Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.30/cwt on 449 head.

Average price

$133.30

449 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$857

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$26.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.46

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	644	133.89	862	439
Medium and Large 2-3	600	107.64	646	10thin

One grade step is worth $26.25/cwt here — about $216 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 sale449 hd

133.30

—

KY average28 barns · 10,391 hd

136.76

−3.46

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	—	Average	1,615	74.17	1,197	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,608	48.78	784	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,291	41.92	541	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,057	38.43	406	36

Every lot, as filed

83 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	—	910	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	651	91.80/cwt	90.00–96.00	598	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	728	111.26/cwt	100.00–119.00	810	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	116.94/cwt	105.00–121.00	725	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	118.51/cwt	110.00–123.00	632	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	118.06/cwt	110.00–122.00	574	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	799	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	911	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	99.94/cwt	95.00–104.00	474	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	128.28/cwt	120.00–130.00	912	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	612	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	109.78/cwt	101.00–118.00	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	127.68/cwt	118.00–134.00	737	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	111.52/cwt	110.00–113.00	535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,094	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	128.64/cwt	119.00–137.00	665	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	139.94/cwt	132.00–142.50	512	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	134.73/cwt	131.00–138.00	651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,169	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	127.14/cwt	121.00–132.00	843	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	128.16/cwt	124.00–132.50	541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	125.00/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,160	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	123.97/cwt	121.00–124.50	1,012	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	122.81/cwt	118.00–126.00	753	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	4,180	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,836	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	571.59/cwt	500.00–610.00	6,002	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,445	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	9,754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	942	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	133.42/cwt	130.00–134.00	499	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	102.04/cwt	101.00–104.00	733	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	761	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	141.25/cwt	140.00–142.50	466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	392	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	385	129.79/cwt	129.00–130.00	500	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	325	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	442	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	525	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	720	131.49/cwt	131.00–131.50	947	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	755	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	963	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	527	144.15/cwt	139.00–144.50	760	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	140.20/cwt	136.50–141.75	810	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	137.99/cwt	134.50–139.25	876	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	671	128.45/cwt	125.10–130.00	862	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	403	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	508	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	546	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	688	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	727	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	608	3
Bulls	—	—	1,725	74.36/cwt	73.00–75.00	1,283	5
Bulls	—	—	1,390	70.15/cwt	70.00–70.50	975	3
Bulls	—	—	1,675	79.72/cwt	79.00–80.50	1,335	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	129.09/cwt	125.00–131.00	541	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	486	110.51/cwt	93.00–117.50	537	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	120.66/cwt	118.00–125.00	578	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	443	104.99/cwt	103.00–107.00	465	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	101.06/cwt	95.00–106.00	427	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	119.75/cwt	113.00–121.00	673	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	102.83/cwt	98.00–115.00	743	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	120.02/cwt	111.00–122.00	461	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	116.26/cwt	110.00–122.00	501	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	99.48/cwt	90.00–103.00	502	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	33.85/cwt	30.00–36.00	346	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	41.35/cwt	37.00–45.00	446	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	40.79/cwt	36.50–45.00	525	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	115.41/cwt	110.00–120.00	315	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	120.64/cwt	115.00–125.00	397	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	114.37/cwt	113.50–117.00	1,006	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	118.51/cwt	115.00–127.00	685	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	129.90/cwt	118.00–137.00	668	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	664	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	410	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	47.60/cwt	46.00–50.00	615	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	48.78/cwt	47.00–51.00	784	8

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 Dec 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 981Last week 789Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 54Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 5Year 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
1	—	910	85.00	85.00
1	—	565	95.00	95.00
5	—	651	90.00–96.00	91.80
7	—	474	95.00–104.00	99.94
2	—	610	103.00	103.00
4	—	423	95.00–106.00	101.06
11	—	505	90.00–103.00	99.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	620	105.00–121.00	116.94
33	—	533	110.00–123.00	118.51
33	—	486	110.00–122.00	118.06
23	—	799	114.00	114.00
17	—	562	113.00–121.00	119.75
7	—	723	98.00–115.00	102.83
12	—	384	111.00–122.00	120.02
15	—	431	110.00–122.00	116.26
1	—	825	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,010	106.00	106.00
2	—	273	110.00–120.00	115.41
4	—	329	115.00–125.00	120.64
4	—	880	113.50–117.00	114.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	385	129.00–130.00	129.79
2	—	325	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	671	125.10–130.00	128.45
14	—	403	126.00	126.00
20	—	546	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	728	100.00–119.00	111.26
2	—	612	92.00	92.00
2	—	523	101.00–118.00	109.78
2	—	480	110.00–113.00	111.52
1	—	590	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	711	120.00–130.00	128.28
9	—	577	118.00–134.00	127.68
7	—	868	126.00	126.00
7	—	517	119.00–137.00	128.64
5	—	366	132.00–142.50	139.94
3	—	483	131.00–138.00	134.73
2	—	978	119.00–120.00	119.49
36	—	663	121.00–132.00	127.14
1	—	1,050	114.00	114.00
1	—	310	149.00	149.00
3	—	422	124.00–132.50	128.16
2	—	928	124.00–126.00	125.00
24	—	816	121.00–124.50	123.97
12	—	613	118.00–126.00	122.81
2	—	760	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	720	131.00–131.50	131.49
35	—	755	127.50	127.50
15	—	527	139.00–144.50	144.15
165	—	578	136.50–141.75	140.20
33	—	635	134.50–139.25	137.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	374	130.00–134.00	133.42
3	—	718	101.00–104.00	102.04
3	—	616	123.50	123.50
2	—	330	140.00–142.50	141.25
2	—	290	135.00	135.00
1	—	795	102.00	102.00
8	—	419	125.00–131.00	129.09
6	—	479	118.00–125.00	120.66
9	—	578	115.00–127.00	118.51
24	—	514	118.00–137.00	129.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	88.00	88.00
3	—	563	108.00	108.00
1	—	690	89.00	89.00
4	—	486	93.00–117.50	110.51
2	—	520	112.00	112.00
2	—	443	103.00–107.00	104.99
1	—	890	75.00	75.00
1	—	730	91.00	91.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	400.00	400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,023	375.00	375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,050	500.00–610.00	571.59
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,445	675.00	675.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,725	73.00–75.00	74.36
3	—	1,390	70.00–70.50	70.15
2	—	1,675	79.00–80.50	79.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,022	30.00–36.00	33.85
22	—	1,079	37.00–45.00	41.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,287	36.50–45.00	40.79
2	—	1,323	31.00	31.00
8	—	1,293	46.00–50.00	47.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,608	47.00–51.00	48.78

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