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Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Maysville, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 7
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2197
Feeder Cattle receipts
392 head
▲ 241 vs last sale 151▼ 120 vs year ago 512 · −23.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 45▼ 15 vs year ago 50 · −30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, Moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 8.00-10.00 lower, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.34/cwt on 222 head.
Average price
$138.34
222 head · 634 lb average
Value per head Derived
$878
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$19.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.82
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2633139.30882211
Medium and Large 2-3653119.8478311thin
One grade step is worth $19.47/cwt here — about $100 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 sale222 hd
138.34
—
KY average17 barns · 2,012 hd
133.52
+4.82
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—Low1,60785.781,3798thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59060.919696thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10857.816415thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30556.6974016

Every lot

58 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2288155.03/cwt150.00–165.004463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375162.50/cwt162.50–162.506091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420151.23/cwt148.00–153.006358
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477143.42/cwt136.00–147.0068414
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536146.92/cwt138.00–149.5078738
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3540127.00/cwt127.00–127.006861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565140.09/cwt136.00–142.5079210
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3566125.50/cwt125.00–127.007104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624134.70/cwt125.00–138.0084115
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655127.67/cwt121.00–131.008363
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668140.62/cwt140.50–141.5093974
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added768133.73/cwt132.00–135.001,02726
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785116.00/cwt116.00–116.009112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2828120.32/cwt120.00–125.5099617
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3877109.74/cwt105.00–112.009623
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3270105.00/cwt105.00–105.002841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340128.00/cwt128.00–128.004351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375139.00/cwt139.00–139.005211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3417114.67/cwt114.00–115.004783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421129.45/cwt125.00–137.005455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462132.08/cwt128.50–136.0061016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523133.29/cwt132.00–134.0069723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523123.83/cwt119.00–127.506486
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525112.00/cwt112.00–112.005881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582125.90/cwt121.00–130.5073322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624115.14/cwt109.00–121.007187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625126.00/cwt126.00–126.0078823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715110.16/cwt104.00–113.5078814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-373099.00/cwt99.00–99.007231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-376092.00/cwt92.00–92.006991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2805100.50/cwt100.50–100.508094
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3280100.00/cwt100.00–100.002801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320145.00/cwt145.00–145.004641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2392155.00/cwt155.00–155.006082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3445125.00/cwt125.00–125.005561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578135.00/cwt135.00–135.007803
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3585121.00/cwt121.00–121.007082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2672115.00/cwt115.00–115.007732
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007431
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715106.97/cwt105.00–109.007652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2770106.00/cwt106.00–106.008161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2870100.00/cwt100.00–100.008701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-293586.00/cwt86.00–86.008041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,00780.00/cwt80.00–80.008062
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35877.07/cwt74.00–80.001,0472
Bulls——1,55491.21/cwt90.00–93.001,4174
Bulls——1,96383.62/cwt83.00–84.501,6412
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08054.46/cwt54.00–55.005882
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12561.06/cwt60.00–62.006872
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13058.00/cwt58.00–58.006551
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28050.82/cwt50.00–52.006503
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30560.77/cwt60.00–62.007934
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31456.84/cwt54.00–59.007479
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53359.00/cwt59.00–59.009042
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61961.86/cwt60.00–64.501,0024

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.