Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers uneavenly steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher, 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 $131.24/cwt on 127 head.

Average price

$131.24

127 head · 690 lb average

Value per head Derived

$906

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$25.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.44

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	697	133.67	932	115
Medium and Large 2-3	622	107.90	671	12thin

One grade step is worth $25.77/cwt here — about $261 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 sale127 hd

131.24

—

KY average26 barns · 5,258 hd

136.68

−5.44

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	1,525	93.50	1,426	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,558	68.52	1,068	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,293	67.40	871	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,073	61.50	660	4thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	—	664	125.96/cwt	121.00–132.00	836	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	727	94.03/cwt	82.00–105.00	684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	119.07/cwt	111.00–127.00	661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	147.24/cwt	141.00–154.00	774	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	131.37/cwt	123.00–139.00	875	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	135.00/cwt	132.00–140.00	776	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	142.47/cwt	139.00–144.00	600	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	166.77/cwt	163.00–169.00	707	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	126.34/cwt	125.00–127.00	790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	140.72/cwt	134.00–144.00	887	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	153.13/cwt	147.50–159.00	874	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	127.49/cwt	127.00–129.00	938	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	133.84/cwt	124.00–140.00	835	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	980	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	142.20/cwt	139.50–145.75	958	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	133.10/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,034	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	159.27/cwt	157.00–163.00	677	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	68.60/cwt	65.00–74.00	887	9
Bulls	—	—	1,180	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,003	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	647	1
Bulls	—	—	1,795	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,813	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	728	1
Bulls	—	—	1,563	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,469	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	634	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	116.55/cwt	115.00–123.00	679	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	149.44/cwt	144.00–158.00	731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	141.20/cwt	128.00–147.00	731	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	154.53/cwt	152.50–155.00	957	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	820	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	1,072	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	948	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	142.33/cwt	132.00–144.50	808	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	712	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	802	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	68.52/cwt	68.00–69.00	1,068	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	126.51/cwt	126.00–127.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	140.83/cwt	138.00–144.00	689	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,097	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	898	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,726	1,313.83/cwt	1,150.00–1,400.00	22,677	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	8,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	136.01/cwt	135.00–137.00	802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	586	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	652	1

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 Jun 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 315Last week 301Year ago 151

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 21Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 2Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	664	121.00–132.00	125.96
10	—	421	139.00–144.00	142.47
3	—	625	125.00–127.00	126.34
1	—	745	116.00	116.00
10	—	518	128.00–147.00	141.20
7	—	568	132.00–144.50	142.33
13	—	489	138.00–144.00	140.83
3	—	950	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	727	82.00–105.00	94.03
1	—	620	115.00	115.00
1	—	680	95.00	95.00
5	—	583	115.00–123.00	116.55
2	—	533	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	820	130.75	130.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	111.00–127.00	119.07
1	—	635	109.00	109.00
1	—	530	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	526	141.00–154.00	147.24
4	—	666	123.00–139.00	131.37
3	—	575	132.00–140.00	135.00
5	—	424	163.00–169.00	166.77
4	—	736	127.00–129.00	127.49
8	—	624	124.00–140.00	133.84
5	—	489	144.00–158.00	149.44
1	—	925	97.00	97.00
2	—	752	126.00	126.00
2	—	802	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	134.00–144.00	140.72
1	—	340	172.50	172.50
13	—	571	147.50–159.00	153.13
7	—	731	134.00	134.00
19	—	674	139.50–145.75	142.20
17	—	777	124.00–135.00	133.10
5	—	425	157.00–163.00	159.27
1	—	360	176.00	176.00
1	—	475	160.00	160.00
2	—	505	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	619	152.50–155.00	154.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	126.00–127.00	126.51
2	—	590	135.00–137.00	136.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,293	65.00–74.00	68.60
2	—	1,293	62.00	62.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	56.00	56.00
1	—	1,070	68.00	68.00
2	—	1,033	61.00	61.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	68.00–69.00	68.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,795	101.00	101.00
2	—	1,563	94.00	94.00

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	—	1,726	1,150.00–1,400.00	1,313.83
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	925.00	925.00

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