Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday:Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 lower with instances of 8.00-12.00 lower,Moderate demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower,Slaughter bulls steady,Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.73/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$117.73

47 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$23.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.49

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	483	125.38	606	32
Medium and Large 2-3	593	101.40	601	15thin

One grade step is worth $23.98/cwt here — about $5 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale47 hd

117.73

—

KY average27 barns · 5,842 hd

129.22

−11.49

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

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	—	High	1,565	88.12	1,379	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,611	56.96	917	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,302	55.55	723	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	51.72	501	7thin

Every lot, as filed

53 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Maysville, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	325	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	109.71/cwt	105.00–117.00	691	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	129.51/cwt	129.00–130.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	515	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	675	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	123.17/cwt	112.00–129.00	647	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	622	98.08/cwt	90.00–103.00	610	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	120.76/cwt	117.00–125.00	639	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	128.78/cwt	127.50–130.00	410	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	383	131.34/cwt	131.00–132.00	503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	124.20/cwt	115.00–129.00	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	511	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	542	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	473	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,868	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	11,179	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	831	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	431	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	375	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	409	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	128.35/cwt	128.00–129.00	540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	717	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	124.48/cwt	124.00–125.00	778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	111.32/cwt	108.00–115.00	534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	597	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	495	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	120.47/cwt	118.00–123.00	678	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	59.79/cwt	59.00–61.50	769	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	45.93/cwt	43.00–48.00	565	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	54.58/cwt	51.00–57.00	528	5
Bulls	—	—	1,597	90.27/cwt	89.00–93.00	1,442	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	44.56/cwt	41.00–48.00	431	2
Bulls	—	—	1,532	85.97/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,317	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,698	58.53/cwt	58.00–59.00	994	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	55.39/cwt	54.00–57.00	844	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	55.76/cwt	51.50–58.00	737	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	123.15/cwt	120.00–132.00	580	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	110.99/cwt	110.00–112.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	120.63/cwt	114.00–127.00	450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	406	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	556	3

How this sale compares

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 →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Maysville, KY

Tue Aug 13, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 136Last week 520Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 33Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 8Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	123.00	123.00
2	—	435	129.00–130.00	129.51
1	—	655	119.00	119.00
1	—	525	134.00	134.00
1	—	345	135.00	135.00
2	—	625	124.00–125.00	124.48
2	—	563	118.00–123.00	120.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	145.00	145.00
3	—	495	140.00	140.00
3	—	406	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	111.00	111.00
1	—	420	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	102.50	102.50
6	—	622	90.00–103.00	98.08
3	—	511	106.00	106.00
2	—	717	102.00	102.00
2	—	597	106.00	106.00
1	—	675	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	121.00	121.00
13	—	525	112.00–129.00	123.17
3	—	472	115.00–129.00	124.20
3	—	421	128.00–129.00	128.35
2	—	572	121.00	121.00
2	—	373	114.00–127.00	120.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	515	131.00	131.00
3	—	383	131.00–132.00	131.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	88.00	88.00
1	—	625	103.00	103.00
1	—	520	104.00	104.00
1	—	410	105.00	105.00
1	—	375	107.50	107.50
3	—	480	108.00–115.00	111.32
2	—	560	110.00–112.00	110.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	630	105.00–117.00	109.71
1	—	290	135.00	135.00
4	—	529	117.00–125.00	120.76
2	—	318	127.50–130.00	128.78
1	—	815	102.00	102.00
1	—	445	122.50	122.50
1	—	355	135.00	135.00
8	—	471	120.00–132.00	123.15
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	109.00	109.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	550.00	550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,355	825.00	825.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,287	59.00–61.50	59.79
3	—	1,230	43.00–48.00	45.93
16	—	1,321	51.50–58.00	55.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	968	51.00–57.00	54.58
2	—	968	41.00–48.00	44.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,698	58.00–59.00	58.53
2	—	1,523	54.00–57.00	55.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,597	89.00–93.00	90.27
3	—	1,532	85.00–87.00	85.97

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.

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Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Maysville, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle