Sale reports / Kentucky / Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky / 2019-10-08

Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Maysville, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 8
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2197
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,007 head
▲ 716 vs last sale 291▲ 1,007 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 81▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 higher,Good demand for weaned calves,moderate demand for unweaned calves,Good demand for yearlings.Slaughter cows and bulls steady,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 $123.75/cwt on 461 head.
Average price
$123.75
461 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$726
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$21.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.77
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2587124.62732442
Medium and Large 2-3566103.5358619thin
One grade step is worth $21.09/cwt here — about $146 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 sale461 hd
123.75
—
KY average26 barns · 5,009 hd
118.98
+4.77
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—Average1,75280.351,4083thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48948.367208thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27444.9257224
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06639.4942118

Every lot

70 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3235129.00/cwt129.00–129.003031
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3314127.19/cwt125.00–128.003994
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323139.46/cwt135.00–142.504505
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2356136.00/cwt136.00–136.004843
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3410119.28/cwt113.00–125.004895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425142.00/cwt142.00–142.006043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428130.24/cwt127.00–132.0055717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy464139.00/cwt139.00–139.006456
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485135.00/cwt135.00–135.006555
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added499144.00/cwt144.00–144.0071931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy525141.00/cwt141.00–141.007404
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3526116.20/cwt110.00–119.006114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533133.28/cwt123.00–138.0071019
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy552144.40/cwt144.00–145.0079710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568127.71/cwt123.00–135.0072511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622127.78/cwt123.00–134.0079519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631142.07/cwt141.00–142.5089686
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2652128.74/cwt125.00–130.008398
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685141.89/cwt138.50–142.35972124
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3690103.00/cwt103.00–103.007112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735126.00/cwt126.00–126.009262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added749136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,02230
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2828128.34/cwt127.00–129.001,0636
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855125.94/cwt124.50–129.501,0777
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3865116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0031
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2225115.00/cwt115.00–115.002592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2271118.00/cwt118.00–118.003204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320132.00/cwt132.00–132.004222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326121.40/cwt116.00–124.003967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy373128.50/cwt128.50–128.5047910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373115.83/cwt115.00–117.004325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430131.00/cwt131.00–131.005634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431123.89/cwt115.00–126.0053427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470119.80/cwt116.50–125.5056332
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3505102.00/cwt102.00–102.0051511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526118.09/cwt110.00–122.0062132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565133.49/cwt128.00–134.9575442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580115.50/cwt115.00–119.5067039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629113.44/cwt109.00–123.0071412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3635106.00/cwt106.00–106.006732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3655105.50/cwt105.50–105.506916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659130.10/cwt130.10–130.10857184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676116.35/cwt113.00–118.5078716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2718113.97/cwt105.00–117.5081812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765105.33/cwt104.00–108.008066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2866108.00/cwt108.00–108.009356
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3235127.50/cwt127.50–127.503002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2338132.65/cwt131.00–134.004486
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2373132.47/cwt130.00–133.0049411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430141.00/cwt141.00–141.006062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435127.28/cwt124.00–130.005548
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3435108.00/cwt108.00–108.004702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3467117.24/cwt115.00–121.005487
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2479124.04/cwt122.00–126.0059416
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy529134.11/cwt133.00–135.0070911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2532124.68/cwt123.00–128.0066312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3538117.44/cwt116.00–120.006329
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577124.15/cwt123.00–126.0071626
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2612118.07/cwt110.00–121.0072313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2668113.99/cwt111.00–116.0076112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725108.38/cwt105.00–110.007863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2785109.00/cwt109.00–109.008561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2920106.00/cwt106.00–106.009753
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60079.53/cwt79.00–80.001,2722
Bulls——2,05582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,6851
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06345.49/cwt43.00–51.504846
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06736.49/cwt32.00–40.5038912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24838.94/cwt35.00–43.504868
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28747.91/cwt45.00–51.0061716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48948.36/cwt45.00–51.007208

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.