Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers under 700 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower, over 700 lbs steady, Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower, Moderate demand for feeders and good demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 lower, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.28/cwt on 173 head.

Average price

$123.28

173 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$750

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$26.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.42

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	608	126.02	766	155
Medium and Large 2-3	615	99.76	613	18thin

One grade step is worth $26.26/cwt here — about $153 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 sale173 hd

123.28

—

KY average25 barns · 5,811 hd

125.70

−2.42

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	1,629	84.69	1,380	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,574	54.73	861	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,294	52.24	676	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,075	49.32	530	6thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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	—	614	113.01/cwt	109.00–124.00	694	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	153.70/cwt	140.00–160.00	496	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	129.08/cwt	127.00–132.50	471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	134.12/cwt	129.50–135.85	899	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	133.55/cwt	130.00–141.00	682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	141.68/cwt	132.00–148.00	585	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	760	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	149.79/cwt	147.00–152.50	556	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	338	136.47/cwt	135.00–138.00	461	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	119.39/cwt	114.00–125.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	128.39/cwt	128.00–129.00	804	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	139.12/cwt	133.50–146.50	668	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	105.47/cwt	103.00–108.00	802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	685	3
Bulls	—	—	1,607	87.84/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,412	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	119.81/cwt	117.00–125.00	579	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	872	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	670	1
Bulls	—	—	1,608	79.10/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,272	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	49.32/cwt	47.00–50.50	530	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	48.29/cwt	47.00–50.00	646	3
Bulls	—	—	1,760	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,619	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	54.73/cwt	53.00–55.50	861	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	53.32/cwt	51.00–57.00	684	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	230	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	293	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	663	103.68/cwt	101.00–105.00	687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	612	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	643	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	107.22/cwt	100.00–115.00	555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	562	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	620	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	688	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	482	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	500	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	390	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	710	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	780	124.46/cwt	121.00–127.25	971	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,467	1,052.78/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	15,444	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	582.15/cwt	550.00–610.00	5,082	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	374	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	792	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	903	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	663	102.65/cwt	100.00–104.00	681	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	119.99/cwt	118.00–124.00	842	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	13,376	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,403	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,480	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	15,910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	816	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,024	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	149.38/cwt	147.00–150.00	627	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	113.44/cwt	110.00–120.00	757	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	225	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	130.40/cwt	126.00–132.00	566	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	126.20/cwt	126.00–127.00	853	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	487	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	121.17/cwt	120.00–128.00	918	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	758	135.62/cwt	133.50–136.00	1,028	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	100.01/cwt	96.00–101.00	709	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	115.04/cwt	111.00–115.50	1,056	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	138.07/cwt	128.00–140.00	812	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	135.74/cwt	135.00–136.00	706	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	129.37/cwt	126.00–133.00	615	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,014	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	861	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	144.71/cwt	133.00–149.00	664	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	128.62/cwt	127.50–132.00	815	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	124.51/cwt	117.00–128.00	639	26

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 Oct 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 366Last week 520Year ago 1,007

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 36Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 0Year 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
17	—	614	109.00–124.00	113.01
3	—	365	127.00–132.50	129.08
1	—	245	130.00	130.00
1	—	785	96.00	96.00
1	—	560	125.00	125.00
10	—	434	126.00–132.00	130.40
5	—	709	96.00–101.00	100.01
15	—	475	126.00–133.00	129.37
3	—	836	103.00	103.00
1	—	275	127.50	127.50
26	—	513	117.00–128.00	124.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	670	129.50–135.85	134.12
5	—	626	128.00–129.00	128.39
16	—	780	121.00–127.25	124.46
4	—	816	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	115.00	115.00
2	—	872	82.00	82.00
1	—	705	95.00	95.00
2	—	612	105.00	105.00
1	—	770	83.00	83.00
3	—	518	100.00–115.00	107.22
4	—	585	96.00	96.00
1	—	325	115.00	115.00
3	—	663	100.00–104.00	102.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	140.00–160.00	153.70
5	—	511	130.00–141.00	133.55
1	—	800	100.00	100.00
8	—	413	132.00–148.00	141.68
6	—	582	130.50	130.50
5	—	371	147.00–152.50	149.79
2	—	628	114.00–125.00	119.39
9	—	480	133.50–146.50	139.12
2	—	760	103.00–108.00	105.47
6	—	667	110.00–120.00	113.44
1	—	200	165.00	165.00
1	—	725	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	105.00	105.00
2	—	338	135.00–138.00	136.47
3	—	571	120.00	120.00
1	—	535	115.00	115.00
1	—	420	125.00	125.00
5	—	483	117.00–125.00	119.81
1	—	625	94.00	94.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	122.50	122.50
1	—	230	127.50	127.50
3	—	663	101.00–105.00	103.68
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
1	—	530	117.00	117.00
5	—	792	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	702	118.00–124.00	119.99
5	—	420	147.00–150.00	149.38
10	—	676	126.00–127.00	126.20
1	—	330	147.50	147.50
7	—	758	120.00–128.00	121.17
10	—	918	111.00–115.50	115.04
16	—	588	128.00–140.00	138.07
4	—	520	135.00–136.00	135.74
2	—	818	124.00	124.00
13	—	459	133.00–149.00	144.71
6	—	634	127.50–132.00	128.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	758	133.50–136.00	135.62
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	688	70.00	70.00
2	—	500	78.00	78.00
1	—	710	83.00	83.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,607	86.00–89.00	87.84
3	—	1,608	76.00–81.00	79.10
1	—	1,760	92.00	92.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,075	47.00–50.50	49.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,338	47.00–50.00	48.29
11	—	1,282	51.00–57.00	53.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,574	53.00–55.50	54.73

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,467	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,052.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,480	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	873	550.00–610.00	582.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	650.00	650.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,305	1,025.00	1,025.00

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

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Replacement Cattle