Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.77/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$136.77

61 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$39.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.66

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	565	140.65	794	55
Medium and Large 2-3	777	101.17	786	6thin

One grade step is worth $39.49/cwt here — about $9 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 sale61 hd

136.77

—

KY average20 barns · 5,313 hd

140.43

−3.66

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	1,805	103.50	1,868	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,308	57.00	745	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	52.51	572	2thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	485	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	565	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	823	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	143.50/cwt	143.00–144.00	639	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	944	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,120	1
Bulls	—	—	1,805	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,868	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	600	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	52.51/cwt	52.00–53.00	572	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	906	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	132.61/cwt	125.00–136.00	825	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	876	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	816	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	121.34/cwt	120.00–122.00	803	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	138.00/cwt	132.00–144.00	642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	970	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	902	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	902	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	161.03/cwt	157.00–174.00	765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	842	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	884	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	131.92/cwt	127.50–136.00	892	6

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 Jan 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 100Last week 605Year ago 384

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 48Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year ago 7

No comparison due to limited supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	139.00	139.00
1	—	510	143.00	143.00
10	—	445	143.00–144.00	143.50
4	—	550	141.00	141.00
8	—	622	125.00–136.00	132.61
2	—	780	129.00	129.00
1	—	395	138.00	138.00
6	—	676	127.50–136.00	131.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	565	145.75	145.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	100.00	100.00
1	—	690	100.00	100.00
1	—	705	104.00	104.00
1	—	970	93.00	93.00
2	—	842	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	143.00	143.00
1	—	665	141.00	141.00
1	—	755	125.00	125.00
1	—	800	131.00	131.00
6	—	541	162.00	162.00
1	—	705	128.00	128.00
4	—	475	157.00–174.00	161.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	170.00	170.00
1	—	620	130.00	130.00
3	—	662	120.00–122.00	121.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	116.00	116.00
2	—	465	132.00–144.00	138.00

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	1	—	1,120	725.00	725.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	103.50	103.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	50.00	50.00
1	—	1,415	64.00	64.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	52.00–53.00	52.51

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