Sale reports / Kentucky / Mount Sterling Livestock Auction / 2025-10-29

Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 29
● Final126 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202
Feeder Cattle receipts
556 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 561▼ 70 vs year ago 626 · −11.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 97▲ 8 vs year ago 80 · +10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 49▼ 15 vs year ago 59 · −25.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday the feeder market was lower with an average quality offering. Good quality feeder steers and heifers were mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower or greater in spots with a good supply and moderate demand, however the 500-550 lbs steers were steady with good supply. Recent declines in the futures market has limited buyers interest and the premiums they are willing to pay, while increasing the discounts on off colored and plainer quality cattle severely. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady with a good supply and moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $327.82/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −67.02 against this barn's trailing median of $394.83.
Average price
$327.82
88 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,765
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$292
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$57.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.33
vs KY average
−47.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536336.431,80472
Medium and Large 2558314.271,7524thin
Large 1-2560302.501,6941thin
Medium and Large 2-3543278.701,51211thin
One grade step is worth $57.73/cwt here — about $292 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale88 hd
327.82
—
KY average25 barns · 1,526 hd
344.14
−16.33
National average184 barns · 21,753 hd
374.89
−47.07
This barn, trailing median31 sales
394.83
−67.02
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
445400355309median 394.8303/0404/2206/2409/0910/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,609183.912,9607thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,502156.942,35712
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,219149.101,81724
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,099132.981,46230

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,010$3,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)995$2,6502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,153$2,3505
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,166$2,2147
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,325$1,8501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)895$1,0851thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,010$2,5001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)910$2,3251thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,085$2,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,361$3,3628

Every lot

126 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2161
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360390.80/cwt375.00–407.501,4074
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7392
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385427.07/cwt417.50–440.001,6448
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,2741
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8261
Steers400–450Large 1-2430400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7201
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3451320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4433
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464396.59/cwt390.00–408.001,84011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465377.94/cwt370.00–390.001,7575
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511371.63/cwt370.00–373.001,89918
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523416.34/cwt415.00–417.002,1773
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528334.14/cwt330.00–342.501,7643
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy560317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7781
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3565290.00/cwt280.00–300.001,6392
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570339.43/cwt337.00–342.001,9352
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572352.80/cwt345.00–370.002,01811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617344.36/cwt340.00–357.502,12520
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2401
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633306.21/cwt302.50–310.001,9382
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4325
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0793
Steers650–700Large 1-2673281.61/cwt275.00–285.001,8953
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9241
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1861
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8681
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9231
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2820250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0502
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875292.00/cwt289.00–295.002,5552
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4711
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,120220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,4641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2287374.83/cwt365.00–385.001,0764
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1651
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1741
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0541
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2332407.35/cwt400.00–415.001,3527
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363397.01/cwt395.00–401.001,4416
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3378289.26/cwt272.00–305.001,0932
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383351.88/cwt347.00–355.001,3485
Heifers400–450Large 1-2400270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0801
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424337.31/cwt318.00–345.001,43014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427363.76/cwt347.50–370.001,55320
Heifers450–500Large 1-2450302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,3611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3457274.93/cwt270.00–285.001,2563
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477334.45/cwt315.00–342.501,59514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486361.18/cwt347.50–370.001,75517
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528338.69/cwt330.00–350.001,78857
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3533280.70/cwt270.00–285.001,4968
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7122
Heifers550–600Large 1-2560302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6941
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568327.82/cwt318.00–336.001,86215
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3568273.35/cwt267.50–285.001,5533
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580308.53/cwt307.00–310.001,7892
Heifers600–650Large 1-2610282.48/cwt280.00–285.001,7232
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612308.76/cwt308.00–310.001,8908
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620273.69/cwt270.00–290.001,6977
Heifers650–700Large 1-2667272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,8182
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671283.09/cwt280.00–284.001,9009
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2683265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8102
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8591
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2411
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2845236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,9942
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,065185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,9701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls36 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270399.15/cwt392.50–405.001,0783
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2275443.73/cwt442.50–445.001,2202
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3280355.00/cwt355.00–355.009941
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2318374.41/cwt360.00–390.001,1912
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3329321.14/cwt315.00–325.001,0574
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy368444.82/cwt440.00–455.001,6373
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,5472
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4621
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3400320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy410440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8041
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7431
Bulls400–450Large 1-2420310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3021
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429383.66/cwt380.00–390.001,6467
Bulls450–500Large 1-2460300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3802
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470388.99/cwt381.00–397.501,8282
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3475309.62/cwt290.00–320.001,4715
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476358.70/cwt350.00–370.001,7075
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2524352.75/cwt345.00–370.001,84816
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3533263.22/cwt260.00–270.001,4033
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545334.77/cwt329.00–341.001,8249
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568316.82/cwt310.00–321.001,8008
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575346.65/cwt342.50–350.001,9933
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3575284.20/cwt275.00–295.001,6343
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618331.52/cwt330.00–333.002,0492
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,6992
Bulls650–700Large 1-2667260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7342
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2678265.81/cwt260.00–270.001,8026
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2770240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8481
Bulls750–800Large 1-2770235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8102
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2845200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6901
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2895170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5221
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2933180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6793
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2935190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7771
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,020207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,1111
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 21,020175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7851
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,095178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,9493
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,350160.87/cwt157.00–166.002,1722
Bulls——1,653203.72/cwt202.00–205.503,3672
Bulls——1,753186.06/cwt181.00–190.503,2623
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,091135.88/cwt130.00–144.001,48219
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,101123.24/cwt114.00–129.001,3579
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,173149.23/cwt148.50–150.001,7502
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,187137.44/cwt136.00–140.001,6315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,217150.38/cwt142.50–158.001,83017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310167.34/cwt166.00–169.002,1922
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,468155.10/cwt147.00–162.002,27710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,670166.15/cwt165.00–167.002,7752
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,0852,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28951,085.00/head1,085.00–1,085.001,0851
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29802,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0071,919.95/head1,700.00–2,175.001,9203
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0103,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0102,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1532,434.71/head2,325.00–2,510.002,4354
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1552,010.00/head2,010.00–2,010.002,0101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2862,434.45/head2,360.00–2,600.002,4344
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3251,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2633,063.82/head2,750.00–3,375.003,0643
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4203,540.39/head3,500.00–3,550.003,5405
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29102,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0102,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,066192.34/cwt180.00–213.002,0508

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.