Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.76/cwt on 112 head.

Average price

$111.76

112 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$14.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.50

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	494	114.68	566	89
Medium and Large 2-3	559	100.47	562	23

One grade step is worth $14.21/cwt here — about $4 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 sale112 hd

111.76

—

KY average27 barns · 6,235 hd

118.26

−6.50

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	1,703	78.48	1,337	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,612	51.71	834	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,236	46.11	570	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,000	45.99	460	13

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	618	95.81/cwt	93.00–98.50	592	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	389	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	120.45/cwt	113.00–128.00	790	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	294	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	121.22/cwt	120.00–122.50	279	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	111.99/cwt	110.00–113.00	624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	270	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	126.50/cwt	121.00–131.00	417	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	422	101.59/cwt	100.00–105.00	429	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	122.80/cwt	116.00–126.00	409	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	122.67/cwt	117.50–127.50	464	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	537	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	305	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	119.18/cwt	115.00–126.00	499	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	651	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	697	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	113.73/cwt	109.00–117.00	545	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,612	51.71/cwt	49.00–56.00	834	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	44.07/cwt	42.50–45.50	424	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	47.19/cwt	46.00–48.00	483	8
Bulls	—	—	1,746	75.35/cwt	73.50–77.50	1,316	5
Bulls	—	—	1,668	81.08/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,352	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	42.91/cwt	40.00–44.50	527	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	48.03/cwt	45.00–51.50	597	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,650	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	114.77/cwt	114.00–120.00	761	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	491	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	113.18/cwt	106.00–117.00	649	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	116.09/cwt	113.00–118.00	426	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	315	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	369	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	126.13/cwt	117.00–130.00	792	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	257	128.31/cwt	127.50–130.00	330	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	880	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	114.59/cwt	104.00–119.00	490	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	820	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	393	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	121.73/cwt	114.00–127.00	566	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	362	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	124.60/cwt	121.00–134.00	654	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	124.74/cwt	124.00–125.00	444	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	105.67/cwt	105.00–106.00	518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	110.16/cwt	101.00–115.00	570	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	89.69/cwt	89.00–91.00	467	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	109.97/cwt	106.00–116.00	621	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	121.92/cwt	115.00–124.00	646	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	412	113.34/cwt	113.00–114.00	467	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	123.21/cwt	118.00–128.00	715	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	121.72/cwt	116.00–130.00	579	5

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 Oct 1, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 291Last week 889Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 54Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 4Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	618	93.00–98.50	95.81
1	—	385	101.00	101.00
5	—	422	100.00–105.00	101.59
1	—	500	90.00	90.00
5	—	651	107.00	107.00
1	—	720	90.00	90.00
1	—	760	94.00	94.00
1	—	880	90.00	90.00
3	—	490	105.00–106.00	105.67
1	—	315	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	656	113.00–128.00	120.45
1	—	235	125.00	125.00
7	—	333	116.00–126.00	122.80
1	—	260	100.00	100.00
15	—	479	109.00–117.00	113.73
1	—	750	100.00	100.00
22	—	573	106.00–117.00	113.18
3	—	367	113.00–118.00	116.09
24	—	428	104.00–119.00	114.59
3	—	716	114.50	114.50
6	—	517	101.00–115.00	110.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	102.50	102.50
1	—	485	111.00	111.00
2	—	315	100.00	100.00
2	—	393	111.00	111.00
3	—	521	89.00–91.00	89.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	230	120.00–122.50	121.22
2	—	378	117.50–127.50	122.67
2	—	640	102.00	102.00
1	—	295	125.00	125.00
5	—	465	114.00–127.00	121.73
1	—	315	115.00	115.00
5	—	565	106.00–116.00	109.97
1	—	420	109.00	109.00
9	—	530	115.00–124.00	121.92
1	—	705	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	557	110.00–113.00	111.99
1	—	235	115.00	115.00
4	—	537	105.00	105.00
1	—	290	105.00	105.00
1	—	365	114.00	114.00
1	—	495	112.00	112.00
1	—	620	106.00	106.00
3	—	412	113.00–114.00	113.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	330	121.00–131.00	126.50
8	—	419	115.00–126.00	119.18
8	—	663	114.00–120.00	114.77
10	—	628	117.00–130.00	126.13
3	—	257	127.50–130.00	128.31
15	—	525	121.00–134.00	124.60
4	—	356	124.00–125.00	124.74
16	—	580	118.00–128.00	123.21
5	—	476	116.00–130.00	121.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	491	138.00	138.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,612	49.00–56.00	51.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	962	42.50–45.50	44.07
8	—	1,023	46.00–48.00	47.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,227	40.00–44.50	42.91
20	—	1,242	45.00–51.50	48.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,746	73.50–77.50	75.35
6	—	1,668	79.00–84.00	81.08

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	500.00	500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	980	84.50	84.50

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.

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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle