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Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Maysville, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 17
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2197
Feeder Cattle receipts
390 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 335▲ 390 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 28▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 8▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday:Feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher,Feeder heifers steady,Moderate demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 lower,Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.99/cwt on 158 head.
Average price
$124.99
158 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$710
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$300
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$25.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.91
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2582127.22740144
Medium and Large 2-3431102.1144014thin
One grade step is worth $25.11/cwt here — about $300 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 sale158 hd
124.99
—
KY average27 barns · 4,318 hd
119.08
+5.91
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—Average1,77079.301,4049thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26048.0160510
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04643.8945915

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3330117.50/cwt117.50–117.503881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy339155.00/cwt155.00–155.005256
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370135.44/cwt131.00–143.005013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2413130.26/cwt128.00–132.505382
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2457130.00/cwt126.00–135.005949
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy495139.00/cwt139.00–139.006882
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520130.07/cwt124.00–134.006766
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006101
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3568116.56/cwt114.00–119.006622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573127.86/cwt121.00–133.0073311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623128.00/cwt128.00–128.007974
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625124.49/cwt124.00–125.007782
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3661114.34/cwt114.00–115.007563
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670131.00/cwt131.00–131.008785
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685123.00/cwt123.00–123.008431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added712134.87/cwt129.00–136.6096059
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755118.00/cwt118.00–118.008911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2813119.50/cwt119.50–119.509723
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-323092.50/cwt92.50–92.502131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3260105.00/cwt105.00–105.002731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3328106.53/cwt97.50–112.003494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330116.00/cwt116.00–116.003831
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3365102.00/cwt102.00–102.003721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376121.06/cwt116.00–125.004554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385129.00/cwt129.00–129.004972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy407128.00/cwt128.00–128.005214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427122.10/cwt116.00–125.005219
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3430100.00/cwt100.00–100.004301
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3458107.44/cwt104.00–111.004922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473114.43/cwt112.00–119.0054119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2511115.83/cwt113.00–119.005925
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3520108.00/cwt108.00–108.005621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2557115.21/cwt112.00–118.006425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610116.00/cwt116.00–116.0070813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650135.75/cwt135.75–135.7588278
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-365091.00/cwt91.00–91.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681106.00/cwt103.00–109.007224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-370590.00/cwt90.00–90.006351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285134.66/cwt130.00–139.003842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-329090.00/cwt90.00–90.002611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2327137.02/cwt130.00–143.004483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370140.00/cwt140.00–140.005181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2373127.40/cwt124.00–132.004755
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3383115.48/cwt112.00–119.004422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2418120.00/cwt120.00–120.005022
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3421114.38/cwt108.00–118.004828
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3458110.71/cwt100.00–116.005073
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2459122.76/cwt120.00–127.005634
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3500114.00/cwt114.00–114.005701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527124.64/cwt123.00–126.006573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565122.26/cwt119.00–125.006918
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-359589.00/cwt89.00–89.005301
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3605100.00/cwt100.00–100.006051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2624105.74/cwt104.00–111.006607
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-369085.00/cwt85.00–85.005871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-298774.50/cwt74.50–74.507352
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,1581
Bulls——1,75477.14/cwt72.00–80.001,3535
Bulls——1,86584.66/cwt83.00–87.001,5793
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02141.88/cwt36.00–46.0042811
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11449.42/cwt48.00–52.005514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24343.37/cwt40.50–46.505392
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26449.17/cwt47.00–52.006228
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,155550.00/cwt550.00–550.006,3531

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.