Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers 2.00-4.00 higher, Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.78/cwt on 289 head.

Average price

$140.78

289 head · 712 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$342

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

$16.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.59

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	716	141.17	1,011	282
Medium and Large 2-3	535	125.14	670	7thin

One grade step is worth $16.03/cwt here — about $342 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 sale289 hd

140.78

—

KY average27 barns · 5,563 hd

141.38

−0.59

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	1,466	96.91	1,421	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,548	66.01	1,022	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,332	65.60	874	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	58.16	609	4thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	661	1
Bulls	—	—	1,430	87.06/cwt	86.50–87.50	1,245	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	135.43/cwt	134.00–137.00	631	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	587	1
Bulls	—	—	1,575	105.59/cwt	101.50–108.50	1,663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	130.09/cwt	123.00–135.00	666	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	156.33/cwt	140.00–161.00	603	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	493	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	915	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	126.98/cwt	120.00–131.00	728	6
Bulls	—	—	1,340	93.74/cwt	93.50–94.00	1,256	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	116.96/cwt	114.00–119.00	846	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	854	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,030	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	155.06/cwt	148.00–162.50	581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	134.54/cwt	130.00–140.50	924	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,058	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	144.39/cwt	144.00–144.50	898	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	140.41/cwt	135.00–145.50	723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	565	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	864	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	152.25/cwt	145.00–157.00	644	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	139.53/cwt	134.00–144.00	601	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	350	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	108.46/cwt	99.00–113.00	730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	811	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	119.65/cwt	115.00–125.00	741	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	148.85/cwt	148.85–148.85	1,017	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	144.23/cwt	140.00–149.00	698	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	794	139.90/cwt	139.85–139.95	1,111	129
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	13,195	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,833	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	62.75/cwt	62.00–63.50	718	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	58.98/cwt	57.00–61.50	740	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	67.81/cwt	64.00–74.00	921	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	66.01/cwt	64.50–67.50	1,022	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	53.56/cwt	53.00–54.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	563	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	780	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	122.58/cwt	115.00–128.00	816	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	104.33/cwt	104.00–105.00	739	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	913	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	128.85/cwt	124.00–133.00	676	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	102.25/cwt	100.00–109.00	804	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	130.71/cwt	123.00–134.50	745	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	135.47/cwt	127.50–139.00	442	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	134.82/cwt	125.00–143.00	642	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	142.24/cwt	139.00–145.00	545	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 Aug 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 495Last week 362Year ago 664

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 25Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 7Year ago 4

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	—	330	150.00	150.00
1	—	350	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	117.00	117.00
3	—	673	99.00–113.00	108.46
1	—	280	126.00	126.00
1	—	490	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	431	134.00–144.00	139.53
9	—	619	115.00–125.00	119.65
2	—	977	100.00	100.00
9	—	666	115.00–128.00	122.58
3	—	708	104.00–105.00	104.33
12	—	525	124.00–133.00	128.85
4	—	786	100.00–109.00	102.25
13	—	570	123.00–134.50	130.71
5	—	326	127.50–139.00	135.47
14	—	476	125.00–143.00	134.82
5	—	383	139.00–145.00	142.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	610	133.00	133.00
14	—	563	138.50	138.50
40	—	668	136.75	136.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	466	134.00–137.00	135.43
1	—	435	135.00	135.00
9	—	512	123.00–135.00	130.09
1	—	660	124.00	124.00
10	—	386	140.00–161.00	156.33
1	—	770	118.00	118.00
1	—	880	104.00	104.00
6	—	573	120.00–131.00	126.98
6	—	723	114.00–119.00	116.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	112.00	112.00
1	—	510	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	591	144.50	144.50
1	—	930	125.00	125.00
13	—	792	130.00	130.00
2	—	375	148.00–162.50	155.06
42	—	687	130.00–140.50	134.54
3	—	850	124.50	124.50
4	—	515	135.00–145.50	140.41
5	—	423	145.00–157.00	152.25
7	—	484	140.00–149.00	144.23
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	127.00	127.00
1	—	415	133.00	133.00
1	—	500	126.00	126.00
1	—	705	116.00	116.00
1	—	870	116.00	116.00
2	—	490	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	622	144.00–144.50	144.39
15	—	565	153.00	153.00
40	—	683	148.85	148.85
129	—	794	139.85–139.95	139.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,430	86.50–87.50	87.06
3	—	1,575	101.50–108.50	105.59
2	—	1,340	93.50–94.00	93.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,145	62.00–63.50	62.75
2	—	950	53.00–54.00	53.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,255	57.00–61.50	58.98
9	—	1,358	64.00–74.00	67.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	64.50–67.50	66.01

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,450	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,205	650.00	650.00

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

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