Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2023-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher, Slaughter 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 $148.43/cwt on 119 head.

Average price

$148.43

119 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$28.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.74

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	522	150.78	787	109
Medium and Large 2-3	575	122.78	706	10thin

One grade step is worth $28.01/cwt here — about $81 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 sale119 hd

148.43

—

KY average23 barns · 5,375 hd

156.17

−7.74

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	—	High	1,811	103.55	1,875	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,628	81.74	1,331	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,284	76.85	987	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,068	60.51	646	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	103.36	1,313	2thin

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)	1,265	$1,125	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	882	$899	3thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	764	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	189.43/cwt	185.00–194.00	606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	153.96/cwt	147.00–159.00	1,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,194	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	175.05/cwt	170.00–175.50	1,043	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	152.48/cwt	144.00–159.00	794	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	145.71/cwt	140.00–150.00	529	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	149.54/cwt	145.00–162.00	636	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,106	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	153.03/cwt	140.00–156.50	895	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	910	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	919	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	540	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,004	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	679	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,131	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	394	205.75/cwt	200.00–210.00	811	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	126.73/cwt	126.00–129.00	937	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,032	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	150.86/cwt	147.50–152.50	445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,132	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	173.08/cwt	169.00–175.00	838	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	732	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,233	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	759	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,052	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	360	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	414	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	541	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,028	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,270	103.36/cwt	99.00–108.00	1,313	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	562	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	730	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	58.36/cwt	54.50–63.00	613	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,631	82.85/cwt	76.00–88.50	1,351	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	74.52/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,198	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	79.76/cwt	75.00–86.50	1,020	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	68.11/cwt	65.00–73.00	884	6
Bulls	—	—	1,919	107.17/cwt	106.00–109.50	2,057	5
Bulls	—	—	1,455	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,368	1
Bulls	—	—	1,750	100.70/cwt	99.00–103.00	1,762	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	87.67/cwt	86.00–89.00	967	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	898.55/head	825.00–975.00	899	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	152.54/cwt	149.00–156.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	136.63/cwt	135.00–140.00	922	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	172.81/cwt	171.00–174.00	902	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	174.04/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,008	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	134.23/cwt	132.50–135.00	507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	374	166.83/cwt	164.00–168.50	624	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	171.32/cwt	163.00–175.00	651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	149.69/cwt	146.00–156.00	719	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	156.45/cwt	144.00–160.00	726	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	139.99/cwt	137.50–140.50	878	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	833	107.54/cwt	105.00–110.00	896	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	147.87/cwt	143.00–151.00	494	8

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 24, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 265Last week 576Year ago 755

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 55Year ago 49

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 3Year ago 2

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	386	198.00	198.00
1	—	535	172.00	172.00
2	—	320	185.00–194.00	189.43
3	—	670	147.00–159.00	153.96
1	—	770	155.00	155.00
12	—	596	170.00–175.50	175.05
1	—	430	185.00	185.00
4	—	633	163.00	163.00
1	—	835	149.00	149.00
3	—	735	154.00	154.00
6	—	484	169.00–175.00	173.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	186.00	186.00
9	—	679	166.50	166.50
20	—	732	168.50	168.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	394	200.00–210.00	205.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	135.00	135.00
1	—	630	121.00	121.00
3	—	295	147.50–152.50	150.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	521	144.00–159.00	152.48
5	—	363	140.00–150.00	145.71
13	—	425	145.00–162.00	149.54
4	—	793	139.50	139.50
39	—	585	140.00–156.50	153.03
4	—	739	126.00–129.00	126.73
11	—	464	144.00–160.00	156.45
9	—	627	137.50–140.50	139.99
8	—	334	143.00–151.00	147.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	101.00	101.00
1	—	675	121.00	121.00
3	—	378	132.50–135.00	134.23
1	—	480	136.00	136.00
2	—	833	105.00–110.00	107.54
1	—	540	115.00	115.00
1	—	345	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	374	164.00–168.50	166.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	120.00	120.00
1	—	410	185.00	185.00
1	—	965	109.00	109.00
3	—	675	135.00–140.00	136.63
5	—	522	171.00–174.00	172.81
1	—	735	124.00	124.00
6	—	579	169.00–175.00	174.04
3	—	380	163.00–175.00	171.32
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	210.00	210.00
4	—	541	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	149.00–156.00	152.54
1	—	300	165.00	165.00
3	—	480	146.00–156.00	149.69
1	—	820	103.00	103.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	99.00–108.00	103.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	48.00	48.00
2	—	1,043	70.00	70.00
3	—	1,050	54.50–63.00	58.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,631	76.00–88.50	82.85
2	—	1,608	74.00–75.00	74.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,279	75.00–86.50	79.76
6	—	1,298	65.00–73.00	68.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,919	106.00–109.50	107.17
1	—	1,455	94.00	94.00
3	—	1,750	99.00–103.00	100.70

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,103	86.00–89.00	87.67
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	882	825.00–975.00	898.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	1,125.00	1,125.00

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