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Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Maysville, Kentucky · Tue, May 19
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2197
Feeder Cattle receipts
249 head
▼ 150 vs last sale 399▲ 249 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 33▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 19▲ 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 2.00-4.00 higher,Feeder heifers steady,Good to moderate demand for feeder classes.Slaughter cows and bulls steady,Good 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 $121.98/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$121.98
91 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$16.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.51
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546122.7066987
Medium and Large 2-3571106.506084thin
One grade step is worth $16.20/cwt here — about $61 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 sale91 hd
121.98
—
KY average29 barns · 6,735 hd
124.49
−2.51
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—Average1,58091.001,4381thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54062.259592thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28260.997824thin
CowsLean 85-90%High99858.025796thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393150.59/cwt136.00–153.005927
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427146.09/cwt135.00–150.006244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465141.05/cwt138.00–151.006567
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508132.01/cwt131.00–134.006713
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3515121.00/cwt121.00–121.006231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2555141.00/cwt141.00–141.007839
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630128.00/cwt128.00–128.008061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669129.32/cwt120.00–132.008655
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3683116.02/cwt112.00–118.007923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708128.00/cwt128.00–128.009069
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779120.50/cwt120.50–120.5093913
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340127.00/cwt127.00–127.004322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386137.79/cwt133.00–139.005325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420134.32/cwt121.00–140.5056418
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425115.00/cwt115.00–115.004891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3455117.00/cwt117.00–117.005321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2457128.60/cwt128.00–132.0058810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519127.08/cwt116.00–133.006608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569122.28/cwt114.00–127.0069616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3590110.00/cwt110.00–110.006491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622108.84/cwt103.00–116.006779
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665106.03/cwt104.00–108.007052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733109.54/cwt103.00–110.0080315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008472
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-381584.00/cwt84.00–84.006851
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2255152.50/cwt152.50–152.503891
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3315130.00/cwt130.00–130.004101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005362
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2419152.30/cwt140.00–155.0063811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3470125.00/cwt125.00–125.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2481134.25/cwt134.00–135.006468
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522137.00/cwt137.00–137.007154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574130.05/cwt123.00–133.007469
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Full595106.00/cwt106.00–106.006311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2624124.64/cwt115.00–127.5077811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3715101.00/cwt101.00–101.007221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2716110.23/cwt108.00–111.007894
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-376394.02/cwt92.00–96.007172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-281587.00/cwt87.00–87.007091
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,4381
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98365.50/cwt65.00–66.006442
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00554.28/cwt49.00–56.005464
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26864.00/cwt64.00–64.008122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29557.98/cwt57.00–59.007512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0471
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58554.50/cwt54.50–54.508641
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4701,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0020,2131

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.