Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2022-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers 5.00-8.00 lower, Moderate demand for feeders and good demand for yearlings. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 1.00-3.00 lower, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.75/cwt on 193 head.

Average price

$140.75

193 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$27.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.10

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	508	143.57	729	173
Medium and Large 2-3	519	116.36	604	20

One grade step is worth $27.21/cwt here — about $126 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 sale193 hd

140.75

—

KY average24 barns · 5,056 hd

147.85

−7.10

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	1,319	101.67	1,341	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,575	78.36	1,234	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,289	75.75	977	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	66.66	701	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,005	110.65	1,112	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,025	123.00	1,261	1thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,480	$1,035	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	969	$831	4thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	930	$975	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$1,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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 2-3	—	710	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,126	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	145.65/cwt	135.00–149.00	769	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	144.46/cwt	134.00–152.00	536	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	134.27/cwt	131.00–138.00	838	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	145.82/cwt	137.00–154.00	690	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	121.56/cwt	114.00–136.00	468	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	487	117.36/cwt	116.00–118.00	572	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	143.16/cwt	137.00–150.00	829	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	151.75/cwt	140.00–153.50	951	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,023	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	918	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,460	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	138.56/cwt	130.00–144.00	457	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	147.15/cwt	134.00–153.50	622	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	588	137.86/cwt	121.00–146.00	811	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	179.93/cwt	175.00–185.00	612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,219	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	810	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	742	171.75/cwt	171.75–171.75	1,274	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	161.31/cwt	159.00–169.00	916	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	166.25/cwt	158.00–173.00	878	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	141.24/cwt	132.00–155.00	681	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	155.37/cwt	146.00–164.50	1,126	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	703	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	166.35/cwt	161.00–180.00	787	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	118.09/cwt	110.00–125.00	851	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	163.75/cwt	160.00–169.00	768	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	138.87/cwt	135.00–143.00	789	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	970	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	107.49/cwt	104.00–111.00	874	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	866	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,005	110.65/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,112	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	75.74/cwt	73.50–79.00	963	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	73.53/cwt	72.00–75.00	827	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	51.46/cwt	42.00–60.00	458	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	867	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	83.25/cwt	82.00–84.50	1,299	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,025	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,261	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	75.10/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,190	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	82.56/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,110	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	65.59/cwt	64.00–67.00	845	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	66.77/cwt	65.00–70.00	743	3
Bulls	—	—	1,375	109.27/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,502	3
Bulls	—	—	1,263	94.07/cwt	89.00–99.00	1,188	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,480	1,035.00/head	1,035.00–1,035.00	1,035	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	830.81/head	700.00–960.00	831	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	127.70/cwt	124.00–131.50	799	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	719	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	793	98.66/cwt	90.00–103.00	782	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	140.00/cwt	135.00–145.00	441	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	129.62/cwt	115.00–143.00	483	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	162.40/cwt	150.00–169.00	700	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	658	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	288	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	425	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	138.33/cwt	137.00–139.00	640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	773	102.02/cwt	100.00–104.00	789	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	130.94/cwt	124.00–137.00	871	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	152.51/cwt	147.00–169.00	802	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	818	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	168.07/cwt	160.00–179.00	526	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	160.87/cwt	152.50–170.00	598	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	561	112.04/cwt	109.00–122.00	629	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	125.35/cwt	120.00–129.00	524	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 Oct 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 629Last week 602Year ago 387

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 63Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 1Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	119.00	119.00
5	—	385	114.00–136.00	121.56
1	—	675	108.00	108.00
3	—	487	116.00–118.00	117.36
2	—	773	100.00–104.00	102.02
5	—	561	109.00–122.00	112.04
3	—	418	120.00–129.00	125.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	873	129.00	129.00
68	—	528	135.00–149.00	145.65
9	—	371	134.00–152.00	144.46
8	—	624	131.00–138.00	134.27
20	—	473	137.00–154.00	145.82
13	—	579	137.00–150.00	143.16
9	—	330	130.00–144.00	138.56
32	—	423	134.00–153.50	147.15
10	—	665	124.00–137.00	130.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	627	140.00–153.50	151.75
4	—	682	150.00	150.00
1	—	760	139.00	139.00
2	—	340	175.00–185.00	179.93
1	—	960	127.00	127.00
28	—	568	159.00–169.00	161.31
6	—	528	158.00–173.00	166.25
8	—	725	146.00–164.50	155.37
3	—	380	185.00	185.00
33	—	473	161.00–180.00	166.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	918	159.00	159.00
30	—	742	171.75	171.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	136.00	136.00
1	—	685	110.00	110.00
3	—	588	121.00–146.00	137.86
1	—	505	148.00	148.00
5	—	482	132.00–155.00	141.24
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	62.00	62.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	721	110.00–125.00	118.09
8	—	469	160.00–169.00	163.75
8	—	568	135.00–143.00	138.87
2	—	882	110.00	110.00
2	—	813	104.00–111.00	107.49
2	—	780	111.00	111.00
16	—	626	124.00–131.50	127.70
22	—	431	150.00–169.00	162.40
15	—	526	147.00–169.00	152.51
3	—	660	124.00	124.00
3	—	313	160.00–179.00	168.07
9	—	372	152.50–170.00	160.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	109.00	109.00
3	—	793	90.00–103.00	98.66
2	—	315	135.00–145.00	140.00
1	—	745	98.00	98.00
4	—	373	115.00–143.00	129.62
1	—	405	145.00	145.00
3	—	526	125.00	125.00
3	—	288	147.50	147.50
1	—	615	115.00	115.00
3	—	463	137.00–139.00	138.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,005	104.00–114.00	110.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,271	73.50–79.00	75.74
3	—	1,345	81.00–85.00	82.56
2	—	1,288	64.00–67.00	65.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	72.00–75.00	73.53
2	—	890	42.00–60.00	51.46
1	—	1,045	83.00	83.00
3	—	1,113	65.00–70.00	66.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	82.00–84.50	83.25
3	—	1,585	72.00–78.00	75.10
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	123.00	123.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,375	108.00–110.00	109.27
3	—	1,263	89.00–99.00	94.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,480	1,035.00	1,035.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	969	700.00–960.00	830.81
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	975.00	975.00

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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

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Slaughter Cattle

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