Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report, Mt. Sterling, KY

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 6, 2021

535 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.85/cwt -0.15 vs last sale · ≈ $679/hd at 562 lb · 62 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.80/cwt +6.83 vs last sale · ≈ $623/hd at 520 lb · 41 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $149.10/cwt +7.28 vs last sale · ≈ $782/hd at 524 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	535	123	968
Feeder cattle	477	94	862
Slaughter cattle	41	22	98
Replacement cattle	17	7	8

Market comments — USDA reporter

No market trends due to Holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	150.00	$150.00	$458	-7.50
381 fancy	381	4	172.00	$172.00	$655	—
390	390	2	151.00	$151.00	$589	—
400–440 value added	423	13	154.00–161.00	$156.95	$664	—
405–445	423	3	145.00–146.00	$145.33	$615	-10.99
465–470	468	2	141.00–146.00	$143.49	$672	-3.51
465–485 value added	474	17	151.00–156.00	$153.97	$730	—
500–540	523	9	136.00–141.00	$139.22	$728	-2.60
500–545 value added	525	26	145.00–155.50	$152.52	$801	—
553–593 value added	579	31	142.00–146.00	$144.86	$839	—
575–590	583	2	134.00–135.00	$134.49	$784	+3.49
603–640	618	6	126.50–133.00	$129.29	$799	—
650–696	680	20	123.00–130.00	$125.64	$854	-4.36
715	715	1	120.00	$120.00	$858	+2.00
821	821	3	118.50	$118.50	$973	—
1212	1212	2	104.00	$104.00	$1,260	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	2	125.00	$125.00	$606	—
535–540	538	2	129.00–130.00	$129.50	$697	—
610–630	623	3	116.00–117.00	$116.67	$727	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	138.00	$138.00	$718	—
680	680	1	121.00	$121.00	$823	—
710	710	2	119.00	$119.00	$845	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	122.50	$122.50	$288	—
270	270	1	132.00	$132.00	$356	—
318–320	319	4	120.00–127.50	$121.88	$389	-3.37
332 value added	332	2	143.00	$143.00	$475	—
377–380	378	3	129.00–130.00	$129.66	$490	+5.14
419–447 value added	433	13	130.00–133.00	$131.70	$570	—
442	442	2	124.00	$124.00	$548	-6.85
477 value added	477	5	133.00	$133.00	$634	—
465–485	479	14	116.00–124.50	$121.63	$583	-3.83
500–537	512	8	112.00–119.00	$115.40	$591	+2.43
500–542 value added	522	33	119.25–124.50	$120.87	$631	—
550–579 value added	558	47	116.50–124.75	$123.25	$688	—
550–595	575	15	108.50–116.00	$113.31	$652	-7.69
622–636	626	13	111.00–113.50	$112.00	$701	—
626–643	630	19	116.00–123.00	$120.62	$760	—
660	660	2	119.00	$119.00	$785	+7.00
662–685	674	6	104.00–111.00	$108.48	$731	-3.52
761	761	3	107.50	$107.50	$818	—
805	805	1	104.00	$104.00	$837	—
810	810	1	85.00	$85.00	$688	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	111.00	$111.00	$272	—
255	255	1	117.50	$117.50	$300	—
305–340	326	5	115.00	$115.00	$375	+4.00
370	370	1	115.00	$115.00	$426	±0.00
403–415	406	4	106.00–113.00	$107.79	$438	—
515–525	520	2	105.00	$105.00	$546	—
560–570	565	2	98.00–99.00	$98.50	$557	—
600–625	613	2	90.00–91.00	$90.49	$555	-4.90
650	650	1	100.00	$100.00	$650	—
790	790	1	79.00	$79.00	$624	-6.00
905	905	2	71.00	$71.00	$643	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	2	90.00	$90.00	$441	—
685	685	1	90.00	$90.00	$616	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	162.50	$162.50	$455	—
320–335	325	3	140.00–141.00	$140.34	$456	—
365–370	368	2	144.00–146.00	$144.99	$534	+7.88
400–445	423	2	136.00–141.00	$138.37	$585	—
515–547	534	9	126.00–130.50	$129.14	$690	-7.36
550–590	573	3	125.00–129.00	$127.33	$730	-9.72
615–645	633	8	116.00–123.00	$117.84	$746	-13.16
685–687	686	3	116.00–120.00	$117.33	$805	+4.20
710–735	722	3	102.00–111.00	$104.95	$758	—
835–845	840	2	96.00–99.00	$97.51	$819	+9.51
915	915	1	85.00	$85.00	$778	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	285	3	130.00–137.50	$132.32	$377	—
315–340	328	2	134.00–135.00	$134.48	$441	—
385	385	1	130.00	$130.00	$500	+25.00
547	547	2	124.00	$124.00	$678	—
655–680	668	2	110.00–111.00	$110.51	$738	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	127.00	$127.00	$610	—
700–717	711	4	100.00–101.00	$100.75	$716	—
960	960	1	72.00	$72.00	$691	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	120.00	$120.00	$318	—
340	340	1	115.00	$115.00	$391	—
410	410	1	100.00	$100.00	$410	—
505–530	518	2	100.00–110.00	$104.88	$543	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1440	1207	80-85%	5	39.00–46.00	$44.07	$532	—
1155–1340	1235	80-85%	6	49.00–55.00	$50.84	$628	—
1145–1575	1329	80-85%	7	55.50–64.00	$59.06	$785	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1405	1310	75-80%	2	40.00–48.50	$43.94	$576	—
1225–1695	1476	75-80%	7	55.00–61.00	$58.26	$860	+4.53

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1000	923	85-90%	2	44.50–46.00	$45.19	$417	+15.69
845–1120	1010	85-90%	3	38.00–44.00	$40.85	$413	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–1915	1638	4	92.50–98.00	$94.51	$1,548	—
1505–2045	1775	2	82.00–87.00	$84.88	$1,507	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1215	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–750.00	$722.32
1045–1440	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00–810.00	$775.23
1155–1465	1278	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1375–1510	1438	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,000.00	$947.74	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.