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Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 12

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202

← Feb 5Feb 12Feb 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

31 head

▼ 610 vs last sale 641▼ 252 vs year ago 283 · −89.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 55▼ 56 vs year ago 69 · −81.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 23▼ 11 vs year ago 15 · −73.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market not fully established - Lite test due to winter storm and very muddy conditions.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $236.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −158.83 against this barn's trailing median of $394.83.

Average price

$236.00

4 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,392

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$8.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.85

vs KY average

−61.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	593	238.00	1,411	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	230.00	1,334	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

236.00

—

KY average23 barns · 1,082 hd

270.85

−34.85

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−61.00

This barn, trailing median31 sales

394.83

−158.83

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.17, low $323.36, median $394.83 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,355	136.00	1,843	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,143	132.77	1,517	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,090	113.75	1,240	4thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	980	$1,650	1thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	376	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	931	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,251	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,335	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	635	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,270	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	787	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,731	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	370	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	888	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	412	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,133	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,179	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,228	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	495	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,139	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,334	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,411	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	640	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,434	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	660	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,531	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	905	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,102	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,100	133.85/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,472	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	115.66/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,287	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,125	127.25/cwt	123.50–131.00	1,432	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,883	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,355	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,843	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,438	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	953	132.20/cwt	128.00–136.00	1,260	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 Feb 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31Last week 641Year ago 283

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 55Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 23Year ago 15

Market not fully established - Lite test due to winter storm and very muddy conditions.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	240.00	240.00
2	450–500	495	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	580	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	640	224.00	224.00
1	650–700	660	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	265.00	265.00
1	450–500	460	267.00	267.00
3	550–600	593	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	412	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	247.50	247.50
1	600–650	635	200.00	200.00
2	750–800	787	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	269.00	269.00
1	500–550	500	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	123.50–131.00	127.25
4	—	1,100	132.00–137.00	133.85
1	—	1,350	139.50	139.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	108.00	108.00
3	—	1,113	114.00–117.00	115.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	136.00	136.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	1,650.00	1,650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	953	128.00–136.00	132.20

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	153.00	153.00

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.