Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply of cattle today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.43/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$121.43

49 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$53.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.67

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	451	128.66	580	34
Medium and Large 2-3	570	107.17	610	14thin
Small and Medium 1-2	550	75.00	413	1thin

One grade step is worth $53.66/cwt here — about $168 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 sale49 hd

121.43

—

KY average26 barns · 2,958 hd

126.10

−4.67

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	1,749	88.28	1,544	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,294	57.77	748	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,580	56.00	885	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,083	54.80	593	14

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	—	1,670	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,503	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	119.85/cwt	112.00–125.00	853	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	690	1
Bulls	—	—	1,828	86.55/cwt	86.00–87.00	1,582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	529	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	149.36/cwt	140.00–156.00	632	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,003	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	141.82/cwt	135.00–149.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	683	100.65/cwt	98.00–106.00	687	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	885	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	303	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	124.13/cwt	120.00–130.00	351	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	134.54/cwt	125.00–139.00	581	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	54.55/cwt	51.50–57.50	690	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	494	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	67.50/cwt	67.00–68.00	672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	142.61/cwt	136.00–144.00	810	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	137.77/cwt	133.00–147.50	657	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	141.50/cwt	138.00–145.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	510	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	144.29/cwt	137.50–151.00	618	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	60.62/cwt	58.00–64.00	670	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	60.34/cwt	58.00–63.00	795	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	53.76/cwt	48.00–57.00	588	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,135	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	8,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,217	678.92/cwt	525.00–785.00	8,262	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	122.90/cwt	120.00–124.00	653	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	107.48/cwt	104.00–111.00	514	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	550	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	131.58/cwt	119.00–136.00	601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	134.10/cwt	132.50–135.00	519	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	387	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	501	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	581	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 Feb 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 104Last week 328Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 32Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 5Year ago 0

No comparison due to limited supply of cattle today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,670	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,828	86.00–87.00	86.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	56.00	56.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	34.00	34.00
5	—	1,105	58.00–64.00	60.62
8	—	1,093	48.00–57.00	53.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,265	51.50–57.50	54.55
5	—	1,318	58.00–63.00	60.34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	90.00	90.00
1	—	305	127.50	127.50
1	—	420	126.00	126.00
1	—	680	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	712	112.00–125.00	119.85
1	—	500	138.00	138.00
6	—	423	140.00–156.00	149.36
1	—	865	116.00	116.00
6	—	568	136.00–144.00	142.61
3	—	477	133.00–147.50	137.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	372	157.00	157.00
2	—	575	135.00–149.00	141.82
2	—	475	138.00–145.00	141.50
2	—	428	137.50–151.00	144.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	683	98.00–106.00	100.65
1	—	420	117.50	117.50
1	—	825	90.00	90.00
2	—	478	104.00–111.00	107.48
1	—	710	104.00	104.00
2	—	325	119.00	119.00
1	—	860	86.00	86.00
3	—	501	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	283	120.00–130.00	124.13
5	—	432	125.00–139.00	134.54
1	—	320	132.50	132.50
4	—	576	125.50	125.50
10	—	531	120.00–124.00	122.90
1	—	245	135.00	135.00
4	—	457	119.00–136.00	131.58
6	—	387	132.50–135.00	134.10
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	75.00	75.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	995	67.00–68.00	67.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,260	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,217	525.00–785.00	678.92

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle