Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2023-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder and yearling steers 6.00-10.00 higher, Feeder and yearling heifers 2.00-4.00 higher, instances of 12.00-15.00 higher in some classes of steers and heifers. Very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 3.00-5.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $197.28/cwt on 168 head.

Average price

$197.28

168 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,199

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$554

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

$33.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.72

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	618	198.88	1,229	160
Medium and Large 2-3	408	165.38	675	8thin

One grade step is worth $33.50/cwt here — about $554 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 sale168 hd

197.28

—

KY average24 barns · 5,687 hd

193.56

+3.72

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	2,030	125.00	2,538	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,650	96.74	1,596	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,295	91.97	1,191	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,014	85.66	869	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,208	126.02	1,522	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,035	110.00	1,139	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)	1,187	$908	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,045	$860	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$910	1thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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 1-2Fancy	—	620	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,311	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	416	243.46/cwt	226.00–249.00	1,013	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,015	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	181.76/cwt	169.00–185.00	1,138	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	168.53/cwt	157.50–174.00	1,159	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	376	224.19/cwt	210.00–232.50	843	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	335	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,032	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,263	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	579	200.50/cwt	199.00–201.00	1,161	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,088	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	961	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	161.99/cwt	157.00–169.00	753	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	538	184.15/cwt	177.00–186.00	991	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	161.02/cwt	160.00–162.00	837	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	237	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	673	195.99/cwt	184.00–196.75	1,319	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	205.30/cwt	191.00–222.00	1,088	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	169.73/cwt	168.00–171.00	1,059	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	746	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,276	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	172.98/cwt	169.00–175.00	995	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	775	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	370	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	821	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	179.90/cwt	172.50–187.50	684	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	992	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	621	174.67/cwt	172.00–176.00	1,085	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	312	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	671	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,035	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,208	126.02/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,522	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	94.24/cwt	93.00–95.50	990	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	96.74/cwt	90.00–102.00	1,596	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	94.07/cwt	85.00–106.00	1,223	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	77.09/cwt	75.00–79.00	754	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	80.77/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,024	3
Bulls	—	—	2,030	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,538	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,187	907.95/head	850.00–960.00	908	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	860.00/head	860.00–860.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	186.77/cwt	177.50–193.00	616	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	177.02/cwt	175.00–179.00	1,018	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	172.96/cwt	171.00–175.00	839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	473	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	851	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	374	187.47/cwt	185.00–190.00	701	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	435	219.07/cwt	212.00–235.00	953	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	168.24/cwt	160.00–179.00	803	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	143.24/cwt	137.50–155.00	473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	147.85/cwt	131.00–152.50	637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	137.39/cwt	128.00–147.50	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,109	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	176.35/cwt	170.00–180.00	578	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	305	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	175.68/cwt	163.00–180.00	666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	405	188.00/cwt	186.00–190.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	671	169.85/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,140	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,182	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 Feb 28, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 334Last week 428Year ago 577

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 35Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 3Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	620	211.50	211.50
10	—	416	226.00–249.00	243.46
5	—	376	210.00–232.50	224.19
1	—	335	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	688	157.50–174.00	168.53
3	—	770	164.00	164.00
2	—	725	150.00	150.00
2	—	537	179.00	179.00
4	—	624	168.00–171.00	169.73
1	—	490	195.00	195.00
3	—	575	169.00–175.00	172.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	579	199.00–201.00	200.50
70	—	673	184.00–196.75	195.99
21	—	530	191.00–222.00	205.30
9	—	746	171.00	171.00
2	—	600	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	157.00–169.00	161.99
2	—	520	160.00–162.00	161.02
2	—	237	175.00	175.00
1	—	355	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	145.00	145.00
3	—	330	137.50–155.00	143.24
5	—	431	131.00–152.50	147.85
2	—	468	128.00–147.50	137.39
1	—	680	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	175.00	175.00
17	—	626	169.00–185.00	181.76
25	—	538	177.00–186.00	184.15
6	—	671	165.00–175.00	169.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	154.00	154.00
1	—	795	138.00	138.00
18	—	477	160.00–179.00	168.24
3	—	711	156.00	156.00
1	—	280	162.50	162.50
6	—	328	170.00–180.00	176.35
5	—	379	163.00–180.00	175.68
1	—	555	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	180.00	180.00
5	—	374	185.00–190.00	187.47
1	—	305	185.00	185.00
2	—	405	186.00–190.00	188.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	222.00	222.00
3	—	621	172.00–176.00	174.67
2	—	312	215.00	215.00
4	—	435	212.00–235.00	219.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	172.50–187.50	179.90
1	—	800	124.00	124.00
4	—	330	177.50–193.00	186.77
2	—	575	175.00–179.00	177.02
2	—	485	171.00–175.00	172.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	122.00–130.00	126.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	93.00–95.50	94.24
2	—	978	75.00–79.00	77.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,650	90.00–102.00	96.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,300	85.00–106.00	94.07
3	—	1,268	80.00–82.00	80.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,030	125.00	125.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	855	910.00	910.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,187	850.00–960.00	907.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	860.00	860.00

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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