Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers 1.00-3.00 higher, Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher, 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 $162.55/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$162.55

96 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$337

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

$43.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.80

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	564	163.90	925	93
Medium and Large 2-3	487	120.78	588	3thin

One grade step is worth $43.12/cwt here — about $337 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 sale96 hd

162.55

—

KY average24 barns · 5,906 hd

164.35

−1.80

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	1,620	110.38	1,788	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,689	83.32	1,407	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	82.94	1,060	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,011	74.74	756	5thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$975	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,188	$958	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,095	$760	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	768	$1,000	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$1,175	1thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	573	150.05/cwt	146.00–154.00	860	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	131.73/cwt	130.00–135.00	817	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	171.67/cwt	160.00–176.00	785	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	734	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	808	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	169.64/cwt	168.00–173.00	996	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	178.78/cwt	177.50–180.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	144.78/cwt	136.00–148.00	909	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	153.70/cwt	150.00–162.00	730	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	157.71/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,136	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	165.86/cwt	161.00–180.00	874	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,003	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	144.03/cwt	140.00–150.00	562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	160.27/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,061	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	156.25/cwt	147.00–158.00	991	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	162.73/cwt	160.00–165.00	862	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	451	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	956	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	728	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	75.93/cwt	71.50–78.00	762	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,295	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,703	85.98/cwt	80.00–92.00	1,464	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	83.32/cwt	79.00–89.00	1,068	13
Bulls	—	—	1,620	110.38/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,788	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	760.00/head	760.00–760.00	760	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	958.13/head	850.00–1,075.00	958	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	153.11/cwt	146.00–158.00	862	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	522	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	471	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	150.28/cwt	147.00–153.00	778	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	160.02/cwt	159.00–163.00	677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	601	172.22/cwt	160.00–172.50	1,035	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	589	167.88/cwt	164.00–169.00	989	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	126.17/cwt	120.00–132.00	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	156.22/cwt	152.50–160.00	512	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 Aug 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 197Last week 487Year ago 315

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 64Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 8Year ago 4

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	146.00–154.00	150.05
4	—	620	130.00–135.00	131.73
9	—	457	160.00–176.00	171.67
4	—	397	185.00	185.00
2	—	282	185.00	185.00
1	—	440	174.00	174.00
6	—	518	147.00–153.00	150.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	110.00	110.00
2	—	417	150.00	150.00
1	—	325	145.00	145.00
1	—	370	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	188.00	188.00
6	—	587	168.00–173.00	169.64
2	—	386	177.50–180.00	178.78
3	—	720	155.00–162.00	157.71
4	—	527	161.00–180.00	165.86
12	—	662	155.00–164.00	160.27
6	—	634	147.00–158.00	156.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	134.00	134.00
1	—	595	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	628	136.00–148.00	144.78
6	—	475	150.00–162.00	153.70
1	—	650	130.00	130.00
1	—	790	127.00	127.00
3	—	390	140.00–150.00	144.03
11	—	530	160.00–165.00	162.73
7	—	563	146.00–158.00	153.11
4	—	423	159.00–163.00	160.02
2	—	328	152.50–160.00	156.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	110.00	110.00
2	—	525	120.00–132.00	126.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	601	160.00–172.50	172.22
8	—	589	164.00–169.00	167.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	78.00	78.00
13	—	1,282	79.00–89.00	83.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	70.00	70.00
4	—	1,004	71.50–78.00	75.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,660	78.00	78.00
4	—	1,703	80.00–92.00	85.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,620	109.00–112.00	110.38

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	768	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	760.00	760.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,188	850.00–1,075.00	958.13
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	1,175.00	1,175.00

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Maysville, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle