Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers under 600 lbs. 2.00 to 4.00 Lower, over 600 lbs. steady, heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady with instances of 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls no test from last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $120.61/cwt on 191 head.

Average price

$120.61

191 head · 760 lb average

Value per head Derived

$916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$18.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.50

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	763	120.87	922	186
Medium and Large 2-3	600	117.00	702	3thin
Small and Medium 1-2	692	102.00	706	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.87/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 sale191 hd

120.61

—

KY average26 barns · 5,011 hd

130.12

−9.50

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	1,742	100.75	1,755	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,484	59.99	890	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,188	57.03	677	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	890	41.64	371	3thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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 1-2	—	362	134.77/cwt	130.00–137.50	488	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	635	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	370	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	105.19/cwt	105.00–106.00	657	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	122.81/cwt	113.00–126.00	646	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	127.48/cwt	123.00–132.00	604	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	971	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,010	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	124.54/cwt	121.00–125.75	844	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	140.44/cwt	132.50–143.00	668	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	146.04/cwt	140.00–149.00	504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	862	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	35.46/cwt	34.00–37.00	311	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	57.95/cwt	57.00–59.00	829	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	50.86/cwt	46.00–53.50	619	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	494	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	56.94/cwt	55.00–59.50	643	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	60.57/cwt	60.00–63.50	908	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	63.43/cwt	61.50–65.50	832	3
Bulls	—	—	2,160	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	2,408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	113.57/cwt	107.00–120.00	551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	121.19/cwt	116.00–129.00	675	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	134.96/cwt	132.50–140.00	509	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	545	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	104.81/cwt	104.00–109.00	772	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	135.99/cwt	130.00–137.50	654	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	117.98/cwt	114.00–122.00	776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	125.07/cwt	117.00–128.00	660	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	402	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	106.30/cwt	105.00–109.00	718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	427	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	402	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	115.22/cwt	113.00–117.50	507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	702	115.85/cwt	115.85–115.85	813	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	135.12/cwt	128.00–136.00	574	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	117.61/cwt	112.00–119.00	672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	107.33/cwt	107.00–108.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	134.80/cwt	130.00–140.00	422	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,313	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,550	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	9,595	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,037.08/cwt	850.00–1,100.00	11,667	4
Bulls	—	—	1,770	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,593	1
Bulls	—	—	1,668	100.75/cwt	96.00–106.00	1,681	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	834	117.85/cwt	117.85–117.85	983	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	140.53/cwt	137.00–143.00	739	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	132.17/cwt	126.00–133.50	814	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	147.86/cwt	147.00–150.00	546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	511	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	629	3
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	692	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	706	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	138.94/cwt	134.00–142.00	784	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	122.78/cwt	122.50–123.00	874	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	144.85/cwt	144.00–147.50	594	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	329	147.73/cwt	145.00–150.00	486	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	830	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	115.51/cwt	115.00–116.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	114.37/cwt	108.00–120.50	716	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	99.20/cwt	98.00–100.00	834	5

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 May 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 399Last week 387Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 22Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 1Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	362	130.00–137.50	134.77
2	—	965	96.00	96.00
17	—	526	113.00–126.00	122.81
8	—	474	123.00–132.00	127.48
3	—	675	105.00–109.00	106.30
1	—	280	152.50	152.50
9	—	425	128.00–136.00	135.12
5	—	571	112.00–119.00	117.61
3	—	726	107.00–108.00	107.33
2	—	313	130.00–140.00	134.80
13	—	626	108.00–120.50	114.37
5	—	841	98.00–100.00	99.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	145.00	145.00
2	—	402	140.00	140.00
4	—	329	145.00–150.00	147.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	625	105.00–106.00	105.19
1	—	805	83.00	83.00
2	—	440	113.00–117.50	115.22
2	—	468	115.00–116.00	115.51
1	—	525	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	702	115.85	115.85
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	79.00	79.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	157.50	157.50
8	—	678	121.00–125.75	124.54
4	—	476	132.50–143.00	140.44
3	—	345	140.00–149.00	146.04
1	—	770	112.00	112.00
14	—	526	137.00–143.00	140.53
7	—	616	126.00–133.50	132.17
4	—	369	147.00–150.00	147.86
1	—	850	110.00	110.00
17	—	564	134.00–142.00	138.94
7	—	712	122.50–123.00	122.78
4	—	410	144.00–147.50	144.85
1	—	920	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
1	—	675	113.00	113.00
1	—	500	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	971	104.00	104.00
58	—	834	117.85	117.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	511	123.00	123.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	692	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	107.00–120.00	113.57
1	—	445	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	557	116.00–129.00	121.19
3	—	377	132.50–140.00	134.96
2	—	630	123.00	123.00
6	—	737	104.00–109.00	104.81
5	—	481	130.00–137.50	135.99
2	—	658	114.00–122.00	117.98
1	—	1,000	88.00	88.00
5	—	528	117.00–128.00	125.07
2	—	785	100.00	100.00
2	—	402	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	878	34.00–37.00	35.46
1	—	915	54.00	54.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,430	57.00–59.00	57.95
7	—	1,499	60.00–63.50	60.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,218	46.00–53.50	50.86
8	—	1,130	55.00–59.50	56.94
3	—	1,312	61.50–65.50	63.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,160	111.50	111.50
1	—	1,770	90.00	90.00
6	—	1,668	96.00–106.00	100.75

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,315	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,125	850.00–1,100.00	1,037.08
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,010.00	1,010.00

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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