Bluegrass Stockyard Market Report, Mt. Sterling, KY

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 6, 2025

707 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $372.50/cwt ≈ $2,794/hd at 750 lb · 137 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $381.65/cwt +56.14 vs last sale · ≈ $2,227/hd at 584 lb · 108 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $348.24/cwt +4.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,840/hd at 528 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	707	214	308
Feeder cattle	576	156	269
Slaughter cattle	43	27	33
Replacement cattle	88	31	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steers and heifers were 3.00 to 8.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and strong demand. Slaughter cows were steady to 3.00 higher with a good supply and slaughter bulls were steady with good demand. Buyers were active today and willing to pay premiums for harder conditioned and weaned packages of calves.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310 value added	310	2	505.00	$505.00	$1,566	—
355–380 value added	368	2	470.00–490.00	$479.66	$1,765	—
370–393	387	4	417.00–437.00	$432.22	$1,673	—
402–447	439	19	396.00–420.00	$412.21	$1,810	+13.74
485–497	493	5	385.00–405.00	$395.16	$1,948	—
515–547	530	5	365.00–370.00	$367.94	$1,950	+27.39
530–536 value added	534	9	396.00–404.00	$401.35	$2,143	+0.35
550	550	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,870	—
550–577 value added	557	22	370.00–385.50	$383.36	$2,135	—
614 thin fleshed	614	15	396.50	$396.50	$2,435	—
600–645	624	5	322.50–343.00	$332.97	$2,078	+21.97
631 value added	631	3	366.00	$366.00	$2,309	—
660–670 value added	662	5	358.00–371.00	$368.37	$2,439	—
650–695	678	6	330.00–350.00	$339.22	$2,300	+25.52
708 value added	708	3	346.00	$346.00	$2,450	—
700–735	718	2	304.00–327.50	$315.46	$2,265	—
750 value added	750	137	372.50	$372.50	$2,794	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452	452	2	362.50	$362.50	$1,638	-7.50
575	575	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,811	—
785	785	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,355	+20.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,008	—
680	680	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,768	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	1	235.00	$235.00	$3,466	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301	301	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,174	—
359–385	363	7	370.00–385.00	$380.98	$1,383	+27.23
400–440	421	5	360.00–372.50	$363.57	$1,531	+3.39
423–430 fancy	426	5	382.00–387.50	$384.22	$1,637	—
450–471 thin fleshed	466	11	360.00–369.00	$365.82	$1,705	—
455–495	476	7	330.00–352.50	$343.81	$1,637	+8.78
513–542 value added	527	19	347.00–357.50	$352.35	$1,857	+3.93
525–545	533	5	322.50–343.00	$332.60	$1,773	+14.12
562–576	569	9	344.00–360.00	$351.69	$2,001	+64.19
580–590	583	3	324.00–325.00	$324.34	$1,891	+3.07
585 value added	585	96	386.25	$386.25	$2,260	+47.00
610–627	621	3	290.00–310.00	$296.55	$1,842	-9.43
645	645	5	332.50–348.00	$344.90	$2,225	+38.92
660	660	2	334.00	$334.00	$2,204	—
780–795	788	2	272.00–277.50	$274.78	$2,165	-5.22
815	815	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,119	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	350.00	$350.00	$648	—
365–390	377	5	350.00–355.00	$351.94	$1,327	—
535	535	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,578	-2.56

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,424	—
455	455	1	347.50	$347.50	$1,581	—
530	530	1	297.00	$297.00	$1,574	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	280.00–295.00	$287.50	$1,380	+22.63

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,238	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	400.00	$400.00	$960	—
240 fancy	240	1	462.50	$462.50	$1,110	—
391	391	3	414.00	$414.00	$1,619	+34.00
400–420 fancy	414	5	412.00–414.00	$413.21	$1,711	—
420–435	430	7	385.00–405.00	$394.37	$1,696	—
455–478	471	5	386.00–395.00	$388.53	$1,830	+30.11
507–540 fancy	516	5	350.00–365.00	$356.11	$1,838	—
500–545	520	5	326.00–346.00	$336.57	$1,750	+15.93
552–590	571	9	320.00–340.00	$332.53	$1,899	+10.58
690	690	1	297.00	$297.00	$2,049	—
700–740	722	6	280.00–295.00	$290.89	$2,100	+5.89
750–790	772	5	252.50–277.50	$269.92	$2,084	—
900	900	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,070	+1.00
1055	1055	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,479	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382–390	385	3	385.00–396.00	$388.72	$1,497	+28.21
476	476	4	361.00	$361.00	$1,718	+86.00
515–545	527	3	314.00–317.00	$315.36	$1,662	—
570–590	578	3	297.00–306.00	$302.94	$1,751	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,074	—
440	440	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,518	—
485	485	2	342.50	$342.50	$1,661	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,658	—
580	580	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,769	+7.44

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	330.00	$330.00	$759	—
315	315	1	237.50	$237.50	$748	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	362.50	$362.50	$1,740	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1350	1197	80-85%	5	171.00–179.50	$175.41	$2,100	—
1015–1445	1249	80-85%	11	180.50–196.50	$185.39	$2,316	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	85-90%	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,089	—
845–1275	1059	85-90%	5	146.00–154.00	$151.70	$1,607	-7.41
1055–1145	1101	85-90%	4	170.50–178.50	$174.54	$1,922	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1465	1369	75-80%	6	179.50–182.50	$181.03	$2,478	—
1285–1645	1484	75-80%	4	174.00–177.00	$175.93	$2,611	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1445	1298	2	167.00–179.00	$172.32	$2,237	—
1090–1580	1410	3	183.50–192.00	$188.32	$2,655	+24.32
1355–2005	1680	2	202.00–209.50	$206.48	$3,469	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1945	1581	6	212.00–224.00	$219.90	$3,477	-1.09

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
913	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,325.00	$2,325.00
935–1055	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,475.00–3,000.00	$2,685.03
950–1390	1164	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	2,325.00–2,900.00	$2,626.90
1025–1260	1166	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	2,225.00–3,000.00	$2,745.50
1015–1550	1207	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	2,100.00–3,075.00	$2,848.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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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
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,325.00	$3,325.00	—
1620	1620	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,075.00	$2,075.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020 thin fleshed	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—

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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.