Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday:Feeder steers and heifers 2.00-4.00 lower except 400-500 lb steers they were 2.00-4.00 higher,Moderate demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 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 $113.91/cwt on 167 head.

Average price

$113.91

167 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$14.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.09

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	501	115.87	580	145
Medium and Large 2-3	516	100.98	521	22

One grade step is worth $14.89/cwt here — about $59 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 sale167 hd

113.91

—

KY average29 barns · 7,619 hd

121.99

−8.09

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	1,725	84.00	1,449	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,165	43.50	507	1thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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 1-2Value Added	—	601	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	832	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	127.82/cwt	125.00–134.00	534	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	132.81/cwt	130.00–136.00	695	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,021	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	475	147.02/cwt	143.00–150.00	698	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	43.50/cwt	43.50–43.50	507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	415	2
Bulls	—	—	1,725	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	113.07/cwt	110.00–119.00	661	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	115.84/cwt	113.00–119.00	441	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	965	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	123.59/cwt	121.00–130.00	513	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	131.09/cwt	125.00–139.00	615	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	110.00/cwt	109.00–111.00	790	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	350	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	298	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	112.03/cwt	109.00–119.00	538	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	341	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	396	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	123.98/cwt	120.00–136.00	645	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	119.86/cwt	116.00–123.00	729	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	131.37/cwt	128.00–134.00	489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	106.35/cwt	105.00–107.00	574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	100.58/cwt	95.00–106.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	117.30/cwt	110.00–123.00	497	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	114.41/cwt	107.00–124.00	707	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	828	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	106.51/cwt	105.00–107.00	442	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	83.47/cwt	82.00–85.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	117.32/cwt	109.00–123.00	614	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	114.89/cwt	112.00–117.00	430	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	106.59/cwt	105.00–107.00	766	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	288	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	722.58/cwt	700.00–750.00	8,960	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,137	585.49/cwt	410.00–750.00	6,657	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	577.32/cwt	475.00–620.00	5,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	117.02/cwt	112.00–120.00	662	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	432	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	129.72/cwt	125.00–135.00	864	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	133.99/cwt	130.00–138.00	753	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	485	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	119.02/cwt	118.00–120.00	732	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,289	801.10/cwt	685.00–885.00	10,326	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,719	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,339	887.40/cwt	800.00–960.00	11,882	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	426	110.52/cwt	100.00–117.00	471	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	116.77/cwt	115.00–119.00	614	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	121.84/cwt	121.00–129.00	705	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	112.75/cwt	110.00–115.00	754	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	102.35/cwt	94.00–105.00	589	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	313	97.69/cwt	86.00–107.00	306	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	288	102.92/cwt	100.00–106.00	296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	117.18/cwt	108.00–122.00	554	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	119.35/cwt	111.00–123.50	687	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	114.66/cwt	108.00–118.00	375	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	141.25/cwt	141.00–142.00	740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	130.25/cwt	126.00–134.00	809	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	137.56/cwt	135.00–140.00	664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	515	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	462	116.90/cwt	110.00–122.00	540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	740	1

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 15, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 548Last week 1,007Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 120Last week 70Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 64Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	601	138.50	138.50
4	—	524	141.00–142.00	141.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	418	125.00–134.00	127.82
4	—	523	130.00–136.00	132.81
1	—	810	126.00	126.00
13	—	666	125.00–135.00	129.72
5	—	562	130.00–138.00	133.99
4	—	359	135.00	135.00
1	—	325	136.00	136.00
5	—	621	126.00–134.00	130.25
4	—	483	135.00–140.00	137.56
1	—	725	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	475	143.00–150.00	147.02
1	—	515	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	566	112.00–120.00	117.02
2	—	432	109.00	109.00
1	—	395	117.00	117.00
2	—	615	118.00–120.00	119.02
1	—	540	105.00	105.00
3	—	462	110.00–122.00	116.90
1	—	655	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	136.00	136.00
15	—	415	121.00–130.00	123.59
8	—	469	125.00–139.00	131.09
2	—	718	109.00–111.00	110.00
19	—	520	120.00–136.00	123.98
8	—	608	116.00–123.00	119.86
4	—	372	128.00–134.00	131.37
9	—	579	121.00–129.00	121.84
6	—	669	110.00–115.00	112.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	585	110.00–119.00	113.07
5	—	381	113.00–119.00	115.84
1	—	965	79.00	79.00
5	—	480	109.00–119.00	112.03
3	—	341	116.00	116.00
6	—	426	100.00–117.00	110.52
4	—	526	115.00–119.00	116.77
1	—	675	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	105.00–107.00	106.35
2	—	680	95.00–106.00	100.58
1	—	455	100.00	100.00
4	—	415	105.00–107.00	106.51
2	—	870	82.00–85.00	83.47
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
4	—	575	94.00–105.00	102.35
3	—	313	86.00–107.00	97.69
2	—	288	100.00–106.00	102.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	424	110.00–123.00	117.30
11	—	618	107.00–124.00	114.41
3	—	753	110.00	110.00
1	—	930	93.00	93.00
31	—	523	109.00–123.00	117.32
15	—	374	112.00–117.00	114.89
5	—	719	105.00–107.00	106.59
2	—	250	115.00	115.00
32	—	473	108.00–122.00	117.18
15	—	576	111.00–123.50	119.35
10	—	327	108.00–118.00	114.66
3	—	665	111.50	111.50
1	—	865	98.00	98.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	43.50	43.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,725	84.00	84.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,240	700.00–750.00	722.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	—	1,137	410.00–750.00	585.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	866	475.00–620.00	577.32
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,289	685.00–885.00	801.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,225	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,339	800.00–960.00	887.40

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