Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher,Good demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower,Slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 lower,Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.78/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$137.78

72 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$34.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.94

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	590	143.08	844	61
Medium and Large 2-3	604	108.38	654	11thin

One grade step is worth $34.70/cwt here — about $190 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 sale72 hd

137.78

—

KY average18 barns · 4,329 hd

138.72

−0.94

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	—	Low	1,611	80.72	1,301	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,608	59.00	948	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,289	52.30	674	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,043	51.26	535	2thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	210	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	263	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	693	113.53/cwt	104.00–123.00	787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	771	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,068	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	897	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	115.77/cwt	113.00–119.00	557	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	124.54/cwt	121.00–128.00	766	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	119.21/cwt	117.00–124.00	632	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	126.51/cwt	126.00–127.00	721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	732	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	515	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	653.34/cwt	600.00–685.00	5,932	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,974	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	84.02/cwt	80.00–95.00	966	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,835	1,675.00/cwt	1,675.00–1,675.00	30,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	144.55/cwt	142.00–146.00	827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	719	101.66/cwt	100.00–108.00	731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	127.80/cwt	127.50–129.00	712	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	938	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	825	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	120.32/cwt	115.00–126.00	810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	141.34/cwt	130.00–148.00	523	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	427	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	127.30/cwt	126.00–129.00	546	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	139.54/cwt	130.00–143.00	529	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	141.97/cwt	139.00–144.00	589	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	724	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	128.71/cwt	126.00–131.00	622	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	498	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	123.75/cwt	120.00–127.50	501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	126.74/cwt	122.00–128.00	807	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	123.07/cwt	120.00–126.00	535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	140.60/cwt	132.00–148.00	650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	132.03/cwt	130.00–134.00	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	129.86/cwt	125.00–132.00	691	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	140.34/cwt	131.00–145.00	669	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	108.00/cwt	107.00–109.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	605	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	926	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	139.00/cwt	136.00–142.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	547	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	640	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	813	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	47.96/cwt	45.00–49.50	618	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	54.11/cwt	50.50–58.00	693	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	951	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	945	1
Bulls	—	—	1,120	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	795	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	51.26/cwt	50.50–52.00	535	2
Bulls	—	—	1,775	83.96/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,490	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	59.74/cwt	59.50–60.00	798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	359	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	638	106.35/cwt	90.00–119.00	679	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 Sep 3, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 223Last week 664Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 43Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 4Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	125.00	125.00
4	—	530	117.00–124.00	119.21
1	—	310	117.00	117.00
4	—	938	88.00	88.00
1	—	555	118.00	118.00
1	—	755	105.00	105.00
2	—	405	120.00–127.50	123.75
2	—	475	117.00	117.00
3	—	638	90.00–119.00	106.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	129.00	129.00
2	—	570	126.00–127.00	126.51
2	—	673	115.00–126.00	120.32
4	—	379	130.00–143.00	139.54
6	—	637	122.00–128.00	126.74
1	—	335	135.00	135.00
11	—	477	131.00–145.00	140.34
1	—	405	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	693	104.00–123.00	113.53
2	—	732	90.00	90.00
1	—	490	105.00	105.00
1	—	580	128.00	128.00
1	—	815	90.00	90.00
2	—	435	120.00–126.00	123.07
2	—	518	107.00–109.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	771	138.50	138.50
15	—	605	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	130.00	130.00
4	—	572	142.00–146.00	144.55
5	—	370	130.00–148.00	141.34
5	—	415	139.00–144.00	141.97
1	—	345	130.00	130.00
6	—	462	132.00–148.00	140.60
2	—	513	130.00–134.00	132.03
2	—	610	136.00–142.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	427	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	481	113.00–119.00	115.77
1	—	315	106.00	106.00
5	—	719	100.00–108.00	101.66
1	—	360	110.00	110.00
1	—	405	105.00	105.00
1	—	670	108.00	108.00
1	—	765	100.00	100.00
4	—	547	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	615	121.00–128.00	124.54
5	—	557	127.50–129.00	127.80
6	—	429	126.00–129.00	127.30
1	—	305	130.00	130.00
10	—	483	126.00–131.00	128.71
1	—	380	131.00	131.00
10	—	532	125.00–132.00	129.86
1	—	970	90.00	90.00
2	—	285	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	639	127.25	127.25

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	908	600.00–685.00	653.34
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	675.00	675.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,150	80.00–95.00	84.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,835	1,675.00	1,675.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,289	45.00–49.50	47.96
11	—	1,280	50.50–58.00	54.11
2	—	1,335	59.50–60.00	59.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,630	58.00	58.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,043	50.50–52.00	51.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	71.00	71.00
3	—	1,775	81.00–86.00	83.96

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

Steers · 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