Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.09/cwt on 196 head.

Average price

$147.09

196 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$830

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$31.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.31

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	563	150.27	846	176
Medium and Large 2-3	578	119.19	689	20

One grade step is worth $31.07/cwt here — about $157 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 sale196 hd

147.09

—

KY average22 barns · 5,516 hd

146.78

+0.31

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	1,780	113.77	2,025	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,699	82.79	1,407	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,345	80.44	1,082	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,028	71.08	731	11

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	180.40/cwt	175.00–183.00	740	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	155.55/cwt	153.00–158.00	891	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	169.40/cwt	164.00–185.00	820	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	138.63/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,002	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	140.27/cwt	131.00–150.00	877	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	165.98/cwt	160.00–172.00	961	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,126	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	153.94/cwt	150.00–156.00	962	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	142.99/cwt	136.00–154.00	954	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	167.75/cwt	160.00–169.50	1,035	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,047	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	786	160.95/cwt	160.95–160.95	1,265	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,015	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	169.87/cwt	168.00–179.00	885	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	182.89/cwt	174.00–193.00	876	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	188.51/cwt	185.00–189.00	818	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	880	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	146.92/cwt	139.00–155.00	704	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	146.84/cwt	135.00–152.50	825	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	614	157.75/cwt	157.75–157.75	969	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	161.89/cwt	150.00–168.00	571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	125.86/cwt	123.50–130.00	845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	112.53/cwt	110.00–115.00	740	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	77.53/cwt	75.00–79.00	800	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,699	82.79/cwt	80.50–85.00	1,407	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	81.06/cwt	75.00–89.00	1,101	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	872	1
Bulls	—	—	1,863	116.36/cwt	110.00–124.00	2,168	3
Bulls	—	—	1,530	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,622	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	69.21/cwt	65.00–73.00	741	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	54.52/cwt	52.00–57.00	520	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	962.05/cwt	860.00–1,050.00	12,314	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	11,952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	133.56/cwt	127.00–134.50	835	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	124.92/cwt	120.00–130.00	603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	542	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	926	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	905	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	192.62/cwt	190.00–195.00	626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	130.26/cwt	130.00–131.00	679	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	637	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	145.27/cwt	140.00–161.00	639	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	697	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	149.69/cwt	138.00–154.00	792	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	126.17/cwt	119.00–130.00	707	5

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 Apr 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 457Last week 868Year ago 617

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 120Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 16Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	175.00–183.00	180.40
4	—	573	153.00–158.00	155.55
14	—	484	164.00–185.00	169.40
1	—	685	136.00	136.00
3	—	723	134.00–141.00	138.63
2	—	625	131.00–150.00	140.27
2	—	532	174.00	174.00
4	—	325	190.00–195.00	192.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	127.50	127.50
1	—	905	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	579	160.00–172.00	165.98
2	—	807	139.50	139.50
3	—	625	150.00–156.00	153.94
3	—	667	136.00–154.00	142.99
3	—	710	143.00	143.00
6	—	521	168.00–179.00	169.87
7	—	479	174.00–193.00	182.89
8	—	434	185.00–189.00	188.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	617	160.00–169.50	167.75
3	—	575	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	786	160.95	160.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	479	139.00–155.00	146.92
24	—	562	135.00–152.50	146.84
1	—	710	127.00	127.00
3	—	353	150.00–168.00	161.89
5	—	671	123.50–130.00	125.86
8	—	625	127.00–134.50	133.56
22	—	440	140.00–161.00	145.27
11	—	529	138.00–154.00	149.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	614	157.75	157.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	658	110.00–115.00	112.53
2	—	483	120.00–130.00	124.92
4	—	521	130.00–131.00	130.26
2	—	637	94.00	94.00
1	—	775	113.00	113.00
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
1	—	320	131.00	131.00
5	—	560	119.00–130.00	126.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	697	111.00	111.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,032	75.00–79.00	77.53
3	—	1,070	65.00–73.00	69.21
2	—	953	52.00–57.00	54.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,699	80.50–85.00	82.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,358	75.00–89.00	81.06
1	—	1,195	73.00	73.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,863	110.00–124.00	116.36
1	—	1,530	106.00	106.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,280	860.00–1,050.00	962.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,245	960.00	960.00

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