Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2023-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers under 500 lbs steady, 500-800 lbs 6.00-10.00 higher, over 800 steady, Feeder heifers under 400 lbs 10.00-15.00 higher, 400-700 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady, Good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 2.00-3.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $204.66/cwt on 275 head.

Average price

$204.66

275 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,225

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$373

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

$44.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.59

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	599	205.14	1,229	272
Medium and Large 2-3	532	160.93	856	3thin

One grade step is worth $44.21/cwt here — about $373 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 sale275 hd

204.66

—

KY average23 barns · 5,627 hd

206.25

−1.59

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	1,430	126.07	1,803	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,598	105.36	1,684	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,323	95.37	1,262	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	86.67	900	16
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,110	140.00	1,554	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$1,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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 1-2	—	730	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	190.75/cwt	187.50–195.00	540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	488	227.78/cwt	220.00–229.75	1,112	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	970	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	796	184.75/cwt	184.75–184.75	1,471	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	172.29/cwt	166.00–186.00	996	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	830	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,457	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	310	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	384	252.55/cwt	252.00–254.00	970	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	437	244.62/cwt	226.00–247.00	1,069	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	188.14/cwt	179.00–195.50	1,155	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	537	190.87/cwt	189.50–198.00	1,025	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	567	197.75/cwt	190.00–206.00	1,121	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,218	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,202	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	190.06/cwt	183.00–193.00	920	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	171.26/cwt	165.00–178.00	897	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	289	221.79/cwt	220.00–227.50	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	204.30/cwt	189.00–207.00	1,193	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	186.88/cwt	186.50–189.00	1,209	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,165	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	195.96/cwt	193.50–224.00	1,221	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	167.00/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,319	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	227.07/cwt	214.00–233.00	1,181	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	665	195.75/cwt	195.75–195.75	1,302	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	181.19/cwt	178.00–188.00	1,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	196.97/cwt	194.25–210.00	1,026	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	836	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	490	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	597	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,313	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	189.56/cwt	185.50–190.10	1,361	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	171.40/cwt	165.00–178.00	819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,099	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	554	208.45/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,155	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	528	205.64/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,086	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	295	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	723	163.51/cwt	163.00–164.00	1,182	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,110	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,554	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	76.45/cwt	75.00–78.00	744	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	91.31/cwt	90.00–92.50	963	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	86.37/cwt	82.00–89.50	901	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	105.36/cwt	95.00–118.50	1,684	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	98.74/cwt	91.50–110.00	1,313	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	86.11/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,123	4
Bulls	—	—	1,531	132.59/cwt	128.00–140.00	2,030	4
Bulls	—	—	1,025	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,018	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	187.94/cwt	184.00–192.00	983	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	335	233.42/cwt	220.00–237.50	782	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	157.08/cwt	135.00–167.50	735	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	150.55/cwt	135.00–153.00	1,113	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	183.22/cwt	177.50–190.00	857	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	138.37/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,128	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	168.66/cwt	167.00–170.00	1,130	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	462	219.05/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,012	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	428	230.60/cwt	218.00–238.00	987	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	424	205.93/cwt	198.00–211.00	873	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	154.96/cwt	150.00–160.00	953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	292	228.76/cwt	227.50–232.50	668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	324	214.68/cwt	212.00–227.50	696	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	205	147.76/cwt	130.00–162.50	303	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	311	163.93/cwt	147.50–172.50	510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	131.96/cwt	124.00–142.00	930	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,170	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,382	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	189.07/cwt	180.00–202.50	715	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	171.20/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,161	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	480	198.96/cwt	194.50–208.00	955	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,141	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	377	236.33/cwt	222.50–247.50	891	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	640	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,254	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,022	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	177.06/cwt	170.00–184.00	1,098	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	372	215.46/cwt	205.00–227.50	802	23

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 Mar 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 710Last week 487Year ago 507

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 48Year ago 85

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 3Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	156.00	156.00
3	—	283	187.50–195.00	190.75
7	—	578	166.00–186.00	172.29
12	—	832	144.50	144.50
12	—	484	183.00–193.00	190.06
6	—	524	165.00–178.00	171.26
1	—	315	197.50	197.50
2	—	615	150.00–160.00	154.96
2	—	760	154.00	154.00
5	—	1,043	132.50	132.50
13	—	378	180.00–202.50	189.07
3	—	443	175.00	175.00
1	—	675	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	130.00	130.00
1	—	810	116.00	116.00
1	—	515	160.00	160.00
1	—	625	119.00	119.00
1	—	560	132.50	132.50
3	—	205	130.00–162.50	147.76
3	—	311	147.50–172.50	163.93
3	—	705	124.00–142.00	131.96
1	—	260	155.00	155.00
1	—	445	133.50	133.50
1	—	470	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	614	179.00–195.50	188.14
10	—	537	189.50–198.00	190.87
7	—	567	190.00–206.00	197.75
2	—	725	168.00	168.00
5	—	678	170.00–176.00	171.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	424	198.00–211.00	205.93
4	—	292	227.50–232.50	228.76
13	—	324	212.00–227.50	214.68
43	—	480	194.50–208.00	198.96
23	—	372	205.00–227.50	215.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	488	220.00–229.75	227.78
1	—	310	242.50	242.50
9	—	384	252.00–254.00	252.55
26	—	437	226.00–247.00	244.62
4	—	289	220.00–227.50	221.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	205	205.00	205.00
1	—	485	200.00	200.00
18	—	584	189.00–207.00	204.30
13	—	647	186.50–189.00	186.88
5	—	733	159.00	159.00
2	—	790	164.00–170.00	167.00
3	—	680	178.00–188.00	181.19
1	—	335	217.50	217.50
10	—	521	194.25–210.00	196.97
1	—	295	180.00	180.00
3	—	418	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	796	184.75	184.75
11	—	830	175.50	175.50
49	—	623	193.50–224.00	195.96
20	—	520	214.00–233.00	227.07
10	—	665	195.75	195.75
7	—	597	220.00	220.00
38	—	718	185.50–190.10	189.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	140.00	140.00
2	—	478	165.00–178.00	171.40
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	198.00	198.00
1	—	310	205.00	205.00
2	—	523	184.00–192.00	187.94
7	—	739	135.00–153.00	150.55
3	—	468	177.50–190.00	183.22
3	—	815	134.00–141.00	138.37
3	—	670	167.00–170.00	168.66
1	—	270	205.00	205.00
1	—	770	130.00	130.00
2	—	620	170.00–184.00	177.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	554	208.00–210.00	208.45
8	—	528	200.00–207.00	205.64
3	—	295	222.50	222.50
2	—	723	163.00–164.00	163.51
8	—	335	220.00–237.50	233.42
11	—	462	210.00–227.00	219.05
10	—	428	218.00–238.00	230.60
12	—	377	222.50–247.50	236.33
3	—	640	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	177.00	177.00
1	—	525	161.00	161.00
1	—	445	145.00	145.00
3	—	468	135.00–167.50	157.08
1	—	655	156.00	156.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	140.00	140.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	75.00–78.00	76.45
5	—	1,055	90.00–92.50	91.31
9	—	1,043	82.00–89.50	86.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,598	95.00–118.50	105.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,330	91.50–110.00	98.74
4	—	1,304	84.00–89.00	86.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,531	128.00–140.00	132.59
1	—	1,025	100.00	100.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	1,500.00	1,500.00

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

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