Sale reports / Kentucky / Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky / 2019-12-03

Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Maysville, Kentucky · Tue, Dec 3
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2197
Feeder Cattle receipts
789 head
▲ 574 vs last sale 215▲ 789 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 41▲ 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 3▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 higher with good demand. 460 head in the feeder offerings were Stonegate influenced cattle. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower, and slaughter bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.88/cwt on 367 head.
Average price
$139.88
367 head · 617 lb average
Value per head Derived
$863
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$24.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.56
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2619140.40869359
Medium and Large 2-3529116.376158thin
One grade step is worth $24.04/cwt here — about $254 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 sale367 hd
139.88
—
KY average20 barns · 4,890 hd
139.32
+0.56
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—Average1,62677.501,2605thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56248.587595thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,33443.9658619
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05942.2144714

Every lot

83 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3267119.00/cwt119.00–119.003182
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3335111.00/cwt111.00–111.003721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2343136.00/cwt136.00–136.004663
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2392134.28/cwt130.00–145.005264
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2408134.50/cwt134.00–138.0054910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added423152.90/cwt145.00–155.0064717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added485146.00/cwt146.00–146.007087
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527147.91/cwt142.00–151.0077956
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533131.71/cwt126.00–135.0070212
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569138.65/cwt137.00–139.5078921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571131.33/cwt128.50–134.0075022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623127.52/cwt126.00–129.007942
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added629146.97/cwt135.50–149.0092487
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added671141.52/cwt134.00–145.0095030
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675129.00/cwt129.00–129.008711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added704134.25/cwt134.25–134.2594515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718124.31/cwt119.00–128.0089310
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3720113.47/cwt109.00–118.008172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774127.17/cwt123.00–128.009846
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added782134.27/cwt132.50–134.501,05043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,1053
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2870123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0707
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3870115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2975123.00/cwt122.00–124.001,1992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,110118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,3101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3240107.50/cwt107.50–107.502581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2250120.00/cwt120.00–120.003001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2336123.70/cwt122.00–125.004167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy337130.50/cwt130.00–132.504405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365121.03/cwt120.00–122.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy369129.00/cwt129.00–129.004767
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3376105.00/cwt105.00–105.003953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added422124.40/cwt124.00–126.005255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433116.57/cwt110.00–121.005054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3470100.00/cwt100.00–100.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476120.57/cwt111.00–122.5057423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added483128.72/cwt124.00–131.0062246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517116.62/cwt113.00–121.0060312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530128.19/cwt124.00–130.0067935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568124.95/cwt123.00–126.0071035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588118.27/cwt117.00–119.5069511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615109.75/cwt106.00–111.006754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added636120.51/cwt117.00–125.5076620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2650100.00/cwt100.00–100.006502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667116.08/cwt114.25–120.0077418
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3675103.00/cwt103.00–103.006951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added756129.96/cwt120.50–131.0098272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2762105.39/cwt105.00–107.008035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2840110.50/cwt110.50–110.509281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-389589.00/cwt89.00–89.007971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-391081.00/cwt81.00–81.007371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2925105.50/cwt105.50–105.509761
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3260115.00/cwt115.00–115.002991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3315117.00/cwt117.00–117.003692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2413128.99/cwt123.00–137.005337
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3428114.37/cwt110.00–122.004904
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2467123.89/cwt120.00–131.005793
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3482116.88/cwt116.00–117.005638
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525128.00/cwt128.00–128.006721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3540113.28/cwt105.00–120.006124
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3580115.00/cwt115.00–115.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2586125.87/cwt122.00–131.0073812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2695114.00/cwt114.00–114.007921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715120.00/cwt120.00–120.008581
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-375580.00/cwt80.00–80.006041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2780104.99/cwt104.00–106.008192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2823101.49/cwt101.00–102.008352
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48381.24/cwt81.00–81.501,2052
Bulls——1,67876.00/cwt75.00–77.001,2752
Bulls——1,81073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,3211
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98333.73/cwt33.00–34.503322
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04541.23/cwt36.00–44.504317
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11046.97/cwt46.00–48.505215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31434.33/cwt33.00–35.004514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32643.26/cwt40.00–45.005746
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34848.71/cwt46.00–53.006579
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55349.97/cwt46.00–54.507764
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60043.00/cwt43.00–43.006881
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200510.00/cwt510.00–510.006,1201
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,320625.00/cwt625.00–625.008,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,337669.43/cwt450.00–760.008,9503

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.