Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2020-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-5.00 lower, Moderate to lite demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.10/cwt on 159 head.

Average price

$120.10

159 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$680

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

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

$21.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.01

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	560	121.90	683	146
Medium and Large 2-3	639	99.95	639	13thin

One grade step is worth $21.95/cwt here — about $44 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 sale159 hd

120.10

—

KY average27 barns · 5,820 hd

125.12

−5.01

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	1,581	73.85	1,167	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,560	47.64	743	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,313	46.03	604	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,045	42.13	440	17

Every lot, as filed

71 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	—	476	140.98/cwt	140.00–144.00	671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	132.38/cwt	122.00–137.00	516	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	941	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	344	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	127.36/cwt	122.00–132.00	785	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	115.27/cwt	107.00–123.00	715	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	121.89/cwt	116.00–127.00	886	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	125.81/cwt	123.00–133.50	737	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	124.60/cwt	117.00–128.00	653	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	112.85/cwt	100.00–117.00	832	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	715	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	908	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	115.81/cwt	111.00–121.00	725	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	137.99/cwt	130.00–140.50	723	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	108.48/cwt	106.00–111.00	713	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	135.01/cwt	125.00–137.50	780	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	412	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	143.47/cwt	134.00–149.00	618	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	121.45/cwt	115.00–123.00	940	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	125.91/cwt	120.00–130.00	603	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,152	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	129.87/cwt	127.00–130.50	861	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	102.71/cwt	98.00–105.00	745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	123.53/cwt	123.00–125.00	345	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	982	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,070	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	637	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,981	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	7,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	5,588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	147.28/cwt	145.00–152.00	557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	778	86.90/cwt	81.00–93.00	676	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	39.50/cwt	36.00–41.50	410	10
Bulls	—	—	1,291	68.79/cwt	65.00–70.00	888	5
Bulls	—	—	2,045	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,718	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	49.50/cwt	49.50–49.50	567	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	49.28/cwt	48.00–50.50	771	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	684	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	49.01/cwt	48.50–49.50	659	4
Bulls	—	—	1,670	75.23/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,256	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	46.01/cwt	45.00–47.00	715	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	45.43/cwt	43.00–47.50	593	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	45.29/cwt	43.00–47.50	470	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	645	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	813	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	672	101.50/cwt	91.00–105.00	682	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	576	116.27/cwt	115.00–120.00	670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	403	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	461	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	132.33/cwt	125.00–139.00	635	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	117.28/cwt	113.00–120.00	618	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	125.65/cwt	121.00–137.00	670	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	831	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	989	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	91.50/cwt	91.00–92.00	840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	855	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	146.42/cwt	140.00–150.00	624	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	958	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	124.49/cwt	120.00–130.00	538	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	801	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	117.77/cwt	110.00–126.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	121.14/cwt	120.00–124.00	686	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	110.07/cwt	105.00–112.00	748	12

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 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 179Last week 366Year ago 548

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 48Year ago 120

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 9Year ago 64

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-5.00 lower, Moderate to lite demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	476	140.00–144.00	140.98
12	—	616	122.00–132.00	127.36
9	—	727	116.00–127.00	121.89
14	—	524	130.00–140.50	137.99
14	—	578	125.00–137.50	135.01
14	—	431	134.00–149.00	143.47
5	—	774	115.00–123.00	121.45
3	—	1,033	111.50	111.50
7	—	663	127.00–130.50	129.87
1	—	385	148.00	148.00
4	—	982	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	390	122.00–137.00	132.38
39	—	524	117.00–128.00	124.60
4	—	737	100.00–117.00	112.85
1	—	780	104.00	104.00
11	—	626	111.00–121.00	115.81
4	—	657	106.00–111.00	108.48
2	—	327	126.00	126.00
14	—	479	120.00–130.00	125.91
4	—	279	123.00–125.00	123.53
2	—	815	98.00	98.00
9	—	968	99.00	99.00
10	—	432	120.00–130.00	124.49
12	—	566	120.00–124.00	121.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	127.00	127.00
3	—	680	126.00	126.00
8	—	645	126.00	126.00
3	—	831	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	778	81.00–93.00	86.90
1	—	320	118.00	118.00
5	—	672	91.00–105.00	101.50
2	—	403	114.00–115.00	114.50
1	—	500	114.00	114.00
1	—	915	74.00	74.00
1	—	855	83.00	83.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	96.00	96.00
1	—	255	135.00	135.00
8	—	620	107.00–123.00	115.27
22	—	586	123.00–133.50	125.81
1	—	335	150.00	150.00
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
3	—	725	98.00–105.00	102.71
1	—	850	96.00	96.00
3	—	378	145.00–152.00	147.28
7	—	480	125.00–139.00	132.33
13	—	533	121.00–137.00	125.65
2	—	918	91.00–92.00	91.50
7	—	426	140.00–150.00	146.42
2	—	805	99.50	99.50
12	—	680	105.00–112.00	110.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	95.00	95.00
4	—	576	115.00–120.00	116.27
5	—	527	113.00–120.00	117.28
1	—	750	85.00	85.00
1	—	480	113.00	113.00
2	—	428	110.00–126.00	117.77

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	59.00	59.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,255	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	710.00	710.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	635.00	635.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,039	36.00–41.50	39.50
1	—	1,145	49.50	49.50
6	—	1,038	43.00–47.50	45.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	48.00–50.50	49.28
2	—	1,555	45.00–47.00	46.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,345	48.50–49.50	49.01
20	—	1,306	43.00–47.50	45.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,291	65.00–70.00	68.79
1	—	2,045	84.00	84.00
11	—	1,670	73.00–77.00	75.23

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle