Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 600 lbs. sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher over 600 sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.72/cwt on 403 head.

Average price

$136.72

403 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$196

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

$7.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.23

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 1-2	375	138.00	518	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	675	137.09	926	376
Medium and Large 2-3	483	131.43	635	25
Large 1-2	545	131.00	714	1thin

One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about −$196 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 sale403 hd

136.72

—

KY average28 barns · 6,312 hd

137.96

−1.23

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	—	Low	1,639	82.63	1,355	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,340	48.21	646	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,213	43.72	530	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	980	38.34	376	11

Every lot, as filed

77 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 1-2	—	520	161.87/cwt	152.00–167.00	842	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	162.51/cwt	150.00–165.00	754	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	157.52/cwt	155.00–160.00	509	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,354	46.76/cwt	46.00–49.00	633	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	38.24/cwt	37.00–39.00	461	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	36.54/cwt	33.00–39.50	351	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	694	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,440	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	792	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	43.13/cwt	40.00–47.00	444	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	44.04/cwt	40.00–49.00	532	50
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	335	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	148.99/cwt	147.00–156.00	712	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	140.47/cwt	139.00–142.00	796	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	156.02/cwt	150.00–160.00	658	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	115.29/cwt	110.00–120.00	781	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	147.92/cwt	143.00–151.00	780	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	86.51/cwt	84.00–89.00	766	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	471	133.11/cwt	130.00–137.00	627	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	139.67/cwt	137.50–142.50	538	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	120.99/cwt	120.00–123.00	748	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	140.12/cwt	137.50–145.00	395	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	850	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,003	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	115.46/cwt	107.00–124.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	366	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	136.38/cwt	133.00–140.00	652	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	143.93/cwt	137.00–146.00	619	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	694	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	687	116.62/cwt	114.75–125.00	801	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	773	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	146.86/cwt	145.00–148.00	551	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	367	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,054	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	375	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	777	125.28/cwt	123.75–126.00	973	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	511	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	864	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	123.27/cwt	123.10–126.00	798	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	109.36/cwt	105.00–112.00	739	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	132.46/cwt	127.50–137.50	411	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	185	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	471	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	657	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	810	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	129.48/cwt	120.00–133.00	757	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	131.10/cwt	121.00–137.00	696	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	137.99/cwt	130.00–143.00	527	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	96.97/cwt	94.00–100.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	700	114.75/cwt	114.75–114.75	803	16
Bulls	—	—	1,185	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	818	1
Bulls	—	—	1,715	84.90/cwt	81.00–87.50	1,456	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	125.71/cwt	122.50–129.00	921	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	138.16/cwt	136.00–140.00	865	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	630	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	545	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	386	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	552	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	414	144.51/cwt	144.00–145.00	598	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	128.04/cwt	124.00–132.00	711	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	550	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	886	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	120.61/cwt	118.50–124.50	948	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	152.50/cwt	142.00–157.00	869	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	167.03/cwt	157.50–170.00	725	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	137.41/cwt	132.50–142.50	364	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	517	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	620	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	318	136.04/cwt	135.00–138.00	433	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	478	175.33/cwt	173.00–178.00	838	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	134.96/cwt	125.00–137.75	897	55

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 Mar 31, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 873Last week 342Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 72Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 12Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	520	152.00–167.00	161.87
15	—	464	150.00–165.00	162.51
2	—	323	155.00–160.00	157.52
29	—	733	122.50–129.00	125.71
16	—	626	136.00–140.00	138.16
3	—	376	167.50	167.50
35	—	786	118.50–124.50	120.61
18	—	570	142.00–157.00	152.50
5	—	434	157.50–170.00	167.03
2	—	265	132.50–142.50	137.41
55	—	665	125.00–137.75	134.96
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	660	125.00	125.00
1	—	775	110.00	110.00
5	—	386	143.00	143.00
4	—	414	144.00–145.00	144.51
2	—	555	124.00–132.00	128.04
1	—	460	122.50	122.50
5	—	517	120.00	120.00
3	—	318	135.00–138.00	136.04
1	—	630	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	777	123.75–126.00	125.28
11	—	550	161.00	161.00
15	—	478	173.00–178.00	175.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	511	169.00	169.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	478	147.00–156.00	148.99
4	—	567	139.00–142.00	140.47
3	—	422	150.00–160.00	156.02
1	—	735	106.00	106.00
6	—	677	110.00–120.00	115.29
3	—	527	143.00–151.00	147.92
2	—	885	84.00–89.00	86.51
7	—	385	137.50–142.50	139.67
3	—	618	120.00–123.00	120.99
3	—	282	137.50–145.00	140.12
1	—	315	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	120.00	120.00
4	—	471	130.00–137.00	133.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	118.00	118.00
29	—	687	114.75–125.00	116.62
5	—	773	110.00	110.00
13	—	471	139.50	139.50
16	—	700	114.75	114.75
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	107.00–124.00	115.46
1	—	655	114.00	114.00
1	—	305	120.00	120.00
1	—	715	75.00	75.00
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
2	—	360	120.00	120.00
1	—	640	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	478	133.00–140.00	136.38
7	—	430	137.00–146.00	143.93
3	—	730	95.00	95.00
77	—	647	123.10–126.00	123.27
9	—	676	105.00–112.00	109.36
5	—	310	127.50–137.50	132.46
1	—	185	142.50	142.50
126	—	585	120.00–133.00	129.48
20	—	531	121.00–137.00	131.10
7	—	382	130.00–143.00	137.99
2	—	808	94.00–100.00	96.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	145.00–148.00	146.86
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	367	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	76.00	76.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,354	46.00–49.00	46.76
1	—	1,285	54.00	54.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,205	37.00–39.00	38.24
1	—	1,440	55.00	55.00
50	—	1,209	40.00–49.00	44.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	961	33.00–39.50	36.54
3	—	1,030	40.00–47.00	43.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	69.00	69.00
6	—	1,715	81.00–87.50	84.90

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	—	1,045	675.00	675.00

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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle