Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers steady,Feeder heifers 1.00-3.00 higher,Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower,Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.42/cwt on 248 head.

Average price

$131.42

248 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$317

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

$31.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.92

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	594	131.67	782	246
Medium and Large 2-3	515	102.00	525	1thin
Small and Medium 1-2	465	100.00	465	1thin

One grade step is worth $31.67/cwt here — about $317 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 sale248 hd

131.42

—

KY average27 barns · 4,488 hd

128.50

+2.92

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	—	Average	1,656	92.16	1,526	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,522	60.50	921	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,348	60.48	815	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,051	56.21	591	10

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1-2Value Added	—	612	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	838	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	136.95/cwt	130.00–142.00	509	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	415	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	1,009	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	110.66/cwt	109.50–114.00	851	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	138.31/cwt	133.00–145.00	653	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	519	2
Bulls	—	—	1,784	93.78/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,673	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	134.43/cwt	130.00–140.00	704	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	115.00/cwt	114.00–116.00	814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	116.73/cwt	114.00–118.00	801	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	147.81/cwt	137.00–153.00	624	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	120.86/cwt	113.00–124.00	683	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	121.15/cwt	118.00–124.00	756	5
Bulls	—	—	1,555	99.00/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,539	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	529	121.49/cwt	120.00–124.00	643	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	128.33/cwt	127.00–130.00	730	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	142.86/cwt	135.00–150.00	676	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	135.54/cwt	130.00–139.50	848	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	985	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	133.35/cwt	130.00–136.00	773	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	124.25/cwt	124.00–124.50	1,095	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	131.18/cwt	127.50–134.50	969	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	134.40/cwt	133.00–137.00	692	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	905	131.85/cwt	131.85–131.85	1,193	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	127.42/cwt	127.00–127.50	1,040	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	126.44/cwt	123.00–130.00	976	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	144.56/cwt	132.00–150.00	607	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	131.09/cwt	127.00–133.50	874	3
Bulls	—	—	1,603	85.41/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,369	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	121.12/cwt	110.00–129.00	585	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	782	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	119.10/cwt	118.00–124.00	760	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,556	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,960	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,716	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	57.61/cwt	55.00–59.00	604	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,362	58.29/cwt	55.50–59.50	794	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	934	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	710	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	50.14/cwt	43.00–54.00	526	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	693	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	62.14/cwt	60.00–65.50	835	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	895	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	840	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	991	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	128.27/cwt	122.00–134.00	727	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	377	148.95/cwt	146.00–152.00	562	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	129.30/cwt	122.00–137.00	556	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	135.00/cwt	127.50–142.50	365	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	125.24/cwt	122.00–129.00	661	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	916	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	128.46/cwt	124.00–135.00	610	33

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 Sep 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 481Last week 221Year ago 390

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 22Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 4Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	612	137.00	137.00
72	—	760	132.75	132.75
13	—	573	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	372	130.00–142.00	136.95
4	—	769	109.50–114.00	110.66
8	—	638	118.00–124.00	119.10
11	—	567	122.00–134.00	128.27
16	—	430	122.00–137.00	129.30
2	—	270	127.50–142.50	135.00
28	—	528	122.00–129.00	125.24
2	—	833	110.00	110.00
33	—	475	124.00–135.00	128.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	143.00	143.00
11	—	377	146.00–152.00	148.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	472	133.00–145.00	138.31
2	—	337	154.00	154.00
12	—	524	130.00–140.00	134.43
2	—	708	114.00–116.00	115.00
4	—	686	114.00–118.00	116.73
5	—	422	137.00–153.00	147.81
5	—	624	118.00–124.00	121.15
6	—	569	127.00–130.00	128.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	127.50	127.50
1	—	680	111.00	111.00
4	—	565	113.00–124.00	120.86
6	—	529	120.00–124.00	121.49
7	—	483	110.00–129.00	121.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	473	135.00–150.00	142.86
4	—	626	130.00–139.50	135.54
9	—	580	130.00–136.00	133.35
4	—	881	124.00–124.50	124.25
17	—	739	127.50–134.50	131.18
5	—	515	133.00–137.00	134.40
6	—	816	127.00–127.50	127.42
7	—	772	123.00–130.00	126.44
9	—	420	132.00–150.00	144.56
3	—	667	127.00–133.50	131.09
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	108.00	108.00
1	—	545	127.00	127.00
1	—	655	118.00	118.00
1	—	840	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	905	131.85	131.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,784	92.00–96.00	93.78
3	—	1,555	98.00–100.00	99.00
4	—	1,603	82.00–88.00	85.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,048	55.00–59.00	57.61
1	—	1,075	66.00	66.00
3	—	1,050	43.00–54.00	50.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,362	55.50–59.50	58.29
1	—	1,345	51.50	51.50
12	—	1,343	60.00–65.50	62.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	61.50	61.50
1	—	1,530	58.50	58.50

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,233	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	995	675.00	675.00

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

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle