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Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Maysville, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 17
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2197
Feeder Cattle receipts
231 head
405 vs last sale 636 231 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
17 vs last sale 35 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
7 vs last sale 13 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers sold 10.00 lower with instances of sharply lower on a light test. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Weak demand for the feeder classes.

CME Futures and Stock Market declines continue to influence a depressed feeder cattle market. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady. Good demand for the slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.40/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$114.40
128 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.78
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565116.16656113
Medium and Large 2-3489101.1449515thin
One grade step is worth $15.02/cwt here — about $161 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 sale128 hd
114.40
KY average27 barns · 5,524 hd
121.18
−6.78
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,61984.571,3698thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51761.029254thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23159.1472817
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04852.3854916

Every lot, as filed

61 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625108.00/cwt108.00–108.006751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300139.00/cwt139.00–139.004171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2285130.00/cwt130.00–130.003711
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy398142.50/cwt142.50–142.505677
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy341144.83/cwt142.50–146.004946
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000679.25/cwt625.00–725.006,7932
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,550950.00/cwt950.00–950.0014,7251
SteersMedium and Large 2-3472116.75/cwt110.00–125.005513
SteersMedium and Large 2-3755104.00/cwt104.00–104.007851
SteersMedium and Large 2-3640101.00/cwt101.00–101.006461
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550119.00/cwt119.00–119.006551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577128.43/cwt123.00–131.007417
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665112.23/cwt110.00–119.007464
SteersMedium and Large 1-2446150.99/cwt150.00–154.006734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725115.00/cwt115.00–115.008343
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,04586.00/cwt86.00–86.008992
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545128.00/cwt128.00–128.006982
SteersMedium and Large 1-2363131.00/cwt131.00–131.004762
SteersMedium and Large 1-2610111.00/cwt111.00–111.006771
SteersMedium and Large 1-2330127.50/cwt127.50–127.504211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy84596.33/cwt88.00–98.008146
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3472108.80/cwt107.50–110.005143
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3433112.66/cwt112.00–114.004883
HeifersMedium and Large 2-368070.99/cwt70.00–72.004832
HeifersMedium and Large 2-358098.00/cwt98.00–98.005682
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3315107.86/cwt100.00–115.003402
HeifersMedium and Large 2-361588.00/cwt88.00–88.005411
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3505103.00/cwt103.00–103.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3355108.00/cwt108.00–108.003831
CowsLean 85-90%1,10153.25/cwt51.00–56.005868
CowsLean 85-90%95457.76/cwt57.00–59.005514
CowsLean 85-90%1,03445.26/cwt39.50–49.004684
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63558.55/cwt58.00–59.009572
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39863.49/cwt63.00–64.008882
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20862.62/cwt60.00–66.007569
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27455.68/cwt52.50–58.007097
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13552.00/cwt52.00–52.005901
Bulls1,86991.41/cwt90.50–92.501,7084
Bulls1,47883.96/cwt82.00–86.001,2413
Bulls1,04059.00/cwt59.00–59.006141
Bred HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2790725.00/cwt725.00–725.005,7281
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2895600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,3701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added614116.85/cwt116.85–116.8571760
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added563118.50/cwt118.50–118.506673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475122.90/cwt115.00–126.0058412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568110.40/cwt108.00–114.0062710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375122.04/cwt118.00–129.0045810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2533109.09/cwt106.00–113.005818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620107.80/cwt107.00–108.006685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2693103.00/cwt103.00–103.007143
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445116.00/cwt116.00–116.005161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2290124.00/cwt124.00–124.003601
BullsMedium and Large 2-3475117.04/cwt115.00–119.005562
BullsMedium and Large 2-3353123.50/cwt123.00–124.004362
BullsMedium and Large 2-3315123.73/cwt122.50–125.003902
BullsMedium and Large 2-3275117.50/cwt117.50–117.503231
BullsMedium and Large 2-3240115.00/cwt115.00–115.002761
BullsMedium and Large 1-2578123.48/cwt118.00–129.007147
BullsMedium and Large 1-2483125.17/cwt122.00–126.006056
BullsMedium and Large 1-2395133.40/cwt132.50–134.005275

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.