Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2019-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday:Feeder steers mostly steady,Feeder heifers under 500 lbs steady,over 500 lbs 2.00-4.00 lower,Moderate demand on a lite test.Slaughter cows and 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 $115.19/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$115.19

65 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$18.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.70

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	498	116.58	580	60
Medium and Large 2-3	540	98.39	532	5thin

One grade step is worth $18.19/cwt here — about $49 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 sale65 hd

115.19

—

KY average30 barns · 7,543 hd

122.89

−7.70

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	1,305	75.45	985	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,305	48.69	636	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,641	46.97	771	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,011	40.81	413	5thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1-2Fancy	—	275	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	248	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	325	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	406	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	473	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	610	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	445	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	510	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	126.56/cwt	124.00–129.00	611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	129.18/cwt	124.00–133.00	420	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	118.32/cwt	118.00–119.00	796	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	133.67/cwt	125.00–137.00	500	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	6,776	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	555	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	272	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	120.00/cwt	119.00–120.50	1,111	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	127.13/cwt	124.00–132.00	806	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	412	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	136.21/cwt	133.00–140.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	467	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	232	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	99.98/cwt	96.00–104.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	132.47/cwt	125.00–137.00	625	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	887	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	111.59/cwt	105.00–118.00	584	2
Bulls	—	—	1,305	75.45/cwt	73.50–77.00	985	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	117.41/cwt	117.00–118.00	683	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	97.03/cwt	91.00–99.00	655	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	111.77/cwt	108.00–113.00	545	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	783	93.58/cwt	85.00–102.00	733	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	671	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	106.10/cwt	97.50–114.00	443	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	327	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	728	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	95.49/cwt	95.00–96.00	587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	89.89/cwt	84.00–96.00	825	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	49.31/cwt	47.00–52.00	635	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	635	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	34.69/cwt	34.00–35.00	333	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	50.00/cwt	49.50–50.50	544	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,661	47.96/cwt	46.00–50.50	797	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	111.41/cwt	104.00–115.00	696	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	112.27/cwt	109.00–118.00	582	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	119.56/cwt	112.00–127.00	450	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	126.59/cwt	119.00–129.00	414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	101.09/cwt	95.00–107.00	682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	114.50/cwt	113.00–115.00	642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	113.30/cwt	108.00–116.00	531	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	116.88/cwt	112.00–120.00	484	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	137.23/cwt	135.00–143.50	803	10

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 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 186Last week 981Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 88Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 9Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	132.00	132.00
3	—	248	131.00	131.00
3	—	406	130.00	130.00
6	—	473	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	97.00	97.00
2	—	918	84.00–96.00	89.89
10	—	625	104.00–115.00	111.41
7	—	518	109.00–118.00	112.27
6	—	376	112.00–127.00	119.56
4	—	327	119.00–129.00	126.59
1	—	255	122.50	122.50
4	—	675	95.00–107.00	101.09
4	—	561	113.00–115.00	114.50
4	—	469	108.00–116.00	113.30
4	—	414	112.00–120.00	116.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	96.00–104.00	99.98
1	—	530	104.00	104.00
1	—	385	103.00	103.00
1	—	630	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	445	148.00	148.00
1	—	510	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	116.00	116.00
1	—	535	120.00	120.00
1	—	700	100.00	100.00
1	—	890	106.00	106.00
1	—	915	85.00	85.00
2	—	555	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	926	119.00–120.50	120.00
15	—	634	124.00–132.00	127.13
2	—	317	130.00	130.00
4	—	519	133.00–140.00	136.21
1	—	365	128.00	128.00
1	—	445	132.50	132.50
2	—	232	147.50	147.50
5	—	472	125.00–137.00	132.47
5	—	704	126.00	126.00
10	—	585	135.00–143.50	137.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	132.00	132.00
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
2	—	483	124.00–129.00	126.56
3	—	325	124.00–133.00	129.18
3	—	673	118.00–119.00	118.32
4	—	374	125.00–137.00	133.67
4	—	547	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	105.00–118.00	111.59
5	—	582	117.00–118.00	117.41
4	—	675	91.00–99.00	97.03
4	—	488	108.00–113.00	111.77
2	—	783	85.00–102.00	93.58
2	—	418	97.50–114.00	106.10
1	—	725	89.00	89.00
1	—	295	111.00	111.00
2	—	615	95.00–96.00	95.49
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	49.00	49.00

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)	1	—	1,210	560.00	560.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,305	73.50–77.00	75.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	43.00	43.00
4	—	1,661	46.00–50.50	47.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,288	47.00–52.00	49.31
1	—	1,410	45.00	45.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	960	34.00–35.00	34.69
2	—	1,088	49.50–50.50	50.00

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