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Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Maysville, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 20
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2197
Feeder Cattle receipts
363 head
▲ 227 vs last sale 136▲ 363 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 45▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 2▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady and feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes of cattle throughout the offering. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes of cattle throughout the offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.43/cwt on 175 head.
Average price
$143.43
175 head · 693 lb average
Value per head Derived
$995
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$502
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$32.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.70
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2700144.371,011170
Medium and Large 2-3457111.405095thin
One grade step is worth $32.97/cwt here — about $502 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 sale175 hd
143.43
—
KY average26 barns · 3,235 hd
136.74
+6.70
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,58287.991,3924thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54459.199145thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19256.2467013
CowsLean 85-90%Low99049.134865thin

Every lot

59 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2310131.00/cwt131.00–131.004061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381138.24/cwt132.00–140.005276
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3397125.00/cwt125.00–125.004962
Steers—Medium and Large 2-340596.00/cwt96.00–96.003891
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410133.00/cwt133.00–133.005451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy445143.00/cwt143.00–143.006361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475131.92/cwt127.00–137.006275
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480122.00/cwt122.00–122.005861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy487142.00/cwt142.00–142.006925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518131.22/cwt125.00–137.006804
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573134.71/cwt129.00–139.007725
Steers—Medium and Large 2-360589.00/cwt89.00–89.005381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added661153.25/cwt153.25–153.251,01377
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740129.00/cwt129.00–129.009551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added847138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,16963
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2875116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240105.00/cwt105.00–105.002521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285107.50/cwt107.50–107.503061
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3355118.00/cwt118.00–118.004191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375123.89/cwt122.00–126.004652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3420115.00/cwt115.00–115.004833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430124.98/cwt123.00–127.005372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy470136.50/cwt136.50–136.506424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3483110.79/cwt109.00–115.005357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490129.51/cwt129.00–130.006352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2509124.61/cwt123.00–128.006347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516150.75/cwt150.75–150.7577820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562142.50/cwt142.50–142.5080176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570123.12/cwt120.00–127.007025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627118.62/cwt115.00–121.007445
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3650112.00/cwt112.00–112.007281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670111.69/cwt108.00–117.007483
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3738106.53/cwt104.00–109.007862
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-381595.00/cwt95.00–95.007742
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2278130.00/cwt130.00–130.003612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2322133.74/cwt132.00–136.004313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365131.00/cwt131.00–131.004781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3415100.00/cwt100.00–100.004151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460133.04/cwt129.00–135.006123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy505136.00/cwt136.00–136.006871
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3530114.00/cwt113.00–115.006042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545124.25/cwt119.00–126.006774
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568120.75/cwt119.00–123.006864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613112.96/cwt110.00–116.006922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3615111.69/cwt110.00–113.006873
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-367098.50/cwt95.00–102.006602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2685117.00/cwt117.00–117.008011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3730101.00/cwt101.00–101.007371
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41085.71/cwt80.00–89.001,2092
Bulls——1,75390.27/cwt90.00–90.501,5822
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92055.03/cwt54.50–55.505062
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03745.19/cwt43.50–46.004693
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15755.95/cwt54.00–58.006479
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19050.00/cwt50.00–50.005951
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29859.17/cwt59.00–59.507683
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50357.67/cwt57.50–58.008673
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60561.48/cwt61.00–62.009872
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,230650.00/cwt650.00–650.007,9951
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,353852.08/cwt725.00–975.0011,5292

This sale against other markets

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.