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Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 5

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2202

← Jul 29Aug 5Aug 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

277 head

▲ 145 vs last sale 132▼ 299 vs year ago 576 · −51.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 36▼ 23 vs year ago 43 · −53.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 48 vs last sale 59▼ 77 vs year ago 88 · −87.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers and heifers 300-800 lbs were 6.00 to 10.00 higher or greater in spots with a moderate supply and good demand for quality cattle. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower with a lite test and no trends on slaughter bulls.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $452.33/cwt on 9 head, up $26.87 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 23 comparable sales and sits −0.28 against this barn's trailing median of $452.60.

Average price

$452.33

▲ 26.87 vs prior sale

9 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,403

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+38.27

vs KY average

+38.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	531	452.33	2,403	9thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

452.33

—

KY average23 barns · 517 hd

414.06

+38.27

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

+38.09

This barn, trailing median23 sales

452.60

−0.28

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

23 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $515.83, low $365.46, median $452.60 across 23 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
Bulls	—	Low	1,730	188.50	3,261	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,423	181.63	2,585	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,251	176.15	2,203	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,128	168.74	1,903	5thin

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,550	$3,225	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,125	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$1,500	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,250	$3,075	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,485	$3,725	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$3,650	1thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	273	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	1,398	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	496.09/cwt	492.50–502.00	1,652	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,573	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,786	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,065	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	462.60/cwt	447.50–470.00	2,253	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,425	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	451.92/cwt	449.00–454.00	2,400	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,387	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	395.00/cwt	390.00–402.50	2,382	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,144	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	647	410.26/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,654	73
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	380.52/cwt	365.00–388.00	2,557	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,292	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,503	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	878	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	3,117	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	265	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,065	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,204	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,369	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,519	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	389.01/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,673	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	362.37/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,569	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,732	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,925	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	331.46/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,734	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	526	394.32/cwt	390.00–398.50	2,074	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	374.61/cwt	362.50–387.00	1,993	3
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	565	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,848	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	354.34/cwt	347.50–362.50	2,037	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	605	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,420	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	345.68/cwt	337.00–350.00	2,119	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	338.32/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,233	3
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	710	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,237	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,333	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	860	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,909	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	200	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	1,075	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	225	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	799	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	461.04/cwt	456.00–475.00	2,001	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	463.49/cwt	457.50–467.50	2,155	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,251	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	406.24/cwt	390.00–412.00	2,279	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	358.02/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,034	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,175	1
Bulls	600–650	Large 1	607	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,003	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	626	327.51/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,050	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	310.04/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,087	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,291	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,730	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	3,261	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	933	160.55/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,498	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	173.38/cwt	168.00–180.50	2,133	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,258	174.20/cwt	170.00–176.00	2,191	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,355	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,575	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,400	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,660	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,435	177.44/cwt	166.00–183.00	2,546	4
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	3,075.00/head	3,075.00–3,075.00	3,075	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,100	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,125	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,550	3,225.00/head	3,225.00–3,225.00	3,225	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	965	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,460	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,510	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	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 Aug 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 277Last week 132Year ago 576

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 36Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 59Year ago 88

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	430.00	430.00
2	300–350	305	449.00	449.00
1	350–400	375	405.00	405.00
5	400–450	430	385.00–390.00	389.01
1	450–500	485	397.00	397.00
3	500–550	532	362.50–387.00	374.61
4	550–600	575	347.50–362.50	354.34
4	600–650	613	337.00–350.00	345.68
3	650–700	660	335.00–340.00	338.32
1	750–800	765	305.00	305.00
1	850–900	860	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	433	360.00–367.50	362.37
2	450–500	468	370.00	370.00
2	500–550	523	325.00–337.50	331.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	402.00	402.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	526	390.00–398.50	394.32
12	600–650	605	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	327.00	327.00
1	700–750	710	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	512.00	512.00
5	300–350	333	492.50–502.00	496.09
1	350–400	380	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	437	472.50	472.50
3	450–500	487	447.50–470.00	462.60
7	500–550	531	449.00–454.00	451.92
1	550–600	565	422.50	422.50
5	600–650	603	390.00–402.50	395.00
3	650–700	672	365.00–388.00	380.52
1	700–750	700	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	485.00	485.00
73	600–650	647	410.00–430.00	410.26
58	850–900	878	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	425.00	425.00
1	600–650	640	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	680	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	537.50	537.50
5	400–450	434	456.00–475.00	461.04
8	450–500	465	457.50–467.50	463.49
2	500–550	515	437.00	437.00
8	550–600	561	390.00–412.00	406.24
1	600–650	600	362.50	362.50
1	700–750	705	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	568	340.00–365.00	358.02
3	600–650	626	322.50–330.00	327.51
2	650–700	673	300.00–320.00	310.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	607	330.00	330.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	2,350.00	2,350.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,550	3,225.00	3,225.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,510	3,750.00	3,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	3,650.00	3,650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,460	3,700.00	3,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,250	3,075.00	3,075.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	933	158.00–163.00	160.55
3	—	1,258	170.00–176.00	174.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,435	166.00–183.00	177.44
2	—	1,400	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	190.00	190.00
5	—	1,230	168.00–180.50	173.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	188.50	188.50

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.