Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder and yearling steers 5.00-7.00 higher, Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher, Good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.48/cwt on 360 head.

Average price

$156.48

360 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,055

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$430

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

$26.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.91

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	678	157.08	1,066	352
Medium and Large 2-3	489	130.13	636	8thin

One grade step is worth $26.95/cwt here — about $430 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 sale360 hd

156.48

—

KY average25 barns · 9,958 hd

153.57

+2.91

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	1,686	89.57	1,511	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,583	63.82	1,010	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,348	60.20	812	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,045	48.60	508	7thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	632	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	822	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	135.40/cwt	132.50–141.00	705	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	937	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,012	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	137.01/cwt	126.00–142.00	454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	509	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	125.65/cwt	123.00–128.00	712	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	158.72/cwt	150.00–164.00	686	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	138.24/cwt	135.00–139.00	741	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	141.41/cwt	134.00–145.00	1,018	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	110.98/cwt	110.00–112.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	141.21/cwt	133.50–142.00	811	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	162.84/cwt	150.00–166.00	1,008	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	941	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,407	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	165.97/cwt	160.75–169.00	956	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	705	150.81/cwt	149.75–158.75	1,063	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	140.11/cwt	140.00–141.00	937	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	684	160.26/cwt	158.75–161.25	1,096	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	770	150.56/cwt	149.00–155.50	1,159	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	538	165.92/cwt	156.00–168.00	893	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,179	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	152.86/cwt	148.00–163.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	647	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	142.81/cwt	140.00–153.00	764	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	441	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	834	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	114.97/cwt	113.00–117.00	822	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	62.15/cwt	57.00–66.00	852	9
Bulls	—	—	1,805	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	1,832	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	45.51/cwt	44.00–47.00	477	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	52.72/cwt	52.00–54.00	549	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	63.82/cwt	60.00–68.00	1,010	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	54.36/cwt	54.00–55.00	696	3
Bulls	—	—	1,565	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,315	1
Bulls	—	—	1,687	88.30/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,490	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	72.99/cwt	66.00–79.00	620	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	646.13/cwt	575.00–725.00	6,267	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,368	861.52/cwt	850.00–875.00	11,786	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	127.23/cwt	123.00–134.00	784	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	148.97/cwt	140.00–162.00	636	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	121.44/cwt	116.00–126.00	804	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	122.44/cwt	116.00–129.00	698	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	574	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	117.50/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,043	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	133.95/cwt	132.00–136.00	489	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	431	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	727	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	763	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	632	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	591	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	113.52/cwt	112.00–115.00	369	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	115.56/cwt	110.00–119.00	775	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	305	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	130.05/cwt	122.00–132.00	681	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	862	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	343	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	129.11/cwt	120.00–133.00	616	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	120.15/cwt	115.00–125.50	738	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	135.84/cwt	126.00–141.00	576	13

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 Dec 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 663Last week 814Year ago 1,209

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 66Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 9Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	151.00	151.00
1	—	390	166.00	166.00
6	—	432	150.00–164.00	158.72
5	—	536	135.00–139.00	138.24
4	—	720	134.00–145.00	141.41
9	—	669	140.00–141.00	140.11
2	—	845	139.50	139.50
3	—	463	148.00–163.00	152.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	139.00	139.00
1	—	615	124.00	124.00
1	—	380	134.00	134.00
4	—	577	131.00	131.00
1	—	315	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	619	150.00–166.00	162.84
39	—	941	149.50	149.50
52	—	576	160.75–169.00	165.97
43	—	705	149.75–158.75	150.81
42	—	684	158.75–161.25	160.26
50	—	770	149.00–155.50	150.56
30	—	538	156.00–168.00	165.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	632	130.00	130.00
33	—	521	132.50–141.00	135.40
22	—	574	133.50–142.00	141.21
8	—	663	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	937	108.00	108.00
3	—	331	126.00–142.00	137.01
6	—	567	123.00–128.00	125.65
3	—	755	119.00	119.00
2	—	720	110.00–112.00	110.98
8	—	888	114.00–118.00	117.50
2	—	365	132.00–136.00	133.95
6	—	671	110.00–119.00	115.56
1	—	230	132.50	132.50
24	—	524	122.00–132.00	130.05
2	—	260	132.00	132.00
7	—	477	120.00–133.00	129.11
6	—	614	115.00–125.50	120.15
13	—	424	126.00–141.00	135.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	110.00	110.00
1	—	770	102.00	102.00
3	—	591	112.00	112.00
2	—	325	112.00–115.00	113.52
1	—	610	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	166.00	166.00
5	—	535	140.00–153.00	142.81
1	—	315	140.00	140.00
3	—	560	149.00	149.00
3	—	498	150.00	150.00
2	—	715	113.00–117.00	114.97
14	—	616	123.00–134.00	127.23
5	—	427	140.00–162.00	148.97
4	—	662	116.00–126.00	121.44
2	—	297	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	116.00–129.00	122.44
1	—	425	135.00	135.00
1	—	260	135.00	135.00
4	—	727	105.00	105.00
2	—	632	111.00	111.00
1	—	395	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,371	57.00–66.00	62.15
3	—	1,280	54.00–55.00	54.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,048	44.00–47.00	45.51
3	—	1,042	52.00–54.00	52.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,583	60.00–68.00	63.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	101.50	101.50
1	—	1,565	84.00	84.00
5	—	1,687	85.00–93.00	88.30

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	3	—	850	66.00–79.00	72.99
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	970	575.00–725.00	646.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,368	850.00–875.00	861.52

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

Steers · 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