 38▼ 64 vs year ago 80 · −80.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends due to lite receipts. Winter weather and extreme cold restricted cattle movement this week. Very good demand for slaughter cows noted.

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 $194.84/cwt on 25 head.

Average price

$194.84

25 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$5.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.48

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	615	200.00	1,230	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	597	194.62	1,162	24

One grade step is worth $5.38/cwt here — about $68 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 sale25 hd

194.84

—

KY average10 barns · 2,187 hd

201.32

−6.48

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	1,700	130.00	2,210	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,412	114.37	1,615	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,142	110.13	1,257	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,183	93.08	1,101	2thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	244.78/cwt	242.00–249.00	1,256	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	585	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,322	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	850	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	959	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	996	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,166	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	203.75/cwt	203.00–204.00	1,184	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	603	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,206	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,081	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,018	133.99/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,364	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,110	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,343	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	343	222.75/cwt	222.50–223.00	764	2
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	357	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	725	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	375	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	863	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	245.06/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,066	2
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	470	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	851	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	538	179.92/cwt	167.50–192.00	968	2
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	552	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	955	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	603	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,224	3
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	660	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	977	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,272	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	795	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,113	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	890	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,157	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,700	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,210	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,060	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	954	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,085	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,161	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,176	115.94/cwt	109.00–120.00	1,363	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,183	93.08/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,101	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,396	119.43/cwt	114.00–125.00	1,667	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	104.25/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,506	2

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 Jan 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 54Last week 746Year ago 499

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 38Year ago 80

No market trends due to lite receipts. Winter weather and extreme cold restricted cattle movement this week. Very good demand for slaughter cows noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	552	173.00	173.00
1	—	470	181.00	181.00
1	—	660	148.00	148.00
2	—	357	203.00	203.00
2	—	538	167.50–192.00	179.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	203.00	203.00
2	—	435	240.00–250.00	245.06
1	—	790	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	230.00	230.00
1	—	795	140.00	140.00
2	—	343	222.50–223.00	222.75
1	—	890	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,018	130.00–138.00	133.99
3	—	603	200.00	200.00
4	—	581	203.00–204.00	203.75
2	—	545	214.00	214.00
1	—	825	131.00	131.00
9	—	479	208.00	208.00
1	—	440	218.00	218.00
1	—	1,110	121.00	121.00
1	—	390	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	230.00	230.00
1	—	585	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	242.00–249.00	244.78

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	92.00–94.00	93.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,176	109.00–120.00	115.94
1	—	1,060	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,085	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,396	114.00–125.00	119.43
2	—	1,445	101.00–107.00	104.25

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.