Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2023-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.90/cwt on 223 head.

Average price

$185.90

223 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,171

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$66.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.90

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	629	186.20	1,172	222
Medium and Large 2-3	805	120.00	966	1thin

One grade step is worth $66.20/cwt here — about $206 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 sale223 hd

185.90

—

KY average23 barns · 5,426 hd

188.80

−2.90

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	—	Low	1,547	104.67	1,619	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,493	86.01	1,284	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,318	83.60	1,101	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,057	75.73	800	9thin

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)	1,370	$1,225	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,390	$1,200	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$860	1thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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 1-2Fancy	—	550	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,078	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	74.46/cwt	70.00–79.00	942	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	612	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	81.46/cwt	80.00–85.00	892	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	76.92/cwt	73.00–79.00	818	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	86.01/cwt	80.00–92.00	1,284	2
Bulls	—	—	1,185	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,102	1
Bulls	—	—	1,640	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,952	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,495	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,032	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,159	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,095	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	149.00/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,088	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	969	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,028	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	765	182.75/cwt	182.75–182.75	1,398	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	193.20/cwt	191.00–194.00	748	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	161.72/cwt	154.00–171.00	914	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	389	189.75/cwt	189.75–189.75	738	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	170.56/cwt	163.50–177.50	786	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	187.56/cwt	175.00–193.00	606	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	359	222.44/cwt	217.00–230.00	799	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	133.69/cwt	131.00–138.00	906	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	143.08/cwt	141.00–145.00	529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	180.20/cwt	180.00–180.50	1,040	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,052	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	175.85/cwt	174.00–177.00	932	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	191.39/cwt	175.00–199.00	913	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	587	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	417	215.66/cwt	200.00–225.00	899	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	522	198.09/cwt	192.00–202.50	1,034	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	706	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,165	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	659	179.35/cwt	177.00–179.75	1,182	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	752	174.75/cwt	174.75–174.75	1,314	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	171.70/cwt	167.50–176.00	695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	373	208.41/cwt	205.00–210.00	777	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	610	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	475	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	960	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	593	1
Bulls	—	—	1,815	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,851	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	86.13/cwt	80.00–92.00	1,130	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	860.00/head	860.00–860.00	860	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	992	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	180.55/cwt	177.00–184.00	1,036	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	428	209.60/cwt	202.00–217.50	897	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	173.55/cwt	165.00–180.00	559	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	413	179.58/cwt	179.00–181.00	742	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	460	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	837	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	170.71/cwt	162.00–176.00	908	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	962	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	487	139.87/cwt	137.50–141.00	681	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	169.41/cwt	160.00–175.00	700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	169.27/cwt	167.50–171.00	603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	162.91/cwt	158.00–165.00	1,038	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	747	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,128	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	315	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	166.53/cwt	165.00–169.00	866	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	834	1

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 Feb 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 428Last week 595Year ago 647

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 84Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 2Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	196.00	196.00
3	—	373	205.00–210.00	208.41
1	—	610	184.00	184.00
1	—	475	202.00	202.00
7	—	428	202.00–217.50	209.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	138.00	138.00
2	—	405	167.50–176.00	171.70
1	—	365	187.50	187.50
1	—	810	122.50	122.50
4	—	574	177.00–184.00	180.55
3	—	532	162.00–176.00	170.71
2	—	637	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	156.00	156.00
1	—	345	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	184.00	184.00
2	—	587	195.00	195.00
20	—	522	192.00–202.50	198.09
3	—	706	165.00	165.00
51	—	659	177.00–179.75	179.35
15	—	752	174.75	174.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	587	186.50	186.50
3	—	730	147.00–150.00	149.00
2	—	692	140.00	140.00
7	—	387	191.00–194.00	193.20
9	—	323	175.00–193.00	187.56
8	—	477	175.00–199.00	191.39
1	—	545	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	765	182.75	182.75
14	—	359	217.00–230.00	222.44
6	—	417	200.00–225.00	215.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	565	154.00–171.00	161.72
1	—	260	182.50	182.50
11	—	461	163.50–177.50	170.56
5	—	678	131.00–138.00	133.69
17	—	322	165.00–180.00	173.55
5	—	413	160.00–175.00	169.41
4	—	356	167.50–171.00	169.27
4	—	520	165.00–169.00	166.53
1	—	600	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	148.00	148.00
1	—	270	145.00	145.00
2	—	370	141.00–145.00	143.08
1	—	815	107.00	107.00
3	—	487	137.50–141.00	139.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	389	189.75	189.75
7	—	413	179.00–181.00	179.58
6	—	460	182.00	182.00
1	—	315	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	577	180.00–180.50	180.20
1	—	670	157.00	157.00
5	—	530	174.00–177.00	175.85
9	—	637	158.00–165.00	162.91
2	—	747	151.00	151.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	70.00–79.00	74.46
1	—	1,495	69.00	69.00
13	—	1,312	80.00–92.00	86.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	68.00	68.00
4	—	1,095	80.00–85.00	81.46
3	—	1,063	73.00–79.00	76.92
1	—	1,040	57.00	57.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	80.00–92.00	86.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	93.00	93.00
1	—	1,640	119.00	119.00
1	—	1,815	102.00	102.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	860.00	860.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,390	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,370	1,225.00	1,225.00

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Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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