Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-07-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers under 600 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower,over 600 lbs steady, Feeder heifers steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and 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 $149.64/cwt on 74 head.

Average price

$149.64

74 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$250

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

$31.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.74

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	489	153.49	750	65
Medium and Large 2-3	410	121.89	500	9thin

One grade step is worth $31.60/cwt here — about $250 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 sale74 hd

149.64

—

KY average12 barns · 3,189 hd

154.39

−4.74

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	—	Average	1,451	124.38	1,805	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,828	112.53	2,057	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,338	106.08	1,420	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	993	90.76	901	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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	785	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,142	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	163.23/cwt	152.50–172.50	449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,016	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	489	142.63/cwt	132.00–146.00	697	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	157.46/cwt	149.00–159.50	886	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	153.21/cwt	148.00–156.00	720	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	153.19/cwt	144.00–158.00	928	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	157.79/cwt	154.00–160.00	678	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	139.96/cwt	134.00–146.00	925	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	201	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	307	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	148.44/cwt	148.00–151.00	794	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	147.95/cwt	139.00–151.00	908	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	751	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,028	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	970	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	442	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	910	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,087	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	764	1
Bulls	—	—	1,172	118.07/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,384	2
Bulls	—	—	1,730	130.68/cwt	128.00–133.00	2,261	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,828	112.53/cwt	112.00–113.00	2,057	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	912	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	92.35/cwt	92.00–93.00	896	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,139	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	108.71/cwt	98.00–117.00	1,455	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,000	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	236	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	283	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	152.33/cwt	150.00–157.00	748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	153.59/cwt	147.00–154.00	829	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	942	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	885	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	159.00/cwt	158.00–161.00	681	3

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 Jul 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 195Last week 640Year ago 64

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 54Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	885	129.00	129.00
4	—	489	132.00–146.00	142.63
2	—	520	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	651	156.00	156.00
1	—	250	160.00	160.00
5	—	606	144.00–158.00	153.19
1	—	505	150.00	150.00
6	—	570	175.50	175.50
1	—	415	160.00	160.00
3	—	491	150.00–157.00	152.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	143.00	143.00
2	—	275	152.50–172.50	163.23
2	—	377	155.00	155.00
20	—	563	149.00–159.50	157.46
1	—	715	126.00	126.00
5	—	470	148.00–156.00	153.21
10	—	430	154.00–160.00	157.79
4	—	661	134.00–146.00	139.96
5	—	201	152.50	152.50
13	—	535	148.00–151.00	148.44
2	—	310	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	120.00	120.00
1	—	475	124.00	124.00
1	—	500	120.00	120.00
1	—	395	133.00	133.00
4	—	236	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	109.00	109.00
2	—	565	133.00	133.00
1	—	970	90.00	90.00
2	—	442	144.00	144.00
2	—	910	90.00	90.00
1	—	780	98.00	98.00
1	—	845	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	614	139.00–151.00	147.95
1	—	675	129.00	129.00
1	—	750	137.00	137.00
1	—	1,055	103.00	103.00
2	—	340	163.00	163.00
17	—	540	147.00–154.00	153.59
1	—	470	144.00	144.00
1	—	880	107.00	107.00
3	—	586	151.00	151.00
3	—	428	158.00–161.00	159.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,172	117.00–119.00	118.07
2	—	1,730	128.00–133.00	130.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,828	112.00–113.00	112.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	86.00	86.00
3	—	970	92.00–93.00	92.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	85.00	85.00
8	—	1,338	98.00–117.00	108.71

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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