Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower,over 500 lbs steady, Moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-3.00 lower, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.89/cwt on 110 head.

Average price

$127.89

110 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$15.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.09

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	536	130.15	697	94
Medium and Large 2-3	469	114.63	537	16thin

One grade step is worth $15.52/cwt here — about $160 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 sale110 hd

127.89

—

KY average25 barns · 5,283 hd

133.98

−6.09

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	—	High	1,655	88.42	1,463	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,347	53.90	726	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,629	53.64	874	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,100	49.62	546	16

Every lot, as filed

70 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	—	363	135.50/cwt	135.00–136.00	492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	133.50/cwt	126.00–141.00	380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	983	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	376	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	455	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	135.36/cwt	131.00–138.00	570	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	715	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	990	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	558	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	840	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	638	106.02/cwt	102.00–110.00	676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	126.90/cwt	119.00–131.00	667	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	129.54/cwt	125.00–135.00	611	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	133.94/cwt	133.50–135.00	848	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	133.98/cwt	133.00–135.00	899	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	123.04/cwt	118.00–126.00	703	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	802	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	503	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	750	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,001	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	537	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	843	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	835	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,223	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	515	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	366	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	467	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	447	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	139.00/cwt	134.00–143.00	735	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	132.71/cwt	119.00–137.50	827	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	111.01/cwt	109.00–113.00	864	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	526	150.38/cwt	150.00–151.00	791	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	602	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	873	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	55.75/cwt	55.50–56.00	644	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	52.85/cwt	50.50–54.50	599	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,643	48.02/cwt	47.50–48.50	789	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,663	58.18/cwt	58.00–58.50	968	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	49.21/cwt	49.00–50.00	656	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	45.67/cwt	41.00–48.50	485	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,607	53.25/cwt	50.50–55.50	856	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	56.79/cwt	56.00–58.50	758	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	54.12/cwt	52.00–55.50	734	15
Bulls	—	—	1,770	95.23/cwt	95.00–95.50	1,686	2
Bulls	—	—	1,685	82.54/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,391	2
Bulls	—	—	1,510	87.49/cwt	87.00–88.00	1,321	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	739	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,635	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	771.59/cwt	600.00–885.00	9,876	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	8,631	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,287	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	17,375	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	148.44/cwt	137.00–154.00	629	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	634	115.39/cwt	109.00–117.00	732	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	338	133.30/cwt	130.00–140.00	451	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	116.28/cwt	114.00–118.00	844	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	678	104.91/cwt	100.00–110.00	711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	119.19/cwt	115.00–123.00	802	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	569	119.85/cwt	104.00–127.00	682	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	143.70/cwt	138.00–147.00	684	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	136.51/cwt	130.00–141.00	790	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	466	114.02/cwt	110.00–115.00	531	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	114.45/cwt	113.00–116.00	475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	121.24/cwt	112.00–129.00	742	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	141.30/cwt	139.00–142.00	452	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	723	2

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 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 297Last week 498Year ago 429

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 38Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 4Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	135.00–136.00	135.50
2	—	285	126.00–141.00	133.50
1	—	910	108.00	108.00
1	—	735	116.00	116.00
7	—	421	131.00–138.00	135.36
8	—	526	119.00–131.00	126.90
30	—	472	125.00–135.00	129.54
1	—	230	127.50	127.50
7	—	571	118.00–126.00	123.04
4	—	612	112.00–129.00	121.24
4	—	320	139.00–142.00	141.30
2	—	657	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	376	121.00	121.00
2	—	638	102.00–110.00	106.02
6	—	466	110.00–115.00	114.02
2	—	415	113.00–116.00	114.45
1	—	720	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	633	133.50–135.00	133.94
3	—	503	141.00	141.00
12	—	750	133.50	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	715	138.50	138.50
8	—	558	150.50	150.50
10	—	537	157.00	157.00
11	—	835	146.50	146.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	617	140.00	140.00
6	—	671	133.00–135.00	133.98
1	—	570	135.00	135.00
1	—	490	145.00	145.00
3	—	435	160.00	160.00
1	—	395	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	582	129.00	129.00
1	—	680	118.00	118.00
2	—	467	130.00	130.00
2	—	447	123.00	123.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	71.00	71.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	164.00	164.00
16	—	529	134.00–143.00	139.00
11	—	623	119.00–137.50	132.71
2	—	778	109.00–113.00	111.01
6	—	424	137.00–154.00	148.44
7	—	726	114.00–118.00	116.28
5	—	673	115.00–123.00	119.19
8	—	476	138.00–147.00	143.70
4	—	579	130.00–141.00	136.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	526	150.00–151.00	150.38
5	—	602	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	634	109.00–117.00	115.39
1	—	475	127.00	127.00
3	—	338	130.00–140.00	133.30
1	—	705	104.00	104.00
2	—	678	100.00–110.00	104.91
5	—	569	104.00–127.00	119.85
1	—	440	131.00	131.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	55.50–56.00	55.75
6	—	1,134	50.50–54.50	52.85
8	—	1,061	41.00–48.50	45.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,643	47.50–48.50	48.02
3	—	1,663	58.00–58.50	58.18
6	—	1,607	50.50–55.50	53.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,333	49.00–50.00	49.21
7	—	1,334	56.00–58.50	56.79
15	—	1,357	52.00–55.50	54.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,770	95.00–95.50	95.23
2	—	1,685	80.00–85.00	82.54
2	—	1,510	87.00–88.00	87.49

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	—	795	93.00	93.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	805	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,280	600.00–885.00	771.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,260	685.00	685.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,287	1,350.00	1,350.00

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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